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8 great talks about love

Esther Perel begins today’s talk with an intriguing question: “Why does good sex so often fade even for couples who continue to love each other as much as ever?” It’s a question that’s highly appropriate to think about on Valentine’s Day. Perel, the author of the book Mating in Captivity, offers a compelling theory for why desire is so hard t...
Posted February 14, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/02/14/8-great-talks-about-love

How a dead duck changed the TED audience's life

In the days leading up to TED2013, we at the TED Blog revealed the best props at TEDs past and showed you the speakers who’d brought animals on stage with them. Little did we know that, on the day two of the conference, we’d meet a speaker who’d combine both. In today’s talk, given at TED2013, Kees Moeliker illuminates how finding a dead ...
Posted April 1, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/04/01/how-a-dead-duck-changed-the-ted-audiences-life

TEDxKhartoum’s "Our Sudan" video inspires a new generation of Sudanese youth

A year ago, political scientist Tarig Hilal captivated the audience at TEDxKhartoum with the story of the Sudan he saw -- not a place of violent strife, political unrest or pervasive poverty, but a country of beautiful natural landscapes, a rich history and a hopeful generation of changemakers ready to turn a new chapter in their country’s histo...
Posted June 25, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/06/25/tedxkhartoums-our-sudan-video-inspires-a-new-generation-of-sudanese-youth

The Parlor: Session 2 at TED2012

For this session, we're resurrecting the 17th century custom of the salon in order to delight and educate everyone gathered both here at TED -- and at the simulcasts taking place around the world. In this session: Quixotic, a mixed-media theater/performance/aerialist company. See a sneak peek of their stage work >> Andrew Stan...
Posted February 28, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/02/28/the-parlor-session-2-at-ted2012

George Takei's TEDx Talk: On "Star Trek," musicals and Japanese American internment

George Takei, best known as Captain Sulu of Star Trek, says it's been his "lifelong dream" to make it to Broadway. He came close in 1960 when he was invited to audition for a show. But he did not get the part. "It was a body blow," says Takei. "Suddenly, New York turned into a cold, heartless city." But now, at age 75, Takei is ready to...
Posted March 28, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/03/28/george-takei-on-star-trek-musicals-and-japanese-american-internment

TED’s giant summer reading list: Books to read right now

We asked TED speakers, TED-Ed educators and TED Fellows: “What books would you bring with you to a desert island?” In their deliciously diverse responses, you'll find there's something for every kind of reader. They offered up recommendations -- please use the following links to jump around the sections you're interested in -- for when you're h...
Posted June 27, 2019
https://ideas.ted.com/teds-giant-summer-reading-list-151-books-to-dive-into-right-now

Saki Mafundikwa: The designs I love most

The founder of Zimbabwe's first graphic arts college shares some teaching resources he loves. Ten years after writing the book on Africa's graphic design heritage, Saki Mafundikwa is now at work on a new text -- about the long, rich history of African art and innovation (TED Talk: Ingenuity and elegance in ancient African alphabets). Mafundik...
Posted December 11, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/saki-mafundikwa-what-i-cant-live-without

Why this might just be the most significant TED Talk ever posted

I want to give you the back story behind today's TED Talk and make the case that it's one of the most significant we've ever posted. And I'm not just talking about its incredible animation. I'm talking about its core idea. Two years ago the psychologist Steven Pinker and the philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, who are married, came t...
Posted March 17, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/03/17/why-this-might-just-be-the-most-persuasive-ted-talk-ever-posted

Books worth reading, as recommended by Bill Gates, Susan Cain and more...

Find repose by exciting the mind. Some of the world's leading thinkers offer the books that inspired them and their work. Skim the list for your favorite speakers, or get nerdy on a topic you've always wanted to know more about. Below find 52 books, recommended by TED speakers. Creativity Creative Confidence, by Tom Kelley and David Kelley Cr...
Posted December 16, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/books-worth-reading-this-holiday-recommended-by-bill-gates-susan-cain-and-more

Life: A play in multiple acts

“All of us are walking around with an illusion, an illusion that our personal history has just come to an end. We have just recently become the people we were always meant to be and will be for the rest of our lives.” Dan Gilbert has an uncanny knack for saying something profound that feels deeply obvious in retrospect. I mean. Think about it. ...
Posted June 3, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/life-a-play-in-multiple-acts

