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Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy

Local politics -- schools, zoning, council elections -- hit us where we live. So why don't more of us actually get involved? Is it apathy? Dave Meslin says no. He identifies 7 barriers that keep us from taking part in our communities, even when we truly care.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dave_meslin_the_antidote_to_apathy

John Cary: How architecture can create dignity for all

If architect and writer John Cary has his way, women will never need to stand in pointlessly long bathroom lines again. Lines like these are representative of a more serious issue, Cary says: the lack of diversity in design that leads to thoughtless, compassionless spaces. Design has a unique ability to dignify and make people feel valued, respe...
https://www.ted.com/talks/john_cary_how_architecture_can_create_dignity_for_all

Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez: What's missing from the American immigrant narrative

Recounting her story of finding opportunity and stability in the US, Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez examines the flaws in narratives that simplify and idealize the immigrant experience -- and shares hard-earned wisdom on the best way to help those around us. "Our world is one that flourishes when different voices come together," she says.
https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_camarillo_gutierrez_what_s_missing_from_the_american_immigrant_narrative

Eve Pearlman: How to lead a conversation between people who disagree

In a world deeply divided, how do we have hard conversations with nuance, curiosity, respect? Veteran reporter Eve Pearlman introduces "dialogue journalism": a project where journalists go to the heart of social and political divides to support discussions between people who disagree. See what happened when a group that would have never otherwis...
https://www.ted.com/talks/eve_pearlman_how_to_lead_a_conversation_between_people_who_disagree

Ben Gran: Why nurses are key to medical innovation

Nurses represent the front line of health care -- from first breaths to last moments, and everything in between. But there's a vital place nurses are missing in action, says Ben Gran. He makes a compelling case for integrating their invaluable insights and experience into health tech innovation to help make care (and the process of providing it)...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_gran_why_nurses_are_key_to_medical_innovation

Matt Goldman: The search for "aha!" moments

In 1988, Matt Goldman co-founded Blue Man Group, an off-Broadway production that became a sensation known for its humor, blue body paint and wild stunts. The show works on the premise that certain conditions can create "aha moments" -- moments of surprise, learning and exuberance -- frequent and intentional rather than random and occasional. Now...
https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_goldman_the_search_for_aha_moments

Shervin Khodabandeh: Why people and AI make good business partners

What happens when the data-driven capabilities of AI are combined with human creativity and ingenuity? Shining a light on the opportunities this futuristic collaboration could bring to the workplace, AI expert Shervin Khodabandeh shares how to redesign companies so that people and machines can learn from each other.
https://www.ted.com/talks/shervin_khodabandeh_why_people_and_ai_make_good_business_partners

Alan Kay: A powerful idea about ideas

With all the intensity and brilliance for which he is known, Alan Kay envisions better techniques for teaching kids by using computers to illustrate experience in ways -– mathematically and scientifically -- that only computers can.
https://www.ted.com/talks/alan_kay_a_powerful_idea_about_ideas

Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success

Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure -- and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.
https://www.ted.com/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success

Seth Godin: How to get your ideas to spread

In a world of too many options and too little time, our obvious choice is to just ignore the ordinary stuff. Marketing guru Seth Godin spells out why, when it comes to getting our attention, bad or bizarre ideas are more successful than boring ones.
https://www.ted.com/talks/seth_godin_how_to_get_your_ideas_to_spread

Ben Saunders: Why bother leaving the house?

Explorer Ben Saunders wants you to go outside! Not because it’s always pleasant and happy, but because that’s where the meat of life is, “the juice that we can suck out of our hours and days.” Saunders’ next outdoor excursion? To try to be the first in the world to walk from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back again.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_saunders_why_bother_leaving_the_house

Eli Pariser: What obligation do social media platforms have to the greater good?

