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Playlist: Talks for the fiber arts lover (6 talks)

These speakers weave together some of our most interesting talks on the fine arts of knitting, crocheting and fabrics in general.
Curated by TED · 6 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_for_the_fiber_arts_lover

Reed Hastings: 3 secrets to Netflix's success

What does it take to cultivate a culture of innovation and reinvention at work? Tracing his journey from math teacher to honesty-seeking executive, Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings describes three key elements of a successful work culture, sharing how to design a company around inspiration, creativity and candor. (This discussion, hosted by head of ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/reed_hastings_3_secrets_to_netflix_s_success

Sal Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education

Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures to ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education

Alex Rosenthal and George Zaidan: The case of the missing fractals

A bump on the head, a mysterious femme fatale and a strange encounter on a windswept peak all add up to a heck of a night for Manny Brot, Private Eye. Watch as he tries his hand at saving the dame and getting the cash! Shudder at the mind-bending geometric riddles! Thrill to the stunning solution of The Case of the Missing Fractals. [Directed by...
https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_rosenthal_and_george_zaidan_the_case_of_the_missing_fractals

Alex Gendler: Can you solve the monster duel riddle?

You've come a long way to compete in the great Diskymon league and prove yourself a Diskymon master. Now that you've made it to the finals, you're up against some tough competition. In round one, you'll face a single opponent and get to choose your disk before she picks from the remaining two. Can you choose the one that gives you the best chanc...
https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_gendler_can_you_solve_the_monster_duel_riddle

Lucas Husted: How to outsmart the Prisoner's Dilemma

Two perfectly rational gingerbread men, Crispy and Chewy, are out strolling when they're caught by a fox. Instead of simply eating them, he decides to put their friendship to the test with a cruel dilemma. He'll ask each gingerbread man whether he'd opt to Spare or Sacrifice the other. What should they choose? Lucas Husted dives into the classic...
https://www.ted.com/talks/lucas_husted_how_to_outsmart_the_prisoner_s_dilemma

Daniel Finkel: Can you solve the jail break riddle?

Your timing made you and your partner infamous bank robbers. Now, you need to use that timing to break out of jail. Your partner is about to flash you a signal, and exactly 45 seconds later the electric fence circuit will short out. Then you notice that your watch is broken, and all you have are two 1-minute fuses in your pocket. Can you time yo...
https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_finkel_can_you_solve_the_jail_break_riddle

Yossi Elran: Can you solve the prisoner boxes riddle?

Your favorite band is great at playing music...but not so great at being organized. They keep misplacing their instruments on tour, and it's driving their manager mad. Can you solve the brain-numbing riddle their manager assigns them and make sure the band stays on their label? Yossi Elran shows how. [Directed by Artrake Studio, narrated by Addi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/yossi_elran_can_you_solve_the_prisoner_boxes_riddle

Daniel Finkel: Can you solve the cuddly duddly fuddly wuddly riddle?

You've promised to get your son the cutest creature in creation: the cuddly. It's part of the Wuddly species, cousin to the terrifying duddly and the hideous fuddly. To make one, 100 eggs are placed in an incubator to undergo egg fusion, and the resulting combination will produce either a cuddly, a duddly or a fuddly. Can you make the right comb...
https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_finkel_can_you_solve_the_cuddly_duddly_fuddly_wuddly_riddle

Evan Grant: Making sound visible through cymatics

Evan Grant demonstrates the science and art of cymatics, a process for making soundwaves visible. Useful for analyzing complex sounds (like dolphin calls), it also makes complex and beautiful designs.
https://www.ted.com/talks/evan_grant_making_sound_visible_through_cymatics

Marcus du Sautoy: Symmetry, reality's riddle

The world turns on symmetry -- from the spin of subatomic particles to the dizzying beauty of an arabesque. But there's more to it than meets the eye. Here, Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy offers a glimpse of the invisible numbers that marry all symmetrical objects.
https://www.ted.com/talks/marcus_du_sautoy_symmetry_reality_s_riddle

Wajdi Mohamed Ratemi: The mathematical secrets of Pascal's triangle

Pascal's triangle, which at first may just look like a neatly arranged stack of numbers, is actually a mathematical treasure trove. But what about it has so intrigued mathematicians the world over? Wajdi Mohamed Ratemi shows how Pascal's triangle is full of patterns and secrets. [Directed by Henrik Malmgren, narrated by Addison Anderson, music b...
https://www.ted.com/talks/wajdi_mohamed_ratemi_the_mathematical_secrets_of_pascal_s_triangle

Sean Gourley | TED Speaker

Sean Gourley, trained as a physicist, has turned his scientific mind to analyzing data about a messier topic: modern war and conflict. He is a TED Fellow.
Physicist and military theorist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sean_gourley

Playlist: Talks for jazz lovers (8 talks)

A list of the jazziest performances to hit the TED stage, straight from the bandstand.
Curated by TED · 8 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_for_jazz_lovers

Jac de Haan: Why do competitors open their stores next to one another?

Why are all the gas stations cafes and restaurants in one crowded spot? As two competitive cousins vie for ice-cream-selling domination on one small beach, discover how game theory and the Nash Equilibrium inform these retail hotspots. [Lesson by Jac de Haan, directed by Luke Rowsell, narrated by Jac de Haan].
https://www.ted.com/talks/jac_de_haan_why_do_competitors_open_their_stores_next_to_one_another

Alex Gendler: Can you solve the pirate riddle?

