How a video game might help us build better cities
Karoliina Korppoo / Game designer
1,000 TED Talks in six words

TED Talk: Can every TED Talk can be summarized in six words or less?

The busy brains of babies

Playlist: Curious what goes on inside a tiny human mind? 5 talks that reveal how much babies really know

Newest Talks

  1. How a video game might help us build better cities
  2. A black man goes undercover in the alt-right
  3. What intelligent machines can learn from a school of fish
  4. The most Martian place on Earth
  5. What we're missing in the debate about immigration
  6. Why Africa must become a center of knowledge again

Trending

  1. Zombie roaches and other parasite tales
  2. Home is a song I've always remembered
  3. Why helmets don't prevent concussions -- and what might
  4. For parents, happiness is a very high bar
  5. The psychology of your future self
  6. The next outbreak? We’re not ready

relevant today

  1. Your social media "likes" expose more than you think
  2. This tennis icon paved the way for women in sports
  3. How (and why) Russia hacked the US election
  4. This is what it's like to go undercover in North Korea
  5. Use data to build better schools
  6. Your phone company is watching

Explore playlists

Heard on TED Radio Hour

  1. The unexpected benefit of celebrating failure
  2. How frustration can make us more creative
  3. The gospel of doubt
  4. The beauty of being a misfit
  5. Why we need to imagine different futures
  6. We can reprogram life. How to do it wisely

How to have better conversations

  1. 10 ways to have a better conversation
  2. How to have better political conversations
  3. 5 ways to listen better
  4. A conservative's plea: Let's work together
  5. Take "the Other" to lunch
  6. Let's design social media that drives real change

Getting things done

  1. Inside the mind of a master procrastinator
  2. Why work doesn't happen at work
  3. Try something new for 30 days
  4. How to get better at the things you care about
  5. Why you should define your fears instead of your goals
  6. The puzzle of motivation

The art of protest

  1. How to topple a dictator
  2. The secret to effective nonviolent resistance
  3. Online social change: easy to organize, hard to win
  4. Got a smartphone? Start broadcasting
  5. We can fight terror without sacrificing our rights
  6. The shocking move to criminalize nonviolent protest

dinosaur hunters

  1. Where are the baby dinosaurs?
  2. How we unearthed the Spinosaurus
  3. Digging up dinosaurs
  4. Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe
  5. Building a dinosaur from a chicken
  6. Clues to prehistoric times, found in blind cavefish

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

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

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.