Tiffany Shlain: Taking an Empowered and Creative View Towards Technology

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Tiffany Shlain is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker, internet pioneer, and the author of Brain Power: From Neurons to Networks. Her most recent film, 50/50: Rethinking the Past, Present, and Future of Women + Power, debuted at the TEDWomen conference and is the inspiration for 50/50 Day, a global event devoted to bringing about greater gender balance in all sectors of life. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Tiffany about 50/50 Day—its origins, how it will be rolled out, and what steps we can take to ensure women have a better say in society. They talk about Tiffany's approach to encouraging social change through film, including the background behind her short documentary The Science of Character. Using that film as a foundation, Tiffany comments on the difference between virtue and character, as well as why we should focus on cultivating our strengths rather than obsessing over our weaknesses. Finally, Tiffany and Tami discuss our current relationships with technology and why she recommends a "technology Shabbat" in which we spend 24 hours away from our screens. (54 minutes)

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0:00.0	This program is brought to you by sounds true.com.
0:04.0	At sounds true.com you can find hundreds of downloadable audio
0:08.0	learning programs, plus books, music, videos, and online courses, and events.
0:14.3	At sounds true.com, we think of ourselves
0:17.2	as a trusted partner on the spiritual journey,
0:20.2	offering diverse, in-depth, and life-changing wisdom.
0:24.0	Sounds True.com, many voices, one journey. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is Tiffany Schlaine.
0:45.3	Tiffany is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, author, and public speaker.
0:50.6	Regarded as an internet pioneer, Tiffany is the founder of the Webby Awards and co-founder
0:58.0	of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. She has premiered four films at Sundance and her recent film
1:07.6	50-50, Rethinking the Past, Present and Future of Women women and power premiered live at Ted Women at 27 Ted X's globally
1:18.7	and on refinery 29.
1:21.1	It was the centerpiece film for the first annual 50-50 day, which had over 11,000 screenings
1:28.6	around the globe, all linked together in an online discussion
1:33.4	about what it will take to move
1:35.6	to a more gender-balanced world.
1:38.2	In this episode of Insights at the Edge,
1:41.0	Tiffany and I spoke about her unusual approach of using short films as a centerpiece
1:48.9	to a social change strategy and
1:55.0	also the social science and neuroscience behind character,
1:58.0	and also the social science and neuroscience behind character, how you can embody different virtues by working on developing
2:08.0	specific character strengths.
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