In his book "The Dark Net," Jamie Bartlett investigates Internet subcultures, both legal and illegal.

Journalist and photographer Bruno Torturra is the face of Media Ninja, a Brazilian digital collective making headlines for its ability to cover big news as it happens.

About this event: At Stockholms Handelskammare (the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce) we believe in the power of gathering people to exchange great ideas. We were therefore delighted to host the first ever TEDxBrunkebergstorg on March 9th 2023. In this event; “Sense of Belonging”, a number of speakers explored how subcultures influence urban society. Under "additi...

About this event: We experience the world as what we see in plain sight, but we often forget that there is a whole new world underneath it all- a separate ecosystem underground, subcultures within our own culture, thoughts we don’t say out loud. TEDxVelenje is organizing the deepest TEDx event in the world at an astonishing 157m below the surface. Five speakers ...

Christopher "moot" Poole is founder of 4chan, an online imageboard whose anonymous denizens have spawned the web's most bewildering -- and influential -- subculture.

About this event: In the context of society, divergence can refer to the widening of differences or disparities among various groups, individuals, or ideologies. This can manifest in economic, cultural, or social aspects. For example, economic divergence might describe the growing gap between the wealthy and the poor, while cultural divergence can involve the dev...

Sam Martin is the director of digital strategy at Texas Monthly magazine, and the author of "Manspace: A Primal Guide to Marking Your Territory."

The best way to understand how an illegal online drugs market works is to buy something from it. That, however, creates fairly obvious difficulties, as Jamie Bartlett explains. When I was writing my book The Dark Net, about internet subcultures, I wanted to explore the deeper and darker sides of internet behavior, and by extension, human behavi...

About this event: TEDxBrighton 2014 will be taking place on Friday the 31st of October 2014 at the Dome Concert Hall. The title of this year’s TEDxBrighton is Many Hands, and we will be exploring ideas around connectivity, convergence and community. We’ll be looking at the prevalence of technology in the networked age, how our social networks can leave ...

About this event: If we aim to cross borders, if we want true adventures and real discoveries, then we need to cross the borders to other cultures. We need to meaningfully engage with others who see and experience the world in a different way or from a different point of view. In many respects our progress and prosperity depends on it. This is why we chose ’Conve...

A 12-year-old boy in a Stormtrooper helmet – and a tutu. A hulking man wearing a pre-Raphaelite collar of Barbie dolls. A bride standing wistfully in a garden, her face obscured by a wrestling mask. Russian photo-based artist Uldus Bakhtiozina’s whimsical and surreal images -- which feature models as well as herself -- raise an eyebrow at id...

Naomi McDougall Jones is a vocal advocate and activist for bringing gender parity to film, both on and off screen.

ReThinking with Adam Grant Khan Academy founder Sal Khan on AI and the future of education August 15, 2023 [00:00:00] Adam Grant: Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant. Welcome back to ReThinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick. I'm an organizational psychologist, and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people to explore new...

President + Co-Founder, thatgamecompany

We asked TED speakers, TED-Ed educators and TED Fellows: “What books would you bring with you to a desert island?” In their deliciously diverse responses, you'll find there's something for every kind of reader. They offered up recommendations -- please use the following links to jump around the sections you're interested in -- for when you're h...

Gen Z slang is rife with new words like "unalive," "skibidi" and "rizz." Where do these words come from — and how do they get popular so fast? Linguist Adam Aleksic explores how the forces of social media algorithms are reshaping the way people talk and view their very own identities.