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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: The global cooperation that accelerated the COVID-19 vaccines

(This virtual conversation, hosted by TED technology curator Simone Ross, was recorded March 12, 2021.) Biotech entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw shares lessons learned from the global effort to develop COVID-19 vaccines: namely, the power of collaboration and the importance of equitable access to health care. Learn more about the innovative part...
https://www.ted.com/talks/kiran_mazumdar_shaw_the_global_cooperation_that_accelerated_the_covid_19_vaccines

Rachel Wurzman: How isolation fuels opioid addiction

What do Tourette syndrome, heroin addiction and social media obsession all have in common? They converge in an area of the brain called the striatum, says neuroscientist Rachel Wurzman -- and this critical discovery could reshape our understanding of the opioid crisis. Sharing insights from her research, Wurzman shows how social isolation contri...
https://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_wurzman_how_isolation_fuels_opioid_addiction

Steven Pinker and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: The long reach of reason

Here's a TED first: an animated Socratic dialog! In a time when irrationality seems to rule both politics and culture, has reasoned thinking finally lost its power? Watch as psychologist Steven Pinker is gradually, brilliantly persuaded by philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein that reason is actually the key driver of human moral progress, eve...
https://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_and_rebecca_newberger_goldstein_the_long_reach_of_reason

Jean-Baptiste Michel + Erez Lieberman Aiden: What we learned from 5 million books

Have you played with Google Labs' Ngram Viewer? It's an addicting tool that lets you search for words and ideas in a database of 5 million books from across centuries. Erez Lieberman Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel show us how it works, and a few of the surprising things we can learn from 500 billion words.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jean_baptiste_michel_erez_lieberman_aiden_what_we_learned_from_5_million_books

Lord Nicholas Stern: The state of the climate — and what we might do about it

How can we begin to address the global, insidious problem of climate change — a problem that's too big for any one country to solve? Economist Nicholas Stern lays out a plan, presented to the UN's Climate Summit in 2014, showing how the world's countries can work together on climate. It's a big vision for cooperation, with a payoff that goes far...
https://www.ted.com/talks/lord_nicholas_stern_the_state_of_the_climate_and_what_we_might_do_about_it

Max Tegmark: How to get empowered, not overpowered, by AI

Many artificial intelligence researchers expect AI to outsmart humans at all tasks and jobs within decades, enabling a future where we're restricted only by the laws of physics, not the limits of our intelligence. MIT physicist and AI researcher Max Tegmark separates the real opportunities and threats from the myths, describing the concrete step...
https://www.ted.com/talks/max_tegmark_how_to_get_empowered_not_overpowered_by_ai

Charles Leadbeater: The era of open innovation

In this deceptively casual talk, Charles Leadbeater weaves a tight argument that innovation isn't just for professionals anymore. Passionate amateurs, using new tools, are creating products and paradigms that companies can't.
https://www.ted.com/talks/charles_leadbeater_the_era_of_open_innovation

Nicholas Negroponte: A 30-year history of the future

MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte takes you on a journey through the last 30 years of tech. The consummate predictor highlights interfaces and innovations he foresaw in the 1970s and 1980s that were scoffed at then but are ubiquitous today. And he leaves you with one last (absurd? brilliant?) prediction for the coming 30 years.
https://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_a_30_year_history_of_the_future

Nancy Kanwisher: A neural portrait of the human mind

Brain imaging pioneer Nancy Kanwisher, who uses fMRI scans to see activity in brain regions (often her own), shares what she and her colleagues have learned: The brain is made up of both highly specialized components and general-purpose "machinery." Another surprise: There's so much left to learn.
https://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_kanwisher_a_neural_portrait_of_the_human_mind

