The Future of Happiness: Getting Unstuck in the Digital Era | Amy Blankson | TEDxBYU

It’s easy to get stuck thinking that the challenges of the digital era are so big that there’s nothing we can do about them. Building on principles of positive psychology, Amy Blankson confronts our “tech-victim” mentality and arms listeners with tools to fight back at the attention economy of likes and social media self-promotion. Playful yet poignant, her presentation challenges us to promote a future of digital well-being by cashing in now on our own ATMs for positive change. Amy Blankson is the author of the bestselling book The Future of Happiness and a co-founder the Digital Wellness Collective, a forward-thinking global group of educators, mental health practitioners, software developers, and champions of tech for good working to enhance human relationships through the intentional use and development of technology. Blankson contributes regularly to Forbes, is a member of the UN Global Happiness Council, and serves as a fellow of the World Innovation Organization. She is the only person to receive a Point of Light from two US presidents. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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  • @sankran350
    @sankran3505 жыл бұрын

    1.The pain of mind is worst than pain of body 2.Excellence is not being the best, it's doing your best. 3.Failure isn't the opposite of success ,but part of success 4.There is no way to become a perfect person but there are a million ways to become a good one. 5.Any good apology has three parts: 1-I am sorry 2- It is my fault 3-What can I do to make right? Most people forget the third part 6.The depth of your struggle determines the height of your success. 7.Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened. Thanks for reading

  • @sankran350

    @sankran350

    5 жыл бұрын

    @ABD ALRAHMAN BOUZO Thanks

  • @oblivion9568

    @oblivion9568

    5 жыл бұрын

    🤞👏👏

  • @sankran350

    @sankran350

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@oblivion9568 thanks

  • @valentin7175

    @valentin7175

    5 жыл бұрын

    wow I absolutely love the n°7 " don't cry because it is over, because it happened". Thank you for sharing this !

  • @_-HaKooNa.MaTaTa-

    @_-HaKooNa.MaTaTa-

    5 жыл бұрын

    thank you, means a lot.........

  • @titlespree
    @titlespree5 жыл бұрын

    Technology can only make our lives better if we are able to develop self control.

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  • @TanvirAhmed24
    @TanvirAhmed245 жыл бұрын

    "We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have." - Frederick Keonig

  • @emmawatson6582

    @emmawatson6582

    5 жыл бұрын

    I just subscribed to your KZread channel. :D

  • @TanvirAhmed24

    @TanvirAhmed24

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@emmawatson6582 Wow! Thank you, Emma! Means a lot! :)

  • @AndyProctor
    @AndyProctor5 жыл бұрын

    “We are not victims of technology. We can control our future but it’s going to take being a little more thoughtful about our approach.” “Optimism is the belief that our behavior matters.” Awareness is important, but we can’t stop there or we will feel like victims. We need to know how we can change our behavior for the better - how do we use technology in a healthy way? And we need to magnify the good examples of those who have a healthy relationship with technology. “We are moving out of the age of information and into the age of imagination.” 65% of the jobs of the future don’t exist yet today. “Is technology distracting? Yes. Is technology consuming? Yes. Can technology be addicting? Yes. Is it worth it? Yes.” “Fear is a powerful motivator, but HOPE is a better one.” I loved this POWERFUL talk. Really resonates with me. We can all be more mindful about our use of technology so that it is worth it. Tech has changed my life for better and for worse, but becoming aware of my use of technology has helped decrease the downsides of tech use. I loved Amy’s book too. Keep spreading goodness in the world!

  • @onelife9441
    @onelife94415 жыл бұрын

    Wow! So grateful for this AMAZING Talk! *The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.* *-STEVE JOBS*

  • @ASWINALORA
    @ASWINALORA5 жыл бұрын

    10:12 Checking the phone at perfect time:)

  • @BiancaAguglia
    @BiancaAguglia5 жыл бұрын

    Such a great message.Many wise pieces of advice. I loved the part about the ATM worker and how "technology trapped him, but it was a human who helped him get out." 😊 It's good to hear messages like these. Thank you, Amy.

  • @josephtoddinvesting586
    @josephtoddinvesting5865 жыл бұрын

    This is so inspiring. I think context and perspective is the key to happiness. Anyone reading this should check out some of the established articles Amy has written for Forbes.

  • @TheMamiClau
    @TheMamiClau5 жыл бұрын

    Aun siento el corazón alborotado por esta charla... Gracias gracias gracias!

  • @joelwidgins6329
    @joelwidgins63295 жыл бұрын

    Had to pause the inlet at 5:42 secs.. I am insoribly grateful for what you are teaching, Mrs Blankson🙏📿🙏

  • @themccorkells4398
    @themccorkells43985 жыл бұрын

    What an amazing public speaker! Definitely well said!

