Journalist and podcast host Krista Tippett has spent a career interviewing some of the world’s most brilliant people. All these conversations have left her with wisdom on the art of living and what it means to be human right now. Listen along as she offers three practices to help you make sense of the world around you and bring your fullest, most joyful self to it.
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sophia isabelle
October 11, 2023 at 7:03 am
Life full of wisdom makes a huge difference not just to your own well-being and inner capacities, but to everyone around you. Wisdom is something others may find quite challenging to attain.
Spacko Lacko
October 11, 2023 at 11:30 am
🤓
Miscellaneous Silliness
October 11, 2023 at 7:05 am
“Krista Tippett”. Lol.
🔴 LISA LIVE
October 11, 2023 at 7:13 am
2:11:54 *Let’s appreciate the hard work she puts into these videos for our entertainment🧡*
Emilio G.
October 11, 2023 at 7:50 am
Wisdom is not held in high regard in this country. Older people are discarded like waste. Older people should be respected and looked after. The disrespect is astonishing.
Isaac Kotlicky
October 11, 2023 at 11:10 am
The old who behave like foolish youngsters do not innately deserve respect, nor do the young innately deserve to be treated as fools.
thecaffeinefiend
October 11, 2023 at 12:38 pm
@Isaac KotlickySo true.
Maurissa Lynn
October 11, 2023 at 8:02 am
🫶 great
Pragmatic Pundit
October 11, 2023 at 8:39 am
TLDR…where is the TLDR!?
MilanZhi
October 11, 2023 at 8:58 am
Thank you
Brian Maina
October 11, 2023 at 9:52 am
WISDOM THROUGH JESUS CHRIST
Kirby Patton
October 11, 2023 at 10:40 am
🙏
Willful Mystic
October 11, 2023 at 11:25 am
Yikes! I’m autistic and I can’t think of anything worse than bodies breathing against each other. lol I didn’t even notice the social problems of the pandemic. I think people forget that we’re not all the same.
Jojo
October 11, 2023 at 12:33 pm
Why
Willful Mystic
October 11, 2023 at 4:03 pm
@Jojo why what
Meanderin Oranges
October 11, 2023 at 11:48 am
I have just one practice for a life of wisdom.
1. Ignore everything coming from TED
J I FULBE
October 11, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Why?
Jim Thuli
October 12, 2023 at 8:28 pm
That idea is straight stupid lol ❤
askadia
October 11, 2023 at 2:13 pm
It might be cuz I’m not a native English speaker, but I honestly didn’t get what she’s talking about. What’s this “generative narrative”?
Mister Scot
October 11, 2023 at 2:30 pm
wow TED…what has happened to you…
Prema Poojitan Ananda
October 11, 2023 at 4:11 pm
🌸🌟🌏
Jonathan Koe
October 11, 2023 at 4:34 pm
Watching this was a profoundly moving experience for me. I’ve been listening to On Being, witnessing Krista embody these practices and teachings over and over again through her deeply human, soulful, gratifying conversation spaces. To see her summarize the complex, nuanced art of deep listening into such a condensed talk is a marvel. This is a gift for humanity. I’m a bit sad that most people watching YouTube won’t get it, but I know I’ll be watching this over and over again. Thank you.
Christa Ollinger
October 13, 2023 at 3:22 pm
Thank you for saying that. Her talk landed for me and was really something I appreciated hearing. ❤
YSA
October 11, 2023 at 5:20 pm
너무나도 강렬하고 아름다운 강연
우리의 소명은 단순히 직업을 가진 사람이 되는 것을 의미하는 것이 아니라 친구 가족 이웃 무엇보다 세상을 사랑하는 것. 우리시대가 주는 인간이라는 전체 종의 소명은 완전체를 추구하는 것. 완전체 wholeness 추구는 완벽을 추구하거나 달성하는 것이 아니다. 죽음을 다루는 것을 멀리하고 삶을 주는 것을 추구. 우리 시대 과학기술도 역사상 최초로 이 전체 인간종의 완전체 삶을 살고 생각하는 도구라는 것. 삶의 지혜와 완전체는 서로 충돌하는 현실 속에서 드러나는 것으로 보인다. 이 충돌하는 현실이란, 강함과취약함, 탄생과죽음, 고통과희망, 의문과확신, 엉망진창과아름다움, 평정심과 사나움, 나의것과당신의것 – 너무 아름답지 않아요???
완전체의 삶을 추구하는 것이야 말로 인간 전체 종의 소명 중 소명!
너무나도 본질적이고 아름답고 강렬한 강연이었어요!!!
Johnathan Bailey
October 11, 2023 at 8:59 pm
Ted talks are a** I would love for them to stop popping up on my time line
Akuma
October 11, 2023 at 9:49 pm
I’ve watched quite a few TED talks on this channel, and NGL, this is the first one I had to play at 1.5x speed because she talks so slow, and at 1.5x it seemed normal speed.
Jim Thuli
October 12, 2023 at 8:27 pm
Hahaha
Rosheen O'Donnell
October 12, 2023 at 1:19 am
Word salad
Virtual Being
October 13, 2023 at 12:55 am
If you play this backwards, she says the same exact thing.
Black Flame
October 12, 2023 at 3:31 am
What a beautiful, deep talk.
Maria Antonietta Montella
October 12, 2023 at 5:08 am
impressive
heng huang
October 12, 2023 at 5:37 am
02:00 – 05:37 Seeing the generative story of our time. Beyond the narrative of catastrophe, there is ongoing learning, growth and progress happening. Actively look for the forces of good in the world.
06:14 – 09:46 Living the questions. In facing the world’s pain, have the courage to ask and dwell with questions themselves rather than rushing for answers. Questions can guide us to new possibilities.
10:25 – 14:22 Pursuing wholeness. We are called to become more whole human beings, not just professionalized ones. Strive in life-giving directions and embrace the complexity of human nature.
Noted by NoteGPT
Human driver 5280
October 12, 2023 at 10:01 pm
Ohmmm rama ringy dingy. I smell new age BS.
Nope9
October 13, 2023 at 12:16 am
life of wisdom in my thoughts is that you have an independence but not conflict to a group or society