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Playlist: How to overcome your fears (9 talks)

Fear lives in the mind. So, how do we get it out of our heads? Follow in the footsteps of these speakers who have faced some of their deepest fears with strength and grace.
Curated by TED · 9 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/how_to_overcome_your_fears

Playlist: How perfectionism fails us (4 talks)

Why it's best to celebrate the little wins and imperfect moments alongside the big successes to combat our fear of failure.
Curated by TED · 4 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/how_perfectionism_fails_us

Far Flung: Post-Pandemic Paradise in Rapa Nui

What happens to a tourist paradise when no one shows up to visit? Rapa Nui, known to many as Easter Island, typically welcomes more than 120,000 visitors each year—which is a lot for a place with only 10,000 residents. After COVID-19 shuts down flights to this remote island, citizens reimagine what their lives, their livelihood, and their home c...
https://www.ted.com/talks/far_flung_post_pandemic_paradise_in_rapa_nui

Far Flung: An Indigenous Mixtape from Lima, Peru

Meet Liberato Kani, a hip hop artist in Lima, Peru -- or as he says, "the Andean Bronx". At his concerts, a typical call and response you hear is "Quechua es resistencia": Quechua is resistance. Though Quechua is spoken by nearly ten million people, Peru's native language is at risk of dying off because of anti-indigenous prejudice. Liberato and...
https://www.ted.com/talks/far_flung_an_indigenous_mixtape_from_lima_peru

Far Flung: Virtual Worlds

Traveling is tricky right now and, for most, the boundaries of our worlds have shrunk dramatically. So a lot of people are spending a lot more time in virtual places, like Sea of Thieves, Fortnite, Ultima Online and more. Explore how these online worlds help us push past real-world boundaries and have vastly new experiences, even become new vers...
https://www.ted.com/talks/far_flung_virtual_worlds

Far Flung: Oberammergau

Nearly 400 years ago, a tiny town in Germany made a bargain with God: spare its people from the Black Plague and we'll put on a play in your honor... forever. And it worked! Now every decade, the entire town comes together to stage the play, drawing massive crowds to one of the largest religious spectacles in the world. But problematic parts of ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/far_flung_oberammergau

Tim Ferriss: Smash fear, learn anything

From the EG conference: Productivity guru Tim Ferriss' fun, encouraging anecdotes show how one simple question -- "What's the worst that could happen?" -- is all you need to learn to do anything.
https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_ferriss_smash_fear_learn_anything

Grady Booch: Don't fear superintelligent AI

New tech spawns new anxieties, says scientist and philosopher Grady Booch, but we don't need to be afraid an all-powerful, unfeeling AI. Booch allays our worst (sci-fi induced) fears about superintelligent computers by explaining how we'll teach, not program, them to share our human values. Rather than worry about an unlikely existential threat,...
https://www.ted.com/talks/grady_booch_don_t_fear_superintelligent_ai

David Rothkopf: How fear drives American politics

Does it seem like Washington has no new ideas? Instead of looking to build the future, it sometimes feels like the US political establishment happily retreats into fear and willful ignorance. Journalist David Rothkopf lays out a few of the major issues that US leadership is failing to address -- from cybercrime to world-shaking new tech to the r...
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_rothkopf_how_fear_drives_american_politics

Joe Kowan: How I beat stage fright

Humanity's fine-tuned sense of fear served us well as a young species, giving us laser focus to avoid being eaten by competing beasts. But it's less wonderful when that same visceral, body-hijacking sense of fear kicks in in front of 20 folk-music fans at a Tuesday night open-mic. Palms sweat, hands shake, vision blurs, and the brain says RUN: i...
https://www.ted.com/talks/joe_kowan_how_i_beat_stage_fright

