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Emmett Shear: What streaming means for the future of entertainment

In a talk and demo, Twitch cofounder Emmett Shear shares his vision for the future of interactive entertainment -- and explains how video game streaming is helping people build communities online. "I am excited for a world where our entertainment could connect us instead of isolating us -- a world where we can bond with each other over our share...
https://www.ted.com/talks/emmett_shear_what_streaming_means_for_the_future_of_entertainment

Christiane Amanpour: How to seek truth in the era of fake news

Known worldwide for her courage and clarity, Christiane Amanpour has spent the past three decades interviewing business, cultural and political leaders who have shaped history. In conversation with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Amanpour discusses fake news, objectivity in journalism, the leadership vacuum in global politics and more, sharing her w...
https://www.ted.com/talks/christiane_amanpour_how_to_seek_truth_in_the_era_of_fake_news

Tim Leberecht: 3 ways to (usefully) lose control of your brand

The days are past (if they ever existed) when a person, company or brand could tightly control their reputation -- online chatter and spin mean that if you're relevant, there's a constant, free-form conversation happening about you that you have no control over. Tim Leberecht offers three big ideas about accepting that loss of control, even desi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_leberecht_3_ways_to_usefully_lose_control_of_your_brand

Audrey Tang: How digital innovation can fight pandemics and strengthen democracy

Can technology create a democracy that's fast, fair ... and even fun? Digital minister Audrey Tang shares how Taiwan avoided a COVID-19 shutdown in early 2020 through innovations like developing apps to map mask availability, crowdsourcing ideas that could become laws and creating a "humor over rumor" campaign to combat disinformation with comed...
https://www.ted.com/talks/audrey_tang_how_digital_innovation_can_fight_pandemics_and_strengthen_democracy

Karoli Hindriks: Why the passport needs an upgrade

It's time to give paper passports a digital upgrade, says entrepreneur Karoli Hindriks. Looking to Estonia's technology-driven government for inspiration, she envisions a world where immigration is no longer hindered by bureaucracy and needless repetition. Travel with her to a future beyond borders where universal digital passports replace paper...
https://www.ted.com/talks/karoli_hindriks_why_the_passport_needs_an_upgrade

Neal Katyal: How to win an argument (at the US Supreme Court, or anywhere)

The secret to winning an argument isn't grand rhetoric or elegant style, says US Supreme Court litigator Neal Katyal -- it takes more than that. With stories of some of the most impactful cases he's argued before the Court, Katyal shows why the key to crafting a persuasive and successful argument lies in human connection, empathy and faith in th...
https://www.ted.com/talks/neal_katyal_how_to_win_an_argument_at_the_us_supreme_court_or_anywhere

10 talks about the beauty -- and difficulty -- of being creative

Radio host Julie Burstein has found the perfect analogy for creativity—raku pottery. A Japanese art form in which molded clay is heated for 15 minutes and then dropped in sawdust which bursts into flames, what makes this pottery so beautiful is its imperfections and cracks. Burstein interviewed hundred of artists, writers, musicians and fil...
Posted November 12, 2012
https://blog.ted.com/2012/11/12/10-talks-about-the-beauty-and-difficulty-of-being-creative

Mara Mintzer: How kids can help design cities

Adults tend to think of kids as "future citizens" -- their ideas and opinions will matter someday, just not today. But kids make up a quarter of the population, so shouldn't they have a say in what the world they'll inherit will look like? Urban planner Mara Mintzer shares what happened when she and her team asked kids to help design a park in B...
https://www.ted.com/talks/mara_mintzer_how_kids_can_help_design_cities

Joshua Klein: A thought experiment on the intelligence of crows

Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant thought experiment: a machine that could form a new bond between animal and human.
https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_klein_a_thought_experiment_on_the_intelligence_of_crows

Franklin Leonard: How I accidentally changed the way movies get made

How does Hollywood choose what stories get told on-screen? Too often, it's groupthink informed by a narrow set of ideas about what sells at the box office. As a producer, Franklin Leonard saw too many great screenplays never get made because they didn't fit the mold. So he started the Black List, an anonymous email that shared his favorite scree...
https://www.ted.com/talks/franklin_leonard_how_i_accidentally_changed_the_way_movies_get_made_apr_2018

Simon Anholt: Which country does the most good for the world?

It's an unexpected side effect of globalization: problems that once would have stayed local—say, a bank lending out too much money—now have consequences worldwide. But still, countries operate independently, as if alone on the planet. Policy advisor Simon Anholt has dreamed up an unusual scale to get governments thinking outwardly: The Good Coun...
https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_anholt_which_country_does_the_most_good_for_the_world

TEDxFridley - an independently organized event

About this event: Think of TEDxFridley 2015 as an intersection—where people with ideas meet listeners with open minds. Each talk will be a unique journey that pushes off from the same starting point—the theme “Belong.” What does it mean to belong somewhere? Or not to belong? Or not want to belong? A broad spectrum of thinkers will come together to explore the ...
Event details: Fridley, Minnesota, United States · October 30, 2015
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/15049

Maajid Nawaz: A global culture to fight extremism

Why do transnational extremist organizations succeed where democratic movements have a harder time taking hold? Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamist extremist, asks for new grassroots stories and global social activism to spread democracy in the face of nationalism and xenophobia.
https://www.ted.com/talks/maajid_nawaz_a_global_culture_to_fight_extremism

