What if AI doesn't take our jobs away, but something else does. And what if we lose our ability to create. The word brain lot was voted Oxford 2024 word of the year describing the overconumption of lowquality meaningless online content leading to a decline in a person's mental cognitive and intellectual states.If you like to witness brain rotting action, just check out a series of skip the toilet videos. With no real meanings or plot yet is AI creator has racked up 37 million subscriptions and 65 billion vi ...

[Music] Binad Vinit. [Applause] So I'd like to invite you to join me in a small exercise. um to just calm the mind down, center your mind.So if you can please uh move kind of uh towards the center of your seat like keep your back away from the back of the seat. Put your feet flat on the floor for those of you who can and then uh put your hands maybe on your knees or your lap. Then you can gently close your eyes.You can imagine uh from the top of your head, the crown of your head, a piece of string tied to t ...

[Music] I'm Vive Katray and I'm delighted to be speaking on the portrait of a mind. It's a great event. It's been put together very well.Young minds at work. What about older minds. They get tired, but they're also working hard.And minds are cluttered. They're cluttered. Is life cluttered. Life is cluttered.Life would be nothing if it were not so busy, so engaging, so entertaining. We think that the mind is disturbed, but if someone else is watching, it's all a comedy show. A person sitting on the ceiling h ...

[Applause] What if I told you your brain was like play-doh. It's soft, malleable, and everchanging. Each one of your thoughts leaves an imprint just like this.The more you repeat this thought, the deeper the imprint becomes. This is how your brain forms neural pathways. We all have good and bad days and our brain takes note of them all.Good and bad thoughts leave a mark. But the good news are these marks are reversible. You are never stuck.You can always reshape your brain. And the term for this is neuropla ...

Core Argument - Sound has the power to reconnect individuals with themselves, fostering a sense of well-being and grounding [1][2][3] - Throughout history, various cultures have recognized and utilized the power of sound for healing, connection, and ceremony [6][7] - Intentional use of sound can be integrated into daily life to support mental and emotional well-being [9][10] Applications of Sound - Sound is used in music therapy in hospitals, soundscapes in workplaces, and rhythm/chant in classrooms [8] - Ancient Egyptian temples were built with careful attention to acoustics, Tibetan singing bowls have carried tones of meditation for centuries, and Indigenous communities use drums as anchors of gathering and ceremony [6] - Examples of intentional sound use include listening to birds, humming, chanting, and tuning into the rhythm of footsteps [10] Personal Experiences - Personal experiences highlight the positive impact of sound on stress reduction, mental clarity, and emotional connection [2][3][4][5] - The speaker's personal experiences as a mother and grandmother illustrate the role of sound in calming, connecting, and bringing joy [4][5] - The comeback of live concerts, vinyl records, and communal chanting at festivals demonstrates the modern world's craving for vibration [8]

[Applause] Close your eyes for next 10 seconds. You're banned from being productive. No to-do lists, no goals, just you and your breath.Congratulations. You've just committed the ultimate act of teenage rebellion in 2025. You did absolutely nothing.Last winter, I became an accidental time criminal from the rush. It's chewing the crowded bus. I chose to escape the early subway and walk to the station.It was in those stolen moments that the world quietly unveiled itself. Sunlight painted the sky differently e ...

One afternoon years ago, I watched my daughter sitting cross-legged on the floor. She was about 2 years at that time and she was covering on a note leaflet. I think it was something from the vet that had a serious working cat on it.But she didn't care. Time disappeared. Her shoulders relaxed.Her little fingers moved with complete freedom. She wasn't performing. She wasn't pleasing.She was just herself. And in that moment I felt something shift in me, a memory, a question. When did I stop being like that. Wh ...

Espero que estén disponibles para imaginarse lo que les voy a proponer. Imagínense un río, un río poderoso, caudaloso, que viene directo hacia ti. Imagínenselo. Este río es como el trauma. llega sin avisar, nos desdibuja, borra nuestros límites. Esos límites no son solo fronteras, son nuestros puntos de encuentro con el mundo. nos ayudan a reconocer, esto soy yo y esto no lo soy. Cuando hablo de trauma, hablo de, no hablo de experiencias trágicas, todos tenemos traumas más simples, más complejos, incluso es ...

I was standing in front of the mirror asking myself a question that you have probably asked yourself too. Am I still the person who I used to be or am I finally becoming something that I always wanted to be. And guess what.The answer is neither. I was just in with midm. Hello everyone, my name is Sika and just like all of you here, we live in a tension of two spectrum.So this is the past. This side is the past that involves decisions, emotions, expectations, experience that now shape our now identity. It ha ...

I want to start with a moment. It was the end of a 70our hike. My legs felt like rubber and my skin had become one with my socks.I haven't seen a single patch of dry trail all day. And my raincoat was just for show at this point. Everything I had was soaked with one of Beijing's most relentless rainstorms in recent history.It was a Duke of Edinburgh's hike. It's one of those things you sign up thinking that it's going to be a fun little hike um away from school, from homework. However, I didn't go in there ...