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In Case You Missed It: Mind-bending thoughts from day 3 of TED2017

On day three of TED2017, we got an exploration of the mind, new ideas on climate change and thoughts on how our world is hyper global and at the same time hyper local. Below, some highlights. Perception is a hallucination. Surprise! In Session 4, Anil Seth made a convincing case that we’re hallucinating all the time. In a delightfully dis...
Posted April 26, 2017
https://blog.ted.com/2017/04/26/in-case-you-missed-it-mind-bending-thoughts-from-day-3-of-ted2017

TEDxSantoDomingoLive: Full Spectrum - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxLive is an extension of the TEDx program, launched by TED in 2010. TEDxLive events are TEDx events built around the live webcast of TED Conferences. TEDxLive events enable TED enthusiasts all over the world to experience live sessions of the TED Conference; events can be simple viewing events, and may also host live speakers. Acompáñanos...
Event details: Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional (Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic · February 29, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/5291

Dwinita Mosby Tyler: Want a more just world? Be an unlikely ally

A more equal world starts with you. Citing a formative moment from her own life, equity advocate Dwinita Mosby Tyler highlights why showing up and fighting for others who face injustices beyond your own lived experience leads to a fairer, more just future for all.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dwinita_mosby_tyler_want_a_more_just_world_be_an_unlikely_ally

Al Seckel: Visual illusions that show how we (mis)think

Al Seckel, an expert on illusions, explores the perceptual illusions that fool our brains. He shares loads of cool tricks to prove that not only are we easily fooled, we kind of like it.
https://www.ted.com/talks/al_seckel_visual_illusions_that_show_how_we_mis_think

The stuff of nightmares? Crucial talks in Session 8 of TED2016

Not every dream is good. Sometimes dreams terrify you to your core, and you wake up in a cold sweat confused to find yourself safe in bed. In Session 8, we turn our attention to “Nightmare?,” from gun violence to the state of the climate. But it’s not all doom and gloom — the speakers in this session offer real ways forward. Recaps of the...
Posted February 17, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/02/17/the-stuff-of-nightmares-crucial-talks-in-session-8-of-ted2016

TEDxVailLive - an independently organized event

About this event: Dreams matter. And TED2016 will be dedicated to the greatest dreams we are capable of dreaming. TEDxVail Team will stare hard at humanity’s toughest challenges, listen to our greatest thinkers, artists and storytellers. Stir the blood. Join us WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2016 9:30am-11:15am MST Session 6: Code power Hosted by Chris Anderson. Linus...
Event details: Edwards, Colorado, United States · February 17, 2016
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/18082

TEDxFrascati - an independently organized event

About this event: Cos'è TED: Ted (Technology, Entertainment, Design) è un’organizzazione non-profit che ha come obiettivo la condivisione di “idee che meritano di essere diffuse”. Iniziata come una conferenza di quattro giorni in California 25 anni fa, TED è cresciuta nella sua “mission“ attraverso molteplici iniziative. Hanno partecipato in passato alle confere...
Event details: Frascati, Lazio, Italy · October 11, 2019
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/32971

A look at TED, from 1984 through the present

The first TED was held in 1984, the year George Orwell imagined in his classic novel. The second was held in 1990. In 2006, TED Talks were offered online for the first time, free to anyone across the world who wanted to watch. In 2009, TED moved to its current home in Long Beach, California. As we prepare for TED2013 -- the anticipation of th...
Posted February 22, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/02/22/a-look-at-ted-from-1984-through-the-present

Galit Ariel: How AR can make us feel more connected to the world

Technologist Galit Ariel believes that humanity's final frontier is the mind-blowing, space-bending technology known as augmented reality. Our bodies and minds are wired for rich physical interactions, and AR adds a digital layer directly onto or within our existing environment -- to transform our living rooms into lush jungles, for example. The...
https://www.ted.com/talks/galit_ariel_how_ar_can_make_us_feel_more_connected_to_the_world