Karen Thompson Walker: What fear can teach us

Imagine you're a shipwrecked sailor adrift in the enormous Pacific. You can choose one of three directions and save yourself and your shipmates -- but each choice comes with a fearful consequence too. How do you choose? In telling the story of the whaleship Essex, novelist Karen Thompson Walker shows how fear propels imagination, as it forces us...
https://www.ted.com/talks/karen_thompson_walker_what_fear_can_teach_us

Playlist: How fearless women lead (25 talks)

What happens when purpose and passion overshadow fear? Follow in the steps of these outstanding women living and speaking their truth with ferocity, fortitude and wisdom.
Curated by TED · 25 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/how_fearless_women_lead

Kelli Jean Drinkwater: Enough with the fear of fat

In a society obsessed with body image and marked by a fear of fat, Kelli Jean Drinkwater engages in radical body politics through art. She confronts the public's perception of bigger bodies by bringing them into spaces that were once off limits -- from fashion runways to the Sydney Festival -- and entices all of us to look again and rethink our ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/kelli_jean_drinkwater_enough_with_the_fear_of_fat

Allyson Felix: An Olympic champion's mindset for overcoming fear

Getting pregnant as a track and field athlete is often called the "kiss of death" -- a sign your athletic career will soon end. Olympic champion, entrepreneur and proud mother Allyson Felix thinks it shouldn't be that way. She tells the story of starting a family while fighting to change her former sponsor's maternity policy -- and paving the wa...
https://www.ted.com/talks/allyson_felix_an_olympic_champion_s_mindset_for_overcoming_fear

Cara E. Yar Khan: The beautiful balance between courage and fear

After being diagnosed with a rare genetic condition that deteriorates muscle, Cara E. Yar Khan was told she'd have to limit her career ambitions and dial down her dreams. She ignored that advice and instead continued to pursue her biggest ambitions. In this powerful, moving talk, she shares her philosophy for working on the projects that matter ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/cara_e_yar_khan_the_beautiful_balance_between_courage_and_fear

Gerd Gigerenzer: Why do people fear the wrong things?

A new drug reduces the risk of heart attacks by 40%. Shark attacks are up by a factor of two. Drinking a liter of soda per day doubles your chance of developing cancer. These are all examples of a common way risk is presented in news articles, and can often be misleading. So how can we better evaluate risk? Gerd Gigerenzer explores the differenc...
https://www.ted.com/talks/gerd_gigerenzer_why_do_people_fear_the_wrong_things

Garry Kasparov: Don't fear intelligent machines. Work with them

We must face our fears if we want to get the most out of technology -- and we must conquer those fears if we want to get the best out of humanity, says Garry Kasparov. One of the greatest chess players in history, Kasparov lost a memorable match to IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in 1997. Now he shares his vision for a future where intelligent machi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/garry_kasparov_don_t_fear_intelligent_machines_work_with_them

How free solo climber Alex Honnold faces fear (Transcript)

Re:Thinking with Adam Grant How free solo climber Alex Honnold faces fear Sept 20, 2022 [00:00:00] Adam Grant: Hey everyone it's Adam Grant. Welcome back to ReThinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick. I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people to explore how they think and what...
https://www.ted.com/podcasts/how-free-solo-climber-alex-honnold-faces-fear-transcript

Trillion Small: How can we overcome a fear of love?

Irrational or not, love can feel really scary. But is it love itself that we fear? According to counselor Trillion Small, the stories we tell ourselves about negative dating experiences trigger hardwired survival instincts, keeping real connection at arms length. Through an exploration of the brain's processing system and her own dating mishaps,...
https://www.ted.com/talks/trillion_small_how_can_we_overcome_a_fear_of_love

Tim Ferriss: Why you should define your fears instead of your goals

The hard choices -- what we most fear doing, asking, saying -- are very often exactly what we need to do. How can we overcome self-paralysis and take action? Tim Ferriss encourages us to fully envision and write down our fears in detail, in a simple but powerful exercise he calls "fear-setting." Learn more about how this practice can help you th...
https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_ferriss_why_you_should_define_your_fears_instead_of_your_goals

