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Valerie Alexander is an American author, speaker, screenwriter and director.. Her TED Talk, “How to Outsmart Your Own Unconscious Bias,” [1] is frequently cited as one of the top TED talks on unconscious bias and diversity, equity and inclusion, and is used as a teaching tool in classrooms and boardrooms around the world.
In her 1999 book Survival of the Prettiest: the Science of Beauty, [4] she rejects the notion of beauty as a cultural construct, an invention of the fashion industry, or a backlash against feminism. Instead Etcoff argues that human beauty perception is a biological artefact derived from evolutionary genetic pressure.
Hosted by Jami Floyd, TED Talks NYC debuted on NYC Life on March 21, 2012. [72] As of October 2020, over 3500 TED talks had been posted, [19] and five to seven new talks are published each week. On TED.com, most talks and speakers are introduced, and talk transcripts are provided; some talks also have footnotes and resource lists.
See also References External links A Speaker Talk(s) Wajahat Ali The case for having kids (TED2019) Trevor Aaronson How this FBI strategy is actually creating US-based terrorists (TED2015) Chris Abani Telling stories from Africa (TEDGlobal 2007) On humanity (TED2008) Hawa Abdi Mother and daughter doctor-heroes (TEDWomen 2010) Marc Abrahams A science award that makes you laugh, then think ...
He is the author of the international bestseller Stumbling on Happiness, which has been translated into more than 30 languages and won the 2007 Royal Society Prizes for Science Books. He has also written essays for several newspapers and magazines, hosted a non-fiction television series on PBS, and given three popular TED talks.
Stumbling on Happiness web site including a blog; Reviews of Stumbling on Happiness; Short interview about the book from; Comprehensive interview on the book; Why we make bad decisions, a TED talk - Dan Gilbert discusses humans' failure to predict what makes us happy. Presented July 2005 in Oxford, England; Top concepts from Stumbling on Happiness
Published in 2010 by Amy Einhorn Books, a division of Penguin Publishing. The Book of Awesome is a #1 international bestseller, and a New York Times bestseller. [28] [1] [29] Pasricha wrote The Book of Awesome while attempting to get over his divorce and close friend's suicide. His frustration with the 'gloom and doom' in the news caused him to ...
Ted Andrews (July 15, 1952 – October 24, 2009) [1] was an American writer, teacher of esoteric practices, and a clairvoyant. His book on animals as spirit guides and symbols, Animal Speak , sold almost 500,000 copies from 1993 to 2009; the influential Llewellyn -published book is widely cited by others.