How to talk politics so the "other side" will listen

Catch up on TED Talks from this week: January 22, 2017

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Robb Willer: How to have better political conversations 12:01 minutes · Filmed Sep 2016 · Posted Jan 2017 · TEDxMarin Robb Willer is a social psychologist who studies the moral values that unite and divide us. And in this surprising talk, he shows how moral values -- too often a source of division -- can also be used to bring people together, to help people hear one another better. He shares some compelling insights on how we might bridge ideological divides, and offers intuitive advice on how to speak (and listen) better when talking politics. Watch now »

Playlist of the week When your beliefs are challenged What do you do when your beliefs and understanding of the world have been challenged -- or even destroyed? Take a deep breath and learn from TED’s best on how to approach these moments with grace and fortitude. Watch » 5 TED Talks • Total run time 1:00:40

More TED Talks Five years ago, Jennifer Brea became ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating illness that severely impairs normal activities and on bad days makes even the rustling of bed sheets unbearable. In this poignant talk, Brea describes the obstacles she's encountered in seeking treatment, and her mission to document through film the lives of patients like her that medicine struggles to treat. Watch » Emily Parsons-Lord re-creates air from distinct moments in Earth's history -- from the clean, fresh-tasting air of the Carboniferous period to the soda-water air of the Great Dying to the heavy, toxic air of the future we're creating. By turning air into art, she invites us to know the invisible world around us. Breathe in the Earth's past and future in this imaginative, trippy talk. Watch » Enough with online hate speech: It's time to take the global crisis of online abuse seriously. In this powerful talk, Ashley Judd shares in brutal detail her ongoing experience of being targeted on social media, and calls on citizens of the internet, the tech community, law enforcement and legislators to recognize the offline harm of online harassment. (Warning: Graphic language.) Watch » James Beacham looks for answers to the most important open questions of physics using the biggest science experiment ever mounted, CERN's Large Hadron Collider. In this fun and accessible talk about how science happens, Beacham takes us on a journey through extra-spatial dimensions in search of undiscovered fundamental particles (and an explanation for the mysteries of gravity) and details the drive to keep exploring. Watch »

Read more on ideas.ted.com Art: Can political action make great art? Meet 12 young artists who say yes  TED Fellows are using theater, sculpture, even graffiti to share their message Poetry: 5 poems for the United States inauguration weekend Explore this moment in time, with 5 poems to read, listen and watch Education: This new curriculum helps student build life skills -- by building tiny houses  How design-build projects can teach kids the most important skills of all

Quote of the Week “ You know, it turns out that when we go to persuade somebody on a political issue, we talk like we're speaking into a mirror. We don't persuade so much as we rehearse our own reasons for why we believe. [In our experiments] we kept saying: "Empathy and respect, empathy and respect." If you can tap into that, you can connect, and you might be able to persuade somebody." Robb Willer How to have better political conversations

ted radio hour: the five senses The five senses shape our experience, but we still don't fully understand them. In our latest show, TED speakers explore how our brains make sense of sensation, and how our minds manufacture "reality." Listen to TED Radio Hour on iTunes »

 

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