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2014
2014x1
Mick Cornett: How an obese town lost a million pounds
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02, 2014
Oklahoma City is a midsized town that had a big problem: It was among the most obese towns in America. Mayor Mick Cornett realized that, to make his city a great place to work and live, .. show full overview
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Maysoon Zayid: I got 99 problems... palsy is just one
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03, 2014
"I have cerebral palsy. I shake all the time," Maysoon Zayid announces at the beginning of this exhilarating, hilarious talk. (Really, it's hilarious.) "I'm like Shakira meets Muhammad .. show full overview
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Suzanne Talhouk: Don't kill your language
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06, 2014
More and more, English is a global language; speaking it is perceived as a sign of being modern. But — what do we lose when we leave behind our mother tongues? Suzanne Talhouk makes an .. show full overview
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Roger Stein: A bold new way to fund drug research
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07, 2014
Believe it or not, about 20 years' worth of potentially life-saving drugs are sitting in labs right now, untested. Why? Because they can't get the funding to go to trials; the financial .. show full overview
2014x5
Sandra Aamodt: Why dieting doesn't usually work
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08, 2014
In the US, 80% of girls have been on a diet by the time they're 10 years old. In this honest, raw talk, neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt uses her personal story to frame an important lesson .. show full overview
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Frederic Kaplan: How to build an information time machine
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09, 2014
Imagine if you could surf Facebook ... from the Middle Ages. Well, it may not be as far off as it sounds. In a fun and interesting talk, researcher and engineer Frederic Kaplan shows off .. show full overview
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Ryan Holladay: To hear this music you have to be there. Literally
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10, 2014
The music industry has sometimes struggled to find its feet in the digital world. In this lovely talk, TED Fellow Ryan Holladay tells us why he is experimenting with what he describes as .. show full overview
2014x8
Harish Manwani: Profit’s not always the point
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13, 2014
You might not expect the chief operating officer of a major global corporation to look too far beyond either the balance sheet or the bottom line. But Harish Manwani, COO of Unilever, .. show full overview
2014x9
Mark Kendall: Demo: A needle-free vaccine patch that's safer and way cheaper
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14, 2014
One hundred sixty years after the invention of the needle and syringe, we’re still using them to deliver vaccines; it’s time to evolve. Biomedical engineer Mark Kendall demos the .. show full overview
2014x10
Sheryl Sandberg: So we leaned in ... now what?
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15, 2014
Sheryl Sandberg admits she was terrified to step onto the TED stage in 2010 — because she was going to talk, for the first time, about the lonely experience of being a woman in the top .. show full overview
2014x11
Luke Syson: How I learned to stop worrying and love
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16, 2014
Luke Syson was a curator of Renaissance art, of transcendent paintings of saints and solemn Italian ladies — serious art. And then he changed jobs, and inherited the Met's collection of .. show full overview
2014x12
Guy Hoffman: Robots with soul
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17, 2014
What kind of robots does an animator / jazz musician / roboticist make? Playful, reactive, curious ones. Guy Hoffman shows demo film of his family of unusual robots — including two musical bots that like to jam with humans.
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Laura Bates: Everyday sexism
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17, 2014
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Shereen El Feki: A little-told tale of sex and sensuality
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21, 2014
“If you really want to know a people, start by looking inside their bedrooms," says Shereen El Feki, who traveled through the Middle East for five years, talking to people about sex. .. show full overview
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Paula Johnson: His and hers … healthcare
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22, 2014
Every cell in the human body has a sex, which means that men and women are different right down to the cellular level. Yet too often, research and medicine ignore this insight — and the .. show full overview
2014x15
Yves Morieux: As work gets more complex, 6 rules to simplify
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23, 2014
Why do people feel so miserable and disengaged at work? Because today's businesses are increasingly and dizzyingly complex — and traditional pillars of management are obsolete, says Yves .. show full overview
2014x16
Joe Kowan: How I beat stage fright
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24, 2014
Humanity's fine-tuned sense of fear served us well as a young species, giving us laser focus to avoid being eaten by competing beasts. But it's less wonderful when that same visceral, .. show full overview
2014x17
Anant Agarwal: Why massive open online courses (still) matter
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27, 2014
2013 was a year of hype for MOOCs (massive open online courses). Great big numbers and great big hopes were followed by some disappointing first results. But the head of edX, Anant .. show full overview
2014x18
Anne Milgram: Why smart statistics are the key to fighting crime
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28, 2014
When she became the attorney general of New Jersey in 2007, Anne Milgram quickly discovered a few startling facts: not only did her team not really know who they were putting in jail, .. show full overview
2014x19
McKenna Pope: Want to be an activist? Start with your toys
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29, 2014
McKenna Pope's younger brother loved to cook, but he worried about using an Easy-Bake Oven — because it was a toy for girls. So at age 13, Pope started an online petition for the .. show full overview
2014x20
Nicolas Perony: Puppies! Now that I’ve got your attention, complexity theory
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30, 2014
Animal behavior isn't complicated, but it is complex. Nicolas Perony studies how individual animals — be they Scottish Terriers, bats or meerkats — follow simple rules that, .. show full overview
2014x21
Maya Penn: Meet a young entrepreneur, cartoonist, designer, activist …
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31, 2014
Maya Penn started her first company when she was 8 years old, and thinks deeply about how to be responsible both to her customers and to the planet. She shares her story — and some .. show full overview
2014x22
Esta Soler: How we turned the tide on domestic violence (Hint: the Polaroid helped)
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03, 2014
When Esta Soler lobbied for a bill outlawing domestic violence in 1984, one politician called it the "Take the Fun Out of Marriage Act." "If only I had Twitter then," she mused. This .. show full overview
2014x23
Dan Berkenstock: The world is one big dataset. Now, how to photograph it ...
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04, 2014
We're all familiar with satellite imagery, but what we might not know is that much of it is out of date. That's because satellites are big and expensive, so there aren't that many of .. show full overview
2014x24
Teddy Cruz: How architectural innovations migrate across borders
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05, 2014
As the world's cities undergo explosive growth, inequality is intensifying. Wealthy neighborhoods and impoverished slums grow side by side, the gap between them widening. In this .. show full overview
2014x25
Alex Wissner-Gross: A new equation for intelligence
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06, 2014
Is there an equation for intelligence? Yes. It’s F = T ∇ Sτ. In a fascinating and informative talk, physicist and computer scientist Alex Wissner-Gross explains what in the world that means. (Filmed at TEDxBeaconStreet.)
2014x26
Aparna Rao: Art that craves your attention
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07, 2014
In this charming talk, artist Aparna Rao shows us her latest work: cool, cartoony sculptures (with neat robotic tricks underneath them) that play with your perception — and crave your attention. Take a few minutes to simply be delighted.
