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David Fagenbaum

👤 Speaker
161 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

And I think exactly as Kia's saying, once you

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

see something like this, once you experience something like this, whether it's learning about access to medicines or the work we're doing, learning about the fact that there's all these hidden cures that are unmatched, you sort of can't unsee it, especially when you see the impact that it has on humans, patients that are alive because of these medicines.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

And so I think to answer the question, it's, you know, once you see something like that, it's about continuing to push forward and say, okay, well, maybe this helped me, but can this help the person, you know, down the street from me?

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

Can this help someone else in my community?

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

And then when you start seeing that it can, you can just keep asking bigger and bigger questions.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

Can it help people all over the world?

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

And I think that's so important in guiding us.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

Yeah, great question.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

I think that no matter what you're going through in your life or the challenges you're facing, I think it's worthwhile asking yourself, what am I hoping for every day?

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

What am I wishing for?

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

What am I praying for?

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

Like actually reflect on the things that you're

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

praying for, wishing for, and hoping for every day.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

And that can oftentimes tell you exactly what you should be doing.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

Because whatever you're hoping for and you're wishing for, that is actually the inverse of what you should be doing.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

What can you do today, tomorrow, and the next day to create the thing that you're hoping for, to solve the problem that you wish would be solved?

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

And there are a lot of challenges that we face every day that feel insurmountable and many that...

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

truly, we have a hard time actually having an impact on.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

But there are also many problems in our lives that we're hoping for a solution for, that we actually have something that we can do to help to solve that problem.

TED Talks Daily
What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try | David Fajgenbaum and Kiah Williams

And as Kia mentioned, it may be that we can call a state legislator, or maybe it's that we can post something on social media to raise awareness about a problem.