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Kang Lee | TED Speaker

Kang Lee has devoted his career to understanding the development of social cognition and behavior.
Developmental researcher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kang_lee

Carolyn Steel | TED Speaker

Food is a shared necessity -- but also a shared way of thinking, argues Carolyn Steel. Looking at food networks offers an unusual and illuminating way to explore how cities evolved.
Food urbanist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/carolyn_steel

Jan Denecker: How to do more with less in healthcare

As medicine advances, so does the complexity and price of healthcare. For inspiration on ways to keep healthcare affordable, Jan Denecker shares three simple, yet effective innovations from the developing world, where constraints on resources have caused the healthcare industry to adopt a mentality of doing more with less.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jan_denecker_how_to_do_more_with_less_in_healthcare

Andrew Youn: The seeds of change helping African farmers grow out of poverty

Farmers stand at the center of the world, says Andrew Youn, cofounder of One Acre Fund, an agricultural organization that's empowering sub-Saharan farm families with the loans, seeds, fertilizer and training needed to increase crop yields and end hunger. Meet Therese Niyonsaba, a Rwandan farmer who shares how the program helped her family prospe...
https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_youn_the_seeds_of_change_helping_african_farmers_grow_out_of_poverty

TED-Ed: Why good ideas get trapped in the valley of death -- and how to rescue them

All new products must pass through the "valley of death" before they reach the market. Many never make it out, and sometimes that's OK -- if they don't work, don't fill a need or for any number of reasons. One of the fields where this problem is most pressing is zero-carbon technologies. Why is it vulnerable to this trap, and can we change it? E...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ted_ed_why_good_ideas_get_trapped_in_the_valley_of_death_and_how_to_rescue_them

Michael Green: How we can make the world a better place by 2030

Can we end hunger and poverty, halt climate change and achieve gender equality in the next 15 years? The governments of the world think we can. Meeting at the UN in September 2015, they agreed to a new set of Global Goals for the development of the world to 2030. Social progress expert Michael Green invites us to imagine how these goals and thei...
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_green_how_we_can_make_the_world_a_better_place_by_2030

Playlist: Earth, appreciated (12 talks)

Our planet is a wonder, a perfectly improbable incubator for life. It’s also in danger because of our indifference. Reflections on both those truths.
Curated by TED · 12 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/earth_appreciated

Robert Waldinger | TED Speaker

Robert Waldinger is the Director of the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the most comprehensive longitudinal studies in history.
Psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, Zen priest
https://www.ted.com/speakers/robert_waldinger

Alexander Tsiaras: Conception to birth -- visualized

Image-maker Alexander Tsiaras shares a powerful medical visualization, showing human development from conception to birth and beyond. (Some graphic images.)
https://www.ted.com/talks/alexander_tsiaras_conception_to_birth_visualized

Catarina Mota | TED Speaker

A TEDGlobal Fellow, Catarina Mota plays with "smart materials" -- like shape-memory alloys and piezoelectric structures that react to voltage -- and encourages others to do so too.
Maker
https://www.ted.com/speakers/catarina_mota

Michael Green | TED Speaker

Michael Green is part of the team that has created the Social Progress Index, a standard to rank societies based on how they meet the needs of citizens.
Economist, social progress expert
https://www.ted.com/speakers/michael_green_spi

Gordon Brown | TED Speaker

Britain's former prime minister Gordon Brown played a key role in shaping the G20 nations' response to the world's financial crisis, and was a powerful advocate for a coordinated global response to problems such as climate change, poverty and social justice.
British Prime Minister
https://www.ted.com/speakers/gordon_brown

Chibeze Ezekiel: A vision for sustainable energy in Africa

Africa needs new energy sources to fuel its development, but the continent should invest in renewable energy instead of cheap, polluting alternatives like coal, says climate inclusion activist Chibeze Ezekiel. He tells the story of how he worked with local communities in Ghana to halt the construction of the country's first coal power plant -- a...
https://www.ted.com/talks/chibeze_ezekiel_a_vision_for_sustainable_energy_in_africa

Markus Lorenz: Industry 4.0: how intelligent machines will transform everything we know

The fourth industrial revolution is upon us: machines infused with intelligence. This transformation will change how manufacturing works today, making it faster and cheaper because a machine will know when it makes a mistake and correct itself. Markus Lorenz estimates that the next generation of industrialization could save the food industry alo...
https://www.ted.com/talks/markus_lorenz_industry_4_0_how_intelligent_machines_will_transform_everything_we_know

Jeremy Rifkin: The empathic civilization

In this talk from RSA Animate, bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways it has shaped human development and society.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_rifkin_the_empathic_civilization

Achim Steiner: The alliances needed to rebuild the developing world

Developing countries need strong alliances between the public and private sectors to rebuild after COVID-19, says Achim Steiner, administrator for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). From building virus tracking systems to supporting clean energy projects and expanding health care, hear how the UNDP is creating partnerships between ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/achim_steiner_the_alliances_needed_to_rebuild_the_developing_world