TEDxGoldfinger: TEDxGoldfinger 20211109 - an independently organized event

About this event: Join us at sustainable design shop on Golborne road in the vibrant Notting Hill for an evening of inspirational ideas and discussion. We are joining forces with TEDx to host a watch party of Countdown, a global event to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, turning ideas into action. We will be screening talks from the Coun...
Event details: London, London, City of, United Kingdom · November 9, 2021
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/48728

TEDxBHCWest - an independently organized event

About this event: This event will be held in the Devil's Lair on the 2nd floor of the University Center Building on the campus of Arizona State University West in Phoenix, Arizona. Parking is by permit only with visitor parking available. For information about visitor parking fees and locations, please visit: https://cfo.asu.edu/pts-visitor-west. For the full sc...
Event details: Glendale, Arizona, United States · February 17, 2016
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/18259

TEDxFeira: Criatividade Urbana - an independently organized event

About this event: Inspirar, sonhar, motivar e apaixonar são alguns dos objetivos primordiais do TEDxFeira, um evento realizado sob licença da TED, uma associação sem fins lucrativos, nascida nos Estados Unidos da América em 1984. Anualmente, a TED organiza um grande evento onde se partilham ideias e se revelam experiências ao longo de uma semana, através de talk...
Event details: Santa Maria da Feira, Aveiro, Portugal · September 21, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/7878

Sheikha Al Mayassa | TED Speaker

Sheikha Al Mayassa is the young and progressive force behind Qatar's mission to become the Middle East's foremost destination for the arts and culture.
Founder, Doha Film Institute
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sheikha_al_mayassa

TED and Future Stewards announce Countdown, a global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis

Prince William, His Holiness Pope Francis, Yemi Alade, Monica Araya, Xiye Bastida, Jesper Brodin, Don Cheadle, Dave Clark, Christiana Figueres, Al Gore, António Guterres, Chris Hemsworth, Kara Hurst, Lisa Jackson, Rose Mutiso, Johan Rockström, Prince Royce, Mark Ruffalo, Sigrid, Jaden Smith, Nigel Topping and Ursula von der Leyen join scientis...
Posted September 14, 2020
https://blog.ted.com/2020/09/14/ted-and-future-stewards-announce-countdown-a-global-initiative-to-champion-and-accelerate-solutions-to-the-climate-crisis

My emotional world, externalized: Jon Ronson talks to Eleanor Longden

By Jon Ronson In 2010, I made a radio documentary about Eleanor Longden for BBC Radio 4. When I heard that TED was doing a talent search -- looking to give the TED2013 stage to people who might not normally have access to such a place -- I thought of Eleanor. I told the TED people about her, they auditioned her in London, and she got thro...
Posted August 8, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/08/08/my-emotional-world-externalized-jon-ronson-talks-to-eleanor-longden

TEDxAkademiaWSB - an independently organized event

About this event: Czym jest TEDxAkademiaWSB?/What is TEDxAkademiaWSB? Czy technologie wirtualne mogą pomóc ochronić przeszłość? Jak rozwijać krytyczne myślenie w aspekcie działań propagandowych w mediach? Jak sprawić, że ucząc się języków obcych, nauczysz się być szczęśliwym? to tylko część z pytań, na które uzyskają odpowiedź uczestnicy TEDxAkademiaWSB, wydarze...
Event details: Dąbrowa Górnicza, Śląskie, Poland · March 26, 2019
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/33758

Rebecca MacKinnon | TED Speaker

Rebecca MacKinnon looks at issues of free expression, governance and democracy (or lack of) in the digital networks, platforms and services on which we are all more and more dependent.
Internet freedom activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rebecca_mackinnon

Laurel Braitman | TED Speaker

Laurel Braitman is a bestselling author and the director of writing and storytelling at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Writer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/laurel_braitman

Paul Nicklen's new images carry a dire warning about climate change

This post first appeared at BillMoyers.com. In the summer of 2014, one of the world’s top nature photographers was on an expedition in the far north to document the changing Arctic. Paul Nicklen was sailing around Svalbard, an archipelago halfway between Scandinavia and the North Pole. The largely uninhabited land sees 24 hours of sunlight ...
Posted April 22, 2017
https://blog.ted.com/2017/04/22/paul-nickens-new-images-carry-a-dire-warning-about-climate-change