2014x27
David Puttnam: Does the media have a
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10, 2014
In this thoughtful talk, David Puttnam asks a big question about the media: Does it have a moral imperative to create informed citizens, to support democracy? His solution for ensuring .. show full overview
2014x28
Leyla Acaroglu: Paper beats plastic? How to rethink environmental folklore
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11, 2014
Most of us want to do the right thing when it comes to the environment. But things aren’t as simple as opting for the paper bag, says sustainability strategist Leyla Acaroglu. A bold .. show full overview
2014x29
Chris McKnett: The investment logic for sustainability
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12, 2014
Sustainability is pretty clearly one of the world's most important goals; but what groups can really make environmental progress in leaps and bounds? Chris McKnett makes the case that .. show full overview
2014x30
Rupal Patel: Synthetic voices, as unique as fingerprints
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13, 2014
Many of those with severe speech disorders use a computerized device to communicate. Yet they choose between only a few voice options. That's why Stephen Hawking has an American accent, .. show full overview
2014x31
Yann Dall'Aglio: Love -- you're doing it wrong
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14, 2014
In this delightful talk, philosopher Yann Dall’Aglio explores the universal search for tenderness and connection in a world that's ever more focused on the individual. As it turns out, .. show full overview
2014x32
Molly Stevens: A new way to grow bone
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18, 2014
What does it take to regrow bone in mass quantities? Typical bone regeneration — wherein bone is taken from a patient’s hip and grafted onto damaged bone elsewhere in the body — is .. show full overview
2014x33
Roselinde Torres: What it takes to be a great leader
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19, 2014
The world is full of leadership programs, but the best way to learn how to lead might be right under your nose. In this clear, candid talk, Roselinde Torres describes 25 years observing .. show full overview
2014x34
Christopher Ryan: Are we designed to be sexual omnivores?
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20, 2014
An idea permeates our modern view of relationships: that men and women have always paired off in sexually exclusive relationships. But before the dawn of agriculture, humans may actually .. show full overview
2014x35
Ash Beckham: We're all hiding something. Let's find the courage to open up
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21, 2014
In this touching talk, Ash Beckham offers a fresh approach to empathy and openness. It starts with understanding that everyone, at some point in their life, has experienced hardship. The .. show full overview
2014x36
Siddharthan Chandran: Can the damaged brain repair itself?
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24, 2014
After a traumatic brain injury, it sometimes happens that the brain can repair itself, building new brain cells to replace damaged ones. But the repair doesn't happen quickly enough to .. show full overview
2014x37
Catherine Bracy: Why good hackers make good citizens
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25, 2014
Hacking is about more than mischief-making or political subversion. As Catherine Bracy describes in this spirited talk, it can be just as much a force for good as it is for evil. She .. show full overview
2014x38
Michael Metcalfe: We need money for aid. So let’s print it.
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26, 2014
During the financial crisis, the central banks of the United States, United Kingdom and Japan created $3.7 trillion in order to buy assets and encourage investors to do the same. Michael .. show full overview
2014x39
Henry Lin: What we can learn from galaxies far, far away
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27, 2014
In a fun, exciting talk, teenager Henry Lin looks at something unexpected in the sky: distant galaxy clusters. By studying the properties of the universe's largest pieces, says the Intel .. show full overview
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Annette Heuser: The 3 agencies with the power to make or break economies
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28, 2014
The way we rate national economies is all wrong, says rating agency reformer Annette Heuser. With mysterious and obscure methods, three private US-based credit rating agencies wield .. show full overview
2014x41
Mary Lou Jepsen: Could future devices read images from our brains?
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03, 2014
As an expert on cutting-edge digital displays, Mary Lou Jepsen studies how to show our most creative ideas on screens. And as a brain surgery patient herself, she is driven to know more .. show full overview
2014x42
Philip Evans: How data will transform business
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04, 2014
What does the future of business look like? In an informative talk, Philip Evans gives a quick primer on two long-standing theories in strategy — and explains why he thinks they are essentially invalid.
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Christopher Soghoian: Government surveillance — this is just the beginning
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05, 2014
Privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian sees the landscape of government surveillance shifting beneath our feet, as an industry grows to support monitoring programs. Through private .. show full overview
2014x44
Gabe Barcia-Colombo: My DNA vending machine
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06, 2014
Vending machines generally offer up sodas, candy bars and chips. Not so for the one created by TED Fellow Gabe Barcia-Colombo. This artist has dreamed up a DNA Vending Machine, which .. show full overview
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Manu Prakash: A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami
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07, 2014
Perhaps you’ve punched out a paper doll or folded an origami swan? TED Fellow Manu Prakash and his team have created a microscope made of paper that's just as easy to fold and use. A .. show full overview
2014x46
Ajit Narayanan: A word game to communicate in any language
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10, 2014
While working with kids who have trouble speaking, Ajit Narayanan sketched out a way to think about language in pictures, to relate words and concepts in "maps." The idea now powers an .. show full overview
2014x47
Clayton Cameron: A-rhythm-etic. The math behind the beats
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11, 2014
Ready to dance in your seat? Drummer Clayton Cameron breaks down different genres of music—from R&B to Latin to pop—by their beats. A talk that proves hip hop and jazz aren't cooler than math—they simply rely on it.
2014x48
Anne-Marie Slaughter: Can we all
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12, 2014
Public policy expert Anne-Marie Slaughter made waves with her 2012 article, "Why women still can't have it all." But really, is this only a question for women? Here Slaughter expands her .. show full overview
2014x49
Toby Shapshak: You don't need an app for that
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13, 2014
Are the simplest phones the smartest? While the rest of the world is updating statuses and playing games on smartphones, Africa is developing useful SMS-based solutions to everyday .. show full overview
2014x50
Carin Bondar: The birds and the bees are just the beginning
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14, 2014
Think you know a thing or two about sex? Think again. In this fascinating talk, biologist Carin Bondar lays out the surprising science behind how animals get it on. (This talk describes explicit and aggressive sexual content.)
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Steven Pinker and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: The long reach of reason
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17, 2014
Here's a TED first: an animated Socratic dialog! In a time when irrationality seems to rule both politics and culture, has reasoned thinking finally lost its power? Watch as psychologist .. show full overview
2014x52
Daniel Reisel: The neuroscience of restorative justice
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18, 2014
Daniel Reisel studies the brains of criminal psychopaths (and mice). And he asks a big question: Instead of warehousing these criminals, shouldn’t we be using what we know about the .. show full overview
2014x53
Edward Snowden: Here's how we take back the Internet
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18, 2014
Appearing by telepresence robot, Edward Snowden speaks at TED2014 about surveillance and Internet freedom. The right to data privacy, he suggests, is not a partisan issue, but requires a .. show full overview
2014x54
Chris Hadfield: What I learned from going blind in space
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19, 2014
There's an astronaut saying: In space, “there is no problem so bad that you can’t make it worse.” So how do you deal with the complexity, the sheer pressure, of dealing with dangerous .. show full overview
2014x55
Charmian Gooch: My wish: To launch a new era of openness in business
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20, 2014
Anonymous companies protect corrupt individuals – from notorious drug cartel leaders to nefarious arms dealers – behind a shroud of mystery that makes it almost impossible to find and .. show full overview
2014x56
Richard Ledgett: The NSA responds to Edward Snowden’s TED Talk
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20, 2014
After a surprise appearance by Edward Snowden at TED2014, Chris Anderson said: "If the NSA wants to respond, please do." And yes, they did. Appearing by video, NSA deputy director .. show full overview
2014x57
Larry Page: Where’s Google going next?
