What your smart devices know (and share) about you
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Newest Talks

  1. What your smart devices know (and share) about you
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  3. The mission to create a searchable database of Earth's surface
  4. The genius behind some of the world's most famous buildings
  5. "The Last Serenade"
  6. An honest look at the personal finance crisis

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  1. Why we shouldn't trust markets with our civic life
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  3. What young women believe about their own sexual pleasure
  4. Brain-to-brain communication has arrived. How we did it
  5. Dare to educate Afghan girls
  6. What I learned from Nelson Mandela

Recommended today

  1. Sci-fi stories that imagine a future Africa
  2. Africa's cheetahs versus hippos
  3. Why fascism is so tempting -- and how your data could power it
  4. How to topple a dictator
  5. How to spot a liar
  6. How (and why) Russia hacked the US election

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Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. My descent into America's neo-Nazi movement -- and how I got out
  2. What we can do about the culture of hate
  3. How I turn negative online comments into positive offline conversations
  4. A tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided
  5. How trees talk to each other
  6. What a driverless world could look like

TED-Ed lessons: feed your curiosity

  1. What is the coldest thing in the world?
  2. How exactly does binary code work?
  3. Why don't poisonous animals poison themselves?
  4. Are there universal expressions of emotion?
  5. Can you solve the Mondrian squares riddle?
  6. What causes hallucinations?

Note to self: TEDx talks on self-improvement

  1. A simple trick to improve positive thinking
  2. Increase your self-awareness with one simple fix
  3. Love others to love yourself
  4. The keys to a happier, healthier sex life
  5. How do you define yourself?
  6. What I learned from 100 days of rejection

Explore philosophy

  1. Philosophy in prison
  2. How do you explain consciousness?
  3. How to make hard choices
  4. A kinder, gentler philosophy of success
  5. Why does the universe exist?
  6. For argument's sake

Let's talk about death

  1. What really matters at the end of life
  2. Life that doesn't end with death
  3. Let's talk about dying
  4. Prepare for a good end of life
  5. What makes life worth living in the face of death
  6. The 4 stories we tell ourselves about death

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

Ancient treasures

  1. 2600 years of history in one object
  2. Help discover ancient ruins -- before it's too late
  3. A Rosetta Stone for a lost language
  4. Ingenuity and elegance in ancient African alphabets
  5. The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting
  6. Ancient wonders captured in 3D

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.