"Maybe our universe is just one of those things that happens from time to time," says theoretical physicist Sean Carroll. iStockphoto hide caption
"Maybe our universe is just one of those things that happens from time to time," says theoretical physicist Sean Carroll.
iStockphotoWe live our lives by the calendar and the clock, but time is also an abstraction, even an illusion. In this hour, TED speakers explore how our sense of time changes depending on who and where we are.
Cesar Kuriyama explains his app 1 Second Everyday at TED. James Duncan Davidson/Courtesy of TED hide caption
Poet Rives explores why 4 a.m. has become synonymous with the strangest hour of the day. Bret Hartman/Courtesy of TED hide caption
"Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished," says psychologist Dan Gilbert. Ryan Lash/Courtesy of TED hide caption
Psychologist Laura Carstensen explains why growing older also means growing happier for so many people. Michael Priest Photography/Courtesy of TED hide caption
Theoretical Physicist Sean Carroll asks why does time exist? Marla Aufmuth/Courtesy of TED hide caption
