The area in which Hemet is located was first inhabited by members of the Cahuilla Indian tribe. Then, in the early 1800's, it became a cattle ranch for Mission San Luis Rey and was called Rancho San Jacinto.
As the founder of the newest modern emerging branch, Martin Seligman utilizes this TED talk to discuss how positive psychology is revolutionizing the field by moving beyond a focus on mental illness and shifting towards examining human healthy states, including happiness and optimism.
Watch MIT's Cognitive Machine group director Deb Roy's TEDTalk above and then explore his thoughts in this companion essay. Since my TED Talk in February I've had dozens of opportunities to present the story of how my son learned his first words.