TEDxNorthwesternU

TEDxNorthwesternU 2014 will be taking place on April 12, 2014. The event will feature twelve speakers; three students, three professors, and three alumni.

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Normal is boring, different is magical.

Daphna Weinstock

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Scott Ely encourages the audience to "purge the chaos" in their lives. #TEDxNU15 #ideasworthspreading #closingtheshow (at Northwestern University)

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"Synthetic happiness can be every bit as real and enduring as happiness from getting exactly what you want"

Dan T. Gilbert

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TED Videos Screened During TEDxNorthwesternU 2015

Links here:

http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight …

http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_y …. http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy?language=en …

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"Human beings have something we can think of as a psychological immune system..."

Dan T Gilbert 

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"We know a lot about how you spend your money, but very little about how you spend your time"

Karl Muth

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Karl Muth - an economist, public policy expert, statistician, lawyer, consultant, and Northwestern professor - presents on how people choose to spend their time and how that helps us understand them. #TEDxNU15 #ideasworthspreading (at McCormick Tribune Center)

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Feeling Lucky? Your Next Search -Karl Muth

As a Lecturer in Economics, Organizational Behavior, Public Policy, and Statistics at Northwestern, Karl Muth explores how time is a finite resource; he argues that it is easier to change human behavior by optimizing the efficiency of our tools than by expecting people to alter their behavior independently.

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"We spend time, we invest time, we waste time... What does that all mean?...The exchange rate between time and money is wages"

Karl Muth

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Sophie Rae

Years of songwriting misadventures, and here I finally am. facebook.com/sophieraemusic

Our session 3 performer Sophie Gordon’s soundcloud link is attached here if you are interested in listening to her newly released album!

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Sophie Gordon captivates the audience with her lovely voice. #TEDxNU15 #ideasworthspreading

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An fascinating talk by Brian Aguado on the detection of cancer using an implantable material. #TEDxNU15 #ideasworthspreading

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My research in one sentence: I am designing a bait car for tumors

Brian Aguado

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Embracing new technologies like bitcoin could help us lead the next revolution. We could use the internet to level the playing field

Helen Wong

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Helen Wong kicks off Session 3 with a discussion of crypto currency and other financial technologies! #TEDxNU15 #ideasworthspreading (at Northwestern University)

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Umang Jain, a fourth year Feinberg School of Medicine student, begins his talk on the emergency response to the Boston Marathon bombings. #TEDxNU15#ideasworthspreading