Hany Farid

I ride a Harley Davidson motorcycle.

I'm a road cyclist.

I'm a mountain biker.

I'm not good enough at any of those things to give a TED Talk on.

But if I had to give another one, this is what it would be on, because I give this advice to students all the time, is that you've got to find a way to unplug.

You got to.

There is nothing like being out in nature.

Here we are in this beautiful Vancouver.

There is nothing like it.

I mean, 20 minutes with a hike in the woods is better than anything else.

Like, you got to unplug.

You got to put the device down.

You got to get away from it.

And I know it's really hard, but once you start doing it, it's like the mother of all therapies.

My family is originally from Egypt.

And I was born in Germany and we immigrated when I was very young.

But as young kids, we would go to Egypt every year.

And probably my most cherished memories were in Cairo with my grandparents.

And it was such a different time.

They would just give us a few pennies and we'd go down to the local baker and get the fresh bread.