How to design the life you want | TEDx SHORTS

Streaming media gives us access to everything instantly, but at what cost? Music professor Tom Rizzuto traces the history of physical media — from CDs and vinyl to bone music (Soviet-era records pressed onto discarded X-rays) and the near-loss of "Nosferatu" — making the case tha ...  Show more

We are wired for connection, and yet many of us spend most of our lives avoiding it, says behavioral scientist Nicholas Epley. Drawing on decades of research into happiness, loneliness and well-being, he reveals why we consistently underestimate how receptive others are to connec ...  Show more

Offering tips from the well-known program he helped develop, Bill Burnett, executive director of Stanford’s Life Design Lab, illustrates the ways design thinking can be used to help build the life we want. This talk was filmed at TEDxStanford. All TEDx events are organized indepe ...  Show more

Offering tips from the well-known program he helped develop, Bill Burnett, executive director of Stanford’s Life Design Lab, illustrates the ways design thinking can be used to help build the life we want. This talk was filmed at TEDxStanford. All TEDx events are organized indepe ...  Show more

Designers Mark Erickson and Matthew Kennedy look at how intergenerational housing around the world can inspire innovative ways to craft a living space.This talk was filmed at TEDxYYC. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of idea ...  Show more

Cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths shows how we can apply the logic of computers to untangle tricky human problems using three practical strategies. This talk was filmed at TEDxSydney. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of idea ...  Show more