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Kenneth Cukier: Big data is better data

Self-driving cars were just the start. What's the future of big data-driven technology and design? In a thrilling science talk, Kenneth Cukier looks at what's next for machine learning -- and human knowledge.
https://www.ted.com/talks/kenneth_cukier_big_data_is_better_data

Alex Steffen: The shareable future of cities

How can cities help save the future? Alex Steffen shows some cool neighborhood-based green projects that expand our access to things we want and need -- while reducing the time we spend in cars.
https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_steffen_the_shareable_future_of_cities

Rachel Botsman: The currency of the new economy is trust

There's been an explosion of collaborative consumption -- web-powered sharing of cars, apartments, skills. Rachel Botsman explores the currency that makes systems like Airbnb and Taskrabbit work: trust, influence, and what she calls "reputation capital."
https://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_botsman_the_currency_of_the_new_economy_is_trust

Bill Ford: A future beyond traffic gridlock

Bill Ford is a car guy -- his great-grandfather was Henry Ford, and he grew up inside the massive Ford Motor Co. So when he worries about cars' impact on the environment, and about our growing global gridlock problem, it's worth a listen. His vision for the future of mobility includes "smart roads," even smarter public transport and going green ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_ford_a_future_beyond_traffic_gridlock

Steven Levitt: Surprising stats about child carseats

Steven Levitt shares data that shows car seats are no more effective than seatbelts in protecting kids from dying in cars. However, during the question and answer session, he makes one crucial caveat.
https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_levitt_surprising_stats_about_child_carseats

Benjamin Wallace | TED Speaker

Benjamin Wallace is a journalist and author of The Billionaire's Vinegar, the true story of the world's most expensive bottle of (possibly phony?) wine. He's been a contributor to GQ, Details, Salon and The Washington Post.
Author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/benjamin_wallace

Playlist: The economy of trust (7 talks)

An insightful look at the sharing economy (Uber, Airbnb and TaskRabbit, among others) and why trust has become a force in today’s market.
Curated by TED · 7 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/the_economy_of_trust

Playlist: Planes, trains, automobiles — and jet suits? (18 talks)

Innovators in transportation show that getting from point A to point B doesn't have to be boring.
Curated by TED · 18 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/planes_trains_and_automobiles

Bernie Krause: The voice of the natural world

Bernie Krause has been recording wild soundscapes -- the wind in the trees, the chirping of birds, the subtle sounds of insect larvae -- for 45 years. In that time, he has seen many environments radically altered by humans, sometimes even by practices thought to be environmentally safe. A surprising look at what we can learn through nature's sym...
https://www.ted.com/talks/bernie_krause_the_voice_of_the_natural_world

Bruce McCall: What is retro-futurism?

Bruce McCall paints a retro-future that never happened -- full of flying cars, polo-playing tanks and the RMS Tyrannic, "The Biggest Thing in All the World." At Serious Play '08, he narrates a brisk and funny slideshow of his faux-nostalgic art.
https://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_mccall_what_is_retro_futurism

Steve Truglia: A leap from the edge of space

At his day job, Steve Truglia flips cars, walks through fire and falls out of buildings -- pushing technology to make stunts bigger, safer, more awesome. He talks us through his next stunt: the highest jump ever attempted, from the very edge of space.
https://www.ted.com/talks/steve_truglia_a_leap_from_the_edge_of_space

Angela Oguntala: Re-imagine the future

From flying cars to lab-grown food, we love thinking about what delights the future will bring. But futurist Angela Oguntala suggests that, in fact, these pop-culture benchmarks create a blinkered vision of the future. In her talk, Oguntala urges us to reach further and push for true innovation.
https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_oguntala_re_imagine_the_future

Jessica Garza: How to avoid catching prickly emotions from other people

Difficult emotions can get under your skin if you're not careful. Sport and performance consultant Jessica Garza calls this the "jumping cholla effect," inspired by a sneaky kind of cactus that detaches and burrows its spines into unsuspecting passersby. In this empowering talk, she shares four mood-regulating strategies to help you gain self-aw...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jessica_garza_how_to_avoid_catching_prickly_emotions_from_other_people

Bill Gross: A solar energy system that tracks the sun

Bill Gross, the founder of Idealab, talks about his life as an inventor, starting with his high-school company selling solar energy plans and kits. Learn here about a groundbreaking system for solar cells -- and some questions we haven't yet solved.
https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gross_a_solar_energy_system_that_tracks_the_sun

R.A. Mashelkar: Breakthrough designs for ultra-low-cost products

Engineer RA Mashelkar shares three stories of ultra-low-cost design from India that use bottom-up rethinking, and some clever engineering, to bring expensive products (cars, prosthetics) into the realm of the possible for everyone.
https://www.ted.com/talks/r_a_mashelkar_breakthrough_designs_for_ultra_low_cost_products

Travis Kalanick | TED Speaker

As Uber's co-founder and former CEO, Travis Kalanick is disrupting an entrenched industry and reinventing urban transportation.
Entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/travis_kalanick

Lisa Krause: Who were Las Mariposas, and why were they murdered?