Social media has become our new home. Can we build it better? Taking design cues from urban planners and social scientists, technologist Eli Pariser shows how the problems we're encountering on digital platforms aren't all that new -- and shares how, by following the model of thriving towns and cities, we can create trustworthy online communities.
https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_what_obligation_do_social_media_platforms_have_to_the_greater_good

Paul Collier: New rules for rebuilding a broken nation

Long conflict can wreck a country, leaving behind poverty and chaos. But what's the right way to help war-torn countries rebuild? At TED@State, Paul Collier explains the problems with current post-conflict aid plans, and suggests 3 ideas for a better approach.
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_collier_new_rules_for_rebuilding_a_broken_nation

Eduardo Paes: The 4 commandments of cities

Eduardo Paes is the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, a sprawling, complicated, beautiful city of 6.5 million. He shares four big ideas about leading Rio -- and all cities -- into the future, including bold (and do-able) infrastructure upgrades and how to make a city "smarter."
https://www.ted.com/talks/eduardo_paes_the_4_commandments_of_cities

Wayne McGregor: A choreographer's creative process in real time

We all use our body on a daily basis, and yet few of us think about our physicality the way Wayne McGregor does. He demonstrates how a choreographer communicates ideas to an audience, working with two dancers to build phrases of dance, live and unscripted, on the TEDGlobal stage.
https://www.ted.com/talks/wayne_mcgregor_a_choreographer_s_creative_process_in_real_time

Talks to celebrate Charles Darwin’s birthday

The day was February 12, 1809. The place was Shrewsbury, England. The person born there: Charles Darwin. With the publication of his classic, On the Origins of Species, Darwin set the wheels in motion for a dramatic transformation of the way human beings understand the world and how we came to exist in it . Here, seven speakers who’ve discus...
Posted February 12, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/02/12/talks-to-celebrate-charles-darwins-birthday

Will MacAskill: What are the most important moral problems of our time?

Of all the problems facing humanity, which should we focus on solving first? In a compelling talk about how to make the world better, moral philosopher Will MacAskill provides a framework for answering this question based on the philosophy of "effective altruism" -- and shares ideas for taking on three pressing global issues.
https://www.ted.com/talks/will_macaskill_what_are_the_most_important_moral_problems_of_our_time

Amit Sood: Every piece of art you've ever wanted to see -- up close and searchable

What does a cultural Big Bang look like? For Amit Sood, director of Google's Cultural Institute and Art Project, it's an online platform where anyone can explore the world's greatest collections of art and artifacts in vivid, lifelike detail. Join Sood and Google artist in residence Cyril Diagne in a mind-bending demo of experiments from the Cul...
https://www.ted.com/talks/amit_sood_every_piece_of_art_you_ve_ever_wanted_to_see_up_close_and_searchable

Ipsita Dasgupta: To challenge the status quo, find a "co-conspirator"

In a complex and changing world, how can we make sure unconventional people and their ideas thrive? Business executive Ipsita Dasgupta introduces the concept of "co-conspirators" -- people willing to bend or break the rules to challenge the status quo -- and shows how they can help create new ways of thinking, acting and being.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ipsita_dasgupta_to_challenge_the_status_quo_find_a_co_conspirator

Jia Jiang: What I learned from 100 days of rejection

Jia Jiang adventures boldly into a territory so many of us fear: rejection. By seeking out rejection for 100 days -- from asking a stranger to borrow $100 to requesting a "burger refill" at a restaurant -- Jiang desensitized himself to the pain and shame that rejection often brings and, in the process, discovered that simply asking for what you ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jia_jiang_what_i_learned_from_100_days_of_rejection

Arthur Potts Dawson: A vision for sustainable restaurants

If you've been in a restaurant kitchen, you've seen how much food, water and energy can be wasted there. Chef Arthur Potts-Dawson shares his very personal vision for drastically reducing restaurant, and supermarket, waste -- creating recycling, composting, sustainable engines for good (and good food).
https://www.ted.com/talks/arthur_potts_dawson_a_vision_for_sustainable_restaurants

