Elise Hugh

From the virologist who helped lead a vaccine release in a record 66 days, to the artist who makes you feel climate data in your bones.

From the psychologist upending everything we thought we knew about teenagers and phones, to the father who found wonder inside the worst moments imaginable.

It's a week of talks and conversations that can change how you think about your body, your mind, your relationship with technology, and what it means to be alive.

But before I hand the mic over to Manoush for the week, I can't pass up the chance to ask her some big questions about these big ideas, because she's been thinking about this topic a lot.

Our conversation covered a lot of ground, the science of our bodies, the design of our world and the cultural shifts she thinks we need.

By the end, Manoush distills it all down to something rather simple and joyful by way of a 1970s psychology experiment with rats.

My conversation with Manoush is coming up right after a short break.

And now our TED conversation of the day.

Manoush, it's so good to get a chance to talk to you again.

Elise, always a pleasure.

Always, always.

And it's a special treat because you're about to take over for a week.

Thank you for panning over the baton.

I'm delighted.

I'm delighted.

And I'm glad we're getting a chance to sit down and think about these ideas together.

So my first question is how to think about how we can remain human inside systems that are changing faster than we are.

You strike me as somebody who has been thinking about these just anyway, like naturally as you were growing up and in maybe dinner table conversations.

I recall you sharing previously that your parents were both psychiatrists, right?

So did they spend their careers kind of thinking about the relationship between the mind and the body?