Listen, watch, take notes, and prepare to discuss each video.
Task 1.
TED Talk Video 1
Tali Sharot: The optimism bias
http://www.ted.com/talks/tali_sharot_the_optimism_bias
TED Talk Video 2
What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
by Robert Waldinger
http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness
TED Talk Video 3
Andrew McAfee: What will future jobs look like?
http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mcafee_what_will_future_jobs_look_like
Task 2.
Go to the following link:
https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/user/register
EACH STUDENT SHOULD REGISTER (check email and make sure they registered correctly)
Do the following tests and compare answers with your partner:
Emotion Questionnaires:
Authentic Happiness Inventory
General Happiness Scale
Life Satisfaction Questionnaires:
Satisfaction with Life Scale
Approaches to Happiness
Meaning Questionnaires:
Meaning In Life Questionnaire
Compare answers with your partner.
Also:
Ted Talk Video 4.
Erik Brynjolfsson: The key to growth? Race with the machines
http://www.ted.com/talks/erik_brynjolfsson_the_key_to_growth_race_em_with_em_the_machines
Ted Talk Video 5. Zeynep Tufekci, Techno-sociologist
Techno-sociologist Zeynep Tufekci asks big questions about our societies and our lives, as both algorithms and digital connectivity spread.
http://www.ted.com/talks/zeynep_tufekci_we_can_t_control_what_our_intelligent_machines_are_learning
