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TED2017 | The Future You

Session 5: Mind, Meaning

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  • Michael Patrick Lynch
    0:04:05
    Michael Patrick Lynch examines truth, democracy, public discourse and the ethics of technology in the age of big data.
  • Dan Ariely and Mariano Sigman
    0:20:40
    In "Predictably Irrational," Dan Ariely told us why the dismal science of economics is not as firmly grounded in actual behavior as was once supposed. In his provocative, mind-bending book "The Secret Life of the Mind," neurologist Mariano Sigman reveals his life’s work exploring the inner workings of the human brain.
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  • Anika Paulson
    0:43:48
    Anika Paulson’s love for music permeates her understanding of herself, her surroundings and the mysteries that make up the smallest and biggest parts of life.
  • Lisa Genova
    0:54:15
    Through her fiction, Lisa Genova beckons us into the lives of people with neurological disease, making their worlds real and relatable.
  • Robin Hanson
    1:09:25
    Does humanity have a future as uploaded minds? In his work, Robin Hanson asks this and other extra-large questions.
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  • Anil Seth
    1:23:37
    How can the "inner universe" of consciousness be explained in terms of mere biology and physics? Cognitive neuroscientist Anil Seth explores the brain basis of consciousness and self.

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