How to motivate people to do good for others ...

Grammy-winning musician Jacob Collier has a name for the feeling that moves through a great piece of music: the wiggle. Watch him break down the idea into its three parts — melody, rhythm and harmony — with nothing but his own voice, a grand piano and Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wo ...  Show more

After working for years in film, fashion and graphic design, visual artist Kelly A. Boesch found a new collaborator to work with: AI. She walks through how she uses the technology to create dreamlike images and music that remain hauntingly human, exploring the two questions every ...  Show more

MIT research scientist Erez Yoeli shares a simple checklist for harnessing the power of reputations to motivate people to act in the interest of others.This talk was filmed at TEDxCambridge. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission ...  Show more

We all want to do good - and doing good can make us feel good - but we often don't make the most effective choices when we do things like donate money to charity.To mark #GiveTuesday, Harvard psychologist Joshua Green explains why we tend to give with our hearts rather than our h ...  Show more

Sam Harris speaks with Will MacAskill about how to do the most good in the world. They discuss the "effective altruism" movement, choosing causes to support, the apparent tension between wealth and altruism, how best to think about generosity over the course of one's lifetime, an ...  Show more

How a simple act of kindness makes the world a better place