  • @ajeet3259
    @ajeet32595 жыл бұрын

    take a minute to read this `Soon the season of fruits like mango, jamun, jack fruit Etc will come. My request to all of us is kindly don't throw the seeds, wash them and pack n keep it in in ur car. Whenever you go out and find baren land while travelling, on a highway throw these seeds. They will germinate easily the coming monsoon. If with this act we can contribute even a single tree each to our world, our mission is successful. It wud b wonderful if all of us also join this and contribute back to our next generations world

  • @BalikesirCicek
    @BalikesirCicek5 жыл бұрын

    Muhteşem konuşma için teşekkürler.

  • @dikshantkafle2095
    @dikshantkafle20955 жыл бұрын

    its been 20 days since i stopped using all social media except for youtube. in this 20 days i read 5 books and i am on the sixth, i am learning spanish, and i wrote my master thesis that hab been pending for 3 months.

  • @rickharold69
    @rickharold695 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Human centered design is the way to go. Thanks for The talk.

  • @axelpitt8461
    @axelpitt84615 жыл бұрын

    Tuve q ver el video 2 veces porque la primera vez me quede hipnotizado con la belleza de Amy.

  • @bakhitaalhassan1742
    @bakhitaalhassan17425 жыл бұрын

    Awesome said thanks for inspiration

  • @winterpark02
    @winterpark025 жыл бұрын

    👏 Very Inspiring and absolutely 100% truth . Mind can be molded if we set our mind to it. Worth sharing and to listen often to straighten our path and set our priorities. Thank you .

  • @barwaaniby999
    @barwaaniby9995 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for more

  • @nicola-socialmediasuccess8687
    @nicola-socialmediasuccess86875 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting and educational talk 💪🔥

  • @ChrisGaultHealthyLiving
    @ChrisGaultHealthyLiving5 жыл бұрын

    Interesting, thanks!

  • @melindadransfield2481
    @melindadransfield24815 жыл бұрын

    Congrats Amy. What an awesome Ted Talk! Such great stats that came out of the social media fast survey! So happy you could share this important message with the world. I love the new Maslow's Hierarchy - sadly it is true!

  • @AmyBlanksonspeaker

    @AmyBlanksonspeaker

    5 жыл бұрын

    Melinda Dransfield thank YOU! You helped bring this vision to life and I so appreciate your help making it possible.

  • @user-dh1dh2xb3n
    @user-dh1dh2xb3n5 жыл бұрын

    We are creator of our problem, then we are trying to resolve it. Instead using our consciousness for life.🍀

  • @raelbezerra
    @raelbezerra3 жыл бұрын

    Inspiring!

  • @sparclemaniack
    @sparclemaniack Жыл бұрын

    THIS WAS AWESOME

  • @abdullatiffaqeeri6342
    @abdullatiffaqeeri63425 жыл бұрын

    really inspirational!

  • @msultan5194
    @msultan51945 жыл бұрын

    The power of Artificial Intelligence algorithms are far more powerful than average people, especially if they are not warned & educated about what big tech companies are doing to their minds and what they are doing with their private information! And how it is being used against the best interests of average people 😯

  • @sawsanbellaj
    @sawsanbellaj5 жыл бұрын

    A great and inspiring talk. It will be great to use technology as a tool to make the world a better place.

  • @adv.prashant
    @adv.prashant5 жыл бұрын

    *best ever ted talk on digital minimalism*

  • @karama2975
    @karama29755 жыл бұрын

    Thanks 😍

  • @adzz21
    @adzz215 жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @Augustovitor1
    @Augustovitor15 жыл бұрын

    Loved it!

  • @francisdudero5022
    @francisdudero50225 жыл бұрын

    We simply don't know how to use it properly

  • @IndianYoutubers
    @IndianYoutubers5 жыл бұрын

    This is so inspiring. I am also struck in the social media . I dont upload anything on it but i spent too much time on it . I use twitter more beacuse it provide current information. but anything in acess is a poison. So we need to be mindfulness rather use it whole day.

  • @richardpisano893
    @richardpisano8935 жыл бұрын

    Like a future shock type thing...Take back our power wow the lady brings up a great point.....

  • @brandon3872
    @brandon38725 жыл бұрын

    The fact is, digital technology is only going to become more advanced and moreso a part of our lives in the future. Rather than trying to avoid it, we need to use it wisely, and not let it control our lives.

  • @tysonbramer
    @tysonbramer3 жыл бұрын

    I'm nodding my head in agreement the whole speech, watching on my phone. Oh, the irony.

  • @sharadkumar8303
    @sharadkumar83035 жыл бұрын

    One of the most powerful videos on Ted Thank u 👌🙏

  • @nondassteele7620
    @nondassteele76205 жыл бұрын

    Im unplugging back to my life that i had before before this addiction started...

