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How to answer your biggest questions—with data | How to Be a Better Human

How to answer your biggest questions—with data | How to Be a Better Human

FromAm I Normal? with Mona Chalabi


How to answer your biggest questions—with data | How to Be a Better Human

FromAm I Normal? with Mona Chalabi

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Jan 4, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Whenever we have a question – about ourselves or the world around us – it can be helpful to visualize our answer in order to really understand it. But how do you conceptualize something as big as inequality, as complex as grief, or as silly as your probability of correctly guessing today’s Wordle? Mona was a guest on another podcast in the TED Audio Collective, called How to Be a Better Human, to explain how anyone can use analysis to answer their most personal questions. For the text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts. And for more episodes on how to be a little less terrible, follow How to Be a Better Human wherever you're listening to this.
Released:
Jan 4, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (24)

We all want to know if we’re normal—do I have enough friends? Should it take me this long to get over my ex? Should I move or stay where I am? Endlessly curious data journalist Mona Chalabi NEEDS to know, and she’s ready to dive into the numbers to get some answers. But studies and spreadsheets don’t tell the whole story, so she’s consulting experts, strangers, and even her mum to fill in the gaps. The answers might surprise you, and make you ask: does normal even exist? Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi is produced in partnership with Transmitter Media.