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What if the calm you feel when you hear birdsong isn’t a coincidence, but ancient evolutionary wiring … a signal that once meant safety? Musical ecologist and rapper Louis VI says humans are hardwired to nature’s sonic language, but modern life has drowned it out. He explores how we can tap back into the “overwhelming…

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What if the calm you feel when you hear birdsong isn’t a coincidence, but ancient evolutionary wiring … a signal that once meant safety? Musical ecologist and rapper Louis VI says humans are hardwired to nature’s sonic language, but modern life has drowned it out. He explores how we can tap back into the “overwhelming chorus of aliveness” we’ve stopped hearing — and performs “Butcherbird,” an original song syncing with the melody of bird calls from West Papua.

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  1. @gregGould

    June 6, 2026 at 11:15 am

    This reminds me of the beautiful recording of the bird from Hawaii that was the last of its species and was calling out for a mate but received no answer because there were no more living. It is now extinct. Sad.

    • @skyejacques

      June 6, 2026 at 2:21 pm

      @gregGould 😭😭😭😭

  2. @Joi-w3r

    June 6, 2026 at 11:52 am

    Facts ❤!!!!

  3. @keep_walking_on_grass

    June 6, 2026 at 2:59 pm

    Music is a miracle. People stopped thinking about what’s actually going on. Because they are so familiar to it. That is a mistake. Nothing else can change our mood and emotions as music can, instantly. No pills can do it nothings else has that mighty power over our emotions and mood. Music is a mysterious language. Of human emotions and mood. What Mozart composed hundreds of years ago, had the same effect on the mood of the listeners back then, as it has today. Morning mood by Edward Grieg. Listen to that. It conveys a feeling, the same feeling on every every listener. Hundreds of years in between. That is the definition of a language. Music is a mysterious, magical language.

  4. @tasmanparaone5107

    June 6, 2026 at 4:20 pm

    “listening requires embodied respect”

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30 is not the new 20 — here’s what you should do right now #TEDTalks

Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twentysomethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade. In this provocative talk, Jay says that just because marriage, work and kids are happening later in life, doesn’t mean you can’t start planning now. She gives 3 pieces of advice for how twentysomethings…

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Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twentysomethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade. In this provocative talk, Jay says that just because marriage, work and kids are happening later in life, doesn’t mean you can’t start planning now. She gives 3 pieces of advice for how twentysomethings can re-claim adulthood in the defining decade of their lives.

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How to Give Feedback That Lands | Renee St Jacques | TED

Most managers give feedback. Few give feedback that actually works. Drawing on her background in psychology and executive coaching, Renee St Jacques breaks down what so many well-intentioned leaders get wrong — and introduces a three-part framework to help teams rebuild trust and perform at their best. (Recorded at TEDxFiesole on May 4, 2025) Join…

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Most managers give feedback. Few give feedback that actually works. Drawing on her background in psychology and executive coaching, Renee St Jacques breaks down what so many well-intentioned leaders get wrong — and introduces a three-part framework to help teams rebuild trust and perform at their best. (Recorded at TEDxFiesole on May 4, 2025)

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How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TED

Humans aren’t just social — we’re ultrasocial, wired like bees and ants for deep connection. So what happens when smartphones take over childhood, tablets replace textbooks and AI companies infiltrate our kids’ lives? Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out three principles of technoskepticism — and explains why, two years after sounding the alarm in “The…

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Humans aren’t just social — we’re ultrasocial, wired like bees and ants for deep connection. So what happens when smartphones take over childhood, tablets replace textbooks and AI companies infiltrate our kids’ lives? Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out three principles of technoskepticism — and explains why, two years after sounding the alarm in “The Anxious Generation,” he’s more concerned (and hopeful) than ever before. (Recorded at TED2026 on April 15, 2026)

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