http://www.ted.com Eve Ensler, creator of The Vagina Monologues, shares how a discussion about menopause with her friends led to talking about all sorts of sexual acts onstage, waging a global campaign to end violence toward women and finding her own happiness.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
The freakonomics of McDonalds vs. drugs | Steven Levitt
http://www.ted.com Freakonomics author Steven Levitt presents new data on the finances of drug dealing. Contrary to popular myth, he says, being a street-corner crack dealer isnt lucrative: It pays below minimum wage. And your boss can kill you.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
David Deutsch: Chemical scum that dream of distant quasars
http://www.ted.com Legendary scientist David Deutsch puts theoretical physics on the back burner to discuss a more urgent matter: the survival of our species. The first step toward solving global warming, he says, is to admit that we have a problem.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
Why the universe seems so strange | Richard Dawkins
http://www.ted.com Biologist Richard Dawkins makes a case for “thinking the improbable” by looking at how the human frame of reference limits our understanding of the universe.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
The paradox of choice | Barry Schwartz
http://www.ted.com Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz’s estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce | Malcolm Gladwell
http://www.ted.com Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry’s pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce — and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and happiness.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
Eva Vertes: My dream about the future of medicine
http://www.ted.com Eva Vertes — only 19 when she gave this talk — discusses her journey toward studying medicine and her drive to understand the roots of cancer and Alzheimers.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
Why are we happy? Why aren’t we happy? | Dan Gilbert
http://www.ted.com Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that well be miserable if we dont get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things dont go as planned. ... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!
A roadmap to end aging | Aubrey de Grey
http://www.ted.com Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease — and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!