A few months ago I shared with you a TED talk called “A radical experiment in empathy“, asking you to put yourself in the shoes of the other in order to better understand him.
If you liked it (and even if you did not) – here is a 5-min TED talk, fresh from the press called Shake up your story by an artist called Raghava KK.
Short and insightful. He starts by literally shaking a story to change it and to get rid of prejudices or the viewers perspective.
Highly recommended !
In the last weeks, I follow two blogs by Maz Iqbal. Maz, a UK based Marketing Strategist, writes a personal blog as well as a customer experience related blog from which I already quoted one brilliant article ( Why you should not confuse ‘personalisation’ with ‘personal’) and I plan to quote others.
On his personal blog, on a very personal post, Maz linked to the following TED talk by the sociologist Sam Richards. I really liked it. The bottom line is simple, even trivial – “try to put yourself in the other’s shoes in order to understand him” but the way he conveys thus message is through a fascinating thought exercise.
I would like to finish this post with a quote from the end of the talk. If you are not planning to watch the talk then at least read these (and then you might want to watch it…):
Step outside of your tiny little world. Step inside of the tiny little world of somebody else. And then do it again, and do it again, and do it again and suddenly all of these tiny little worlds they come together in this complex web and they build a big complex world. And suddenly without realizing it you're seeing the world differently. Everything has changed. Everything in your life has changed.
Enjoy… and many thanks to Maz.
I was asked by AT to provide some more good links to TED talks. I promise to share good talks in the future when I come across them.
For the meanwhile – here are some of my favorite TED talks plus one which is not from TED but worth being in the same list.
I know, I know… you are not watching the wheels. You have work, kids, work, work, work… and you do not have a free hour to watch all these movies.
So my suggestion to you is to consume them one by one… you will not be disappointed.
A powerful presentation about our brain, presented in a powerful and emotional way.
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.
If you suffer from Epilepsy or have migraines – this is not for you. The speaker can only be described as “Crazy professor”, he speaks as fast as a train, and switch contexts quicker than Bibi changes his mind.
Clifford Stoll could talk about the atmosphere of Jupiter. Or hunting KGB hackers. Or Klein bottles, computers in classrooms, the future. But he’s not going to. Which is fine, because it would be criminal to confine a man with interests as multifarious as Stoll’s to give a talk on any one topic. Instead, he simply captivates his audience with a wildly energetic sprinkling of anecdotes, observations, asides — and even a science experiment. After all, by his own definition, he’s a scientist: “Once I do something, I want to do something else.”
This is the time to relax… This is an amazing performance of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, played in TED on the ukulele. No need to watch. Just click on the link, press Alt-Tab and do whatever you have to do.
It will send shivers down your spine…
Not a TED Talk, but worth watching from two reasons: First, Sir Ken Robinson – a world-renowned education and creativity expert (and also a TED speaker) explains why our education system sucks. Second, the lecture is entirely illustrated by online animation (you will understand when you see it). A must see !
Enjoy !
Are we human? What do you define as human? How do you define “human”? Regardless of the last days events, can we say that a specific member of the species Homo sapiens is more human than a certain member of another species?
In the trip to Tanzania I met many examples where I wondered whether we are really so different from animals (that is other than us). On one hand the Massai people habits that most likely resemble our ancestors, and on the other hand animal behavior and social life that resemble ours. So I am still puzzled… but after I saw across the following TED talk – I am certainly uncertain.
TED lectures are rated in a creative way – ranging from informative, through funny, inspiring, persuasive etc. This talk is rated jaw-dropping. After spending 17 minutes watching it, I can assure you that you will look at (other) animals differently.
So are WE Human? How do you define Human ?
Comments, guys ?
The text in the title is a quote from the closing sentences of Neil Pasricha‘s TED talk in September 2010. Neil is the author of an award winning blog titled 1000 Awesome Things(wikipedia) (blog). He talks about enjoying the simple things in our short life and how to make the most of them in order to have an AWESOME life.
I found it very touching and inspirational. I believe it worth the 18 minutes.
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