What if we could better understand the world's biggest challenges simply by looking at a map? Jack Dangermond, a pioneer in geographic information system (GIS) technology that powers the digital maps people around the world use every day, speaks with TED technology curator Simone Ross about how his team is building a geospatial nervous system: a...

"Freakonomics" author Steven Levitt presents new data on the finances of drug dealing. Contrary to popular myth, he says, being a street-corner crack dealer isn't lucrative: It pays below minimum wage. And your boss can kill you.

Great design is a never-ending journey of discovery -- for which it helps to pack a healthy sense of humor. Sociologist and surfer-turned-designer David Carson walks through a gorgeous (and often quite funny) slide deck of his work and found images.

A Magyar Mediball Egyesület tagjai mutatják be ezt a különleges, kínai eredetű labdajátékot, mely a Tai Chi körkörös mozdulataira épülő lágy, ugyanakkor dinamikus mozgásművészet. A mozgás tanulása során alkalmazott egyedi módszereknek köszönhetően a gyakorlók könnyedén képessé válnak a tökéletes élmény (flow-állapot) megélésére. Játszható egyéni...

This video features Auslan (Australian Sign Language) interpretation. Since 2015, Kate Seselja has been working tirelessly to break the tide of despair around addiction, and claw back a society that is addiction proof. In this talk, she shares some key insights into how she broke the cycle of her addiction, and how we can and should approach the...