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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…
@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