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The Golden Era of Mid-sized Cities | Tim Kelly | TEDxFargo
TEDx Talks· 2025-11-03 16:02
[Music] It's an honor to be here with you today. I didn't realize we were going to show the video, but that's actually very helpful because I'm going to talk to you today about why I think we are on the cusp of a golden era of mid-size cities, which includes cities like Fargo and and Witchah, the other city that was honored in Bentonville recently. I'll talk more about that.So, I am Tim Kelly. I'm very proud to be the 66th mayor of the city of Chattanooga. Uh, and we are a south we're a midsize city as you ...
Be the wildcard: Entrepreneurial traits driving the AI era | Emily Hemingway | TEDxStLouisWomen
TEDx Talks· 2025-10-29 15:57
[Music] [Music] About a year ago, I sat across the table from one of the biggest business leaders in St. Louis, the head of a powerhouse nonprofit organization. His name carries serious weight in the startup community.Now, I was the new founding director of the regional tech council, sitting in the big fancy offices of an organization that could eat me for breakfast. Now, just the week prior, we had hosted the very first year of our regional startup pitch competition, where we had taken a hundred local foun ...
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Elon Musk· 2025-10-27 19:48
RT Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy)Agency > IntelligenceI had this intuitively wrong for decades, I think due to a pervasive cultural veneration of intelligence, various entertainment/media, obsession with IQ etc. Agency is significantly more powerful and significantly more scarce. Are you hiring for agency? Are we educating for agency? Are you acting as if you had 10X agency?Grok explanation is ~close:“Agency, as a personality trait, refers to an individual's capacity to take initiative, make decisions, and exe ...
Reframing invisible and visible disabilities | Sophia Hotung & Jessica Chan | TEDxTinHau Women
TEDx Talks· 2025-10-10 17:00
[Music] Jessica yes what is your favorite color it's purple oh I'm I'm so sorry like since birth uh yeah I guess but wait what's this what is this contraption during rehearsals you never wore one it's my bra sometimes I feel safe to free boob it but other times wearing a bra keeps me up how weird is this conversation these are actually conversations we have a lot except in real life they're not about colors or clothes we're going to replay it back for you for real oh Jessica why are you so petite I have a c ...
Agency and Independence
Y Combinator· 2025-09-10 17:40
It's pretty clear now in the AI world that like the AI is very good at following instructions and it's probably going to be hard for humans to compete with the AI on just like following instructions reliably. In which case people here need to think about what are they going to get out of their college experience. That goes beyond just kind of showing up passing the test following the instructions really really well.like it's going to require how do you know to do things yourself and how do you have like age ...
Thinking like a CEO in the age of AI | Rohan Arya Gondi | TEDxOakridgeGachibowli
TEDx Talks· 2025-09-04 15:37
If this went dark tomorrow, no apps, no assistance, no autocomplete, how much of your thinking would still be yours. November 2022, Chad GPT is released and it's an instant hit. a million users in its first five days and a 100 million in the ensuing two months.I was hooked. It felt like magic. I type in a question and within seconds I'd get a perfect answer.It became my go-to replacing Google almost overnight. No more endless articles, no more tabs. But I didn't stop there.As AI got smarter, it went being m ...
What If Learning Felt Like Freedom? | Meaghann Denkenberger | TEDxYouth@FranklinSchoolOfInnovation
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-25 14:58
Core Idea of UDL - UDL aims to transform classrooms into more unique, inspiring, and engaging places for all learners by highlighting choice and agency [3] - UDL is an approach to learning that makes meaning accessible and flexible for all students, regardless of their strengths, needs, or cultural backgrounds [4] - UDL is grounded in neuroscience, cognitive psychology, disability studies, and asset-based inclusive pedagogy [4] Key Components of UDL - UDL focuses on three main areas of choice: engagement (why does this matter), action and expression (how to share what they know), and representation (what materials are provided) [5] - UDL emphasizes designing to the edges, intentionally creating products or experiences keeping in mind the needs of users at the extreme ends of the spectrum [10] - UDL encourages students to take ownership of their learning, set their own goals, and ask for the support that they need [23] Practical Applications of UDL - In a UDL classroom, teachers might use color-coding (e g, red for main ideas, blue for supporting details) to provide choices for students when taking notes [19] - UDL can be implemented by allowing students to choose leadership roles in group activities based on their strengths and interests [24][25] - UDL enhances belonging, autonomy, and agency in the classroom [26]
How to harness the 4 A’s of power | Natalie Jobity | TEDxNokesville Women
TEDx Talks· 2025-06-17 15:59
Core Message - The speech encourages women to embrace their full potential and power by embodying the qualities of water: uncontainable, adaptable, and transformative [1][5][6] - It challenges the traditional constraints and expectations placed on women in leadership roles [4][5] - The speech advocates for women to lead with fluidity and freedom, rather than rigidity and restraint [5][6] The Four A's of Power - **Authority:** Claiming one's worth and expertise with unshakable confidence, commanding space like the ocean [10][11][12] - **Agency:** Taking ownership of decisions and proactively pursuing goals, driving change like a wave [13][14] - **Autonomy:** Moving through the world on one's own terms, adapting and adjusting without bending to limiting expectations, carving one's own path like a river [15][16] - **Audacity:** Daring to be seen and heard, challenging limitations, and embracing fearlessness like a waterfall [17][18][19] Call to Action - The speech urges women to activate their "power playbook" by embracing authority, agency, autonomy, and audacity [10][19] - It encourages women to stop holding back and to flow in their power, believing in their limitless potential [20][21] - The speech envisions women becoming a unique and powerful force for change, creating a ripple effect of impact [22]