Let curiosity lead | Yara Shahidi (re-release)
TED Talks Daily
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🗓️ 28 June 2025
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Don't second-guess what "distracts" you, says actor-producer Yara Shahidi; that's your curiosity coming through. The star of hit shows like "black-ish" and "grown-ish" tells how she learned to spot clues to her own future — and how you can, too.
This episode originally aired January 16, 2024.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. |
| 0:12.2 | I'm your host, Elise Hugh. |
| 0:14.0 | For actor-producer Yara Shahidi, curiosity is one of the most important tools we have for imagining a better world |
| 0:21.4 | and what our place in it can be. |
| 0:23.6 | In her archive talk, |
| 0:24.7 | she asks us not to second guess |
| 0:26.4 | what distracts us in life, |
| 0:27.8 | but instead to explore our curiosity |
| 0:30.1 | for what's around us. |
| 0:31.6 | It might not solve the world's largest problems, |
| 0:34.4 | but if we refuse to let our worlds get smaller, |
| 0:39.3 | imagine what futures we can build together. Enjoy. |
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