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21, 2014
Onstage at TED2014, Charlie Rose interviews Google CEO Larry Page about his far-off vision for the company. It includes aerial bikeways and internet balloons … and then it gets even more .. show full overview
2014x58
Ziauddin Yousafzai: My daughter, Malala
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24, 2014
Pakistani educator Ziauddin Yousafzai reminds the world of a simple truth that many don’t want to hear: Women and men deserve equal opportunities for education, autonomy, an independent .. show full overview
2014x59
Bran Ferren: To create for the ages, let's combine art and engineering
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25, 2014
When Bran Ferren was just 9, his parents took him to see the Pantheon in Rome — and it changed everything. In that moment, he began to understand how the tools of science and engineering .. show full overview
2014x60
Ed Yong: Suicidal crickets, zombie roaches and other parasite tales
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26, 2014
We humans set a premium on our own free will and independence ... and yet there's a shadowy influence we might not be considering. As science writer Ed Yong explains in this fascinating, .. show full overview
2014x61
Del Harvey: The strangeness of scale at Twitter
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27, 2014
When hundreds of thousands of tweets are fired every second, a one-in-a-million chance — including unlikely-sounding scenarios that could harm users — happens about 500 times a day. For .. show full overview
2014x62
Hugh Herr: The new bionics that let us run, climb and dance
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28, 2014
Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, robotic prosthetics inspired by nature's own designs. Herr lost both legs in a climbing accident 30 years ago; now, as the head .. show full overview
2014x63
Geena Rocero: Why I must come out
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31, 2014
When fashion model Geena Rocero first saw a photo of herself in a bikini, "I thought ... you have arrived!" As she reveals, that’s because she was born with the gender assignment “boy.” .. show full overview
2014x64
TED staff: It's TED, the Musical
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31, 2014
Do you have a TED Talk inside, just bursting to come out? Take this tongue-in-cheek musical journey to “Give Your Talk.” A musical love letter to our speakers — written, directed and performed by the TED staff.
2014x65
Allan Adams: The discovery that could rewrite physics
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01, 2014
On March 17, 2014, a group of physicists announced a thrilling discovery: the “smoking gun” data for the idea of an inflationary universe, a clue to the Big Bang. For non-physicists, .. show full overview
2014x66
Bill and Melinda Gates: Why giving away our wealth has been the most satisfying thing we've done
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02, 2014
In 1993, Bill and Melinda Gates took a walk on the beach and made a big decision: to give their Microsoft wealth back to society. In conversation with Chris Anderson, the couple talks .. show full overview
2014x67
Jennifer Golbeck: The curly fry conundrum: Why social media “likes” say more than you might think
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03, 2014
Do you like curly fries? Have you Liked them on Facebook? Watch this talk to find out the surprising things Facebook (and others) can guess about you from your random Likes and Shares. .. show full overview
2014x68
Lawrence Lessig: The unstoppable walk to political reform
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04, 2014
Seven years ago, Internet activist Aaron Swartz convinced Lawrence Lessig to take up the fight for political reform. A year after Swartz's tragic death, Lessig continues his campaign to .. show full overview
2014x69
Amanda Burden: How public spaces make cities work
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07, 2014
More than 8 million people are crowded together to live in New York City. What makes it possible? In part, it’s the city’s great public spaces — from tiny pocket parks to long waterfront .. show full overview
2014x70
Christopher Emdin: Teach teachers how to create magic
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08, 2014
What do rap shows, barbershop banter and Sunday services have in common? As Christopher Emdin says, they all hold the secret magic to enthrall and teach at the same time — and it’s a .. show full overview
2014x71
Louie Schwartzberg: Hidden miracles of the natural world
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09, 2014
We live in a world of unseeable beauty, so subtle and delicate that it is imperceptible to the human eye. To bring this invisible world to light, filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg bends the .. show full overview
2014x72
David Sengeh: The sore problem of prosthetic limbs
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10, 2014
What drove David Sengeh to create a more comfortable prosthetic limb? He grew up in Sierra Leone, and too many of the people he loves are missing limbs after the brutal civil war there. .. show full overview
2014x73
Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly: Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
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11, 2014
On January 8, 2011, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in the head while meeting constituents in her home town of Tucson, Arizona. Her husband, the astronaut Mark Kelly, immediately .. show full overview
2014x74
David Brooks: Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?
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14, 2014
Within each of us are two selves, suggests David Brooks in this meditative short talk: the self who craves success, who builds a résumé, and the self who seeks connection, community, .. show full overview
2014x75
Jennifer Senior: For parents, happiness is a very high bar
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15, 2014
The parenting section of the bookstore is overwhelming—it's "a giant, candy-colored monument to our collective panic," as writer Jennifer Senior puts it. Why is parenthood filled with so .. show full overview
2014x76
Norman Spack: How I help transgender teens become who they want to be
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16, 2014
Puberty is an awkward time for just about everybody, but for transgender teens it can be a nightmare, as they grow overnight into bodies they aren't comfortable with. In a heartfelt .. show full overview
2014x77
Jeremy Kasdin: The flower-shaped starshade that might help us detect Earth-like planets
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17, 2014
Astronomers believe that every star in the galaxy has a planet, one fifth of which might harbor life. Only we haven't seen any of them — yet. Jeremy Kasdin and his team are looking to .. show full overview
2014x78
Matthew Carter: My life in typefaces
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18, 2014
Pick up a book, magazine or screen, and more than likely you'll come across some typography designed by Matthew Carter. In this charming talk, the man behind typefaces such as Verdana, .. show full overview
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Sarah Lewis: Embrace the near win
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21, 2014
At her first museum job, art historian Sarah Lewis noticed something important about an artist she was studying: Not every artwork was a total masterpiece. She asks us to consider the .. show full overview
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Michel Laberge: How synchronized hammer strikes could generate nuclear fusion
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22, 2014
Our energy future depends on nuclear fusion, says Michel Laberge. The plasma physicist runs a small company with a big idea for a new type of nuclear reactor that could produce clean, .. show full overview
2014x81
Hamish Jolly: A shark-deterrent wetsuit (and it's not what you think)
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23, 2014
Hamish Jolly, an ocean swimmer in Australia, wanted a wetsuit that would deter a curious shark from mistaking him for a potential source of nourishment. (Which, statistically, is rare, .. show full overview
2014x82
James Patten: The best computer interface? Maybe ... your hands
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24, 2014
"The computer is an incredibly powerful means of creative expression," says designer and TED Fellow James Patten. But right now, we interact with computers, mainly, by typing and .. show full overview
2014x83
Elizabeth Gilbert: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating
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25, 2014
Elizabeth Gilbert was once an "unpublished diner waitress," devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of 'Eat, Pray, Love,' she found herself identifying .. show full overview
2014x84
Wendy Chung: Autism — what we know (and what we don’t know yet)
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28, 2014
In this factual talk, geneticist Wendy Chung shares what we know about autism spectrum disorder — for example, that autism has multiple, perhaps interlocking, causes. Looking beyond the .. show full overview
2014x85
David Epstein: Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?
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29, 2014
When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out in this .. show full overview
2014x86
Andrew Bastawrous: Get your next eye exam on a smartphone
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30, 2014
Thirty-nine million people in the world are blind, and the majority lost their sight due to curable and preventable diseases. But how do you test and treat people who live in remote .. show full overview
2014x87
Gavin Schmidt: The emergent patterns of climate change
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01, 2014
You can't understand climate change in pieces, says climate scientist Gavin Schmidt. It's the whole, or it's nothing. In this illuminating talk, he explains how he studies the big .. show full overview
2014x88
Sarah Jones: What does the future hold? 11 characters offer quirky answers
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02, 2014
Sarah Jones changes personas with the simplest of wardrobe swaps. In a laugh-out-loud improvisation, she invites 11 "friends" from the future on stage—from a fast-talking Latina to an .. show full overview
2014x89
Mellody Hobson: Color blind or color brave?