  • @rebeccaw9656
    @rebeccaw96565 жыл бұрын

    “We are moving out of the age of information, into the age of imagination”: this is so true!! Because imagination cannot be automated. Imagination writes programs. Imagination designs and invents. Imagination Manages.

  • @yupyoudontknowme6902
    @yupyoudontknowme69025 жыл бұрын

    Hello everyone

  • @techsushant
    @techsushant5 жыл бұрын

    Really very nice👌👍

  • @veekay5370
    @veekay53705 жыл бұрын

    I have been thinking about quitting social media for a while but the only thing that holds be back is that I think that I will be missing out on a lot. Anyone who has done it and can change my thought?

  • @sankran350

    @sankran350

    5 жыл бұрын

    Firstly, use it for one hour Then 55 minutes. Then 50 minutes Then 45 minutes Then 40 minutes Then 35 minutes Then 30 minutes Then 25 minutes Then 20 minutes Then 15 minutes Then 10 minutes There is no problem about using social media for 10 minutes.

  • @letsgofishingene

    @letsgofishingene

    5 жыл бұрын

    I simply stopped using it. One of the best decisions I could have made for myself.

  • @tomhummel2641

    @tomhummel2641

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm checking social media once or twice every day. I'd rather talk to friends on the phone than sending messages. I do not expose my private life at all on social media, but I participate randomly in discussion groups about things things that are of special interest to me, not otherwise. I do not find it hard to leave it for days or weeks. This way I feel that I am in control of the technology and not the other way around.

  • @imaginaryfriend1891

    @imaginaryfriend1891

    5 жыл бұрын

    I will recommend you to see video by Jay Shetty on FOMO. It's been 3 months I have left social media after 12 years. Recently, I logged in again on Instagram and I go through my posts which were great but I knew the intention and energy I put on them..it was not worth it. I simply deleted my account. Because everyone was posting same old stuff. I am no more addicted to it. Therefore I don't feel missing out anything.

  • @veekay5370

    @veekay5370

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@imaginaryfriend1891 Thanks for your answer! Ill defenitly check out the video

  • @guilhermethomaz4380
    @guilhermethomaz43805 жыл бұрын

    Very well centered and not radical way to perceive the effects technology has on us, if I were to give a suggestion, I would say: listen to the song "Cyber Stockholm Syndrome" by Rina Sawayama, it really matches the theme of this video

  • @irmakartika6372
    @irmakartika63725 жыл бұрын

    It was so damn cool, thank youu

  • @sorencolfax381
    @sorencolfax3815 жыл бұрын

    Ok, this is epic

  • @connorespenscheid8522

    @connorespenscheid8522

    5 жыл бұрын

    "Hello there!"

  • @sorencolfax381

    @sorencolfax381

    5 жыл бұрын

    General Kenobi!

  • @ziad_jkhan
    @ziad_jkhan5 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to dig into the stats for those studies. Any sources anywhere?

  • @DrewBreezy
    @DrewBreezy5 жыл бұрын

    The way people walk in a room and ask for the Wifi, I'm not surprised it made that list.

  • @A-Pro100
    @A-Pro1005 жыл бұрын

    Dubai represent!

  • @archenema6792
    @archenema67925 жыл бұрын

    Happiness or unhappiness are choices. Choose as if your life depends on it.

  • @TyrenoI

    @TyrenoI

    5 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely correct!

  • @shabeerahmedsr
    @shabeerahmedsr5 жыл бұрын

    Please upload videos with English subtitle.

  • @science5765
    @science57655 жыл бұрын

    I joined up with a whole lot of things, 16 years later I found I didn't need Facebook, linked in or Ancestry, now I have more spare time and less scammers

  • @joelwidgins6329
    @joelwidgins63295 жыл бұрын

    👏👏👏

  • @franciskwan1082
    @franciskwan10825 жыл бұрын

    True ,email is health..occupied all our time. ..want to live ..!

  • @Rien--
    @Rien--5 жыл бұрын

    cool bro

  • @sheilablake4858
    @sheilablake48585 жыл бұрын

    15 minutes to say.... -Put your phone down & go in to the real world! -use technology, don’t let yourself get used by it.

  • @virtualworldsbyloff

    @virtualworldsbyloff

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, you saved me some cool time, cheers

  • @TestingPyros
    @TestingPyros5 жыл бұрын

    What is money? It is merely an accepted means of exchanging value. No currency is truly money.

