Sophie Scott: Why we laugh

http://www.ted.com/talks/sophie_scott_why_we_laugh#t-1011409

(Abstract)

Did you know that you're 30 times more likely to laugh if you're with somebody else than if you're alone? Cognitive neuroscientist Sophie Scott shares this and other surprising facts about laughter in this fast-paced, action-packed and, yes, hilarious dash through the science of cracking up.

Opinion:

I never stopped to think if laughing does transmit information. This Ted, let us see that people automatically classify heard laughter. Once we can see laughter it is always meaningful.

Everybody can distinguish, most of the time, a real and involuntary laugh from a posed and voluntary laugh. We know it, consciously or unconsciously. Older people laugh more often in a real way because according to Sophie Scott they are the ones that understand laughing better.

Nevertheless, the most important thing to know is that laughing has many healthy effects. That’s why we should all look at laugh as often as possible in a real way. The true laugh will make us happy and sincere. Two adjectives that can change the worst world into a better world.

Hans and Ola Rosling: How not to be ignorant about the world

http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_and_ola_rosling_how_not_to_be_ignorant_about_the_world#t-1112604

(Abstract)

How much do you know about the world? Hans Rosling, with his famous charts of global population, health and income data (and an extra-extra-long pointer), demonstrates that you have a high statistical chance of being quite wrong about what you think you know. Play along with his audience quiz — then, from Hans’ son Ola, learn 4 ways to quickly get less ignorant.

Opinion:

I believe we are ignorant on the present because most of us focus on what we see around us and take it as a general condition around the world.  With this ted video we can clearly see that personal bias.

Besides, most of us don’t realize news is a point of view. The news bias lets us see what they want us to see in the way they want. We need to be critical and compare different newspapers. Like this our global vision will widen.

In fact, what I just said before, I’m sure most of us know it. The things we forget are the outdated facts. Things, years ago, were in a way but nowadays they not still being that way. We must not forget that things change as time passes. That’s why we have to know that what we think is what we are, including the world. If we think positive our world will be healthy.

Laura Vanderkam: How to gain control of your free time

http://www.ted.com/talks/laura_vanderkam_how_to_gain_control_of_your_free_time#t-702240

(Abstract)

There are 168 hours in each week. How do we find time for what matters most? Time management expert Laura Vanderkam studies how busy people spend their lives, and she's discovered that many of us drastically overestimate our commitments each week, while underestimating the time we have to ourselves. She offers a few practical strategies to help find more time for what matters to us, so we can "build the lives we want in the time we've got."

Opinion:

Must of us usually say “I don’t have time” but we should know this means “it’s not my priority”. I’m sure we all know that we can do what we spelling ourself to do, taking the time to doing it. Time isn’t a problem and Laura Vanderkam let us see how much we are underestimating the time.

After all, we just need to know what are our goals, what are our priority in each present  moment. At the end we find time for what we want. We just don’t have to be afraid to make a little step, and I mean with the first step is, you have to say that you can.