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The bold new TED Book "In Mistrust We Trust" asks, "Can democracy survive?"

A recent Gallup poll listed the most- and least-trusted professions in America. At the bottom of the list: car salesmen and members of Congress. It’s not hard to understand why our politicians rate so poorly — scandals, myopia, obstinance, party loyalty over common good, fiscal cliffs. All have left voters exasperated and confused. But while con...
Posted January 4, 2013
https://blog.ted.com/2013/01/04/new-ted-book-in-mistrust-we-trust

Social media is a threat to democracy: Carole Cadwalladr speaks at TED2019

The day after the Brexit referendum, British journalist (and recently announced Pulitzer Prize finalist) Carole Cadwalladr went to her home region of South Wales to investigate why so many voters had elected to leave the European Union. She asked residents of the traditionally left-wing town of Ebbw Vale, a place newly rejuvenated by EU i...
Posted April 16, 2019
https://blog.ted.com/2019/04/16/social-media-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy-carole-cadwalladr-speaks-at-ted2019

María Teresa Kumar | TED Speaker

María Teresa Kumar is the President and CEO of Voto Latino, a nonprofit organization committed to shaking up the American political process.
Civic leader
https://www.ted.com/speakers/maria_teresa_kumar

César Hidalgo: Una idea osada para reemplazar a los políticos

César Hidalgo nos propone una idea radical para arreglar el sistema político roto: ¡automatízalo! En una charla que te hace reflexionar, explica la idea de cómo llegar a reemplazar a los políticos para empoderar a los ciudadanos con agentes virtuales personalizados que voten directamente en los proyectos de ley. Explora una nueva manera de tomar...
https://www.ted.com/talks/cesar_hidalgo_una_idea_osada_para_reemplazar_a_los_politicos

David Rothkopf: How fear drives American politics

Does it seem like Washington has no new ideas? Instead of looking to build the future, it sometimes feels like the US political establishment happily retreats into fear and willful ignorance. Journalist David Rothkopf lays out a few of the major issues that US leadership is failing to address -- from cybercrime to world-shaking new tech to the r...
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_rothkopf_how_fear_drives_american_politics

Ilona Szabó de Carvalho | TED Speaker

Ilona Szabó de Carvalho designs solutions for some of the world's biggest challenges -- from reducing violence and reforming drug laws to renewing democracy and fighting polarization.
Civic entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ilona_szabo_de_carvalho

Michael Patrick Lynch: How to see past your own perspective and find truth

The more we read and watch online, the harder it becomes to tell the difference between what's real and what's fake. It's as if we know more but understand less, says philosopher Michael Patrick Lynch. In this talk, he dares us to take active steps to burst our filter bubbles and participate in the common reality that actually underpins everything.
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_patrick_lynch_how_to_see_past_your_own_perspective_and_find_truth

TEDxHamraSalon - an independently organized event

About this event: After a 9-year hiatus, election season is finally here! Lebanon heads to the ballot box on May 6th, and new faces have emerged in our political arena. That's why ‘The X on Your Ballot’ is the theme of our next Salon! Join us for a cozy Sunday evening with TED talks, musical performances, and riveting conversations about the state of our democracy.
Event details: Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon · May 12, 2018
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/30122

Deepa Narayan | TED Speaker

Deepa Narayan is an international advisor on poverty, gender and development with more than 25 years of experience working at the World Bank, the UN and NGOs.
Social psychologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/deepa_narayan

Robb Willer: How to have better political conversations

Robb Willer studies the forces that unite and divide us. As a social psychologist, he researches how moral values -- typically a source of division -- can also be used to bring people together. Willer shares compelling insights on how we might bridge the ideological divide and offers some intuitive advice on ways to be more persuasive when talki...
https://www.ted.com/talks/robb_willer_how_to_have_better_political_conversations

Rebecca MacKinnon | TED Speaker

Rebecca MacKinnon looks at issues of free expression, governance and democracy (or lack of) in the digital networks, platforms and services on which we are all more and more dependent.
Internet freedom activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rebecca_mackinnon

You -- yes, you -- can use your skills, ideas and energy to help fix democracy

“Lobbying” doesn’t have to be a dirty word; instead, it means using your talents and abilities to improve the world, says civic advocate Alberto Alemanno. Every weekday for the month of January, TED Ideas is publishing a new post in a series called “How to Be a Better Human,” containing a helpful piece of advice from a speaker in the TED commun...
Posted January 10, 2019
https://ideas.ted.com/you-yes-you-can-use-your-skills-ideas-and-energy-to-fix-democracy

TEDxSantaBarbaraSalon: TEDxSantaBarbaraSalon 20220330 - an independently organized event

About this event: The critically important role of public policy in maintaining a functioning, working Democracy, needs participation by citizens to be effective. As the current political landscape seems impossibly polarized, Hannah-Beth will make the case to exercise our citizenship by involvement at all levels of politics. We’ll also talk about the role of Publ...
Event details: Santa Barbara, California, United States · March 30, 2022
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/50243

