Attention Please

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In an age of constant information and infinite distractions, how can we pay more attention to our ... attention? This hour, TED speakers explore the battle for our awareness during the digital age. Guests include sociologist Zeynep Tufekci, podcast host Manoush Zomorodi, neuroscientist Amishi Jha, designer Tristan Harris, and computer scientist Jaron Lanier.

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0:00.0	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:07.0	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
0:10.0	Ted.
0:11.0	Ted.
0:12.0	Technology.
0:13.0	Entertainment. Design.
0:14.0	Is that really what's 10 for just a minute?
0:15.0	I've never known the...
0:16.0	Delivered at Ted Conferences around the world.
0:18.0	It's the gift of the human imagination.
0:19.0	We've had to believe in impossible things.
0:22.0	The true nature of reality beckons from just beyond.
0:26.0	Those talks?
0:27.0	Those ideas?
0:29.0	Adapted for radio?
0:31.0	From NPR.
0:34.0	I'm Guy Ross.
0:38.0	So, how much advertising do you think you see every day?
0:44.0	Think about all the TV commercials?
0:46.0	The ads on YouTube or Hulu?
0:49.0	I'm not going to go. I can't come to see how much you...
0:51.0	Pop-up ads, band-rads, targeted ads, logos.
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