The Power of Ideas: When We’re Lied to From 10 to 200 Times Daily,...

By Uma Hiremath INE TED Columnist BOSTON--Lies. What does that word evoke in you? Something negative, to be avoided, to be feared, reprehensible; in short, a moral...

The Power of Ideas: Mental Health Issues: How Could You Not Know?

By Uma Hiremath INE TED Columnist BOSTON--"Afterwards people asked, 'How could you not know? What kind of a mother were you?' I still ask myself those...

The Power of Ideas: How Craving Attention Makes You Less Creative

By Uma Hiremath INE TED Columnist BOSTON--"If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled" says the Tao. In this light but...

The Power of Ideas: Is the World Getting Better or Worse? Better, Of Course

By Uma Hiremath INE TED Columnist Aren’t we living through it? Curiously, that was a record claimed both at the end of 2016 followed by 2017....

The Power of Ideas: When Does Old Age Start and Embracing Elderhood as a...

By Uma Hiremath INE TED Columnist BOSTON--One-sixth of the population in America are 65-and-older but account for 40% of hospital stays. That makes sense. Between the...

The Power of Ideas: Mental Shortcuts, Biases and Friendships

By Uma Hiremath INE TED Columnist BOSTON--Mental shortcuts. We use them all the time as heuristic devices to navigate a complex multilayered world. It works. It...

The Power of Ideas: Atul Gawande on How Do We Heal Medicine?

By Uma Hiremath INE Ted Columnist In this week’s news, Anne Bakjian of Georgia reportedly spent two weeks in hospital battling COVID-19. She recovered, but has...

The Power of Ideas: Broken Heart? See How Your Emotions Change the Shape of...

By Uma Hiremath INE TED Columnist BOSTON--If your Valentine's Day in 2021 was not all that you expected, your heart could actually take on the shape...

The Power of Ideas: How We Can Face the Future Without Fear?

By Uma Hiremath INE TED Columnist BOSTON--Fear. It is quite the dominant emotion these days. In less than 13 minutes, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks modulates a...

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