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05, 2014
The subject of race can be very touchy. As finance executive Mellody Hobson says, it's a "conversational third rail." But, she says, that's exactly why we need to start talking about it. .. show full overview
2014x90
Marco Tempest: And for my next trick, a robot
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06, 2014
Marco Tempest uses charming stagecraft to demo EDI, the multi-purpose robot designed to work very closely with humans. Less a magic trick than an intricately choreographed performance, .. show full overview
2014x91
Stanley McChrystal: The military case for sharing knowledge
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07, 2014
When General Stanley McChrystal started fighting al Qaeda in 2003, information and secrets were the lifeblood of his operations. But as the unconventional battle waged on, he began to .. show full overview
2014x92
Randall Munroe: Comics that ask "what if?"
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08, 2014
Web cartoonist Randall Munroe answers simple what-if questions ("what if you hit a baseball moving at the speed of light?") using math, physics, logic and deadpan humor. In this charming .. show full overview
2014x93
Mark Ronson: The exhilarating creativity of remixing
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09, 2014
Sampling isn't about "hijacking nostalgia wholesale," says Mark Ronson. It's about inserting yourself into the narrative of a song while also pushing that story forward. In this .. show full overview
2014x94
William Black: How to rob a bank (from the inside, that is)
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12, 2014
William Black is a former bank regulator who’s seen firsthand how banking systems can be used to commit fraud — and how “liar's loans” and other tricky tactics led to the 2008 US banking .. show full overview
2014x95
Deborah Gordon: What ants teach us about the brain, cancer and the Internet
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13, 2014
Ecologist Deborah Gordon studies ants wherever she can find them — in the desert, in the tropics, in her kitchen ... In this fascinating talk, she explains her obsession with insects .. show full overview
2014x96
Kevin Briggs: The bridge between suicide and life
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14, 2014
For many years Sergeant Kevin Briggs had a dark, unusual, at times strangely rewarding job: He patrolled the southern end of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, a popular site for .. show full overview
2014x97
Tristram Wyatt: The smelly mystery of the human pheromone
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15, 2014
Do our smells make us sexy? Popular science suggests yes — pheromones send chemical signals about sex and attraction from our armpits to potential mates. But, despite what you might have .. show full overview
2014x98
Rives: The Museum of Four in the Morning
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16, 2014
Beware: Rives has a contagious obsession with 4 a.m. At TED2007, the poet shared what was then a minor fixation with a time that kept popping up everywhere. After the talk, emails .. show full overview
2014x99
Simon Sinek: Why good leaders make you feel safe
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19, 2014
What makes a great leader? Management theorist Simon Sinek suggests, it's someone who makes their employees feel secure, who draws staffers into a circle of trust. But creating trust and .. show full overview
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Jackie Savitz: Save the oceans, feed the world!
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20, 2014
What's a marine biologist doing talking about world hunger? Well, says Jackie Savitz, fixing the world's oceans might just help to feed the planet's billion hungriest people. In an .. show full overview
2014x101
Andrew Solomon: How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are
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21, 2014
Writer Andrew Solomon has spent his career telling stories of the hardships of others. Now he turns inward, bringing us into a childhood of adversity, while also spinning tales of the .. show full overview
2014x102
Chris Kluwe: How augmented reality will change sports ... and build empathy
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22, 2014
Chris Kluwe wants to look into the future of sports and think about how technology will help not just players and coaches, but fans. Here the former NFL punter envisions a future in .. show full overview
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Wes Moore: How to talk to veterans about the war
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23, 2014
Wes Moore joined the US Army to pay for college, but the experience became core to who he is. In this heartfelt talk, the paratrooper and captain--who went on to write "The Other Wes .. show full overview
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Sebastian Junger: Why veterans miss war
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23, 2014
Civilians don't miss war. But soldiers often do. Journalist Sebastian Junger shares his experience embedded with American soldiers at Restrepo, an outpost in Afghanistan's Korengal .. show full overview
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Jon Mooallem: The strange story of the teddy bear, and what it reveals about our relationship to animals
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27, 2014
In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt legendarily spared the life of a black bear — and prompted a plush toy craze for so-called "teddy bears." Writer Jon Mooallem digs into this toy .. show full overview
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Kitra Cahana: A glimpse of life on the road
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28, 2014
As a young girl, photojournalist and TED Fellow Kitra Cahana dreamed about running away from home to live freely on the road. Now as an adult and self-proclaimed vagabond, she follows .. show full overview
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Stephen Friend: The hunt for "unexpected genetic heroes"
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29, 2014
What can we learn from people with the genetics to get sick — who don’t? With most inherited diseases, only some family members will develop the disease, while others who carry the same .. show full overview
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Sting: How I started writing songs again
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30, 2014
Sting’s early life was dominated by a shipyard—and he dreamed of nothing more than escaping the industrial drudgery. But after a nasty bout of writer’s block that stretched on for years, .. show full overview
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Ray Kurzweil: Get ready for hybrid thinking
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02, 2014
Two hundred million years ago, our mammal ancestors developed a new brain feature: the neocortex. This stamp-sized piece of tissue (wrapped around a brain the size of a walnut) is the .. show full overview
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Dan Gilbert: The psychology of your future self
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03, 2014
"Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished." Dan Gilbert shares recent research on a phenomenon he calls the "end of history illusion," where we somehow .. show full overview
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Stephen Burt: Why people need poetry
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04, 2014
"We're all going to die — and poems can help us live with that." In a charming and funny talk, literary critic Stephen Burt takes us on a lyrical journey with some of his favorite poets, .. show full overview
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Robert Full: The secrets of nature's grossest creatures, channeled into robots
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05, 2014
How can robots learn to stabilize on rough terrain, walk upside down, do gymnastic maneuvers in air and run into walls without harming themselves? Robert Full takes a look at the .. show full overview
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Yoruba Richen: What the gay rights movement learned from the civil rights movement
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06, 2014
As a member of both the African American and LGBT communities, filmmaker Yoruba Richen is fascinated with the overlaps and tensions between the gay rights and the civil rights movements. .. show full overview
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Stella Young: I’m not your inspiration, thank you very much
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09, 2014
Stella Young is a comedian and journalist who happens to go about her day in a wheelchair — a fact that doesn’t, she’d like to make clear, automatically turn her into a noble inspiration .. show full overview
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Keren Elazari: Hackers: the Internet's immune system
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10, 2014
The beauty of hackers, says cybersecurity expert Keren Elazari, is that they force us to evolve and improve. Yes, some hackers are bad guys, but many are working to fight government .. show full overview
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Will Potter: The shocking move to criminalize nonviolent protest
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11, 2014
In 2002, investigative journalist and TED Fellow Will Potter took a break from his regular beat, writing about shootings and murders for the Chicago Tribune. He went to help a local .. show full overview
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Uri Alon: Why truly innovative science demands a leap into the unknown
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12, 2014
While studying for his PhD in physics, Uri Alon thought he was a failure because all his research paths led to dead ends. But, with the help of improv theater, he came to realize that .. show full overview
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AJ Jacobs: The world's largest family reunion … we're all invited!
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13, 2014
You may not know it yet, but AJ Jacobs is probably your cousin (many, many times removed). Using genealogy websites, he’s been following the unexpected links that make us all, however .. show full overview
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Kwame Anthony Appiah: Is religion good or bad? (This is a trick question)
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16, 2014
Plenty of good things are done in the name of religion, and plenty of bad things too. But what is religion, exactly — is it good or bad, in and of itself? Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah offers a generous, surprising view.