Thinking differently about the election at TEDNYC: The Election Edition

The conversation around the upcoming US presidential election is full of frenzy, headache and noise. But elections are about more than divisiveness and disagreement -- they're civic events worthy of celebration, and, while it may seem unbelievable at the moment, they hold the promise of transforming governments for the better. At TEDNYC: ...
Posted September 8, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/09/08/thinking-differently-about-the-election-at-tednyc-the-election-edition

What should you read this summer? A mega reading list

40+ TED speakers recommend the books you need to read right now. OK, so it's not summer everywhere right now. But whatever the weather, it's always time to read a good book. So we compiled summer reading recommendations from TED speakers, and then organized them according to the various situations in which you might find yourself now or through...
Posted July 20, 2016
https://ideas.ted.com/what-should-you-read-this-summer-a-mega-reading-list

I see dead people: Fellows Friday with Christine Lee

Bioarchaeologist Christine Lee reconstructs lives from ancient human remains, looking for clues as to how they lived, fought and died. In the process, she gains insight about the history of disease, the evolution of culture, the violence of human nature -- and her own identity. What prompted you to become a bioarchaeologist? When I was lit...
Posted September 28, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/09/28/i-see-dead-people-fellows-friday-with-christine-lee

Apply now to be a TED2019 Fellow

The TED Fellows program is turning ten years old next year, and we are looking for our most ambitious class yet. We select people from every discipline and every country to be Fellows, and we give them support to scale their dreams and scale their impact. Apply to be a TED Fellow by August 26. Who are TED Fellows? Fellows are individua...
Posted June 26, 2018
https://blog.ted.com/2018/06/26/apply-now-to-be-a-ted2019-fellow

Your guide to reading the world

Author Ann Morgan invites book lovers to follow her on a literary journey through 196 countries. “I'd always thought that I was well-traveled,” says writer Ann Morgan (TED Talk: My year reading a book from every country in the world), but "actually, when I looked at my bookshelves, they told a very different story about me.” Her shelves were cr...
Posted November 23, 2015
https://ideas.ted.com/your-guide-to-reading-the-world

Dave Isay shares his TED Prize wish: to take StoryCorps global with an app anyone can use

"Tonight, I’m going to make the case that inviting a loved one, a friend or a stranger to record a meaningful interview might just turn out to be one of the most important moments in that person’s life — and in yours," says Dave Isay of StoryCorps, stepping to the TED stage to accept the 2015 TED Prize in Session 5 of TED2015. Isay begins his...
Posted March 17, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/03/17/dave-isay-shares-his-ted-prize-wish-to-take-storycorps-global-with-an-app-anyone-can-use

An alternative to alternative energy: T. Boone Pickens at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson "We've run into a giant fracking problem," says TED curator Chris Anderson by way of introducing the next speaker, energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens, who comes to the stage to talk about methods to solve the energy crisis facing the United States. Or as he puts it, his "alternative to alternative energy" and what...
Posted February 29, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/02/29/an-alternative-to-alternative-energy-t-boone-pickens-at-ted2012

A legacy that will outlive us: Notes from Session 1 of TEDSummit

TEDSummit is a gathering of TED's tribes -- our speaker community, volunteer translators, TED Fellows, TEDx organizers, partners and  more. In Session 1, we shared mainstage talks that sparkled with optimism for humanity -- now and deep into our unknown future. Ideas that stand the test of time. TED's curator, Chris Anderson, opened TEDSummit...
Posted June 26, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/06/26/a-legacy-that-will-outlive-us-notes-from-session-1-of-tedsummit

How a TED collaboration is helping residents of Pine Ridge Indian Reservation tell their own story

Photographer Aaron Huey set out seven years ago to capture images of poverty in America. The mission brought him to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where 90% of the residents live below the poverty line and life expectancy for men is just 47 years, largely because of violence. As Huey says in his powerful TEDxTalk, the photo p...
Posted July 19, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/07/19/how-a-ted-collaboration-is-helping-residents-of-pine-ridge-indian-reservation-tell-their-own-story

Reading List: 12 books by recent TED speakers

With summer dwindling to its last few days, it's time to put away the beach reads and get the mind back in gear with heartier fare. Why not start with some of the amazing books written by recent TED speakers? Here, some picks. Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer Retells the tale of a forgetful writer's journey to becoming U.S. Memory ...
Posted August 23, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/08/23/reading-list-12-books-by-recent-ted-speakers

