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Demystifying block box thinking and gut feeling | Rohit Bassi | TEDxAURAK
TEDx Talks· 2025-09-04 15:15
Technology & Humanity - AI's potential dangers are highlighted, with examples of negative consequences like a chatbot causing a teenager's suicide and biased AI algorithms in job roles [3][4][5] - The speaker reframes the idea that AI will destroy humanity, suggesting instead that humanity will destroy humanity [3] - Technology is not what will lead humanity to get better; wisdom, ethics, and discipline (WED) are essential [16] Entrepreneurship & Leadership - Entrepreneurship has evolved to encompass leadership, which includes caring for the planet, people, and prosperity [6] - Great leaders and entrepreneurs understand the importance of impermanence, interdependence, and suffering [11][12][13][14][15] - Leaders and entrepreneurs should focus on WED (wisdom, ethics, and discipline) rather than solely on technology [17] Decision Making - The "black box" approach (data and rationale) and "gut feeling" (experiences and intuition) are two different ways of making decisions [8][9] - A holistic approach that merges both the black box and gut feeling is recommended for making wise decisions [10][15] Ancient Wisdom - Three marks of existence are impermanence, interdependence, and suffering [12][13][14] - Impermanence: Everything in life is impermanent, including technology [12] - Interdependence: All systems (social, financial, economic) are interdependent [13] - Suffering: Everyone will experience suffering [15]
What Diffrent religions taught me about life | Juwairiah Sayyed | TEDxSISJ Youth
TEDx Talks· 2025-08-18 16:13
It's quite a beautiful concept to me how human psychology works. How some things don't need to be taught, how you can just absorb them. It's crazy cuz it's literally like the smell of your mom's chai or how festivals feel a lot more louder in your bones than they do in your ears.how belief is instilled within a person. You see, I come from a country where faith isn't just a belief. It's a way of life.It's in the bells ringing through the ancient temples, the aans, the gardo, the churches, and the infinite o ...
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Forbes· 2025-08-01 01:49
Industry Recognition - Forbes' 50 Over 50 list highlights women achieving success with age and experience [1] - The list showcases the wisdom and accomplishments of women later in their careers [1] Personal Development & Advice - The report focuses on advice these accomplished women would give to their younger selves [1]
What You Don’t Know About The Future of Work, Us, and Everything | Dr. Yazzan Hijjazi | TEDxDabouq
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-31 16:01
Core Argument - The industry needs system-wide transformation that begins within, requiring innovation on inner maps of how to navigate life [2] - The industry is treating the world as complicated when it is complex, requiring humility, awareness, and system sense [9] - The critical upgrade is human, focusing on the kind of humans shaping AI [14][15] Key Dimensions - Self: Thoughts, feelings, and signals inside individuals [19] - Other: Reality unfolding in the person or persons across from individuals [19] - System: The environment and the bigger currents of culture, tech, politics, power, and capital [20] Essential Human Skills - Befriending oneself and nature, recognizing their interconnectedness [20][21][22] - Seeking and being truth, reclaiming voice in a world of disinformation [22][23] - Following one's north star, using discernment as a lifeline [24] - Practicing perspective-taking, seeking disconfirming evidence to deepen understanding [26][27] - Co-creating with AI and others, collaborating radically to amplify human thriving [27][28]
Wonder Wisdom and the World We Need | Deb Nichols | TEDxSouth Congress
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-03 15:39
Core Argument: The PAC Framework - The core argument is that effective systems, whether for learning, health, or any aspect of life, must be designed with a focus on Persons, Artifacts, and Context (PAC) [7] - Alignment of these three elements (Persons, Artifacts, and Context) leads to transformative outcomes, whereas misalignment can cause systems to fail or even cause harm [9][14][21] - The industry should prioritize understanding and fitting systems to the lives of the people they are intended to serve, rather than standardizing approaches [21][25] Application of PAC in Education - The "Between the Lions" case study demonstrates the PAC framework in action, showing how aligning media (Artifacts), culturally relevant materials (Context), and teacher support (Persons) significantly improved reading outcomes [9][16] - Initial attempts to implement the program without adapting materials to local cultures (Mississippi) or providing adequate teacher support resulted in reduced impact [13][14] - When all three elements were aligned, the impact jumped to 170%, exceeding the national baseline and demonstrating the power of the PAC framework [16] Application of PAC in Caregiving - A national study of caregivers revealed that their motives and mindsets significantly affect their well-being and ability to cope with caregiving tasks [19][20] - Systems should be responsive to the individual needs and circumstances of caregivers, recognizing that care is personal and contextual [21][22] - The industry should anchor its work in the PAC corners, considering the caregivers (Persons), a system responsive to their motives (Artifacts), and the messy reality of their lives (Context) [21][22] Implications for System Design - The industry should move away from designing for simplicity and standardization, and instead design for complexity, recognizing the importance of individual differences and contextual factors [6][21] - Systems should be built with empathy, focusing on understanding and meeting people where they are [25] - The most important question when designing a system should be whether it fits the life someone is actually living [25][28]