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Anne Curzan: What makes a word
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17, 2014
One could argue that slang words like ‘hangry,’ ‘defriend’ and ‘adorkable’ fill crucial meaning gaps in the English language, even if they don't appear in the dictionary. After all, who .. show full overview
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Ruth Chang: How to make hard choices
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18, 2014
Here's a talk that could literally change your life. Which career should I pursue? Should I break up — or get married?! Where should I live? Big decisions like these can be agonizingly .. show full overview
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Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways to speak English
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19, 2014
Jamila Lyiscott is a “tri-tongued orator;” in her powerful spoken-word essay “Broken English,” she celebrates — and challenges — the three distinct flavors of English she speaks with her .. show full overview
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Billy Collins: Two poems about what dogs think (probably)
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20, 2014
What must our dogs be thinking when they look at us? Poet Billy Collins imagines the inner lives of two very different companions. It’s a charming short talk, perfect for taking a break and dreaming…
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Shaka Senghor: Why your worst deeds don’t define you
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23, 2014
In 1991, Shaka Senghor shot and killed a man. He was, he says, "a drug dealer with a quick temper and a semi-automatic pistol." Jailed for second degree murder, that could very well have .. show full overview
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Lorrie Faith Cranor: What’s wrong with your pa$$w0rd?
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24, 2014
Lorrie Faith Cranor studied thousands of real passwords to figure out the surprising, very common mistakes that users — and secured sites — make to compromise security. And how, you may .. show full overview
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Naomi Oreskes: Why we should trust scientists
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25, 2014
Many of the world's biggest problems require asking questions of scientists — but why should we believe what they say? Historian of science Naomi Oreskes thinks deeply about our .. show full overview
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Ge Wang: The DIY orchestra of the future
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26, 2014
Ge Wang makes computer music, but it isn’t all about coded bleeps and blips. With the Stanford Laptop Orchestra, he creates new instruments out of unexpected materials - like an Ikea .. show full overview
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Julian Treasure: How to speak so that people want to listen
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27, 2014
Have you ever felt like you're talking, but nobody is listening? Here's Julian Treasure to help. In this useful talk, the sound expert demonstrates the how-to's of powerful speaking — .. show full overview
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Chris Domas: The 1s and 0s behind cyber warfare
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30, 2014
Chris Domas is a cybersecurity researcher, operating on what’s become a new front of war, "cyber." In this engaging talk, he shows how researchers use pattern recognition and reverse .. show full overview
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Sara Lewis: The loves and lies of fireflies
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01, 2014
Biologist Sara Lewis has spent the past 20 years getting to the bottom of the magic and wonder of fireflies. In this charming talk, she tells us how and why the beetles produce their .. show full overview
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Simon Anholt: Which country does the most good for the world?
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02, 2014
It's an unexpected side effect of globalization: problems that once would have stayed local—say, a bank lending out too much money—now have consequences worldwide. But still, countries .. show full overview
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Paul Bloom: Can prejudice ever be a good thing?
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03, 2014
We often think of bias and prejudice as rooted in ignorance. But as psychologist Paul Bloom seeks to show, prejudice is often natural, rational ... even moral. The key, says Bloom, is to .. show full overview
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George Takei: Why I love a country that once betrayed me
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04, 2014
When he was a child, George Takei and his family were forced into an internment camp for Japanese-Americans, as a “security" measure during World War II. 70 years later, Takei looks back .. show full overview
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Joi Ito: Want to innovate? Become a "now-ist"
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07, 2014
“Remember before the internet?” asks Joi Ito. “Remember when people used to try to predict the future?” In this engaging talk, the head of the MIT Media Lab skips the future predictions .. show full overview
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Nicholas Negroponte: A 30-year history of the future
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08, 2014
MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte takes you on a journey through the last 30 years of tech. The consummate predictor highlights interfaces and innovations he foresaw in the 1970s .. show full overview
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Renata Salecl: Our unhealthy obsession with choice
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09, 2014
We face an endless string of choices, which leads us to feel anxiety, guilt and pangs of inadequacy that we are perhaps making the wrong ones. But philosopher Renata Salecl asks: Could .. show full overview
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Karima Bennoune: When people of Muslim heritage challenge fundamentalism
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10, 2014
Karima Bennoune shares four powerful stories of real people fighting against fundamentalism in their own communities — refusing to allow the faith they love to become a tool for crime, .. show full overview
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David Kwong: Two nerdy obsessions meet — and it's magic
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11, 2014
David Kwong is a magician who makes crossword puzzles — in other words, a pretty nerdy guy. And for his next trick ...
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David Chalmers: How do you explain consciousness?
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14, 2014
Our consciousness is a fundamental aspect of our existence, says philosopher David Chalmers: “There’s nothing we know about more directly…. but at the same time it’s the most mysterious .. show full overview
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Nikolai Begg: A tool to fix one of the most dangerous moments in surgery
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15, 2014
Surgeons are required every day to puncture human skin before procedures — with the risk of damaging what's on the other side. In a fascinating talk, find out how mechanical engineer .. show full overview
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Shih Chieh Huang: Sculptures that’d be at home in the deep sea
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16, 2014
When he was young, artist Shih Chieh Huang loved taking toys apart and perusing the aisles of night markets in Taiwan for unexpected objects. Today, this TED Fellow creates madcap .. show full overview
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Heather Barnett: What humans can learn from semi-intelligent slime
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17, 2014
Inspired by biological design and self-organizing systems, artist Heather Barnett co-creates with physarum polycephalum, a eukaryotic microorganism that lives in cool, moist areas. What .. show full overview
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Ze Frank: Are you human?
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18, 2014
Have you ever wondered: Am I a human being? Ze Frank suggests a series of simple questions that will determine this. Please relax and follow the prompts. Let's begin …
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Shai Reshef: An ultra-low-cost college degree
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04, 2014
At the online University of the People, anyone with a high school diploma can take classes toward a degree in business administration or computer science — without standard tuition fees .. show full overview
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Margaret Gould Stewart: How giant websites design for you (and a billion others, too)
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05, 2014
Facebook’s “like” and “share” buttons are seen 22 billion times a day, making them some of the most-viewed design elements ever created. Margaret Gould Stewart, Facebook’s director of .. show full overview
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Hubertus Knabe: The dark secrets of a surveillance state
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06, 2014
Tour the deep dark world of the East German state security agency known as Stasi. Uniquely powerful at spying on its citizens, until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 the Stasi .. show full overview
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Janet Iwasa: How animations can help scientists test a hypothesis
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07, 2014
3D animation can bring scientific hypotheses to life. Molecular biologist (and TED Fellow) Janet Iwasa introduces a new open-source animation software designed just for scientists.
