DaeilOSP.com » TED http://www.daeilosp.com Daeil Overseas Studies Program | Educating and US College Counseling to Korean Students Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:23:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Nancy Etcoff on the Surprising Science of Happiness http://www.daeilosp.com/220/nancy-etcoff-on-the-surprising-science-of-happiness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nancy-etcoff-on-the-surprising-science-of-happiness http://www.daeilosp.com/220/nancy-etcoff-on-the-surprising-science-of-happiness/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:58:50 +0000 Paul http://www.daeilosp.com/?p=220 Here’s an interesting video that I found on the TED website.

Nancy Etcoff is part of a new vanguard of cognitive researchers asking: What makes us happy? Why do we like beautiful things? And how on earth did we evolve that way?



Why you should listen to her:

In her book Survival of the Prettiest, Nancy Etcoff refutes the social origins of beauty, in favor of far more prosaic and evolutionary explanations. Looking for a partner with clear skin? You’re actually checking for parasites. And let’s just say there’s a reason high heels are always in fashion.

Her recent research into the question of happiness exposes results that not only are surprising but reinforce things we should’ve known all along: like the fact that having flowers in the house really does make us happier. As the instructor of “The Science of Happiness” at Harvard Medical School and the director of the Program in Aesthetics and Well Being at Massachusetts General Hospital, Nancy Etcoff is uniquely qualified to solve the mysteries of contentment.

Taken from the TED website.

]]> http://www.daeilosp.com/220/nancy-etcoff-on-the-surprising-science-of-happiness/feed/ 0 Spread Ideas with TED http://www.daeilosp.com/62/spread-ideas-with-ted/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spread-ideas-with-ted http://www.daeilosp.com/62/spread-ideas-with-ted/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:39:18 +0000 Paul http://www.daeilosp.com/?p=62 ted_logoI love learning from the greatest minds from the world. The people you spend time with and learn from is what you will become ultimately.

I encourage you to find mentors and guides in certain aspects of your lives.

TED has tons of fascinating presentations all in 18 minute increments.  If I get a chance I definitely want to attend and maybe someday even present.

It would be cool to see some of you up there too.

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

The annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).

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