  • @ViralEntertainmentfun
    @ViralEntertainmentfun5 жыл бұрын

    V.GOOD

  • @LarryP248
    @LarryP2487 ай бұрын

    What insightful content! It reminds me of a book I read that provided life-altering wisdom. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze

  • @forreal245
    @forreal2455 жыл бұрын

    If I was younger I'd join an AMISH community or similar! Screw this "social media" world! Everyone with their heads bent down like "mules" over their cell phones texting, bumping into others, not joining family discussions/gatherings, phones ringing in restaurants, etc. so annoying.

  • @JamesKovacic
    @JamesKovacic5 жыл бұрын

    Step One: Listen to OK Computer by Radiohead Step Two: Try not to cry Step Three: Cry a lot

  • @ParyatakParag
    @ParyatakParag5 жыл бұрын

    It would be a lot easier if kids get educated about using technology for their good in schools and they must know the pros and cons of anything and everything! It might help them in future..

  • @shenazpatel6150
    @shenazpatel61505 жыл бұрын

    It's not the future.. it's literally the present

  • @paulwilson3274
    @paulwilson32745 жыл бұрын

    I would love to help in any way I can. Please feel free to email me.

  • @saloniuppal
    @saloniuppal5 жыл бұрын

    ⭐Yesterday is not ours to recover, But Tomorrow is ours to win or lose.⭐ Don't focus on people's talk 👥 Only focus on your goal 🏆 Everything is easy 🎁🏆 When you believe in yourself 😊🎁😊🎁😊🎁😊🎁😊🎁

  • @seogeking
    @seogeking5 жыл бұрын

    😎

  • @nurrillah3226
    @nurrillah32265 жыл бұрын

    Sure

  • @mdsamaunkabir1101
    @mdsamaunkabir11015 жыл бұрын

    It's said that man has infinite appetite for distraction, and technology has promulgated and consolidated their appetite. Victimisation by technology is the fastest growing phenomenon .... nice delineation of the "tech victim" and it's prospects ...!!

  • @anotherindividual5799
    @anotherindividual57995 жыл бұрын

    Corpus Christi

  • @sophiehenze653
    @sophiehenze6535 жыл бұрын

    10:12 *names advantages of media fast* 10:13 *woman in the audience is on her phone*

  • @JonathanRootD
    @JonathanRootD5 жыл бұрын

    The future of happiness... A living wage, Medicare-for-all, social democracy.

  • @forreal245

    @forreal245

    5 жыл бұрын

    We are ALREADY living in LBJ's "Great Society" of welfare programs. What more can you ask for?

  • @JonathanRootD

    @JonathanRootD

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@forreal245 um a living wage? Medicare-for-all? Did you read nothing?

  • @troyfowler4869
    @troyfowler48695 жыл бұрын

    Hey what's up more videos keep it up beautiful how are you u good

  • @shabeerahmedsr
    @shabeerahmedsr5 жыл бұрын

    Like anyone from kerala

  • @MM1717mm
    @MM1717mm5 жыл бұрын

    She’s more than a little attractive 🙃🙃🙃

  • @virtualworldsbyloff
    @virtualworldsbyloff5 жыл бұрын

    AI = Intelligence without moral = We are doomed

  • @jorgeromera3861
    @jorgeromera38615 жыл бұрын

    Take advantage of technology, don't be used by it.

  • @sharingiscaringkapilac9374
    @sharingiscaringkapilac93745 жыл бұрын

    Like anyone from nepal.

  • @wionczkyholsku-harnakkod897
    @wionczkyholsku-harnakkod8973 жыл бұрын

    es una lástima que ted solo promueva una pequeña parte del conocimiento humano y estoy seguro que ellos saben que no promueven el conocimiento que deberían

  • @nikp2542
    @nikp25425 жыл бұрын

    10:13 This lady and that Ted talk. What an irony

  • @clivedavis6731
    @clivedavis67313 жыл бұрын

    Bi

  • @globaldigitaldirectsubsidi4493
    @globaldigitaldirectsubsidi44935 жыл бұрын

    Why did I watch this shallow video? Of you actually want to learn, type Noam Chomsky.

  • @seogeking
    @seogeking5 жыл бұрын

    😁

  • @user-gf1ff6rr8v
    @user-gf1ff6rr8v5 жыл бұрын

    한국어로.번역하든지아니면자막이나오든지했으면좋겠요

  • @kurtj.9656
    @kurtj.96565 жыл бұрын

    Meehhhh...... Title is missleading! Turned out to be a patronizing, self-indulgent, "make me feel good" kind of lame mumbo jumbo "pep talk"....... The speaker's opinion; not fact! 👎👎

  • @GurdeepSinghDyal
    @GurdeepSinghDyal5 жыл бұрын

    Boring.

  • @wulphstein
    @wulphstein5 жыл бұрын

    Nope. Unhappy atheists are on your own.

  • @LoriWattnz
    @LoriWattnz5 жыл бұрын

    It's procrastination not digital world get real lady!!!

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