Why are we happy? Why aren’t we happy? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our "psychologic...

Living a life of purpose Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Pastor Rick Warren, author of The Purpose-Driven Life, reflects on his own crisis of purpose in the wake of his book’s wild success. He explains h...

Why aren’t we all Good Samaritans? Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, asks why we aren’t more compassionate more of the time.

The case for informed optimism Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 We’ve known about global warming for 50 years and done little about it, says Google.org director Larry Brilliant. In spite of this and other depre...

Becoming Buddha — on the Web Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 In our hyperlinked world, we can know anything, anytime. And this mass enlightenment, says Buddhist scholar Bob Thurman, is our first step toward ...

Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better Channel: TED Length: 0 Date: June 24, 2008 Tony Robbins discusses the "invisible forces" that motivate everyone’s actions — and high-fives Al Gore in the front row.