How this comedian made friends with reality

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This week on TED.com May 26, 2018

Talk of the week Emily Levine: How I made friends with reality 15:27 minutes · Filmed Apr 2018 · Posted May 2018 · TED2018 With her signature wit and wisdom, Emily Levine meets her ultimate challenge as a comedian and philosopher: She makes dying funny. In this personal talk, she takes us on her journey to make friends with reality -- and peace with death. Life is an enormous gift, she says: "You enrich it as best you can, and then you give it back." Watch now »

Playlist of the week Thrifty TED Talks Give old things new life with these fun and thoughtful talks about all our stuff. Watch » Total run time 1:21:50

Catch up on this week's new TED Talks Business school professor Amy Edmondson studies "teaming," where people come together quickly to solve new, urgent or unusual problems. With stories of teamwork on the fly, such as the incredible rescue of 33 miners trapped half a mile underground in Chile in 2010, Edmondson lays out the elements that are needed to turn a group of strangers into a quick-thinking team that can nimbly respond to challenges. Watch » Research investigator Michael Hendryx studies mountaintop removal, an explosive type of coal mining that comes with unexpected -- and largely unknown -- health hazards to people who live nearby. In this data-packed talk, Hendryx presents his research ... and tells the story of the pushback he's received from industry. A stirring talk about science's ethical obligation to speak the truth. Watch » Is there someone in your life dealing with anxiety, depression or thoughts of suicide -- but is too ashamed to talk about it? Jeremy Forbes saw this happening around him, and now he's on a mission to teach people how to start the conversation. In this personal talk, Forbes shares his approach to helping a group of traditionally silent men in his community open up about their struggles. "We can all be life preservers," he says. Watch » Comic books and graphic novels belong in every teacher's toolkit, says cartoonist and educator Gene Luen Yang. Set against the backdrop of his own witty, colorful drawings, Yang explores the history of comics in American education -- and reveals some unexpected insights about their potential for helping kids learn. Watch »

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Quote of the Week “ It’s traditional at graduation to offer neat, packaged stories of triumph over difficulties. But life isn’t like that — it’s open-ended, subject to a million contingencies and constant change. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t make plans. But it does mean you should be alert to all the changes in the world and in yourself that could render your plan suddenly obsolete, unattractive or perverse. Be open to change. Be prepared to experiment. Take risks. Keep learning. Make your life your own." Margaret Heffernan Article: Life advice from 25 TED speakers

TED Radio Hour: Attention Please! In an age of constant information and infinite distractions, how can we pay more attention to our ... attention? In this hour, TED speakers explore the battle for our awareness during the digital age. Listen in on Apple Podcasts, the Google Play store, on NPR One, or wherever you get your podcasts

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