Diana Nyad: Extreme swimming with the world's most dangerous jellyfish

In the 1970s, Diana Nyad set long-distance swim records that are still unbroken. Thirty years later, at 60, she attempted her longest swim yet, from Cuba to Florida. In this funny, powerful talk at TEDMED, she talks about how to prepare mentally to achieve an extreme dream, and asks: What will YOU do with your wild, precious life?
https://www.ted.com/talks/diana_nyad_extreme_swimming_with_the_world_s_most_dangerous_jellyfish

Playlist: What direction is the future headed? (6 talks)

Explore what may be in store for our collective future and how we can plan for the unpredictable, together.
Curated by TED · 6 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/what_direction_is_the_future_headed

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks: How we can face the future without fear, together

It's a fateful moment in history. We've seen divisive elections, divided societies and the growth of extremism -- all fueled by anxiety and uncertainty. "Is there something we can do, each of us, to be able to face the future without fear?" asks Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. In this electrifying talk, the spiritual leader gives us three specific wa...
https://www.ted.com/talks/rabbi_lord_jonathan_sacks_how_we_can_face_the_future_without_fear_together

Daniel Kish: How I use sonar to navigate the world

Daniel Kish has been blind since he was 13 months old, but has learned to "see" using a form of echolocation. He clicks his tongue and sends out flashes of sound that bounce off surfaces in the environment and return to him, helping him to construct an understanding of the space around him. In a rousing talk, Kish shows how this works -- and ask...
https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kish_how_i_use_sonar_to_navigate_the_world

Hannah Fry: Is life really that complex?

Can an algorithm forecast the site of the next riot? In this accessible talk, mathematician Hannah Fry shows how complex social behavior can be analyzed and perhaps predicted through analogies to natural phenomena, like the patterns of a leopard's spots or the distribution of predators and prey in the wild.
https://www.ted.com/talks/hannah_fry_is_life_really_that_complex

Hannah Fry: The mathematics of love

Finding the right mate is no cakewalk -- but is it even mathematically likely? In a charming talk, mathematician Hannah Fry shows patterns in how we look for love, and gives her top three tips (verified by math!) for finding that special someone.
https://www.ted.com/talks/hannah_fry_the_mathematics_of_love

Michael Shellenberger: How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment

"We're not in a clean energy revolution; we're in a clean energy crisis," says climate policy expert Michael Shellenberger. His surprising solution: nuclear. In this passionate talk, he explains why it's time to overcome longstanding fears of the technology, and why he and other environmentalists believe it's past time to embrace nuclear as a vi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shellenberger_how_fear_of_nuclear_power_is_hurting_the_environment

Danielle Torley: I stepped out of grief -- by dancing with fire

After losing her mother in a house fire when she was just six years old, Danielle Torley saw two paths before her: a life full of fear, or one that promised healing and recovery. In this inspiring talk, she describes how she turned her grief into beauty in a most unexpected way -- by dancing with fire.
https://www.ted.com/talks/danielle_torley_i_stepped_out_of_grief_by_dancing_with_fire

Anja Blacha: How a world-record mountaineer empowers youth to overcome fear

Success requires taking risks. Watch as Anja Blacha, renowned mountaineer and VP of Youth at PMI, sits down with TED's current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers to talk about how climbing the world's tallest peaks translates to the professional challenges we all face.
https://www.ted.com/talks/anja_blacha_how_a_world_record_mountaineer_empowers_youth_to_overcome_fear

Henrietta Fore: How we can help young people build a better future

A massive generation of young people is about to inherit the world, and it's the duty of everyone to give them a fighting chance for their futures, says UNICEF executive director Henrietta Fore. In this forward-looking talk, she explores the crises facing them and details an ambitious new global initiative, Generation Unlimited, which aims to en...
https://www.ted.com/talks/henrietta_fore_how_we_can_help_young_people_build_a_better_future
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