As we reboot the world's economy, Geoff Mulgan poses a question: Instead of sending bailout money to doomed old industries, why not use stimulus funds to bootstrap some new, socially responsible companies -- and make the world a little bit better?

The founder of Sirius XM satellite radio, Martine Rothblatt now heads up a drug company that makes life-saving medicines for rare diseases (including one drug that saved her own daughter's life). Meanwhile she is working to preserve the consciousness of the woman she loves in a digital file ... and a companion robot. In an onstage conversation w...

What if we could better understand the world's biggest challenges simply by looking at a map? Jack Dangermond, a pioneer in geographic information system (GIS) technology that powers the digital maps people around the world use every day, speaks with TED technology curator Simone Ross about how his team is building a geospatial nervous system: a...

The pandemic has deepened the need to rethink education. In conversation with TED Global Curator Bruno Giussani, Dr. Ahmad M. Hasnah of Qatar Foundation discusses an educational model from Doha, Qatar that informs the global needs of students and shares insight into the newly launched TEDinArabic (بالعربي TED), a global platform for thinkers, r...

In life and work, we have a hard time changing course. When we wind up in a miserable job, a failing project, or a floundering romantic relationship, we rationalize, make excuses, and stick with our bad decisions—even when the writing's on the wall. Why? Usually we assume the driving force is sunk costs: we don't want to admit we've wasted that ...

How do you deal with jerks at work? And is it possible to eliminate them altogether? (Audio only)

"I'm a capitalist. I believe in the system. I believe you can increase the size of the pie and you could divide it well," says Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates. He offers wide-ranging insight and advice on how we might recover from the global economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis -- and use it as an opportunity to reform the sys...

Do schools kill creativity? Back in 2006, Sir Ken Robinson posed this question to the TED audience -- and boy, did it touch a nerve. More than fifty million views and a decade later, head of TED Chris Anderson sits down with Sir Ken to dig into the changes and progress that have been made, and to see if the answer now is any different. How are e...

How the model of Turkish Village Institutes can help women and girls get better education

This video features Auslan (Australian Sign Language) interpretation. We’re 60% more productive than we were a mere 30 years ago. It’s certain that we’re generating more and more activity into more and more wealth, but is there a benefit? There is a cost. But what is it, and how do you measure it? In this thought provoking and often funny talk, ...

Everyone has people and events that trigger unwanted emotions and behaviors. Even long-standing unempowering patterns can be quickly and permanently changed. Every behavior follows this sequence: Event - Meaning - Emotion - Behavior. Attendees will be able to use this to permanently eliminate even lifelong un-empowering emotions and behaviors ...

Toujours à la recherche de ce qui fera rire demain, de l’humour du futur, Briac croit fort que la comédie peut être pertinente, innovante et inspirante.

We’re 60% more productive than we were a mere 30 years ago. It’s certain that we’re generating more and more activity into more and more wealth, but is there a benefit? There is a cost. But what is it, and how do you measure it? In this thought provoking and often funny talk, Chris Endrey invites us think about the role of work in our lives and ...

Trees, forests and agriculture are essential for the planet and for human beings. However, forests are often threatened by intensive farming, even deforested and replaced by crop plots. Contrary to the commonly established "environment vs. economy" "trees vs. agriculture", Francesca Entrocassi proposes and elaborates in detail a different produc...

Educația nu ar trebui să fie despre competiție, despre ce fac “ceilalți”, iar părinții ar trebui să uite de performanță școlară și să ii îndrepte pe copii spre a-și afla pasiunile. Îndemnul celor doi vorbitori este să ne uităm mai rar pe fereastră și mai mult în oglindă. Studenți în prima generație la „The Entrepreneurship Academy”, Ciprian Dud...

While deployed to Iraq as a Navy Hospital Corpsman, an al-Qaeda militant we detained revealed he'd somehow obtained an envelope with my family's address. In the chaos of a rocket and mortar attack, I went to his compound to confront him but found him in his final moments instead. Close enough to hear each other's breathing, we stood there, our f...

Lyrical, minimal, rather deep or even industrial? When it comes to describing the sound of LBT the answer is diverse but always driven by a vibrant kickdrum. Their music is a journey to your inner core, inviting you to dream as you would do in an ecstatic dance. With a background in modern jazz, the trio takes its passion for improvisation very ...