Diana Adams: Why US laws must expand beyond the nuclear family

The nuclear family model may no longer be the norm in the US, but it's still the basis for social and economic benefits like health care, tax breaks and citizenship. Lawyer and LBGTQIA advocate Diana Adams believes that all families, regardless of biological relationship or legal marriage, are deserving of equal legal rights and recognition. The...
https://www.ted.com/talks/diana_adams_why_us_laws_must_expand_beyond_the_nuclear_family

Yannick Roudaut: How today's truths shape tomorrow's possibilities

For centuries, we believed the Earth was flat, that the sun rotated around the Earth. These were absolute truths, until ... they weren't. Which of our accepted truths will fall apart in the years ahead? Financier-turned-philosopher Yannick Roudaut believes we're on the cusp of another historical reckoning -- and another renaissance.
https://www.ted.com/talks/yannick_roudaut_how_today_s_truths_shape_tomorrow_s_possibilities

Cesar Harada: A novel idea for cleaning up oil spills

When TED Senior Fellow Cesar Harada heard about the devastating effects of the BP Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, he quit his dream job and moved to New Orleans to develop a more efficient way to soak up the oil. He designed a highly maneuverable, flexible boat capable of cleaning large tracts quickly. But rather than turn a profit, he ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/cesar_harada_a_novel_idea_for_cleaning_up_oil_spills

Mariana Mazzucato: Government -- investor, risk-taker, innovator

Why doesn't the government just get out of the way and let the private sector -- the "real revolutionaries" -- innovate? It's rhetoric you hear everywhere, and Mariana Mazzucato wants to dispel it. In an energetic talk, she shows how the state -- which many see as a slow, hunkering behemoth -- is really one of our most exciting risk-takers and m...
https://www.ted.com/talks/mariana_mazzucato_government_investor_risk_taker_innovator

Dambisa Moyo: Is China the new idol for emerging economies?

The developed world holds up the ideals of capitalism, democracy and political rights for all. Those in emerging markets often don't have that luxury. In this powerful talk, economist Dambisa Moyo makes the case that the west can't afford to rest on its laurels and imagine others will blindly follow. Instead, a different model, embodied by China...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dambisa_moyo_is_china_the_new_idol_for_emerging_economies

Elizabeth Loftus: How reliable is your memory?

Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus studies memories. More precisely, she studies false memories, when people either remember things that didn't happen or remember them differently from the way they really were. It's more common than you might think, and Loftus shares some startling stories and statistics -- and raises some important ethical questions.
https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_how_reliable_is_your_memory

Anthony Atala: Printing a human kidney

(NOTE: This talk was given in 2011, and this field of science has developed quickly since then. Read "Criticisms & updates" below for more details.) Surgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Using simila...
https://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney

Sian Leah Beilock: Why we choke under pressure -- and how to avoid it

When the pressure is on, why do we sometimes fail to live up to our potential? Cognitive scientist and Barnard College president Sian Leah Beilock reveals what happens in your brain and body when you choke in stressful situations, sharing psychological tools that can help you perform at your best when it matters most.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sian_leah_beilock_why_we_choke_under_pressure_and_how_to_avoid_it

Austin Eubanks: What surviving the Columbine shooting taught me about pain

Less than an hour after scrambling out the back door of the Columbine High School library on April 20, 1999, Austin Eubanks was lying in a hospital bed, medicated on a variety of painkillers. That was the beginning of a decade-long addiction that led to a profound realization about the current opioid epidemic: how we manage pain is both the prob...
https://www.ted.com/talks/austin_eubanks_what_surviving_the_columbine_shooting_taught_me_about_pain

Rebecca Onie: What if our health care system kept us healthy?