Happy 8th anniversary, TED.com! A throwback look at the early days

Step with me for a minute into an internet time machine. The date: June 27, 2006. The event: the first six TED Talks being posted online. “Today, for the first time ever, we’re thrilled to present some of the most remarkable talks from TEDs past,” reads a blog post from Chris Anderson written on that day. (The image above shows exactly wh...
Posted June 26, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/06/26/throwback_ted_happy_8th_anniversary

TEDxSzczecin: TEDxSzczecin 20201015 - an independently organized event

About this event: Zróbmy dobry klimat! Ty również możesz mieć w tym swój udział, uczestnicząc w TEDxSzczecin. Nie pozwólmy, aby naszą planetę spotkał czarny scenariusz, czas rozpocząć Countdown i zadbać o nasz klimat! Countdown to odliczanie, które jest wołaniem Ziemi o pomoc. Tylko od nas ludzi zależy, czy zdążymy ją uratować... Już 15 października zapraszamy ...
Event details: Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland · October 14, 2020
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/40721

"Exploring the creative overlap": Q&A with Janet Echelman

While Janet Echelman was at TED in March, she got word that she was being awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. (And in fact, Echelman wasn't the only new Guggenheim winner speaking at TED -- her fellow Session 9 speaker Fiorenzo Omenetto also won the award). The award offers her a year of time off to think and explore. The TED Blog spoke to Jane...
Posted June 8, 2011
https://blog.ted.com/2011/06/08/exploring-the-creative-overlap-qa-with-janet-echelman

TEDxFortdeFrance - an independently organized event

About this event: La ville de Fort de France accueillera le premier évènement TEDx en Martinique le Dimanche 20 Décembre 2015 au Grand Carbet du Parc Aimé Césaire. TEDx est la plus grande conférence au monde sur le thème de la Technologie et de l’innovation. Elle a vocation à donner la parole aux esprits les plus brillants de notre temps afin de partager avec le ...
Event details: Fort de France, Martinique, Martinique · December 20, 2015
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/16391

Wake up! Invigorating talks from Session 12 of TED2016

In the final session of TED2016, the themes we've been talking about all week — the progress of society, the measure of personal success, the importance of the environment — snap into focus. From the prime minister of the "world's happiest country" to a pair of speakers who challenge the traditional American Dream, it’s a session that will i...
Posted February 19, 2016
https://blog.ted.com/2016/02/19/the-invigorating-talks-in-session-12-of-ted2016

Melissa Fleming | TED Speaker

Melissa Fleming sheds light on their devastating plight and remarkable resilience of refugees.
Voice for refugees
https://www.ted.com/speakers/melissa_fleming

How can we talk about climate change? (Or can we?)

It's tempting to argue about climate change — but this fascinating dialogue suggests that sometimes, the debate is just not worth your time. Climate expert Vicki Arroyo and risk analyst Dan Kahan discuss. Vicki Arroyo: You’ve been working in Florida recently and that makes me wonder: Can you tell me a little bit about what you’ve learned ...
Posted May 2, 2014
https://ideas.ted.com/how-can-we-talk-about-climate-change-or-can-we

TEDxSacramentoSalon: Confluence - an independently organized event

About this event: For our attendees, TEDxSacramento is a chance to “check out” from the day-to-day routine and go on an intellectual journey with hundreds smart and curious friends to a world filled with brilliant speakers, captivating performances, amazing new technology, and thought-provoking TEDTalks. About TED TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to I...
Event details: Sacramento, California, United States · June 28, 2013
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/8687

TEDxEastHampton: The Next Generation - an independently organized event

About this event: About: About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organ...
Event details: East Hampton, New York, United States · July 1, 2011
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/2642

Andrew Forrest | TED Speaker

Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest is an Australian businessman, philanthropist and entrepreneur, widely considered one of the country’s greatest change agents.
Entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/andrew_forrest

Nadia Al-Sakkaf | TED Speaker

Nadia Al-Sakkaf is the editor-in-chief of the Yemen Times, the most widely read English-language newspaper in Yemen.
Journalist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/nadia_al_sakkaf
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