[Music] So to kick off this talk, let me ask you something. Let me ask you something that has completely changed the way I see my life and the way I reflect upon the problems that happened to me on an everyday basis. This is it.Please reflect on why do we think the way we do, why we believe on things we believe on, and even why we carry out our everyday actions the way we've all done them. Think about it, please. Think how your personality fits in that question. Think how your identity, your persona fits on ...

[Music] [Applause] As a kid, do you remember the absolute adrenaline rush of hearing the ice cream truck. I lived at the top of my neighborhood. So, I took it as my civic duty to hop on my bike and alert the rest of the kids.Looking back on this experience, did I care how I looked. Frantically, knocking on people's doors during dinner time, drenched in sweat. No.Did I care how I sounded. Shrieking. The ice cream truck is coming.Smash your piggy banks. Grab your flavors. No.Why didn't I care. Because I knew ...

I must admit it is an amazing feeling to be here tonight to deliver a speech in uniform in Berlin, reunited 35 years ago and on the day 80 years after the end of World War II, I would consider this as freedom that we can enjoy this event here this beautiful TEDex bellin for me this is part of our freedom and I think we should never take that freedom for granted considering the actual political situation globally we should try our best and stand together to preserve that freedom collective memory needs to re ...

Why do some stories captivate us while others are quite forgettable? Why can a book or a movie with very little action in it hold our attention while others will feel quite flat no matter how many high octane combat scenes get shoehorned in? While there probably isn't any single answer to this question, I do believe there is a blanket answer that probably applies in most circumstances. And that is stakes. Yeah. If nothing is at stake, we have no reason to be concerned and therefore no reason to be drawn in ...

you all for being here today. My name is Meredith Gera and of all the opportunities and challenges that came with middle school and high school, it was this community at Walkers and the freedom to be unapologetically passionate that single-handedly shaped my life. When asked to share my bio, I do routinely pause because my path has been anything but linear.I've worked in major art galleries, international nonprofits, Michelin star restaurants, and financial technology startups. I've been sent halfway across ...

Have you felt that the most challenging or creative part of your job or schoolwork is figuring out how to respond to an email or writing a last minute assignment that sounds original? Are we all just turning to chat GPT? Now, we'll get back to that in a second. See, I've spent years in the tech industry doing different roles and different environments, but I've seen the same thing everywhere. creativity getting slowly waterboarded by processes, mandatory tools, quarterly goals. I mean, imagine this. It's ye ...

The fast-growing coffee chain is better loved by consumers than you-know-what in the business, according to a recent survey.If you're not quite sure what to make of Dutch Bros (BROS 1.98%) stock here, you're not alone. The coffee drive-thru chain's continued growth pushed shares sharply higher in 2024 and into early 2025. Then, like so many other tickers in February, this one was upended by tariff fears and has been drifting sideways ever since.Does that mean it's not the growth stock many investors thought ...