Why we should stop optimizing ourselves | Franka Baum | TEDxAU College

Taking from her experience as a young person surrounded by social media, Franka challenges the notion of self-optimization. She argues for a new paradigm in which we stop treating our lives as projects needing to be improved. Franka Baum from Germany is a first-year social sciences student focusing on international relations and political science. She is particularly interested in politics and in understanding human agency and behavior. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx