TED2017: The future you 4/20/17, 12:07 PM Thursday, April 27, 2:15PM - 4:00PM PDT [ ' Session 9: It's Personal Hosted by Kelly Stoetzel and Helen Walters. Helen Pearson y aN hy. OY sain 3 sl salt 4 ~S SN Science journalist, editor, author Maw ke . . 3 a = y Helen Pearson's book, "The Life Project,” tells the extraordinary story of the longest-running study of human development in the world. n> | bi x ed In March 1946, scientists began tracking almost every British baby born in a single week. What they discovered would change how we are born, grow up, raise children, live and die. Helen Pearson's 2016 book, The Life Project, is the story of this incredible project and the | = remarkable discoveries that have come from it. It was named best science book of the year by The Observer and was a book of the year for > - . The Economist. As Chief Magazine Editor for the world’s leading science journal, Nature, Pearson oversees all its journalism and opinion content. Her own stories have won accolades including the 2010 Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award and two best feature awards from the Association of British Science Writers. nature.com @hcpearson \ | apes Susan Pinker Y i s "5 Psychologist, columnist, author ae re Susan Pinker reveals how in-person social interactions are not only necessary for human happiness but also could be a key to health and Zi . longevity. . ‘ 4 : In her award-winning book The Sexual Paradox, Susan Pinker argued that biological differences could play an unexpectedly large role in of | ( J creating the workplace gender gap. With Zhe Village Effect, she tracks another current: how social, face-to-face interactions are critical for z ©) : the survival of our species, and how technology is isolating us from these life-saving bonds. As she writes: "Neglecting to keep in close on 258 contact with people who are important to you is at least as dangerous to your health as a pack-a-day cigarette habit, hypertension or ss 2 ae obesity." In addition