Elizabeth Pisani | TED Speaker

In Elizabeth Pisani's latest book, she explores the "improbable nation" of Indonesia.
Author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/elizabeth_pisani

Dambisa Moyo: Economic growth has stalled. Let's fix it

Economic growth is the defining challenge of our time; without it, political and social instability rises, human progress stagnates and societies grow dimmer. But, says economist Dambisa Moyo, dogmatic capitalism isn't creating the growth we need. As she shows, in both state-sponsored and market-driven models, capitalism is failing to solve soci...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it

TEDxSplaiulIndependentei - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDx Splaiul Independentei will be an opportunity of getting together the undiscovered and not yet public values of Romania, creating a network of change agents from all areas of expertise that can put together a coherent and innovative plan of growing Romanian democracy and giving the main directions of change in our society and offer the poss...
Event details: Bucharest, București, Romania · May 23, 2015
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/14373

Noah Feldman | TED Speaker

Noah Feldman studies the intersection of religion, politics and law.
Constitutional law scholar
https://www.ted.com/speakers/noah_feldman

Jonathan Haidt | TED Speaker

Jonathan Haidt studies how -- and why -- we evolved to be moral and political creatures.
Social psychologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jonathan_haidt

Jess Kutch | TED Speaker

TED Fellow Jess Kutch is the cofounder of Coworker.org, a nonprofit that helps people join together to improve their jobs and workplaces.
Labor entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jess_kutch

TEDxYouth@BFS: Freedom & Democracy: Education For Change - an independently organized event

About this event: TEDxYouth@BFS brings together speakers, performers, and video presentations from many disciplines, in the spirit of TED, to demonstrate how freedom in education and the practice of democracy has the ability to empower students and ultimately change the world. Please join us for an incredible day of talks and performances that will continue t...
Event details: Brooklyn, New York, United States · September 22, 2012
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/5254

Olga Yurkova: Inside the fight against Russia's fake news empire

When facts are false, decisions are wrong, says editor and TED Fellow Olga Yurkova. To stop the spread of fake news, she and a group of journalists launched StopFake.org, which exposes biased or inaccurate reporting in order to rebuild the trust we've lost in our journalists, leaders and institutions. Learn more about the fight against misinform...
https://www.ted.com/talks/olga_yurkova_inside_the_fight_against_russia_s_fake_news_empire

TEDxAcademy: The Future we Share - an independently organized event

About this event: The world is evolving rapidly and we, citizens of our global village, are part to this continuous evolution. Is this a world of abundance or scarcity? How we understand technological changes? How we interact with our urban space. How we deal with our privacy in the cyber era? Where Greece is standing amidst those changes? How can we as a society...
Event details: Athens, Attiki, Greece · September 25, 2014
https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/12779

Simon Anholt: Who would the rest of the world vote for in your country's election?

Wish you could vote in another country's election? Simon Anholt unveils the Global Vote, an online platform that lets anybody, anywhere in the world, "vote" in the election of any country on earth (with surprising results).
https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_anholt_who_would_the_rest_of_the_world_vote_for_in_your_country_s_election

Yasheng Huang | TED Speaker

Yasheng Huang asks us to rethink our ideas about China and other large emerging economies. Lately he’s been asking, Does democracy hinder or promote economic growth?
Political economist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/yasheng_huang

Srdja Popovic | TED Speaker

Srdja Popovic was a founder and leader of the student movement that brought down the Milosovic regime. Now, he helps other nonviolent movements learn and grow.
Organizer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/srdja_popovic

Jarrell Daniels | TED Speaker

Jarrell Daniels brings policy makers together with community members to improve social challenges, particularly among youth.
Justice and education scholar, activist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jarrell_daniels

Leana Wen | TED Speaker

Dr. Leana Wen is Baltimore City's Health Commissioner.
Emergency physician, public health advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/leana_wen

Playlist: The most popular talks of 2019 (19 talks)

Which TED Talks were watched most in 2019? These talks reflect a year defined by fighting for what's right, believing in the good despite all the bad, supporting others and yourself -- and hoping for the best in the decade to come.
Curated by TED · 19 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/the_most_popular_talks_of_2019

Wael Ghonim: Let's design social media that drives real change

Wael Ghonim helped touch off the Arab Spring in his home of Egypt ... by setting up a simple Facebook page. As he reveals, once the revolution spilled onto the streets, it turned from hopeful to messy, then ugly and heartbreaking. And social media followed suit. What was once a place for crowdsourcing, engaging and sharing became a polarized bat...
https://www.ted.com/talks/wael_ghonim_let_s_design_social_media_that_drives_real_change

Zeynep Tufekci: We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads

We're building an artificial intelligence-powered dystopia, one click at a time, says techno-sociologist Zeynep Tufekci. In an eye-opening talk, she details how the same algorithms companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon use to get you to click on ads are also used to organize your access to political and social information. And the machines ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/zeynep_tufekci_we_re_building_a_dystopia_just_to_make_people_click_on_ads
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