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We’re building a dystopia just to make people click on ads
We’re building an artificial intelligence-powered dystopia, one click at a time, says techno-sociologist Zeynep Tufekci. In an eye-opening talk, she details how the same algorithms companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon use to get you to click on ads are also used to organize…
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What happens in your brain when you pay attention?
Attention isn’t just about what we focus on — it’s also about what our brains filter out. By investigating patterns in the brain as people try to focus, computational neuroscientist Mehdi Ordikhani-Seyedlar hopes to build computer models that can be used to treat ADHD and help those who have…
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A Strategy-First Approach to Talent Systems and Decisions
Are your talent systems helping or hindering your company-specific talent strategies?
Commercial digitalized talent management (DTM) systems promise to streamline talent decisions by providing best-practice frameworks for objectively identifying talent. But when we rely too heavily on…
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When Good Cultures Go Bad: Stanford’s Charles O’Reilly
Why do successful companies with strong cultures fail to adapt? In this video, Stanford professor Charles O’Reilly explains the paradox that traps market leaders, and he shares five levers for building cultures that can evolve with changing markets.
Stanford University’s Charles…
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Music and emotion through time
In this epic overview, Michael Tilson Thomas traces the development of classical music through the development of written notation, the record, and the re-mix.
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas (call him MTT) is an all-around music educator — connecting with global audiences, young musicians and concertgoers in…
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Feeling stuck in your role?
Coasting on autopilot?
Or ready to get to the next level?These TED Talks don’t just inspire,
they teach you how to win.
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Wish I had watched these 9 talks earlier. It would’ve saved me years of trial and error. Feeling stuck in your role? Coasting on autopilot? Or ready to get to the next level? These TED Talks don’t just inspire, they … Continue reading
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How much will you change in the future? More than you think – Bence Nanay
Time and time again, we’ve failed to predict that the technologies of the present will change the future. Recently, a similar pattern was discovered in our individual lives: we’re unable to predict change in ourselves. But is there anything wrong with assuming that who we… Read more -
How Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google manipulate our emotions
The combined market capitalization of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google is now equivalent to the GDP of India. How did these four companies come to infiltrate our lives so completely? In a spectacular rant, Scott Galloway shares insights and eye-opening stats about their dominance…
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How to get empowered, not overpowered, by AI
Many artificial intelligence researchers expect AI to outsmart humans at all tasks and jobs within decades, enabling a future where we’re restricted only by the laws of physics, not the limits of our intelligence. MIT physicist and AI researcher Max Tegmark separates the real opportunities and…
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Beautiful new words to describe obscure emotions
John Koenig loves finding words that express our unarticulated feelings — like “lachesism,” the hunger for disaster, and “sonder,” the realization that everyone else’s lives are as complex and unknowable as our own. Here, he meditates on the meaning we assign to words and how these meanings…
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