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TEDxTheCountrySchool: Speak Less. Expect More.

By Matthew Dicks | May 20, 2016 |

This is a TEDx Talk that I delivered in April of 2016 at The Country School in Madison, CT. The conference was run almost exclusively by the students of the school, who were of middle and high school age. It’s a variation of a talk that I have delivered before about the idea that teachers…

Kids are great, but they ruin everything. Especially your peace of mind about the future of the planet.

By Matthew Dicks | May 5, 2016 |

I was listening to a boy read a poem onstage at the recent TEDx conference at The Country School. It was a poem that talked about his fears and anxieties. He read: “I worry that the world will end in my lifetime.” I heard those words and remembered thinking the same thing for a long,…