The nightmare videos of children's YouTube — and what's wrong with the internet today
James Bridle / Artist, writer
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Out and proud: 8 talks on sharing who you truly are

Playlist: Powerful, personal talks on sharing one's true identity

Newest Talks

  1. The nightmare videos of children's YouTube -- and what's wrong with the internet today
  2. Why you should love gross science
  3. How Netflix changed entertainment -- and where it's headed
  4. How we can bring mental health support to refugees
  5. Technology that knows what you're feeling
  6. The surprising science of alpha males

Trending

  1. I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much
  2. Playing "Pink Noise" on guitar
  3. 5 predictions, from 1984
  4. Music and emotion through time
  5. A Saudi woman who dared to drive
  6. The magic of Fibonacci numbers

Recommended today

  1. Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide
  2. How to seek truth in the era of fake news
  3. The future we're building -- and boring
  4. Political common ground in a polarized United States
  5. Mammoths resurrected, geoengineering and other thoughts from a futurist
  6. SpaceX's plan to fly you across the globe in 30 minutes

Explore playlists

Recommended today

  1. Why I love a country that once betrayed me
  2. The secret US prisons you've never heard of before
  3. How to topple a dictator
  4. We can fight terror without sacrificing our rights
  5. How young people join violent extremist groups -- and how to stop them
  6. My descent into America's neo-Nazi movement -- and how I got out

Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe
  2. Nature is everywhere -- we just need to learn to see it
  3. A theory of Earth's mass extinctions
  4. One seed at a time, protecting the future of food
  5. A broken body isn't a broken person
  6. Confessions of a bad feminist

TED-Ed lessons: feed your curiosity

  1. The science of hearing
  2. Can you solve the giant cat army riddle?
  3. What causes insomnia?
  4. The Irish myth of the Giant's Causeway
  5. What is bipolar disorder?
  6. A simple way to tell insects apart

live your best life

  1. 12 truths I learned from life and writing
  2. The life-long learner
  3. Things I've learned in my life so far
  4. What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness
  5. Who am I? Think again
  6. Advice to a young scientist

deep space science

  1. How to take a picture of a black hole
  2. The hunt for a supermassive black hole
  3. How I fell in love with quasars, blazars and our incredible universe
  4. The sound the universe makes
  5. Is our universe the only universe?
  6. Let's look for life in the outer solar system

A little bit sexy

  1. 10 things you didn't know about orgasm
  2. What we learn from insects' sex lives
  3. Cute, sexy, sweet, funny
  4. The birds and the bees are just the beginning
  5. How a dead duck changed my life
  6. The loves and lies of fireflies

Your digital privacy: global perspectives from TEDx

  1. How data brokers sell your identity
  2. Why we must protect the digital rights of children
  3. The surveillance device you carry around all day
  4. Using corporate data to improve our lives
  5. Do we really own our bodies?
  6. Your social media "likes" expose more than you think

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.