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Megan Washington: Why I live in mortal dread of public speaking
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08, 2014
Megan Washington is one of Australia's premier singer/songwriters. And, since childhood, she has had a stutter. In this bold and personal talk, she reveals how she copes with this speech .. show full overview
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Talithia Williams: Own your body's data
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11, 2014
The new breed of high-tech self-monitors (measuring heartrate, sleep, steps per day) might seem targeted at competitive athletes. But Talithia Williams, a statistician, makes a .. show full overview
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Nick Hanauer: Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming
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12, 2014
Nick Hanauer is a rich guy, an unrepentant capitalist — and he has something to say to his fellow plutocrats: Wake up! Growing inequality is about to push our societies into conditions .. show full overview
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Dan Pacholke: How prisons can help inmates live meaningful lives
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13, 2014
In the United States, the agencies that govern prisons are often called ‘Department of Corrections.’ And yet, their focus is on containing and controlling inmates. Dan Pacholke, Deputy .. show full overview
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Eric Liu: Why ordinary people need to understand power
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14, 2014
Far too many Americans are illiterate in power — what it is, how it operates and why some people have it. As a result, those few who do understand power wield disproportionate influence .. show full overview
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Clint Smith: The danger of silence
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15, 2014
"We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't," says poet and teacher Clint Smith. A short, powerful piece from .. show full overview
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Tim Berners-Lee: A Magna Carta for the web
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18, 2014
Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web 25 years ago. So it’s worth a listen when he warns us: There’s a battle ahead. Eroding net neutrality, filter bubbles and centralizing .. show full overview
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Aziza Chaouni: How I brought a river, and my city, back to life
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19, 2014
The Fez River winds through the medina of Fez, Morocco—a mazelike medieval city that’s a World Heritage site. Once considered the “soul” of this celebrated city, the river succumbed to .. show full overview
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Jarrett Krosoczka: Why lunch ladies are heroes
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20, 2014
Children’s book author Jarrett Krosoczka shares the origins of the Lunch Lady graphic novel series, in which undercover school heroes serve lunch…and justice! His new project, School .. show full overview
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Laurel Braitman: Depressed dogs, cats with OCD — what animal madness means for us humans
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21, 2014
Behind those funny animal videos, sometimes, are oddly human-like problems. Laurel Braitman studies non-human animals who exhibit signs of mental health issues — from compulsive bears to .. show full overview
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Ziyah Gafić: Everyday objects, tragic histories
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22, 2014
Ziyah Gafić photographs everyday objects—watches, shoes, glasses. But these images are deceptively simple; the items in them have been exhumed from the mass graves of the Bosnian War. .. show full overview
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Martin Rees: Can we prevent the end of the world?
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25, 2014
A post-apocalyptic Earth, emptied of humans, seems like the stuff of science fiction TV and movies. But in this short, surprising talk, Lord Martin Rees asks us to think about our real .. show full overview
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Rose Goslinga: Crop insurance, an idea worth seeding
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26, 2014
Across sub-Saharan Africa, small farmers are the bedrock of national and regional economies—unless the weather proves unpredictable and their crops fail. The solution is insurance, at a .. show full overview
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Meera Vijayann: Find your voice against gender violence
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27, 2014
This talk begins with a personal story of sexual violence that may be difficult to listen to. But that’s the point, says citizen journalist Meera Vijayann: Speaking out on tough, taboo .. show full overview
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Sally Kohn: Don't like clickbait? Don't click
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28, 2014
Doesn't it seem like a lot of online news sites have moved beyond reporting the news to openly inciting your outrage (and your page views)? News analyst Sally Kohn suggests — don't .. show full overview
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Jill Shargaa: Please, please, people. Let's put the 'awe' back in 'awesome'
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29, 2014
Which of the following is awesome: your lunch or the Great Pyramid of Giza? Comedian Jill Shargaa sounds a hilarious call for us to save the word "awesome" for things that truly inspire awe.
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Jim Holt: Why does the universe exist?
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02, 2014
Why is there something instead of nothing? In other words: Why does the universe exist (and why are we in it)? Philosopher and writer Jim Holt follows this question toward three possible answers. Or four. Or none.
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Isabel Allende: How to live passionately—no matter your age
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03, 2014
Author Isabel Allende is 71. Yes, she has a few wrinkles—but she has incredible perspective too. In this candid talk, meant for viewers of all ages, she talks about her fears as she gets older and shares how she plans to keep on living passionately.
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Shubhendu Sharma: How to grow a tiny forest anywhere
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04, 2014
A forest planted by humans, then left to nature’s own devices, typically takes at least 100 years to mature. But what if we could make the process happen ten times faster? In this short .. show full overview
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Colin Grant: How our stories cross over
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05, 2014
Colin Grant has spent a lifetime navigating the emotional landscape between his father’s world and his own. Born in England to Jamaican parents, Grant draws on stories of shared .. show full overview
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Zak Ebrahim: I am the son of a terrorist. Here's how I chose peace.
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08, 2014
If you’re raised on dogma and hate, can you choose a different path? Zak Ebrahim was just seven years old when his father helped plan the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. His story is shocking, powerful and, ultimately, inspiring.
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Dan Barasch: A park underneath the hustle and bustle of New York City
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10, 2014
Dan Barasch and James Ramsey have a crazy plan — to create a park, filled with greenery, underneath New York City. The two are developing the Lowline, an underground greenspace the size .. show full overview
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Hans and Ola Rosling: How not to be ignorant about the world
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11, 2014
How much do you know about the world? Hans Rosling, with his famous charts of global population, health and income data (and an extra-extra-long pointer), demonstrates that you have a .. show full overview
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Uldus Bakhtiozina: Wry photos that turn stereotypes upside down
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12, 2014
Artist Uldus Bakhtiozina uses photographs to poke fun at societal norms in her native Russia. A glimpse into Russian youth culture and a short, fun reminder not to take ourselves too seriously.
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Rishi Manchanda: What makes us get sick? Look upstream.
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15, 2014
Rishi Manchanda has worked as a doctor in South Central Los Angeles for a decade, where he’s come to realize: His job isn’t just about treating a patient’s symptoms, but about getting to .. show full overview
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Andrew Connolly: What's the next window into our universe?
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16, 2014
Big Data is everywhere — even the skies. In an informative talk, astronomer Andrew Connolly shows how large amounts of data are being collected about our universe, recording it in its .. show full overview
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Mac Barnett: Why a good book is a secret door
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17, 2014
Childhood is surreal. Why shouldn't children's books be? In this whimsical talk, award-winning author Mac Barnett speaks about writing that escapes the page, art as a doorway to wonder — and what real kids say to a fictional whale.
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Avi Reichental: What’s next in 3D printing
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18, 2014
Just like his beloved grandfather, Avi Reichental is a maker of things. The difference is, now he can use 3D printers to make almost anything, out of almost any material. Reichental .. show full overview
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Antonio Donato Nobre: The magic of the Amazon: A river that flows invisibly all around us
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19, 2014
The Amazon River is like a heart, pumping water from the seas through it, and up into the atmosphere through 600 billion trees, which act like lungs. Clouds form, rain falls and the .. show full overview
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Lord Nicholas Stern: The state of the climate — and what we might do about it
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22, 2014
How can we begin to address the global, insidious problem of climate change — a problem that’s too big for any one country to solve? Economist Nicholas Stern lays out a plan, presented .. show full overview
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Kenneth Cukier: Big data is better data
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23, 2014
Self-driving cars were just the start. What's the future of big data-driven technology and design? In a thrilling science talk, Kenneth Cukier looks at what's next for machine learning — and human knowledge.
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Eman Mohammed: The courage to tell a hidden story
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24, 2014
Eman Mohammed is one of the few female photojournalists in the Gaza Strip. Though openly shunned by many of her male colleagues, she is given unprecedented access to areas denied to men. .. show full overview
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Matthew O'Reilly: “Am I dying?” The honest answer.
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25, 2014
Matthew O’Reilly is a veteran emergency medical technician on Long Island, New York. In this talk, O’Reilly describes what happens next when a gravely hurt patient asks him: “Am I going to die?”
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Moshe Safdie: How to reinvent the apartment building
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26, 2014
In 1967, Moshe Safdie reimagined the monolithic apartment building, creating “Habitat ’67,” which gave each unit an unprecedented sense of openness. Nearly 50 years later, he believes .. show full overview
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Francis de los Reyes: Sanitation is a basic human right
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29, 2014
Warning: This talk might contain much more than you’d ever want to know about the way the world poops. But as sanitation activist (and TED Fellow) Francis de los Reyes asks — doesn’t everyone deserve a safe place to go?
