1 thing you can do today to be happier | Sonja Lyubomirsky

1 thing you can do today to be happier | Sonja Lyubomirsky

Can anyone become happier? Psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky studies this question in her lab, doing experiments on "happiness interventions" to see what kinds of actions elicit this sought-after emotion. In a quick talk, she shares the results of her work: a small shift that can change your relationships and put you on the path to happiness.


Following the talk, Elise Hu, host of TED Talks Daily, interviews Lyubomirsky on additional changes people can do to feel more connected with each other in an increasingly online and chaotic world.

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For survivors of Ebola, the crisis isn't over | Soka Moses

For survivors of Ebola, the crisis isn't over | Soka Moses

In 2014, as a newly trained physician, Soka Moses took on one of the toughest jobs in the world: treating highly contagious patients at the height of Liberia's Ebola outbreak. In this intense, emotion...

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A new rite of passage for later in life | Bob Stein

A new rite of passage for later in life | Bob Stein

We use rituals to mark the early stages of our lives, like birthdays and graduations -- but what about our later years? In this meditative talk about looking both backward and forward, Bob Stein propo...

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What if gentrification was about healing communities instead of displacing them? | Liz Ogbu

What if gentrification was about healing communities instead of displacing them? | Liz Ogbu

Liz Ogbu is an architect who works on spatial justice: the idea that justice has a geography and that the equitable distribution of resources and services is a human right. In San Francisco, she's que...

20 Mar 201814min

How I use art to bridge misunderstanding | Adong Judith

How I use art to bridge misunderstanding | Adong Judith

Director and playwright Adong Judith creates provocative art that sparks dialogue on issues from LGBTQ rights to war crimes. In this quick but powerful talk, the TED Fellow details her work -- includi...

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Can I have your brain? The quest for truth on concussions and CTE | Chris Nowinski

Can I have your brain? The quest for truth on concussions and CTE | Chris Nowinski

Something strange and deadly is happening inside the brains of top athletes -- a degenerative condition, possibly linked to concussions, that causes dementia, psychosis and far-too-early death. It's c...

19 Mar 201811min

What we can do about the culture of hate | Sally Kohn

What we can do about the culture of hate | Sally Kohn

We're all against hate, right? We agree it's a problem -- their problem, not our problem, that is. But as Sally Kohn discovered, we all hate -- some of us in subtle ways, others in obvious ones. As sh...

16 Mar 201817min

Why must artists be poor? | Hadi Eldebek

Why must artists be poor? | Hadi Eldebek

The arts bring meaning to our lives and spirit to our culture -- so why do we expect artists to struggle to make a living?  Hadi Eldebek is working to create a society where artists are valued through...

15 Mar 20186min

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3 myths about the future of work (and why they're not true) | Daniel Susskind

"Will machines replace humans?" This question is on the mind of anyone with a job to lose. Daniel Susskind confronts this question and three misconceptions we have about our automated future, suggesti...

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