On our reading list: Steven Johnson’s book Future Perfect

Steven Johnson’s new book, Future Perfect: The Case for Progress in a Networked Age, tackles subjects ranging from underground music video makers to New York’s 311 telephone service to the planning of the French railway system to Capt. “Sully” Sullenberger and the “miracle on the Hudson.” His point? That new solutions to old problems are not onl...
Posted September 18, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/09/18/on-our-reading-list-steven-johnsons-book-future-perfect

Laura Bates: Everyday sexism

Most women experience sexism and harassment on a regular basis—daily acts that are often ignored. With her Everyday Sexism Project, writer Laura Bates wanted to give women an outlet to speak up. In this fascinating talk, Laura talks about her inspiring initiative. The Everyday Sexism Project is an ever-increasing collection of over 50,000 women'...
https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_bates_everyday_sexism

Ishan Bhabha: How to foster productive and responsible debate

The clash of ideas is fundamental to creativity and progress, but it can also be deeply destructive and create divisions within companies, communities and families. How do you foster productive debate while protecting against harmful speech and misinformation? Constitutional lawyer Ishan Bhabha lays out structures that organizations can use to n...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ishan_bhabha_how_to_foster_productive_and_responsible_debate

Anne-Marie Slaughter: Can we all "have it all"?

Public policy expert Anne-Marie Slaughter made waves with her 2012 article, "Why women still can't have it all." But really, is this only a question for women? Here Slaughter expands her ideas and explains why shifts in work culture, public policy and social mores can lead to more equality -- for men, women, all of us.
https://www.ted.com/talks/anne_marie_slaughter_can_we_all_have_it_all

Knut Haanaes: Two reasons companies fail -- and how to avoid them

Is it possible to run a company and reinvent it at the same time? For business strategist Knut Haanaes, the ability to innovate after becoming successful is the mark of a great organization. He shares insights on how to strike a balance between perfecting what we already know and exploring totally new ideas -- and lays out how to avoid two major...
https://www.ted.com/talks/knut_haanaes_two_reasons_companies_fail_and_how_to_avoid_them

Ideas make you dance: Grupo TEDx writes cumbia songs from talks

Some great ideas make you want to get up and dance. Ever wondered what Stewart Brand’s talk on de-extincting animals would sound like set to music? Even if the answer is no, which it likely is, today is your lucky day. A band called Grupo TEDx has written such a song, giving Brand's talk some serious Latin flair. Listening may well inspire h...
Posted June 12, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/06/12/ideas-make-you-dance-grupo-tedx-writes-cumbia-songs-from-tedx-talks

Paola Antonelli: Why I brought Pac-Man to MoMA

When the Museum of Modern Art's senior curator of architecture and design announced the acquisition of 14 video games in 2012, "all hell broke loose." In this far-ranging, entertaining, and deeply insightful talk, Paola Antonelli explains why she's delighted to challenge preconceived ideas about art and galleries, and describes her burning wish ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/paola_antonelli_why_i_brought_pac_man_to_moma

Andrew Marantz: Inside the bizarre world of internet trolls and propagandists

Journalist Andrew Marantz spent three years embedded in the world of internet trolls and social media propagandists, seeking out the people who are propelling fringe talking points into the heart of conversation online and trying to understand how they're making their ideas spread. Go down the rabbit hole of online propaganda and misinformation ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_marantz_inside_the_bizarre_world_of_internet_trolls_and_propagandists

TEDxChathamKent: Small Town, Big Ideas - an independently organized event

About this event: Every day we are presented with new ideas that are changing how we work, how we raise our families, the communities we live in, and the way we perceive the world around us. Advances in technology and in thinking are causing massive change in the world. These ideas are born from the minds of innovative people from all walks of life. Many of th...
Event details: Chatham, Ontario, Canada · February 13, 2014
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/9521
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