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Reggie Watts: 9 mind-boggling talks
Droids, mushrooms, pranks, fractals -- Reggie Watts shares some simple tools for brain expansion.
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17:24
Paul Stamets
6 ways mushrooms can save the world
17 minutes 24 seconds
Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu viruses.
16:37
Ron Eglash
The fractals at the heart of African designs
16 minutes 37 seconds
'I am a mathematician, and I would like to stand on your roof.' That is how Ron Eglash greeted many African families he met while researching the fractal patterns he'd noticed in villages across the continent.
18:32
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The danger of a single story
18 minutes 32 seconds
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
19:11
Sir Ken Robinson
Do schools kill creativity?
19 minutes 11 seconds
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
12:05
Quixotic Fusion
Dancing with light
12 minutes 5 seconds
Quixotic Fusion is an ensemble of artists that brings together aerial acrobatics, dance, theater, film, music and visual fx. Watch as they perform three transporting dance pieces at TED2012.
13:50
Andrew McAfee
Are droids taking our jobs?
13 minutes 50 seconds
Robots and algorithms are getting good at jobs like building cars, writing articles, translating -- jobs that once required a human. So what will we humans do for work? Andrew McAfee walks through recent labor data to say: We ain't seen nothing yet. But then he steps back to look at big history, and comes up with a surprising view of what comes next.
03:40
Imogen Heap
"Wait It Out"
3 minutes 40 seconds
Imogen Heap plays a powerful stripped-down version of "Wait It Out," from her new record, Ellipse.
11:47
Charlie Todd
The shared experience of absurdity
11 minutes 47 seconds
Charlie Todd causes bizarre, hilarious, and unexpected public scenes: Seventy synchronized dancers in storefront windows, "ghostbusters" running through the New York Public Library, and the annual no-pants subway ride. His group, Improv Everywhere, uses these scenes to bring people together.
13:33
Pranav Mistry
The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology
13 minutes 33 seconds
At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop." In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.