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How craving attention makes you less creative

Joseph Gordon-Levitt · TED

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About

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has gotten more than his fair share of attention from his acting career. But as social media exploded over the past decade, he got addicted like the rest of us -- trying to gain followers and likes only to be left feeling inadequate and less creative. In a refreshingly honest talk, he explores how the attention-driven model of big tech companies impacts our creativity -- and shares a more powerful feeling than getting attention: paying attention.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED2019
Speaker
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Year
2019
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Art, architecture and design
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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