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Truth: Notes from Session 1 of TED2019

The world feels fragile these days, a bit wobbly. How do we figure out a way forward? At TED2019, we're taking a painfully honest look at what's going on, laying out shared values, exploring a common purpose -- and seeing how we can build something meaningful together: an idea, vision, ambition that's bigger than us. The event: Talks and ...
Posted April 16, 2019
https://blog.ted.com/2019/04/16/truth-notes-from-session-1-of-ted2019

In Case You Missed It: Highlights from day 1 of TED2019

The theme of TED2019 is "Bigger than us," and day 1 did not disappoint. Even though it had just three sessions, they were chock full of compelling ideas and calls for action. Here are seven takeaways:  We're shining light into some really dark places. Sheperd Doeleman, head of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, takes us inside the...
Posted April 16, 2019
https://blog.ted.com/2019/04/16/in-case-you-missed-it-highlights-from-day-1-of-ted2019

In Case You Missed It: Highlights from day 3 of TED2019

Day 3 of TED2019 featured three sessions of talks, a live podcast taping -- and some world-changing ideas. First, some news: You could give the next best TED Talk. If you have an idea the world needs to hear, put your name forward to speak at next year’s TED conference! We’ve just opened applications in our TED2020 Idea Search, a world...
Posted April 18, 2019
https://blog.ted.com/2019/04/18/in-case-you-missed-it-highlights-from-day-3-of-ted2019

In Case You Missed It: Highlights from TED2019

If we learned anything at TED2019, it’s that life doesn’t fit into simple narratives, and that there are no simple answers to the big problems we’re facing. But we can use those problems, our discomfort and even our anger to find the energy to make change. Twelve mainstage sessions, two rocking sessions of talks from TED Fellows, a specia...
Posted April 20, 2019
https://blog.ted.com/2019/04/20/in-case-you-missed-it-highlights-from-ted2019

Is growth over? Robert J. Gordon at TED2013

Could US economic growth be over? That's the provocative question that economist Robert J. Gordon begins with. And it's a big question. He points to travel: In 1900 travel was via the open buggy, at 1% the speed of sound. Sixty years later we travelled at 80% of the speed of sound in a Boeing 707. And since then, at a consumer level, we haven'...
Posted February 26, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/02/26/is-growth-over-robert-j-gordon-at-ted2013

What I learned from crossing Antarctica on skis, alone

In attempting the first solo crossing of Antarctica, Ben Saunders battled white-out landscapes, shifting snows and mind-altering monotony -- all while pulling hundreds of pounds of supplies. Here’s what he discovered on his incredible journey. In 2004, 27-year-old polar explorer Ben Saunders (TED Talk: To the South Pole and back, the hardest 10...
Posted July 5, 2018
https://ideas.ted.com/what-i-learned-from-crossing-antarctica-on-skis-alone

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

Why we should all stop saying “I know exactly how you feel”

You don’t. And you’re also steering the focus away from someone who probably just wants to be heard. Here’s how to be a more considerate conversation partner, says radio host and writer Celeste Headlee. A good friend of mine lost her dad some years back. I found her sitting alone outside our workplace, just staring at the horizon. She was absol...
Posted September 21, 2017
https://ideas.ted.com/why-we-should-all-stop-saying-i-know-exactly-how-you-feel

Here's why dinosaurs matter

They’ve become synonymous with the failure to adapt, but dinosaurs were actually marvels of speed, size, power and versatility, explains paleontologist Kenneth Lacovera. And they could represent one of our best hopes for the future. Albert Einstein was a complete and utter failure. It’s true he revolutionized science, invented our current frame...
Posted September 19, 2017
https://ideas.ted.com/heres-why-dinosaurs-matter

Fragility, resilience and restoration at TED2020: The Prequel

It's a new, strange, experimental day for TED. In a special Earth Day event, TED2020: The Prequel brought the magic of the TED conference to the virtual stage, inviting TED2020 community members to gather for three sessions of talks and engaging, innovative opportunities to connect. Alongside world-changing ideas from leaders in science, pol...
Posted April 22, 2020
https://blog.ted.com/2020/04/22/fragility-resilience-and-restoration-at-ted2020-the-prequel

The TED2015 speaker lineup revealed

The phrase “truth or dare” is a false binary -- facing the truth often requires daring action, and vice versa. That’s why, at TED2015: Truth and Dare, the two go hand-in-hand. TED2015 happens March 16-20 in Vancouver and Whistler, and we dare to think this will be the most provocative, invigorating, mind-shifting TED yet. The 58 speakers on o...
Posted February 3, 2015
https://blog.ted.com/2015/02/03/the-ted2015-speaker-lineup-revealed

The last of the Hawaiian cowboys

So much has disappeared from the islands of my childhood. Will the paniolo be next? My infatuation with Hawaiian cowboys began on O‘ahu’s North Shore, a quiet district enlivened by big waves and show-off surfers. On Sundays we country kids would sneak to a rugged polo field laid out parallel to the beach. We’d ogle the Honolulu high society gat...
Posted August 29, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/the-last-of-the-hawaiian-cowboys

An ode to lunch ladies, a park underneath the streets of New York, and an attempt to put the 'awe' back in 'awesome': A recap of TED@NYC

TED@NYC is not your usual TED event. Hosted in a New York City club, speakers here—many of whom responded to an open audition call—give rapid-fire, five-minute talks. Below, a recap of each speaker who took the stage last night during this inspiring evening. The internet can be a place of intelligent conversation, or a place of rumors and...
Posted July 9, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/07/09/ted_at_nyc_2014
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