Every Action Counts: Youth Activism in Everyday Life | Jaime Smith | TEDxYouth@GIISTokyo
Younger generations are increasingly concerned about social problems and want to take responsibility to ensure better futures for themselves and others. This can drive youth towards activism, which is excellent, but the sheer idea of trying to solve complex social problems can quickly become overwhelming, often leading to inaction. Jaime will illustrate how even minimal involvement is crucial and can be a driving force behind greater...
How Confidence Can Change Your Life | Aisha Tochigi | TEDxYouth@GIISTokyo
Confidence means feeling and believing in yourself and your abilities. It is a powerful force that can completely change one’s life. Aisha will be showing how despite the obstacles and challenges of tomorrow, confidence will serve as the key to progressing and walking towards tomorrow. Aisha is half-Japanese and half-Ghanaian, born in New York and raised in Japan and Ghana. As a biracial woman and as Miss Universe Japan 2020, she is...
Traffic Jams in the Brain | Dr. Sandhya Koushika | TEDxPDEU
Much like the roads, the brain too has traffic jams. Dr. Sandhya Koushika in this talk describes the workings of the traffic jams in the brain and how the brain handles these naturally occurring traffic jams. She mentions that when the traffic jam occurs inside the brain there is no possible reversal, instead the brain focuses on a bypassing strategy in the neurons. This function does not only occur in the brain but is also a universal...
My Liberation from Anger through Writing with Love | Poojitha Tanjore | TEDxUniversityofStAndrews
Poojitha Tanjore speaks about how writing a book liberated her from her family's history of child marriage, illiteracy, and poverty. Poojitha (Pooja) Tanjore is an international relations student, polyglot,and...
