Why the hospital of the future will be your own home
Niels van Namen / Health care futurist
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  1. Why the hospital of the future will be your own home
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  5. "Rebelosis" / "Rebel Rock" / "Rebel on That Level"
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  1. Your phone company is watching
  2. How to keep rivers and streams flowing
  3. The Philosophical Breakfast Club
  4. Find your voice against gender violence
  5. What we can do to die well
  6. An art made of trust, vulnerability and connection

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Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. How to make choosing easier
  2. Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce
  3. How to make hard choices
  4. Are we in control of our own decisions?
  5. The journey through loss and grief
  6. How I made friends with reality

A blueprint for diversity in the workplace

  1. How diversity makes teams more innovative
  2. How language shapes the way we think
  3. How to get serious about diversity and inclusion in the workplace
  4. Why diversity matters
  5. The power of diversity within yourself
  6. Lead like the great conductors

TED-Ed lessons: feed your curiosity

  1. Why should you read Edgar Allan Poe?
  2. What would happen if every human suddenly disappeared?
  3. How do cigarettes affect the body?
  4. Is there any truth to the King Arthur legends?
  5. Can you solve the rebel supplies riddle?
  6. What is the universe expanding into?

House & home: ideas from TEDx

  1. I hate McMansions -- and you should too
  2. America's most invisible communities -- mobile home parks
  3. Should teachers get free housing?
  4. Home renters are powerless. Here's how to fix that
  5. How prefab homes can transform affordable housing
  6. Home is where the art is

what's it like to be a baby?

  1. What do babies think?
  2. The linguistic genius of babies
  3. The surprisingly logical minds of babies
  4. A warm embrace that saves lives
  5. In our baby's illness, a life lesson
  6. What we don't know about mother's milk

What is genius?

  1. Your elusive creative genius
  2. The linguistic genius of babies
  3. The untapped genius that could change science for the better
  4. The deadly genius of drug cartels
  5. The emergent genius of ant colonies
  6. The gentle genius of bonobos

live your best life

  1. 12 truths I learned from life and writing
  2. The life-long learner
  3. Why you should define your fears instead of your goals
  4. Things I've learned in my life so far
  5. The danger of a single story
  6. What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness

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.