Beautiful new words to describe obscure emotions

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March 10, 2017 Today's TED Talk Beautiful new words to describe obscure emotions 07:28 minutes · TEDxBerkeley John Koenig loves finding words that express our unarticulated feelings -- like "lachesism," the hunger for disaster, and "sonder," the realization that everyone else's lives are as complex and unknowable as our own. Here, he meditates on the meaning we assign to words and how these meanings latch onto us. Watch now »   Playlist of the Day Talks for people who love words As Wittgenstein wrote, "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." Watch talks by linguists, data analysts and word nerds. Watch » 12 talks · Total run time 2:28:17 NEW ON IDEAS.TED.COM The ongoing quest to build life from scratch A synthetic biologist has created artificial cells that can "talk" to natural cells -- but are they really alive? Read more » Join us on Facebook Follow us @TEDTalks

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