How my mom inspired my approach to the cello
Paul Rucker / Visual artist, cellist
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Great TED Talks for procrastinating

Playlist: Fascinating talks to watch when you should probably be doing something else

Newest Talks

  1. How my mom inspired my approach to the cello
  2. How video games turn players into storytellers
  3. How a fleet of wind-powered drones is changing our understanding of the ocean
  4. How to disagree productively and find common ground
  5. How a long-forgotten virus could help us solve the antibiotics crisis
  6. A librarian's case against overdue book fines

Trending

  1. How loss helped one artist find beauty in imperfection
  2. A video game to cope with grief
  3. Every piece of art you've ever wanted to see -- up close and searchable
  4. My creations, a new form of life
  5. Moving sculpture
  6. How a video game might help us build better cities

Recommended today

  1. How do we bridge the "anxiety gap" at work?
  2. The surprising solution to ocean plastic
  3. This computer is learning to read your mind
  4. Could future devices read images from our brains?
  5. Curating humanity's heritage
  6. Doesn't everyone deserve a chance at a good life?

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TED-Ed lessons: feed your curiosity

  1. Why is meningitis so dangerous?
  2. The survival of the sea turtle
  3. What's the smallest thing in the universe?
  4. The myth of Sisyphus
  5. History vs. Henry VIII
  6. How folding paper can get you to the moon

Open source, open world

  1. How Arduino is open-sourcing imagination
  2. The year open data went worldwide
  3. Discover the next mobile economy
  4. The mind behind Linux
  5. Massive-scale online collaboration
  6. The art of asking

Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. Why you should make useless things
  2. Where joy hides and how to find it
  3. You owe it to yourself to experience a total solar eclipse
  4. The unexpected beauty of everyday sounds
  5. Walk the earth ... my 17-year vow of silence
  6. The power of introverts

making superheroes: stories from TEDx

  1. What makes a superhero?
  2. The story behind Marvel's Muslim-American superheroine
  3. How I change perceptions by drawing comics
  4. The importance of diversity in the comic book universe
  5. How I brought Batman to Hollywood (and academia)
  6. Bring on the female superheroes!

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?

Animals and us

  1. How humans and animals can live together
  2. Moral behavior in animals
  3. What ants teach us about the brain, cancer and the Internet
  4. Chimps have feelings and thoughts. They should also have rights
  5. A monkey economy as irrational as ours
  6. What are animals thinking and feeling?

strange new materials

  1. Silk, the ancient material of the future
  2. Toys and materials from the future
  3. Graphene: the impressive 2D material full of potential
  4. One very dry demo
  5. How we're harnessing nature's hidden superpowers
  6. Design at the intersection of technology and biology

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.