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How a small town can create cultural change | Jessica Baudey | TEDxAberystwyth
TEDx Talks· 2025-12-16 16:30
Picture a town um west coast of Wales. It's the middle of winter. Um everyone wants to retreat. Everyone wants to hibernate naturally and keep warm.But what if there was a way to take that isolation and bring it into connection and create something to bring people together through community. That's where we come in. um we thought what how about um creating a festival festival of love uh and that was a really important idea in terms of using a universal theme.So a way to to relate for everyone to relate for ...
How Laws Change Us | Regina Tassi | TEDxFrancisHollandSchoolSloaneSquare
TEDx Talks· 2025-09-29 16:48
Core Argument - Laws have the power to reshape society and individual behavior, influencing beliefs, expectations, and unconscious actions [16][17] - The effectiveness of a law hinges on whether people internalize its underlying values, shifting from external compliance to genuine belief [5] - Laws are not static but evolve, sometimes leading cultural change and sometimes lagging behind [8][16] Behavioral Economics & The Peltzman Effect - The Peltzman effect suggests that mandated safety measures can lead to increased risk-taking behavior [10] - Introducing safety laws without addressing underlying motivations can lead to unintended consequences, such as reckless driving after seat belt laws or shifting to lower quality cigarettes after cigarette taxes [13][14] - If people don't internalize the value behind the law, they may comply technically but rebel in spirit [13] Cultural Change & Legal Precedence - Legal precedents are powerful, but laws must adapt to societal shifts [8] - Laws can drive cultural change, as seen with the legalization of same-sex marriage in the UK, where acceptance increased significantly after the Marriage Act of 2013 [7] - The introduction of new laws has the capacity to change society [9]