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Susan Colantuono: The career advice you probably didn’t get
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30, 2014
You’re doing everything right at work, taking all the right advice, but you’re just not moving up. Why? Susan Colantuono shares a simple, surprising piece of advice you might not have .. show full overview
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Gail Reed: Where to train the world's doctors? Cuba.
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01, 2014
Big problems need big solutions, sparked by big ideas, imagination and audacity. In this talk, journalist Gail Reed profiles one big solution worth noting: Havana’s Latin American .. show full overview
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Nancy Kanwisher: A neural portrait of the human mind
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02, 2014
Brain imaging pioneer Nancy Kanwisher, who uses fMRI scans to see activity in brain regions (often her own), shares what she and her colleagues have learned: The brain is made up of both .. show full overview
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Daria van den Bercken: Why I take the piano on the road … and in the air
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03, 2014
Pianist Daria van den Bercken fell in love with the baroque keyboard music of George Frideric Handel. Now, she aims to ignite this passion in others. In this talk, she plays us through .. show full overview
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Thomas Piketty: New thoughts on capital in the twenty-first century
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06, 2014
French economist Thomas Piketty caused a sensation in early 2014 with his book on a simple, brutal formula explaining economic inequality: r > g (meaning that return on capital is .. show full overview
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Meaghan Ramsey: Why thinking you're ugly is bad for you
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07, 2014
About 10,000 people a month Google the phrase, “Am I ugly?” Meaghan Ramsey of the Dove Self-Esteem Project has a feeling that many of them are young girls. In a deeply unsettling talk, .. show full overview
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Pia Mancini: How to upgrade democracy for the Internet era
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08, 2014
Pia Mancini and her colleagues want to upgrade democracy in Argentina and beyond. Through their open-source mobile platform they want to bring citizens inside the legislative process, and run candidates who will listen to what they say.
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Dilip Ratha: The hidden force in global economics: sending money home
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09, 2014
In 2013, international migrants sent $413 billion home to families and friends — three times more than the total of global foreign aid (about $135 billion). This money, known as .. show full overview
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Glenn Greenwald: Why privacy matters
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10, 2014
Glenn Greenwald was one of the first reporters to see — and write about — the Edward Snowden files, with their revelations about the United States' extensive surveillance of private .. show full overview
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Jeff Iliff: One more reason to get a good night’s sleep
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13, 2014
The brain uses a quarter of the body's entire energy supply, yet only accounts for about two percent of the body's mass. So how does this unique organ receive and, perhaps more .. show full overview
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Myriam Sidibe: The simple power of hand-washing
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14, 2014
Myriam Sidibe is a warrior in the fight against childhood disease. Her weapon of choice? A bar of soap. For cost-effective prevention against sickness, it’s hard to beat soapy .. show full overview
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Jorge Soto: The future of early cancer detection?
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15, 2014
Along with a crew of technologists and scientists, Jorge Soto is developing a simple, noninvasive, open-source test that looks for early signs of multiple forms of cancer. Onstage at .. show full overview
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Melissa Fleming: Let’s help refugees thrive, not just survive
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16, 2014
50 million people in the world today have been forcefully displaced from their home — a level not seen since WWII. Right now, more than 3 million Syrian refugees are seeking shelter in .. show full overview
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Kitra Cahana: My father, locked in his body but soaring free
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17, 2014
In 2011 Ronnie Cahana suffered a severe stroke that left him with locked-in syndrome: completely paralyzed except for his eyes. While this might shatter a normal person’s mental state, .. show full overview
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Susan Etlinger: What do we do with all this big data?
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20, 2014
Does a set of data make you feel more comfortable? More successful? Then your interpretation of it is likely wrong. In a surprisingly moving talk, Susan Etlinger explains why, as we .. show full overview
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Fred Swaniker: The leaders who ruined Africa, and the generation who can fix it
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21, 2014
Before he hit eighteen, Fred Swaniker had lived in Ghana, Gambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. What he learned from a childhood across Africa was that while good leaders can't make much of a .. show full overview
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Joy Sun: Should you donate differently?
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22, 2014
Technology allows us to give cash directly to the poorest people on the planet. Should we do it? In this thought-provoking talk, veteran aid worker Joy Sun explores two ways to help the poor.
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Fabien Cousteau: What I learned from spending 31 days underwater
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23, 2014
In 1963, Jacques Cousteau lived for 30 days in an underwater laboratory positioned on the floor of the Red Sea, and set a world record in the process. This summer, his grandson Fabien .. show full overview
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Marc Abrahams: A science award that makes you laugh, then think
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24, 2014
As founder of the Ig Nobel awards, Marc Abrahams explores the world’s most improbable research. In this thought-provoking (and occasionally side-splitting) talk, he tells stories of .. show full overview
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Kimberley Motley: How I defend the rule of law
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27, 2014
Every human deserves protection under their country’s laws — even when that law is forgotten or ignored. Sharing three cases from her international legal practice, Kimberley Motley, an .. show full overview
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Sergei Lupashin: A flying camera ... on a leash
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28, 2014
Let's admit it: aerial photo drones and UAVs are a little creepy, and they come with big regulatory and safety problems. But aerial photos can be a powerful way of telling the truth .. show full overview
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Frans Lanting: Photos that give voice to the animal kingdom
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29, 2014
Nature photographer Frans Lanting uses vibrant images to take us deep into the animal world. In this short, visual talk he calls for us to reconnect with other earthly creatures, and to shed the metaphorical skins that separate us from each other.
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Debra Jarvis: Yes, I survived cancer. But that doesn't define me
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30, 2014
Debra Jarvis had worked as a hospital chaplain for nearly 30 years when she was diagnosed with cancer. And she learned quite a bit as a patient. In a witty, daring talk, she explains how .. show full overview
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Jeremy Heimans: What new power looks like
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31, 2014
We can see the power of distributed, crowd-sourced business models every day — witness Uber, Kickstarter, Airbnb. But veteran online activist Jeremy Heimans asks: When does that kind of .. show full overview
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Alessandra Orofino: It’s our city. Let’s fix it
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03, 2014
Too often, people feel checked out of politics — even at the level of their own city. But urban activist Alessandra Orofino thinks that can change, using a mix of tech and old-fashioned .. show full overview
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Ameenah Gurib-Fakim: Humble plants that hide surprising secrets
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04, 2014
In this intriguing talk, biologist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim introduces us to rare plant species from isolated islands and regions of Africa. Meet the shape-shifting benjoin; the baume de .. show full overview
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Kare Anderson: Be an opportunity maker
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05, 2014
We all want to use our talents to create something meaningful with our lives. But how to get started? (And ... what if you're shy?) Writer Kare Anderson shares her own story of chronic .. show full overview
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Alejandro Aravena: My architectural philosophy? Bring the community into the process
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06, 2014
When asked to build housing for 100 families in Chile ten years ago, Alejandro Aravena looked to an unusual inspiration: the wisdom of favelas and slums. Rather than building a large .. show full overview
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Haas&Hahn: How painting can transform communities
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07, 2014
Artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn create community art by painting entire neighborhoods, and involving those who live there — from the favelas of Rio to the streets of North .. show full overview
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Ramanan Laxminarayan: The coming crisis in antibiotics
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10, 2014
Antibiotic drugs save lives. But we simply use them too much — and often for non-lifesaving purposes, like treating the flu and even raising cheaper chickens. The result, says researcher .. show full overview
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Michael Green: What the Social Progress Index can reveal about your country
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11, 2014
The term Gross Domestic Product is often talked about as if it were “handed down from god on tablets of stone.” But this concept was invented by an economist in the 1930s. We need a more .. show full overview
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Ethan Nadelmann: Why we need to end the War on Drugs
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12, 2014
Is the War on Drugs doing more harm than good? In a bold talk, drug policy reformist Ethan Nadelmann makes an impassioned plea to end the "backward, heartless, disastrous" movement to .. show full overview
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Leana Wen: What your doctor won’t disclose
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13, 2014
Wouldn’t you want to know if your doctor was a paid spokesman for a drug company? Or held personal beliefs incompatible with the treatment you want? Right now, in the US at least, your .. show full overview
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Vincent Moon and Naná Vasconcelos: Hidden music rituals around the world
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14, 2014
Vincent Moon travels the world with a backpack and a camera, filming astonishing music and ritual the world rarely sees — from a powerful Sufi ritual in Chechnya to an ayahuasca journey .. show full overview
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David Grady: How to save the world (or at least yourself) from bad meetings
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17, 2014
An epidemic of bad, inefficient, overcrowded meetings is plaguing the world’s businesses — and making workers miserable. David Grady has some ideas on how to stop it.
