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Why Do We Hesitate to Take Risks? | Dan Ariely | TEDxHM
TEDx Talks· 2026-02-02 17:57
[music] [applause] [applause] Hello. Hello. Um, I want to talk a little bit about risk and I want to start by asking the following questions. If you were to increase your appetite to increase your appetite for risk for the next 10 years, do you think that in 10 years you would be happier or less happy? How many people here think that if you took more risk you would be happier 10 years from now? I think you're right. And I think the question is what's holding us back? I started thinking about this problem a ...
The power of confronting your secrets | Sharan Kaur | TEDxUoNMalaysia
TEDx Talks· 2026-02-02 17:57
Which would you prefer. I love you very much. Or my heart is filled with so much love.It aches so beautifully every time I think of you. The first was just some generic words and the second was the beginning of a beautiful love letter. What makes that beautiful love letter.To me, two things must be true. One, it is real. It is raw. And it is deep.The words are unfiltered. They're unapologetic. You are unafraid.It comes from that voice inside you that just refuses to be silenced. That kind of urgency. The se ...
Energy for People , Planet & Prosperity | Prof. Magnus Chidi Onuoha | TEDxPortHarcourt
TEDx Talks· 2026-02-02 17:56
[music] [music] transition [music] grace economic powerhouse in other words I put in a context how Nigeria's energy transition fit in indeed a new paradigm called the green economy I would like to ask this audience one pertinent and all important question. How many of you belong to the network of climate deniers as like President Donald Trump or the United States. Are many of you.No. Put your hands together for yourselves. Put your hands together.That means climate change is not falacious. Climate change is ...
Five Predictions That Could Redefine Everything | Ebenezar Wikina | TEDxPortHarcourt
TEDx Talks· 2026-02-02 17:56
My story begins in November 2022. I was wearing my made in Portakot uh t-shirt and I was traveling to India for a meeting. Now this this trip coincided with the World Cup, the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.uh and we had a layover at the Hamad International Airport in Doha. Now, prior to this time, I've heard so much about Qatar, right. But the things I saw at the airport left me quite baffled.They had a driverless tram that took people from one terminal to the other. They had a tropical garden in the airport that ...
Rising Seas Rising Stake | Ross Alabo-George | TEDxPortHarcourt
TEDx Talks· 2026-02-02 17:55
The kind of work I do actually puts me in the confluence of data. >> Yeah. and data that cuts across several sectors from environment to agriculture to agroecology and of course remote sensing 20 years ago when we set out to champion and spearhead and out there say pilot the development of mobile maps in Nigeria.We didn't know that mobile maps will become a success. We didn't know that our lives will be so dependent on digital maps, especially when it comes to navigation around our cities. But because we be ...
Forests are talking, AI is finally listening. | Lesley John Jumbo | TEDxPortHarcourt
TEDx Talks· 2026-02-02 17:55
[music] [applause] [music] Step into the forest for 5 minutes and you realize something simple. It never stops talking. Every creek, every shift in the air, every change in the moisture of the soil is data.But here's the thing. We've not had the tools to turn this data into information human beings can understand until now. For centuries, forests have been talking and talking and talking.They've been telling us when they're stressed. They've been telling us when they are thriving. They've been telling us wh ...
Turning Challenge into Prosperity | Oge Esther Onwuka | TEDxPortHarcourt
TEDx Talks· 2026-02-02 17:53
[music] [applause] [music] Personally, [music] I feel that our beloved country Nigeria is the wealthiest country in the world and also we the young people of this generation have the potential to actually become the wealthiest people on earth. Now don't come for me but let me explain something. Look around you.This is a wonderful event. And what is the most common factor at the end of this event is the waste. And what if I told you today that waste can serve as an economic resource for our beloved country N ...
From One Mad Man to Another | Angela Wachira | TEDxYouth@BrookhouseSchool
TEDx Talks· 2026-02-02 17:52
Good morning. Class is in session. Welcome to Genius 101.You don't have to pick a major, just a muse. Whether it's a formula or a fresco, the only requirement is brilliance. My entire life, I've been told that the arts and sciences live on opposite ends of the brains.Mom, you how silly of you to think you can do both. Come on. Are you solving or storytelling.See, Mom, you're failing math now. You'll never get into med school with grades like that. And for the longest time, I believed them.I thought being a ...
The Art of Reinvention | Virupakshappa Hovale | TEDxPESU
TEDx Talks· 2026-02-02 17:52
So welcome once again. So I will take you through the topic called revent mention. How would it be essential when we are living in a world where we are constant disruptions disruptions will be technological geopoly pandm.So it exactly matches with the theme of the events called tessellations of the time. So re mention it is not that my we kind something new but it has been existing for ages for maybe thousands of years. Let's see how it connects to a regular lie. Let's see the scene of protetra.Do you remem ...
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY | Vu Tu Long | TEDxBUV
TEDx Talks· 2026-02-02 17:52
Ch [vỗ tay] >> xin chào tất cả mọi người. Cảm ơn mọi người đã dành những tràng pháo tay suốt từ đầu đến giờ. Vì tôi là người cuối cùng cho nên là tôi nghĩ là những tràng pháo tay ấy nó có vẻ nó hơi rời giảng một chút.Mì chắc là vỗ tay nhiều rồi. Nó cũng mỏi rồi đúng không. [vỗ tay] Xin chào các bạn.Những người làm trong lĩnh vực văn hóa nghệ thuật. chúng tôi đã được biết nhau. Ờ xin a được gửi lời chào tới tất cả mọi người và chúc mọi người sẽ có một buổi gặp gỡ và chia sẻ cùng với nhau thật nhiều ý nghĩa.T ...