Category: Thoughts

Sarah Murray presented  A Playful Solution to the Housing Crisis as a TED Talk.

Erricka Bridgeford presented How Baltimore Called a Ceasefire as a TED Talk.

Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo presented What it Takes to be Racially Literate as a TED Talk.

Frances Frei presented  How to Build (and Rebuild) Trust as a TED Talk.

Laura L. Dunn presented It’s Time for the Law to Protect Victims of Gender Violence as a TED Talk.

Steven Pinker presented Is the World Getting Better or Worse? A Look at the Numbers as a TED Talk.

Dylan Marron presented How I Turn Negative Online Comments into Positive Offline Conversations as a TED Talk.

Glen Henry presented  What I’ve Learned About Parenting as a Stay-at-Home Dad as a TED Talk.

I spent some time in Heathrow Airport and took some pictures of large planes. I then took my first trip in a double decker jet.

Sarah Donnelly presented  How Work Kept Me Going During My Cancer Treatment as a TED Talk.

Tracee Ellis Ross presented  A Woman’s Fury Holds Lifetimes of Wisdom as a TED Talk.

Zachary R. Wood presented Why it’s Worth Listening to People You Disagree With as a TED Talk.

Mark Tyndall presented The Harm Reduction Model of Drug Addiction Treatment as a TED Talk.

Robin Steinberg presented What if We Ended the Injustice of Bail? as a TED Talk.

Jaron Lanier presented How We Need to Remake the Internet as a TED Talk.

Last month I accomplished my goal of exercising daily and closing the move and exercise ring every day for a month. June’s workouts were: 75 Minutes on Elliptical 90 Minutes on Elliptical 75 Minutes on Elliptical 75 Minutes on Elliptical 6.9 Mile Run 75 Minutes on Elliptical 75 Minutes on Elliptical 75 Minutes on Elliptical…

Lera Boroditsky presented How Language Shapes the Way We Think as a TED Talk.

José Andrés presented How a Team of Chefs Fed Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria as a TED Talk.

Tara Houska presented The Standing Rock Resistance and Our Fight for Indigenous Rights as a TED Talk.

Christian Picciolini presented My Descent Into America’s Neo-Nazi Movement — and How I Got Out as a TED Talk.

Sally Kohn presented What We Can Do About the Culture of Hate as a TED Talk.

My friend and colleague, Chad Greenhill, got married last weekend. It was a beautiful wedding and a great weekend. More on the weekend will be coming later.

Felice Belle and Jennifer Murphy presented How We Became Sisters as a TED Talk.

Last week, for the first time, I closed all 3 activity rings on my watch/phone. The Red ring is for calories burnt due to movement, the Yellow ring is for minutes of exercise, and the Blue-ish ring is for standing at least 1 minute every hour. The ring that gives me the most trouble is…

Shameem Akhtar presented To Learn is to be Free as a TED Talk.