Tiffany Watt Smith: The history of human emotions

The words we use to describe our emotions affect how we feel, says historian Tiffany Watt Smith, and they've often changed (sometimes very dramatically) in response to new cultural expectations and ideas. Take nostalgia, for instance: first defined in 1688 as an illness and considered deadly, today it's seen as a much less serious affliction. In...
https://www.ted.com/talks/tiffany_watt_smith_the_history_of_human_emotions

Andrew Pelling: This scientist makes ears out of apples

TED Fellow Andrew Pelling is a biohacker, and nature is his hardware. His favorite materials are the simplest ones (and oftentimes he finds them in the garbage). Building on the cellulose structure that gives an apple its shape, he "grows" lifelike human ears, pioneering a process that might someday be used to repair body parts safely and cheapl...
https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_pelling_this_scientist_makes_ears_out_of_apples

Lee Cronin: Making matter come alive

Before life existed on Earth, there was just matter, inorganic dead "stuff." How improbable is it that life arose? And -- could it use a different type of chemistry? Using an elegant definition of life (anything that can evolve), chemist Lee Cronin is exploring this question by attempting to create a fully inorganic cell using a "Lego kit" of in...
https://www.ted.com/talks/lee_cronin_making_matter_come_alive

TEDxYouth@Bukoto: Our Moment - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxYouth@Bukoto is a forum where some of Africa's most dynamic and creative change-makers will share the inspirations that motivates them, explain how they apply their ideas for social good, and articulate their vision for Africa. The event is sponsored by the U.S. State Department’s Office of the Special Representative to Muslim Communities, t...
Event details: Bukoto, Uganda · December 14, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/7379

TEDxSwansea: Diversity += Prosperity - an independently organized event

About this event: The theme of the evening was Prosperity through diversity, and over the course of the evening we heard from five speakers who, through their talks, conveyed their story that sought to enlighten and challenge our understanding and perception of what it can mean to prosper from diversity. We also heard performances from two musicians. First ses...
Event details: Swansea, Swansea, United Kingdom · June 3, 2015
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/14650

Jackie Tabick: The balancing act of compassion

While we all agree that compassion is a great idea, Rabbi Tabick acknowledges there are challenges to its execution. She explains how a careful balance of compassion and justice allows us to do good deeds, and keep our sanity.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jackie_tabick_the_balancing_act_of_compassion

Justin Baldoni: Why I'm done trying to be "man enough"

Justin Baldoni wants to start a dialogue with men about redefining masculinity -- to figure out ways to be not just good men but good humans. In a warm, personal talk, he shares his effort to reconcile who he is with who the world tells him a man should be. And he has a challenge for men: "See if you can use the same qualities that you feel make...
https://www.ted.com/talks/justin_baldoni_why_i_m_done_trying_to_be_man_enough

Jason Fried: Why work doesn't happen at work

Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn't a good place to do it. He calls out the two main offenders (call them the M&Ms) and offers three suggestions to make the workplace actually work.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen_at_work

James Howard Kunstler: The ghastly tragedy of the suburbs

In James Howard Kunstler's view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life and the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues, what we have in America is a nation of places not worth caring about.
https://www.ted.com/talks/james_howard_kunstler_the_ghastly_tragedy_of_the_suburbs

Introducing the TED All-Stars: 50+ speakers who’ll return to the stage at TED2014

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 ...
Posted March 10, 2014
https://blog.ted.com/2014/03/10/the-ted2014-all-stars

Monica Araya: A small country with big ideas to get rid of fossil fuels

How do we build a society without fossil fuels? Using her native Costa Rica as an example of positive action on environmental protection and renewables, climate advocate Monica Araya outlines a bold vision for a world committed to clean energy in all sectors.
https://www.ted.com/talks/monica_araya_a_small_country_with_big_ideas_to_get_rid_of_fossil_fuels

Alison Killing: What happens when a city runs out of room for its dead

"If you want to go out and start your own cemetery" in the UK, says Alison Killing, "you kind of can." She thinks a lot about where we die and are buried -- and in this talk, the architect and TED Fellow offers an eye-opening economic and social perspective on an overlooked feature of our towns and cities: the cemetery. Speaking specifically to ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/alison_killing_what_happens_when_a_city_runs_out_of_room_for_its_dead

Stewart Brand: The Long Now

Stewart Brand works on the Clock of the Long Now, a timepiece that counts down the next 10,000 years. It's a beautiful project that asks us to think about the far, far future. Here, he discusses a tricky side problem with the Clock: Where can we put it?
https://www.ted.com/talks/stewart_brand_the_long_now

TEDxSunnyvale: Not Invented Here - an independently organized event

About this event:  Come join us Saturday, April 19th at TEDxSunnyvale! Watch, discuss, and participate. THEME: “Not Invented Here” Living in Silicon Valley we’re proud of all the wonderful inventions from our schools and our startups. But we don’t have an exclusive on inventiveness. Many things are invented elsewhere, or were first invented a long time ag...
Event details: San Jose, California, United States · April 19, 2014
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11429

Rick Warren: A life of purpose

Pastor Rick Warren, author of "The Purpose-Driven Life," reflects on his own crisis of purpose in the wake of his book's wild success. He explains his belief that God's intention is for each of us to use our talents and influence to do good.
https://www.ted.com/talks/rick_warren_a_life_of_purpose

Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. collaboration

In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning.
https://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_institutions_vs_collaboration

David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization

David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut -- and it may just change the way we see the world.
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization
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