The new science of generosity

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This week on TED.com April 27, 2019

Talk of the week Elizabeth Dunn: Helping others makes us happier -- but it matters how we do it 14:29 minutes · Filmed Apr 2019 · Posted Apr 2019 · TED2019 Research shows that helping others makes us happier. But in her groundbreaking work on generosity and joy, social psychologist Elizabeth Dunn found that there's a catch: it matters how we help. Learn how we can make a greater impact -- and boost our own happiness along the way -- if we make one key shift in how we help others. "Let's stop thinking about giving as just this moral obligation and start thinking of it as a source of pleasure," Dunn says. Watch now »

Playlist of the week Don't get paralyzed by perfectionism Talks that encourage you to celebrate the little wins and imperfect moments -- not just the big successes. Watch » 3 TED Talks • Total run time 37:57

This week's new TED Talks Chemical biologist David R. Liu shares his lab's breakthrough development: tools that can rewrite DNA. This crucial step in genome editing takes the promise of CRISPR to the next level: if CRISPR proteins are "scissors," programmed to cut specific DNA sequences, then base editors are "pencils," capable of rewriting one DNA letter into another. Learn more about how these molecular machines work -- and their vast potential. Watch » The Silent Generation, baby boomers, Generation X, millennials, Gen Z -- we're all in the workforce together now. How are our assumptions about each other holding us back from working and communicating better? In this thoughtful, funny talk, social psychologist Leah Georges shows how we're more similar than different and offers helpful tactics for navigating the multigenerational workplace. Watch » Here's a shocking statistic: 50 to 80 percent of people in the criminal justice system in the US have had a traumatic brain injury. In the general public, that number is less than 5 percent. Neuropsychologist Kim Gorgens shares her research into the connection between brain trauma and the behaviors that keep people stuck in the revolving door of criminal justice -- and some ways to make the system more effective for everyone. Watch » How often do you think about the air you're breathing? Probably not enough, says entrepreneur and TED Fellow Romain Lacombe. He introduces Flow: a personal air-quality tracker that fits in your hand and monitors pollution levels in real time. See how this device could help you track and understand pollution street by street, hour by hour -- and empower you to take action to improve your health. Watch »

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JOIN US IN the comments! “ Thank you! For your giving, and your research. The idea to create meaningful connections between people as a core aspect of charity, and specifically sponsoring refugees, is such a great idea!.” Commenter: Costa Michailidis Talk: Elizabeth Dunn Helping others makes us happier — but it matters how we do it

New podcast episode: WorkLife with Adam Grant When Strength Becomes Weakness: When working your strengths, you need balance -- or you can overdevelop one muscle at the expense of another. Listen to WorkLife with Adam Grant on Apple Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform.

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We believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards? In this fast-moving and very funny talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that, actually, happiness inspires us to be more productive.

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So often we chase happiness as a side affect of our success, when really our patterns of thinking positively are what can make us more successful. Bharath Varma, TED community member

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Parting thought “I hear education systems are failing, but I believe they're succeeding at what they're built to do — to train you, to keep you on track, to track down an American dream that has failed so many of us all.” Malcolm London, Poet, performer, activist, from Malcolm London: "High School Training Ground"

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Facebook's role in Brexit — and the threat to democracy

Are free and fair elections a thing of the past? Read online

This week on TED.com April 21, 2019

Talk of the week Carole Cadwalladr: Facebook's role in Brexit -- and the threat to democracy 15:15 minutes · Filmed Apr 2019 · Posted Apr 2019 · TED2019 In an unmissable talk, journalist Carole Cadwalladr digs into one of the most perplexing events in recent times: the UK's super-close 2016 vote to leave the European Union. Tracking the result to a barrage of misleading Facebook ads targeted at vulnerable Brexit swing voters -- and linking the same players and tactics to the 2016 US presidential election -- Cadwalladr calls out the "gods of Silicon Valley" for being on the wrong side of history and asks: Are free and fair elections a thing of the past? Watch now »

Playlist of the week The most popular talks of all time Are schools killing creativity? What makes a great leader? How can I find happiness? These 25 talks are the ones that you and your fellow TED fans just can't stop sharing. Watch » Total run time 6:42:32

This week's new TED Talks In the early 1990s, a scandal rocked evolutionary biology: scientists discovered that songbirds -- once thought to be strictly monogamous -- engaged in what's politely called "extra-pair copulation." In this unforgettable biology lesson on animal infidelity, TED Fellow Danielle N. Lee shows how she uses hip-hop to teach science, leading the crowd in an updated version of Naughty by Nature's hit "O.P.P." Watch » At the center of a galaxy more than 55 million light-years away, there's a supermassive black hole with the mass of several billion suns. And now, for the first time ever, we can see it. Astrophysicist Sheperd Doeleman, head of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, speaks with TED's Chris Anderson about the iconic, first-ever image of a black hole -- and the epic, worldwide effort involved in capturing it. Watch » Robot brains are getting smarter and smarter, but their bodies are often still clunky and unwieldy. Mechanical engineer Christoph Keplinger is designing a new generation of soft, agile robot inspired by a masterpiece of evolution: biological muscle. See these "artificial muscles" expand and contract like the real thing and reach superhuman speeds -- and learn how they could power prosthetics that are stronger and more efficient than human limbs. Watch » Can Twitter be saved? In a wide-ranging conversation with TED's Chris Anderson and Whitney Pennington Rodgers, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey discusses the future of the platform -- acknowledging problems with harassment and moderation and proposing some fundamental changes that he hopes will encourage healthy, respectful conversations. "Are we actually delivering something that people value every single day?" Dorsey asks. Watch »

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JOIN US IN the comments! “ Thank you Carole (and your collaborators) for your sheer bravery in bringing this case to light. The line between influence and outright manipulation is now non-existent when it comes to advertising it seems.” Commenter: Sharath S Talk: Carole Cadwalladr Facebook's role in Brexit — and the threat to democracy

New podcast episode: WorkLife with Adam Grant Bouncing back from rejection: Rejection does not define us, but it can shape how we define ourselves. This week, learn how to face rejection and come out stronger on the other side of it. Listen to WorkLife with Adam Grant on Apple Podcasts, or on your favorite podcast platform.

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Parting thought “Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi — all these peopled described themselves as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy. And they all took the spotlight, even though every bone in their bodies was telling them not to.” Susan Cain, Quiet revolutionary, from Susan Cain: The power of introverts

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