Sophal Ear | TED Speaker

Sophal Ear leads research on post-conflict countries -- looking at the effectiveness of foreign aid and the challenge of development in places like his native land, Cambodia.
Development economist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sophal_ear

Dan Pallotta: The dream we haven't dared to dream

What are your dreams? Better yet, what are your broken dreams? Dan Pallotta dreams of a time when we are as excited, curious and scientific about the development of our humanity as we are about the development of our technology. "What we fear most is that we will be denied the opportunity to fulfill our true potential," Pallotta says. "Imagine l...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_dream_we_haven_t_dared_to_dream

Asher Hasan | TED Speaker

Asher Hasan's social enterprise Naya Jeevan (the name means "new life" in Urdu and Hindi) is the emerging world's first HMO for the urban, working poor.
Social entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/asher_hasan

Danielle Wood: 6 space technologies we can use to improve life on Earth

Danielle Wood leads the Space Enabled research group at the MIT Media Lab, where she works to tear down the barriers that limit the benefits of space exploration to only the few, the rich or the elite. She identifies six technologies developed for space exploration that can contribute to sustainable development across the world -- from observati...
https://www.ted.com/talks/danielle_wood_6_space_technologies_we_can_use_to_improve_life_on_earth

Hans Rosling | TED Speaker

In Hans Rosling’s hands, data sings. Global trends in health and economics come to vivid life. And the big picture of global development -- with some surprisingly good news -- snaps into sharp focus.
Global health expert; data visionary
https://www.ted.com/speakers/hans_rosling

Shalini Unnikrishnan: We need to turn our response to crisis inside out

During the peak of the Ebola crisis, the recovery process in Africa was not going according to plan. Failure after sobering failure forced health consultant Shalini Unnikrishnan to recognize that they had approached the crisis from the wrong direction. In this impassioned talk, she urges the response to the next pandemic to be centered on the pe...
https://www.ted.com/talks/shalini_unnikrishnan_we_need_to_turn_our_response_to_crisis_inside_out

Sonaar Luthra: Meet the Water Canary

After a crisis, how can we tell if water is safe to drink? Current tests are slow and complex, and the delay can be deadly, as in the cholera outbreak after Haiti's earthquake in 2010. TED Fellow Sonaar Luthra previews his design for a simple tool that quickly tests water for safety -- the Water Canary.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sonaar_luthra_meet_the_water_canary

Shukla Bose: Teaching one child at a time

Educating the poor is more than just a numbers game, says Shukla Bose. She tells the story of her groundbreaking Parikrma Humanity Foundation, which brings hope to India's slums by looking past the daunting statistics and focusing on treating each child as an individual.
https://www.ted.com/talks/shukla_bose_teaching_one_child_at_a_time

Marilyn Waring: The unpaid work that GDP ignores -- and why it really counts

If you: do laundry, are (or have been) pregnant, tidy up, shop for your household or do similar labor, then by GDP standards, you're unproductive. In this visionary talk, economist Marilyn Waring seeks to correct the failures of this narrow-minded system, detailing why we deserve a better way to measure growth that values not just our own liveli...
https://www.ted.com/talks/marilyn_waring_the_unpaid_work_that_gdp_ignores_and_why_it_really_counts

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: Women entrepreneurs, example not exception

Women aren't micro--so why do they only get micro-loans? Reporter Gayle Tzemach Lemmon argues that women running all types of firms-- from home businesses to major factories-- are the overlooked key to economic development.
https://www.ted.com/talks/gayle_tzemach_lemmon_women_entrepreneurs_example_not_exception

Sherwin Nuland: How electroshock therapy changed me

Surgeon and author Sherwin Nuland discusses the development of electroshock therapy as a cure for severe, life-threatening depression -- including his own. It's a moving and heartfelt talk about relief, redemption and second chances.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sherwin_nuland_how_electroshock_therapy_changed_me

Dayananda Saraswati: The profound journey of compassion

Swami Dayananda Saraswati unravels the parallel paths of personal development and attaining true compassion. He walks us through each step of self-realization, from helpless infancy to the fearless act of caring for others.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dayananda_saraswati_the_profound_journey_of_compassion

John Amory: How a male contraceptive pill could work

Andrologist John Amory is developing innovative male contraception that gives men a new option for taking responsibility to prevent unintended pregnancy. He details the science in development -- and why the world needs a male pill.
https://www.ted.com/talks/john_amory_how_a_male_contraceptive_pill_could_work

Marc Goodman: A vision of crimes in the future

The world is becoming increasingly open, and that has implications both bright and dangerous. Marc Goodman paints a portrait of a grave future, in which technology's rapid development could allow crime to take a turn for the worse.
https://www.ted.com/talks/marc_goodman_a_vision_of_crimes_in_the_future
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