Catherine Price
Science journalist, author
Catherine Price believes that, far from being frivolous, fun is a critical component of a fulfilling, healthy life — and she has a plan for how we can have more of it.
Why you should listen
With a background in science journalism and an unshakeable curiosity about the world, author Catherine Price helps people question their assumptions, make positive changes in their lives and see mundane things (phones, vitamins) in a different, more philosophical light.
Price's book, The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again, combines an exploration of what fun actually is — and why it's essential — with a plan designed to help bring more of it into your life. In addition to writing for her Substack newsletter, How to Feel Alive, she has written for publications including The New York Times, Slate, Popular Science, TIME and The Washington Post Magazine, and she is the author of How to Break Up with Your Phone, the no. 1 New York Times-bestseller The Amazing Generation (co-authored with Jonathan Haidt) and Vitamania: How Vitamins Revolutionized the Way We Think About Food.
Price's work has been featured in media outlets around the world, including The Best American Science Writing, The New York Times, the BBC, NPR, The Guardian, Wired, The Today Show, The Daily Show, Good Morning America and CBS This Morning, among others. She's spoken in front of a wide range of companies as well as hospitals, schools and community organizations, and has had the opportunity to share her thoughts about screen/life balance and fun with the Surgeon General of the United States and Oprah Winfrey, which was extremely surreal and, yes, fun.*
*Not at the same time.
Price's book, The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again, combines an exploration of what fun actually is — and why it's essential — with a plan designed to help bring more of it into your life. In addition to writing for her Substack newsletter, How to Feel Alive, she has written for publications including The New York Times, Slate, Popular Science, TIME and The Washington Post Magazine, and she is the author of How to Break Up with Your Phone, the no. 1 New York Times-bestseller The Amazing Generation (co-authored with Jonathan Haidt) and Vitamania: How Vitamins Revolutionized the Way We Think About Food.
Price's work has been featured in media outlets around the world, including The Best American Science Writing, The New York Times, the BBC, NPR, The Guardian, Wired, The Today Show, The Daily Show, Good Morning America and CBS This Morning, among others. She's spoken in front of a wide range of companies as well as hospitals, schools and community organizations, and has had the opportunity to share her thoughts about screen/life balance and fun with the Surgeon General of the United States and Oprah Winfrey, which was extremely surreal and, yes, fun.*
*Not at the same time.
Catherine Price’s TED Talks
More news and ideas from Catherine Price
We humans
We all know people who seem to attract fun — here’s how you can do it too
July 21, 2022
It's all about developing what journalist Catherine Price calls a "fun mindset." Here, she shares four ways that you can create -- or appreciate -- moments of fun in your life.
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Play: Notes from Session 7 of TED2022
April 13, 2022
Session 7 of TED2022 focused on play, with talks on the science behind what it really means to “have fun”, finding your personal groove through dance, the next era of video games, foraging for food in your backyard and more. The event: Talks from Session 7 of TED Fellows Talks at TED2022, hosted by TED’s […]
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