Sebastian Junger's last patrol

Veterans often have a hard time returning to civilian life after war. Sebastian Junger offers a counterintuitive theory about why. In his film, The Last Patrol, Sebastian Junger thinks on why veterans sometimes have a hard time re-entering civilian life. The theory he is working on: It's hard to go from a tight-knit human experience -- eating t...
Posted November 10, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/sebastian-jungers-last-patrol

The cultural legacy of pollution

Pollution is a blight, right? Not so fast, says architect Jorge Otero-Pailos, whose projects invite us to consider the important history lessons provided by layer upon layer of dirt. We tend to think of pollution and the atmosphere as two different creatures that have come together in a wicked embrace. We dream of a technology so powerful that ...
Posted September 22, 2016
https://ideas.ted.com/the-cultural-legacy-of-pollution

How archaeology has shaped me as a parent

TED Prize winner Sarah Parcak has learned some key lessons about parenthood from her work as an archaeologist. At the same time, becoming a parent has given her new insights into what her work means. Parenthood is perhaps the most binary experience we go through -- there’s an "is not" and then there’s an "is." For a split moment during labor, y...
Posted September 28, 2016
https://ideas.ted.com/how-archaeology-has-shaped-me-as-a-parent

Dear TEDsters ... a note on the first anniversary of my talk

One year ago today, at TED2015, Monica Lewinsky gave a powerful talk about bullying, shaming and becoming a more empathetic society. She sends this note to our community on her TED-iversary... Dear TEDsters: One year ago today, with the hauntingly beautiful TED2015 theme song playing, I nervously walked out to The Red Circle in front o...
Posted March 19, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/03/19/dear-tedsters-a-note-on-the-first-anniversary-of-my-talk

You have been living in a new geologic time all along

Welcome to the Anthropocene! An asteroid slams into Earth and catalyzes the extinction of roughly 75 percent of the plants and animals at the time, including all of the dinosaurs besides birds. A gang of ice sheets that sprawled across the planet begins to recede, leaving behind massive changes on Earth’s continents. Events like these are class...
Posted September 8, 2016
https://ideas.ted.com/you-have-been-living-in-a-new-geologic-time-all-along

Your winter reading list: 56 books you won’t be able to put down

Since we know TED speakers love to read, we asked them: What book could you not stop reading? Here are their eclectic picks, ready for sticking in your carry-on or for gifting. If you want to be transported to another place and time The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood This novel is set in the near future and tells a horrifying story of a...
Posted December 11, 2017
https://ideas.ted.com/your-holiday-reading-recommendations-from-ted-speakers-56-books-you-wont-be-able-to-put-down

Near Rotterdam? Come celebrate Dead Duck Day on June 5

A heads-up, if you happen to be near Rotterdam, in the Netherlands -- ornithologist Kees Moeliker (watch his TED Talk) and friends will be celebrating the annual Dead Duck Day on June 5, at 17:55, on the lawn outside the glass-enclosed wing of Rotterdam's Natural History Museum. Attendance is free. At this year's event, Moeliker will unveil ...
Posted May 31, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/05/31/near-rotterdam-come-celebrate-dead-duck-day-on-june-5

8 TED Talks about the wonders of patterns

Arthur Benjamin is perhaps the world's leading mathemagician and, in today's talk, he aims to show the creativity, beauty and wonder that is as much a part of math as logic. Stepping onto the TEDGlobal 2013 stage, Benjamin takes us on a spirited tour of the Fibonacci numbers, where the patterns to be found go far beyond simply adding two con...
Posted November 8, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/11/08/8-ted-talks-about-patterns

Music makes me lose control

The photo above is Mark Ronson on a Thursday night at TED, in the midst of teaching a four-hour seminar in pop music history. Working backward and forward in time, he proved to a sweaty crowd how everything with a beat is connected to everything else. Old heads in the audience broke into horrible, grimacing dances when he dropped Diana Ross’ 198...
Posted May 9, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/music-makes-me-lose-control

Keep me safe, and I’ll keep you wild: Tiq and Kim Katrin Milan speak at TEDWomen 2016

3,000 Facebook messages in three days, that ended in marriage 3 months later. From the start, Tiq and Kim Katrin Milan’s relationship was a whirlwind romance -- a unique union rooted in a deep love, respect and mutual admiration that came across warmly as they stood hand in hand on the TEDWomen stage. Tiq is a transman; Kim a queer, cis ...
Posted October 27, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/10/27/keep-me-safe-and-ill-keep-you-wild-tiq-and-kim-katrin-milan-speak-at-tedwomen-2016
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