How to Be a Better Human

How to care for the people who take care of us (w/ Ai-jen Poo)

Jan 16, 2023

39:02

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Highlights

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Episode notes

Caring Across Generations With IJEN Poo

03:45

Immigrant Care in the Future

02:07

The Five Wishes for Aging With Dignity

03:00

Introduction

2min

The Work That Makes All Other Work Possible

2min

How to Be a Better Human

2min

Caring Across Generations With IJEN Poo

4min

Caregiving - It Takes a Village Period

3min

Caring for a Person With Long COVID

2min

Domestic Workers Can Be Our Moral Compass

3min

The Gift of Life for My Grandmother

2min

Are Caregivers a Member of the Family?

2min

10.

The Onion, It's a Curtain Made of Onions

3min

11.

Is Your Home a Workplace?

2min

12.

Domestic Workers Alliance - What Kind of Resources Are Most Crucial for Domestic Workers?

2min

13.

Domestic Workers' Lines

3min

14.

The Five Wishes for Aging With Dignity

3min

15.

What Do You Think About Elder Care?

4min

16.

Immigrant Care in the Future

2min

17.

How to Be a Better Human

4min

Activist, and MacArthur Genius, Ai-jen Poo believes that caring for others is one of the fundamental acts that make us human. But from nannies to elder-care workers, house cleaners to living assistants, single parents and beyond, globally, caretakers do not earn fair wages or recognition for their essential, life-giving labor. The President of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Ai-jen explains how society undervalues domestic work, and provides a framework on how we can start a conversation about the future of care for our loved ones – and ourselves. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts