Why is good news so rare?
If you love watching TED Talks like this one, become a TED Member to support our mission of spreading ideas:
Follow TED!
Twitter:
Instagram:
Facebook:
LinkedIn:
TikTok:
The TED Talks channel features talks, performances and original series from the world’s leading thinkers and doers. Subscribe to our channel for videos on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Visit to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more.
Watch more:
TED’s videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy: . For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at
#TED #TEDTalks #news
Bull Marcus
June 23, 2023 at 9:49 am
Basically all of that is bad news for humanity. “Renewable energy” is globalist/Communist code word for the death of sovereignty/independence.
Just putting it out there that coal and oil are both amazing 😎
Gabriel Maroto
June 23, 2023 at 9:52 am
He refused to mention the people in charge. Who control the narrative. Why they want to control it? Why they only put the bad news in front of us?
Novo
June 23, 2023 at 3:59 pm
They want to profit. That is their bottom line. Sell the news.
Selim Gazi
June 23, 2023 at 9:53 am
Soo nice 👍🎉
Ada Pan
June 23, 2023 at 10:00 am
reminded me of the book “Factfulness”
Michael Woods Mccausland
June 23, 2023 at 10:18 am
Geo Thermal and the return to indigenous treatment modalities are returning to the collective table
Dose of Society
June 23, 2023 at 10:33 am
Such an important topic and something we strive to achieve everyday on our channel. We cover stories of real people and real possibility, we welcome everyone ♥
gun superbig
June 23, 2023 at 10:49 am
Great news! Yesterday, the Rushian Pudding shot missiles destroyed 1,000 citizens yesterday. Today, their missiles only killed 100 more citizens. What a progress! However, there is still room for improvement.
In terms of China, initially, there were concerns about the military reunification of Hong Kong and Taiwan. However, It seems that China is now solely focusing on military reunifying Hong Kong.. This development brings hope for the situation.
Another critical issue we face is global warming. In the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries agreed to limit the increase in global temperature to within 1.5 degrees Celsius. At that time, it was estimated that without significant measures, the temperature would exceed this limit by around 2040. Fast forward to today, in 2023, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has announced that approximately 66 areas worldwide are projected to exceed the temperature limit within the next five years.
To combat this, people have started transitioning from plastic straws to paper straws. This shift demonstrates progress and a collective effort to address the issue. If this isn’t progress, then what is?
Akira
June 23, 2023 at 10:52 am
I remember when yt, or the internet in general, used to be a place to get away from all the mainstream bs. But not anymore. Ads and mainstream algorithms being pushed EVERYWHERE.
Mad Morgan
June 23, 2023 at 11:18 am
Powerful video and one of the best TED Talks to date.
Kehrey Anne Dean
June 23, 2023 at 11:22 am
Because fear and anger based news is better at keeping humanity suppressed, stuck and living in fear and lower vibrations.
Novo
June 23, 2023 at 3:58 pm
I thinks it is more to make a profit.
Jim Barchuk
June 23, 2023 at 11:35 am
Because chaos is more profitable.
D
June 23, 2023 at 12:19 pm
I’ve just had a thought that maybe good news isn’t reported because it creates hope and optimism which empowers people and leads to change..
Yina Frentz
June 23, 2023 at 12:41 pm
Leads to change like in what? Refusing all at once to work in the army’s factories? Well, too late. They’ll be replaced all at once by the AI.
D
June 23, 2023 at 1:33 pm
@yinafrentz I was thinking more political change e.g. unifying against parties that steal from the poor and give to the rich.
Yina Frentz
June 23, 2023 at 2:34 pm
@D I see it, you want to say that at least the crowd becomes happier cannon fodder, not bad!👍
Alan hat
June 23, 2023 at 8:51 pm
@Yina Frentz not quite, the parties which give to the rich tend to be the ones which create the need for cannon fodder.
Thabata
June 23, 2023 at 12:23 pm
This is awesome ❤
ronkirk50
June 23, 2023 at 12:30 pm
In spite of the bad news stories we see and hear everyday, humanity as a whole is on an upward arc of improved health, wealth and happiness. The good old days weren’t really all that good if you look at the data. I just hope we can turnaround the 6th great extinction before we lose too many more species forever.
Buckwheat Rain
June 23, 2023 at 12:41 pm
only the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station was blown up by the Russians, which caused damage to all living things in that area, where there are now no fertile fields and a certain number of animals. and a lot of emissions were poured into the Black Sea. and this is not a conflict. this is war, let’s say everything by our names
SEVEN SAMURAI
June 23, 2023 at 1:00 pm
Bad news spreads a thousand nations whilst good news rarely leaves the home. So yeah, news outlets only care about eye-catching negative stories
Novo
June 23, 2023 at 3:57 pm
For the profits.
Alianger
June 23, 2023 at 1:36 pm
Gender affirmation is conversion therapy
Cagliostro000
June 23, 2023 at 1:38 pm
I love the energy of this talk, it’s now probably one of my favourite one.
Great work ^^
Ana Moreno
June 23, 2023 at 3:51 pm
Why? Bad news sells, keeps viewers watching. Under our current global economic system it is imperative to make news profitable.
Novo
June 23, 2023 at 3:56 pm
Exactly. Couldn’t have said it better.
Alan hat
June 23, 2023 at 8:46 pm
No, much news is _not_ for profit, it’s for power.
(Sorry to bring a downer but this distinction is important).
Ana Moreno
June 23, 2023 at 8:52 pm
@Alan hat Financial profit equals power. That’s the point. All big media outlets (CNN, ABC, NBC) make huge profits, their power derives from such profits.
Helder Lage
June 23, 2023 at 4:02 pm
Finally someone who answered my question… is there nothing positive happening on earth?… THANKS for showing me that there is!
That'sWhatAmSaying
June 23, 2023 at 4:14 pm
News should sound the alarm but also give equal space to the acknowledgement of victories
That'sWhatAmSaying
June 23, 2023 at 4:28 pm
We vote with our eyes the news we want to see. The media has optimized for this fact. We want warnings of what to look out for and the thrill and drama of bad news.
Bee
June 23, 2023 at 4:48 pm
The Good News Channel
Bryan Santana
June 23, 2023 at 5:20 pm
We humans have a propensity towards the “negativity instinct”, whereby we notice the bad more than the good.
Remember that improvements and good news rarely make the news. Positive changes may actually be more common than negative ones.
This reminder will allow us to keep watching the news without having dystopian visions drummed into us on a daily basis
Lord Planet
June 23, 2023 at 9:10 pm
Because good news doesn’t sell that’s why
CK Gaming Channel
June 23, 2023 at 10:58 pm
Bad news stands out. Law&Crime network for example.
ildar mingazov
June 23, 2023 at 11:06 pm
You like others heat your hands on modern politics
So go on 🙂
Gushousekai195
June 24, 2023 at 2:14 am
That applause is hella satisfying
Leo NZ
June 24, 2023 at 3:42 am
Ladies and gentlemen
The shiet has reached the shore.
TomFynn
June 24, 2023 at 5:24 am
If it bleeds, it reads.
Danylo Frolov
June 24, 2023 at 7:23 am
Why, haha. Right now only amazing news from russia, military coup🎉😊
Paddy Slattery
June 24, 2023 at 8:06 am
Thanks TED; as timely as the grim reaper.
CodeLicious
June 24, 2023 at 8:18 am
Finest tedtalk. It should be included in mass communication and journalism introduction.
徐永昊
June 24, 2023 at 10:30 am
In this era.Who can be lead America, American that cross through the predicaments much better?
徐永昊
Russell Hsu
徐永昊
June 24, 2023 at 10:43 am
In this era. Maybe these guys who are bacame second in command down that reduce to not taken seriously.
Call me Hsu.
徐永昊
Russell Hsu
Bazuke
June 24, 2023 at 11:35 am
Good one Gus!
Adam
June 24, 2023 at 3:39 pm
because nothing sparks innovation like war. bad news = change and innovation good news = less time talking about bad news.
Tafari Martin
June 24, 2023 at 5:15 pm
EZ B^]
yungrecentadvancement
June 24, 2023 at 5:15 pm
EZ B^]
EzLo
June 24, 2023 at 5:41 pm
Talk starts at 13:37.
Madhav Kaushal
June 24, 2023 at 8:27 pm
Much like how developing countries are covered in world, esp India. Creates an image of doom, which an average person living there just laughs at.
universalClips
June 24, 2023 at 10:07 pm
Excellent. More of this.
No One Star
June 24, 2023 at 10:58 pm
“Reflect upon the Past.
Embrace your Present.
Orchestrate our Futures.” –Artemis
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
“Before I start, I must see my end.
Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins.
Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed.
In time, all points converge, hope’s strength re-steeled.
But to earn final peace at the universe’s endless refrain,
We must see all in nothingness… before we start again.”
🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨
–Diamond Dragons (series)
Abdualimov Bayot
June 25, 2023 at 12:46 am
homosexuality is a big danger for humankind, it will be destroy humanity then it will be identical with animals
nhat phan
June 25, 2023 at 1:04 am
beauty message
소영심
June 25, 2023 at 4:07 am
이런 희망적인 뉴스에 재를 뿌리는 뉴스도 있다 일본이 핵발전 오염수를 바다에 투기하는것이다 바다 밑 바닥에 지하로 방사능이 들어간다면…지구 어디의 지하수에서 방사능이 검출될수있다
SUB
June 25, 2023 at 6:48 am
Finally someone addressed this underlying issue that’s been bothering me for a long time. Thank you, Angus Hervey.
Alexandra K
June 25, 2023 at 7:07 am
I’m not crying, you are
Unknown Girl
June 25, 2023 at 10:55 am
Who is here to practice ilets
health fitnes BD
June 25, 2023 at 2:21 pm
If you want to save the planet then save the Amazon first and stop investing trillions of money on Weapon spreads love not war ❤
Alex White
June 25, 2023 at 6:34 pm
Brilliant!
Brandon Terrill
June 25, 2023 at 8:04 pm
Is there anything more in love with neoliberalism than TED?
Eddy Gunawan
June 26, 2023 at 11:24 am
This is i call balance news ..yin and yang news 😂
Matt H
June 26, 2023 at 3:43 pm
I can help
Anastasia Button
June 27, 2023 at 2:49 am
BRAVO!
Chris Lee
June 27, 2023 at 5:32 am
0:49: 🌍 The past year has seen significant progress in the fight against climate change and neglected tropical diseases, as well as the development of a promising malaria vaccine.
4:39: ✨ Despite the focus on negative news, there are positive developments in the world, including environmental conservation efforts and progress in human rights.
8:55: 🌍 Humanity has made significant progress in poverty reduction, conservation, and healthcare in the past year.
13:00: 🌟 The speaker discusses the importance of sharing stories of progress and hope.
Recap by Tammy AI
Deborah Camacho
June 27, 2023 at 4:27 pm
Absolutely
Avi Richar
June 27, 2023 at 6:39 pm
Great exemplification by Angus Harvey of an alternate path of making our reality through our choices and our expressions of focus and effort, as an application of the principles around which both the problem and the solution are centered. At 14:45 Angus mentioned the essence of that problem, in a different context, but the same essence applies to news, and to stories generally, whether that factual kind, or the fictional kind of other media (entertainment and art etc.).
Too many people are stuck in poverty and disease — in sick and impoverished/impoverishing systems. But the end of that sentence mentioned about people generally also applies to that essential problem, of why that’s the case: “and are trapped in conflict.” That’s what story as a process, and a field and craft, and as a tool, and as an extant entity of various qualities and disciplines and approaches, gets summed up as: conflict. It’s trapped by that narrow view.
Story isn’t conflict, and isn’t about conflict. Not only conflict. Story is change, and is about change. Conflict is one kind of change. There are many others. Demonstrated and exemplified here, by Angus Harvey, in the stories of good news, and actually how someone can be good at reporting good news.
It’s really simple, but all the truest principles are, and all the essential realities around which so much pivots.
Stories (news or tales/yarns/fictions) aren’t conflict. They’re change.
And getting outside of *only* conflict, an *obsession* with conflict, the *extreme* and *reductive* and *narrowly* defined sub-slice of kinds of change, into the broad vistas of possible change, interesting change, useful change — yes painful change and heart breaking and all the other challenging and negative and difficult emotional and experiential kinds of change, that are *not* about conflict, as well as the bits that are about conflict, returned to their place within this larger sphere of change — that’s the solution.
Very very simple. And kept out of sight, by asshats and idiots, and other insanity-caused emulations of asshattery and idiocy, just like every other simple principle and true essential wisdom or element of reality that we could be aware of, easily, but somehow find ourselves missing, briefly glimpsing just out of sight, only to be blocked again by the clouds of BS churned out by the insane systems and the idiocy-and-asshattishness symptomatic people populating the domains of those symptoms, otherwise known as humans living within a broken and sick, impoverished, and conflict-centered world.