For over 30 years, thousands of people were imprisoned, tortured, and murdered under Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. Three sisters would go on to lead an underground revolution. But while their courage inspired many, it threatened the man in power, and their lives would come to a tragic early end. Who were these brave w...
https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_krause_who_were_las_mariposas_and_why_were_they_murdered

Teddy Cruz: How architectural innovations migrate across borders

As the world's cities undergo explosive growth, inequality is intensifying. Wealthy neighborhoods and impoverished slums grow side by side, the gap between them widening. In this eye-opening talk, architect Teddy Cruz asks us to rethink urban development from the bottom up. Sharing lessons from the slums of Tijuana, Cruz explores the creative in...
https://www.ted.com/talks/teddy_cruz_how_architectural_innovations_migrate_across_borders

Toby Kiers: Lessons from fungi on markets and economics

Resource inequality is one of our greatest challenges, but it's not unique to humans. Like us, mycorrhizal fungi that live in plant and tree roots strategically trade, steal and withhold resources, displaying remarkable parallels to humans in their capacity to be opportunistic (and sometimes ruthless) -- all in the absence of cognition. In a min...
https://www.ted.com/talks/toby_kiers_lessons_from_fungi_on_markets_and_economics

Kent Larson: Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city

How can we fit more people into cities without overcrowding? Kent Larson shows off folding cars, quick-change apartments and other innovations that could make the city of the future work a lot like a small village of the past.
https://www.ted.com/talks/kent_larson_brilliant_designs_to_fit_more_people_in_every_city

Lisa Gansky: The future of business is the "mesh"

Lisa Gansky, author of "The Mesh," talks about a future of business that's about sharing all kinds of stuff, either via smart and tech-enabled rental or, more boldly, peer-to-peer. Examples across industries -- from music to cars -- show how close we are to this meshy future.
https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_gansky_the_future_of_business_is_the_mesh

Grace Kim: How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer)

Loneliness doesn't always stem from being alone. For architect Grace Kim, loneliness is a function of how socially connected we feel to the people around us -- and it's often the result of the homes we live in. She shares an age-old antidote to isolation: cohousing, a way of living where people choose to share space with their neighbors, get to ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/grace_kim_how_cohousing_can_make_us_happier_and_live_longer

Dan Gross: Why gun violence can't be our new normal

It doesn't matter whether you love or hate guns; it's obvious that the US would be a safer place if there weren't thousands of them sold every day without background checks. Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, makes a passionate, personal appeal for something that more than 90 percent of Americans want: background...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gross_why_gun_violence_can_t_be_our_new_normal

Bill Gross: The single biggest reason why start-ups succeed

Bill Gross has founded a lot of start-ups, and incubated many others -- and he got curious about why some succeeded and others failed. So he gathered data from hundreds of companies, his own and other people's, and ranked each company on five key factors. He found one factor that stands out from the others -- and surprised even him.
https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gross_the_single_biggest_reason_why_start_ups_succeed

Karissa Sanbonmatsu: The biology of gender, from DNA to the brain

How exactly does gender work? It's not just about our chromosomes, says biologist Karissa Sanbonmatsu. In a visionary talk, she shares new discoveries from epigenetics, the emerging study of how DNA activity can permanently change based on social factors like trauma or diet. Learn how life experiences shape the way genes are expressed -- and wha...
https://www.ted.com/talks/karissa_sanbonmatsu_the_biology_of_gender_from_dna_to_the_brain

Andrew McAfee: Are droids taking our jobs?

Robots and algorithms are getting good at jobs like building cars, writing articles, translating -- jobs that once required a human. So what will we humans do for work? Andrew McAfee walks through recent labor data to say: We ain't seen nothing yet. But then he steps back to look at big history, and comes up with a surprising view of what comes ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mcafee_are_droids_taking_our_jobs

Chris Urmson: How a driverless car sees the road

Statistically, the least reliable part of the car is ... the driver. In 2015, Chris Urmson was head of Google's driverless car program, one of several efforts to remove humans from the driver's seat. He shares fascinating footage that shows how the car sees the road and makes autonomous decisions about what to do next.
https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_urmson_how_a_driverless_car_sees_the_road

Jeff Speck: 4 ways to make a city more walkable

Freedom from cars, freedom from sprawl, freedom to walk your city! City planner Jeff Speck shares his "general theory of walkability" -- four planning principles to transform sprawling cities of six-lane highways and 600-foot blocks into safe, walkable oases full of bike lanes and tree-lined streets.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_speck_4_ways_to_make_a_city_more_walkable

Sebastian Thrun: Google's driverless car

Sebastian Thrun helped build Google's amazing driverless car, powered by a very personal quest to save lives and reduce traffic accidents. Jawdropping video shows the DARPA Challenge-winning car motoring through busy city traffic with no one behind the wheel, and dramatic test drive footage from TED2011 demonstrates how fast the thing can really...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sebastian_thrun_google_s_driverless_car

Shai Agassi | TED Speaker

Shai Agassi wants to put you behind the wheel of an electric car -- but he doesn't want you to sacrifice convenience (or cash) to do it.
Green auto pioneer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/shai_agassi
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