This is what democracy looks like
Anthony D. Romero / Attorney, public-interest activist
Why do societies collapse?

TED Talk: Lessons from the Norse of Iron Age Greenland, deforested Easter Island and present-day Montana

How music affects us

Playlist: A look at our fascinating relationship with the music we make

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Who are the hackers?

  1. Three types of online attack
  2. How to exploit democracy
  3. Governments don't understand cyber warfare. We need hackers
  4. Where is cybercrime really coming from?
  5. Hire the hackers!
  6. Hackers: the Internet's immune system

The Future You

  1. What will future jobs look like?
  2. Could future devices read images from our brains?
  3. The life code that will reshape the future
  4. 3 ways to plan for the (very) long term
  5. The future of money
  6. How to build a business that lasts 100 years

What should I do with my life?

  1. Why you will fail to have a great career
  2. How great leaders inspire action
  3. Why some of us don't have one true calling
  4. How to find work you love
  5. Before I die I want to ...
  6. Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?

the world's end

  1. Can we prevent the end of the world?
  2. 10 ways the world could end
  3. How humans could evolve to survive in space
  4. Let's not use Mars as a backup planet
  5. How to defend Earth from asteroids
  6. Why Earth may someday look like Mars

Life-changing educators

  1. Every kid needs a champion
  2. How to raise successful kids -- without over-parenting
  3. 3 rules to spark learning
  4. Teaching design for change
  5. How to learn? From mistakes
  6. How students of color confront impostor syndrome

introvert, extrovert: who am i?

  1. The power of introverts
  2. Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality
  3. Are you a giver or a taker?
  4. The beauty of being a misfit
  5. Why we do what we do
  6. Should you live for your résumé ... or your eulogy?

and now ... a few bad ideas

  1. 3 ways to spot a bad statistic
  2. Battling bad science
  3. Why people believe weird things
  4. On being wrong
  5. Why we make bad decisions
  6. What I learned from 100 days of rejection

About TED

TED is a nonpartisan nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks. TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 110 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.