About this event: When you remember your past, do you think of beautiful childhood memories, of you playing around with friends, enjoying your favorite cartoon, having a family picnic? or do you think of dark, troubled and somber times, when things weren't that great? Are you a more present-oriented person? thinking of how to enjoy the moment for you never kn...

TED2014 will bring together more than 70 speakers with fresh thinking on topics as diverse as leadership, genetics and the magic of fireflies. But this is our 30th anniversary conference, and it’s also time to look back at some of the incredible ideas surfaced in the past. At TED2014, we will hold five All-Stars sessions that bring 50+ favorite ...

Anxiety could be the price that we have to pay for freedom, suggests psychologist Steven Pinker. When it comes to happiness, many people are underachievers. Americans are laggards among their first-world peers, and their happiness has stagnated in the era sometimes called the American Century. The Baby Boomers, despite growing up in peace and p...

About this event: This event：TEDxJUFE Live！ 2014 TED Conference:The Next Chapter即将举行！ 同时，作为TED30周年庆典 大会新增All-Stars Sessions，特邀过去最受喜爱的talkers发表简短演讲和更新 首屈一指的天才盖茨、《shape of my heart》演唱者Sting、斯坦福监狱实验主持者Philip Zimbardo、相信gaming make a better world的游戏设计师Jane McGonigal…… 将带着他们的idea齐聚温哥华会议现场 回顾30年发展成果 畅想人类未来！ 3月19日（周三）上午有空嘛？ 不，我们不是在邀你组团飞往温哥华 我们是在约你一起看直播~ ...

About this event: Desde o começo da humanidade, o ser humano cria mitos, lendas e histórias para sobreviver e ensinar as próximas gerações sobre o Grande Mistério, sobre heróis e heroínas, torres e castelos. A princesa na torre que é salva por um homem guerreiro. Os dragões e os grandes vilões. Havia os demônios e os deuses. Mas logo veio a modernidade com a ciên...

By Kylie Dunn What do you get when you cross a 39-year-old perfectionist with 54 TED Talks and far more honesty than any person probably needs to experience? You get my Year of TED. I’ve been inspired by TED Talks for years, and felt the urge to do something noteworthy and challenging to ring in my fortieth year on the planet. Inspira...

Kylie Dunn has come up with the perfect analogy for her Year of TED, a self-improvement project she dreamed up in 2011 to infuse ideas from TED Talks into her everyday life. She says that the experience was akin to the Wizard of Oz, with herself playing each of the main characters. Dunn was recently invited to give a talk about her experience...

Nathalie Miebach, TEDGlobal Fellow, artist, speaking at TED University during TEDGlobal 2011, July 12, 2011. Photo: James Duncan Davidson / TED Jeremy Moon, "Anything Can Be Prototyped": "Creativity is the life force of the universe," says Jeremy Moon, the CEO and founder of Icebreaker Clothing, "and my passion is unlocking the creativity...

This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. The shared bed is a window into our deepest vulnerabilities and how we look to our relationships to help us feel safe during threatening times. As a sleep scientist...

TED is always looking for new voices with fresh ideas -- and earlier this winter, we opened a challenge to the world: make a one-minute audition video that makes the case for your TED Talk. More than 1,200 people applied to be a part of the Idea Search program this year, and on Wednesday night at our New York headquarters, 13 audition finali...

Dan Visconti is updating the image of the classical composer -- from lone, fusty genius to dynamic community leader who creates music as a tool for social engagement. Whether he's telling the stories of Cleveland's refugee communities or composing a piece for the Mississippi State Prison, Visconti makes concert experiences that invite people...

For four years, artist Naomi Natale’s social art practice, the One Million Bones project, has used education, hands-on artmaking and public art installation to raise awareness of ongoing genocide and mass atrocities. On June 8, Naomi and the One Million Bones team will be joined by thousands of volunteers to lay down the one million human “b...

Hyperthinking, developing ways to transform reality by creating and connecting ideas. Using the web as a transformative force, finding people with new ideas, perspectives to inspire and help me.

Entrepreneurship.

Technology, soccer

The internet and how it is changing society and the economy. Retail and the power of changing the world by helping people save money so they can live better. Building an organization for the future.