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Will Marshall: Tiny satellites show us the Earth as it changes in near-real-time
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18, 2014
Satellite imaging has revolutionized our knowledge of the Earth, with detailed images of nearly every street corner readily available online. But Planet Labs' Will Marshall says we can .. show full overview
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Nancy Frates: Meet the mom who started the Ice Bucket Challenge
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19, 2014
Remember the Ice Bucket Challenge craze this summer? Meet the mom who started it all. When Nancy Frates's son Pete hurt his wrist in a baseball game, he got an unexpected diagnosis: it .. show full overview
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Joe Landolina: This gel can make you stop bleeding instantly
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20, 2014
Forget stitches — there's a better way to close wounds. In this talk, TED Fellow Joe Landolina talks about his invention — a medical gel that can instantly stop traumatic bleeding without the need to apply pressure. (Contains medical images.)
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Rosie King: How autism freed me to be myself
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21, 2014
“People are so afraid of variety that they try to fit everything into a tiny little box with a specific label,” says 16-year-old Rosie King, who is bold, brash and autistic. She wants to .. show full overview
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Mark Plotkin: What the people of the Amazon know that you don’t
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24, 2014
"The greatest and most endangered species in the Amazon rainforest is not the jaguar or the harpy eagle," says Mark Plotkin, "It's the isolated and uncontacted tribes." In an energetic .. show full overview
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Emily Balcetis: Why some people find exercise harder than others
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25, 2014
Why do some people struggle more than others to keep off the pounds? Social psychologist Emily Balcetis shows research that addresses one of the many factors: Vision. In an informative .. show full overview
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Pico Iyer: The art of stillness
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26, 2014
The place that travel writer Pico Iyer would most like to go? Nowhere. In a counterintuitive and lyrical meditation, Iyer takes a look at the incredible insight that comes with taking .. show full overview
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Oren Yakobovich: Hidden cameras that film injustice in the world’s most dangerous places
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01, 2014
To see is to believe, says Oren Yakobovich — which is why he helps everyday people use hidden cameras to film dangerous situations of violence, political fraud and abuse. His .. show full overview
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Ben Saunders: To the South Pole and back — the hardest 105 days of my life
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02, 2014
This year, explorer Ben Saunders attempted his most ambitious trek yet. He set out to complete Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s failed 1912 polar expedition — a four-month, 1,800-mile round .. show full overview
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Rainer Strack: The workforce crisis of 2030 -- and how to start solving it now
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03, 2014
It sounds counterintuitive, but by 2030, many of the world's largest economies will have more jobs than adult citizens to do those jobs. In this data-filled — and quite charming — talk, .. show full overview
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Barbara Natterson-Horowitz: What veterinarians know that doctors don't
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04, 2014
What do you call a veterinarian who can only take care of one species? A physician. In a fascinating talk, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz shares how a species-spanning approach to health can .. show full overview
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Aakash Odedra: A dance in a hurricane of paper, wind and light
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05, 2014
Choreographer Aakash Odedra is dyslexic and has always felt that his best expression comes through movement. “Murmur” is his ode to that experience, teaming up with co-creators Lewis .. show full overview
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Jose Miguel Sokoloff: How Christmas lights helped guerrillas put down their guns
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08, 2014
“In my lifetime, I have never lived one day of peace in my country,” says Jose Miguel Sokoloff. This ad executive from Colombia saw a chance to help guerrilla fighters choose to come .. show full overview
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Anastasia Taylor-Lind: Fighters and mourners of the Ukrainian revolution
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09, 2014
“Men fight wars, and women mourn them,” says documentary photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind. With stark, arresting images from the Maidan protests in Ukraine, the TED Fellow shows us intimate faces from the revolution. A grim and beautiful talk.
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Thomas Hellum: The world's most boring television ... and why it's hilariously addictive
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10, 2014
You've heard about slow food. Now here's slow ... TV? In this very funny talk, Norwegian television producer Thomas Hellum shares how he and his team began to broadcast long, boring .. show full overview
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Catherine Crump: The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police track about you
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11, 2014
A very unsexy-sounding piece of technology could mean that the police know where you go, with whom, and when: the automatic license plate reader. These cameras are innocuously placed all .. show full overview
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Dave Troy: Social maps that reveal a city's intersections — and separations
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12, 2014
Every city has its neighborhoods, cliques and clubs, the hidden lines that join and divide people in the same town. What can we learn about cities by looking at what people share online? .. show full overview
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Vernā Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them
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15, 2014
Our biases can be dangerous, even deadly — as we've seen in the cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner, in Staten Island, New York. Diversity advocate Vernā Myers .. show full overview
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Jeremy Howard: The wonderful and terrifying implications of computers that can learn
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16, 2014
What happens when we teach a computer how to learn? Technologist Jeremy Howard shares some surprising new developments in the fast-moving field of deep learning, a technique that can .. show full overview
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Carol Dweck: The power of believing that you can improve
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17, 2014
Carol Dweck researches “growth mindset” — the idea that we can grow our brain's capacity to learn and to solve problems. In this talk, she describes two ways to think about a problem .. show full overview
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Bruno Torturra: Got a smartphone? Start broadcasting
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18, 2014
In 2011, journalist Bruno Torturra covered a protest in São Paulo which turned ugly. His experience of being teargassed had a profound effect on the way he thought about his work, and he .. show full overview
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Mundano: Pimp my ... trash cart?
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19, 2014
In Brazil, "catadores" collect junk and recyclables. But while they provide a vital service that benefits all, they are nearly invisible as they roam the streets. Enter graffiti artist .. show full overview
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Erin McKean: Go ahead, make up new words!
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22, 2014
In this fun, short talk from TEDYouth, lexicographer Erin McKean encourages — nay, cheerleads — her audience to create new words when the existing ones won’t quite do. She lists out 6 .. show full overview
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Michael Rubinstein: See invisible motion, hear silent sounds. Cool? Creepy? We can't decide
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23, 2014
Meet the “motion microscope,” a video-processing tool that plays up tiny changes in motion and color impossible to see with the naked eye. Video researcher Michael Rubinstein plays us .. show full overview