Rebecca Onie asks audacious questions: What if waiting rooms were a place to improve daily health care? What if doctors could prescribe food, housing and heat in the winter? At TEDMED she describes Health Leads, an organization that does just that -- and does it by building a volunteer base as elite and dedicated as a college sports team.
https://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_onie_what_if_our_health_care_system_kept_us_healthy

Mike Velings: The case for fish farming

We're headed towards a global food crisis: Nearly 3 billion people depend on the ocean for food, and at our current rate we already take more fish from the ocean than it can naturally replace. In this fact-packed, eye-opening talk, entrepreneur and conservationist Mike Velings proposes a solution: Aquaculture, or fish farming. "We must start usi...
https://www.ted.com/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming

Floyd E. Romesberg: The radical possibilities of man-made DNA

Every cell that's ever lived has been the result of the four-letter genetic alphabet: A, T, C and G -- the basic units of DNA. But now that's changed. In a visionary talk, synthetic biologist Floyd E. Romesberg introduces us to the first living organisms created with six-letter DNA -- the four natural letters plus two new man-made ones, X and Y ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/floyd_e_romesberg_the_radical_possibilities_of_man_made_dna

Adam Garske: How designing brand-new enzymes could change the world

"If DNA is the blueprint of life, enzymes are the laborers that carry out its instructions," says chemical biologist Adam Garske. In this fun talk and demo, he shows how scientists can now edit and design enzymes for specific functions -- to help treat diseases like diabetes, create energy-efficient laundry detergent and even capture greenhouse ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_garske_how_designing_brand_new_enzymes_could_change_the_world

Murray Gell-Mann: Beauty, truth and ... physics?

Armed with a sense of humor and laypeople's terms, Nobel winner Murray Gell-Mann drops some knowledge on TEDsters about particle physics, asking questions like, Are elegant equations more likely to be right than inelegant ones?
https://www.ted.com/talks/murray_gell_mann_beauty_truth_and_physics

Roger Stein: A bold new way to fund drug research

Believe it or not, about 20 years' worth of potentially life-saving drugs are sitting in labs right now, untested. Why? Because they can't get the funding to go to trials; the financial risk is too high. Roger Stein is a finance guy, and he thinks deeply about mitigating risk. He and some colleagues at MIT came up with a promising new financial ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/roger_stein_a_bold_new_way_to_fund_drug_research

Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?

As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication -- and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of connection we want to have.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_connected_but_alone

Jennifer Doudna: How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA

Geneticist Jennifer Doudna co-invented a groundbreaking new technology for editing genes, called CRISPR-Cas9. The tool allows scientists to make precise edits to DNA strands, which could lead to treatments for genetic diseases ... but could also be used to create so-called "designer babies." Doudna reviews how CRISPR-Cas9 works -- and asks the s...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_doudna_how_crispr_lets_us_edit_our_dna

Rick Doblin: The future of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy

Could psychedelics help us heal from trauma and mental illnesses? Researcher Rick Doblin has spent the past three decades investigating this question, and the results are promising. In this fascinating dive into the science of psychedelics, he explains how drugs like LSD, psilocybin and MDMA affect your brain -- and shows how, when paired with p...
https://www.ted.com/talks/rick_doblin_the_future_of_psychedelic_assisted_psychotherapy

Joel Selanikio: The big-data revolution in health care

Collecting global health data is an imperfect science: Workers tramp through villages to knock on doors and ask questions, write the answers on paper forms, then input the data -- and from this messy, gappy information, countries and NGOs need to make huge decisions. Data geek Joel Selanikio talks through the sea change in collecting health data...
https://www.ted.com/talks/joel_selanikio_the_big_data_revolution_in_health_care

Greg Stone: Saving the ocean one island at a time

Aboard Mission Blue, scientist Greg Stone tells the story of how he helped the Republic of Kiribati to create an enormous protected area in the middle of the Pacific -- protecting fish, sealife and perhaps the island nation itself.
https://www.ted.com/talks/greg_stone_saving_the_ocean_one_island_at_a_time

Paddy Ashdown: The global power shift

Paddy Ashdown believes we are living in a moment in history where power is changing in ways it never has before. In a spellbinding talk he outlines the three major global shifts that he sees coming.
https://www.ted.com/talks/paddy_ashdown_the_global_power_shift
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