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Being a person is better than being perfect all the time #TEDTalks
Why are we so obsessed with productivity? Horticulturist Rebecca McMackin (who wants people to let their lawns grow wild) and author Catherine Price (who wrote a book about the power of fun) come together to discuss the relief of giving up control. From growing milkweed to taking up unproductive hobbies, they dig into the benefits…
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In a world of endless health advice, clarity and context might be the best prescription #TEDTalks
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What does it mean to trust someone? #TEDTalks
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In a world of endless health advice, clarity and context might be the best prescription #TEDTalks
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@Theadventuringphilosopher
September 25, 2026 at 3:02 pm
Art. I create art just for myself.
@TED
September 25, 2026 at 4:41 pm
Love that. What’s your favorite thing to make?
@Theadventuringphilosopher
September 25, 2026 at 8:12 pm
@TEDI write stories and poems and watercolor, pencil, charcoal, making a quilt of all my event t shirts and teacher shirts, I love mixing media, photography with paint or mixing chemistry with art using chemical mixes with paint, I also am adventurer and travel to take pictures of the people when they dont know it, people who think theyre invisible, but are the beauty really…its my favorite subject, the stranger
@ThomasAquinas-y9p
September 25, 2026 at 4:53 pm
BBC—Too much self-awareness , Mindfulness can actually make people more selfish.
The study appears in the journal Psychological Science. Published -17 David Robson
@ThomasAquinas-y9p
September 25, 2026 at 4:59 pm
Sounds like a PBS panel that is made fun of on SNL. Oh my to have such First World peoblems…..so typical of Ted Talks…… it is so uniquely nauseating
@ThomasAquinas-y9p
September 25, 2026 at 4:59 pm
Sounds like a PBS panel that is made fun of on SNL. Oh my to have such First World problems …..so typical of Ted Talks…… it is so uniquely nauseating
@Smartsometimes
September 26, 2026 at 4:05 pm
@ThomasAquinas-y9p bro I pray to God you’re not using your literal full name as your handle on YouTube on the Internet? I just don’t comprehend people like that. But I do agree with your comment it is equally just as insane. Like putting your full legal name on one of the most public platforms in all of the world.
@kccc1887
September 26, 2026 at 4:25 pm
Thomas Aquinas is the name of a deceased philosopher
@ThomasAquinas-y9p
September 26, 2026 at 4:32 pm
@kccc1887— it is pathetic that SmartSometimes doesn’t know that but chalk it up to the pathetic state of US educational system. But the poster’s name does ring true
@jmsl_910
September 27, 2026 at 12:00 am
@Smartsometimesit’s more likely his “name” is that of a philosopher
@MrRoberthafetz
September 27, 2026 at 8:01 am
The need to be perfect may indicate early trauma or an emotional disturbance