It's a good day to be a pirate. Amaro and his four mateys – Bart, Charlotte, Daniel, and Eliza have struck gold – a chest with 100 coins. But now, they must divvy up the booty according to the pirate code — and pirate code is notoriously complicated. Can you help come up with the distribution that Amaro should propose to make sure he lives to te...
https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_gendler_can_you_solve_the_pirate_riddle

Daniel Finkel: Can you solve the sea monster riddle?

According to legend, once every thousand years a host of sea monsters emerges from the depths to demand tribute from the floating city of Atlantartica. As the ruler of the city, you'd always dismissed the stories... until today, when they rose out of the roiling waters, surrounded your city and demanded a ransom of pearls. Can you figure out whi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_finkel_can_you_solve_the_sea_monster_riddle

Marc Kushner: Why the buildings of the future will be shaped by ... you

"Architecture is not about math or zoning -- it's about visceral emotions," says Marc Kushner. In a sweeping — often funny — talk, he zooms through the past thirty years of architecture to show how the public, once disconnected, have become an essential part of the design process. With the help of social media, feedback reaches architects years ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/marc_kushner_why_the_buildings_of_the_future_will_be_shaped_by_you

Michael Hansmeyer: Building unimaginable shapes

Inspired by cell division, Michael Hansmeyer writes algorithms that design outrageously fascinating shapes and forms with millions of facets. No person could draft them by hand, but they're buildable -- and they could revolutionize the way we think of architectural form.
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_hansmeyer_building_unimaginable_shapes

Dan Finkel: Can you solve the riddle and escape Hades?

The underworld is overcrowded, and Zeus has ordered Hades to let some spirits out. Hades arranges all the souls of the dead in a line before Cerberus. When one of his three heads bites down on the soul in front of it, they'll get returned to the land of the living. Anyone to the left must stay in Hades forever. Can you pick the right spot and es...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_finkel_can_you_solve_the_riddle_and_escape_hades

Jennifer Lu: Can you solve the counterfeit coin riddle?

You're the realm's greatest mathematician, but ever since you criticized the Emperor's tax laws, you've been locked in the dungeon. Luckily for you, one of the Emperor's governors has been convicted of paying his taxes with a counterfeit coin, which has made its way into the treasury. Can you earn your freedom by finding the fake? Jennifer Lu sh...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_lu_can_you_solve_the_counterfeit_coin_riddle

James Tanton: Can you solve the risky disk riddle?

Your antivirus squad is up against a code that's hijacked your mainframe. What you've learned from other infected systems, right before they went dark, is that it likes to toy with antivirus agents in a very peculiar way— and you're the agent that's been selected to go up against the malware. Can you figure out which disk that runs your mainfram...
https://www.ted.com/talks/james_tanton_can_you_solve_the_risky_disk_riddle

Marcus du Sautoy: The paradox at the heart of mathematics: Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem

Consider the following sentence: "This statement is false." Is that true? If so, that would make the statement false. But if it's false, then the statement is true. This sentence creates an unsolvable paradox; if it's not true and it's not false– what is it? This question led a logician to a discovery that would change mathematics forever. Marcu...
https://www.ted.com/talks/marcus_du_sautoy_the_paradox_at_the_heart_of_mathematics_godel_s_incompleteness_theorem

Daniel Finkel: Can you solve the multiverse rescue mission riddle?

It was a normal Tuesday at the superconductor, until a bug in the system caused your team to be trapped in 11 separate dimensions. Fortunately, there's a half-finished experimental teleportation robot that may be able to get you all home... if you can figure out how to work it. Can you work out the robot's design quirks and get your team back ho...
https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_finkel_can_you_solve_the_multiverse_rescue_mission_riddle

Dan Finkel: Can you solve the world's most evil wizard riddle?

The evil wizard MoldeVort has been trying to kill you for years, and today it looks like he's going to succeed. But your friends are on their way, and if you can survive until they arrive, they should be able to help stop him. Can you keep MoldeVort trapped long enough for help to arrive? Dan Finkel shows how. [Directed by Artrake Studio, narrat...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_finkel_can_you_solve_the_world_s_most_evil_wizard_riddle

Dan Katz and Alex Rosenthal: Can you solve the sorting hat riddle?

It's your first day at Magnificent Marigold's Magical Macademy. But before you can learn your first spell you must get through the sorting ceremony. And the sorting hat has chosen you for a special challenge. The Macademy had 8 founders who established four houses, and there was once a mysterious fifth house. Can you figure out who founded what?...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_katz_and_alex_rosenthal_can_you_solve_the_sorting_hat_riddle

Ron Eglash: The fractals at the heart of African designs

'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.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ron_eglash_the_fractals_at_the_heart_of_african_designs

Dan Finkel: Can you solve the honeybee riddle?

You're a biologist on a mission to keep the rare honeybee Apis Trifecta from going extinct. The last 60 bees of the species are in your terrarium. You've already constructed wire frames of the appropriate size and shape. Now you need to turn them into working beehives by filling every hex with wax. Can you help the bees create producing hives? D...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_finkel_can_you_solve_the_honeybee_riddle

JayaShri Maathaa | TED Speaker

JayaShri Maathaa is a spiritual teacher and leader.
Monk
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jayashri_maathaa

Playlist: Secrets to understanding life (10 talks)

From work and happiness, to love and success (and everything else in between), these talks offer insights on some of life's biggest secrets.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/secrets_to_understanding_life
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