"It's not just a phone. It's a kind of mental exo-skeleton. It's an external part of your brain." - Amber Case
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"It's not just a phone. It's a kind of mental exo-skeleton. It's an external part of your brain." - Amber Case
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Screen Time - Part I
It's normal for us to always be glued to our screens. So how are they changing us, and how will they shape our future? This hour, TED speakers explore our ambivalent relationships with our screens.
"[Phones are] really a magic portal that allows you to go into another dimension of space and time." — Amber Case
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"I don't want you in the frame. I don't want you in the window. I want you through the window. I want you on the other side, in the world, inhabiting the world." — Chris Milk
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The five senses shape all our experience, but we still don't fully understand them. This episode, TED speakers explore how our brains make sense of sensation, and how our minds manufacture "reality."
How do our senses influence the world around us?
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Networks surround and sustain us, in nature, in our bodies, in relationships, in the digital world. This hour, TED speakers explore how we rely on networks and how we have the power to shape them.
How do our connections define the world around us?
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From the Odyssey, to Robinson Crusoe, to Star Wars — why are we drawn to stories about heroes? And what do they tell us about ourselves? This hour, TED speakers explore what makes a hero's journey.
Why are we drawn to stories about heroic journeys? According to mythologist Joseph Campbell, it's personal: "[The journey] is a fundamental experience that everyone has to undergo."
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