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David York: A new way to think about inheritance

Is inherited wealth a powerful tool or a destructive influence? David York thinks it can be both, depending on how you define and use it. In this thought-provoking talk, he argues that we need to stop envisioning intergenerational wealth transfers in purely financial terms and start thinking about them as opportunities to share values and connec...
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_york_a_new_way_to_think_about_inheritance

Nora York: Singing "What I Want"

Nora York gives a stunning performance of her song "What I Want," with Jamie Lawrence (keyboards), Steve Tarshis (guitar) and Arthur Kell (bass).
https://www.ted.com/talks/nora_york_singing_what_i_want

Ben Katchor: Comics of bygone New York

In this captivating talk from the TED archive, cartoonist Ben Katchor reads from his comic strips. These perceptive, surreal stories find the profound hopes and foibles of history (and modern New York) preserved in objects like light switches and signs.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_katchor_comics_of_bygone_new_york

Eric Sanderson: New York -- before the City

400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta's fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife -- accurate down to the block -- when Times Square was a wetland and you couldn't get delivery.
https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_sanderson_new_york_before_the_city

Nora York | TED Speaker

"Philosopher diva" Nora York is an adventurous singer-songwriter with a drive to explore the human condition.
Singer, performance artist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/nora_york

Robin Nagle: What I discovered in New York City trash

New York City residents produce 11,000 tons of garbage every day. Every day! This astonishing statistic is just one of the reasons Robin Nagle started a research project with the city's Department of Sanitation. She walked the routes, operated mechanical brooms, even drove a garbage truck herself--all so she could answer a simple-sounding but co...
https://www.ted.com/talks/robin_nagle_what_i_discovered_in_new_york_city_trash

Mary Bassett: Why your doctor should care about social justice

In Zimbabwe in the 1980s, Mary Bassett witnessed the AIDS epidemic firsthand, and she helped set up a clinic to treat and educate local people about the deadly virus. But looking back, she regrets not sounding the alarm for the real problem: the structural inequities embedded in the world's political and economic organizations, inequities that m...
https://www.ted.com/talks/mary_bassett_why_your_doctor_should_care_about_social_justice

Playlist: Isaac Mizrahi: Talks that are in fashion (6 talks)

Designer Isaac Mizrahi dashed off these stylish, breezy notes on why these 6 TEDTalks are a source of inspiration for him.
Curated by Isaac Mizrahi · 6 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/isaac_mizrahi_talks_that_are

Alyssa Loorya: What I learned from digging under New York City's streets

When most people think of archaeology, they picture ancient civilizations and long-lost cities. In this short but fascinating talk, urban archaeologist Alyssa Loorya discusses her findings unearthed from the tunnels of New York City. She shares what they reveal about the city's original economic and racial makeup — and the importance of incorpor...
https://www.ted.com/talks/alyssa_loorya_what_i_learned_from_digging_under_new_york_city_s_streets

Playlist: For the love of comics and cartoons (8 talks)

Enjoy these talks on two-dimensional art that can give joy, color and surprising honesty to our three-dimensional lives.
Curated by TED · 8 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/for_the_love_of_comics_and_car

Dan Barasch | TED Speaker

Dan Barasch’s grandmother grew up in New York’s Lower East Side. Now, he’s building an underground park in her old neighborhood, where greenspace is limited.
Strategist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/daniel_barasch

Ben Wellington | TED Speaker

Ben Wellington blends his love of statistics, the city, and comedy in his entertaining analysis of the story of New York City, told through data.
Data scientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ben_wellington

Dan Barasch: A park underneath the hustle and bustle of New York City

Dan Barasch and James Ramsey have a crazy plan — to create a park, filled with greenery, underneath New York City. The two are developing the Lowline, an underground greenspace the size of a football field. They're building it in a trolley terminal abandoned in 1948, using technology that harvests sunlight above-ground and directs it down below....
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_barasch_a_park_underneath_the_hustle_and_bustle_of_new_york_city

Ed Gavagan | TED Speaker

Ed Gavagan was walking down the street in downtown Manhattan when he was the victim of a gang assignment to kill a random stranger. He lives to tell the amazing story.
Designer, Storyteller
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ed_gavagan

Amanda Burden: How public spaces make cities work

More than 8 million people are crowded together to live in New York City. What makes it possible? In part, it’s the city’s great public spaces — from tiny pocket parks to long waterfront promenades — where people can stroll and play. Amanda Burden helped plan some of the city’s newest public spaces, drawing on her experience as, surprisingly, an...
https://www.ted.com/talks/amanda_burden_how_public_spaces_make_cities_work

Ben Katchor | TED Speaker

The first MacArthur-winning cartoonist, Ben Katchor has collected both cult and mainstream hat tips for his wry, poetic creations that find uncanny humor (and color) in the commonplace deeds of a bygone New York City.
Cartoonist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ben_katchor

Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off

Every seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh their creative outlook. He explains the often overlooked value of time off and shows the innovative projects inspired by his time in Bali.
https://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_the_power_of_time_off

Emily King: "Distance" / "Sides"

From her home in New York City, pop-soul singer Emily King fingerpicks two gorgeous original songs, "Distance" and "Sides."
https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_king_distance_sides

Playlist: An ode to unsung heroes (7 talks)

These talks honor the selfless and overall wonderful human beings who help us every day.
Curated by TED · 7 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/an_ode_to_unsung_heroes

Ben Wellington: How we found the worst place to park in New York City -- using big data

City agencies have access to a wealth of data and statistics reflecting every part of urban life. But as data analyst Ben Wellington suggests in this entertaining talk, sometimes they just don't know what to do with it. He shows how a combination of unexpected questions and smart data crunching can produce strangely useful insights, and shares t...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_wellington_how_we_found_the_worst_place_to_park_in_new_york_city_using_big_data

Alex Gendler: Epic Engineering: Building the Brooklyn Bridge

In the mid-19th century, suspension bridges were collapsing all across Europe. Their industrial cables frayed and snapped under the weight of their decks. So when German American engineer John Roebling proposed building the largest and most expensive suspension bridge ever conceived, New York City officials were understandably skeptical. Alex Ge...
https://www.ted.com/talks/alex_gendler_epic_engineering_building_the_brooklyn_bridge

David Pogue: The music wars

New York Times tech columnist David Pogue performs a satirical mini-medley about iTunes and the downloading wars, borrowing a few notes from Sonny and Cher and the Village People.
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_pogue_the_music_wars

Dropbox: How one team turned a sprint project into a marathon success

TED Resident Keith Kirkland and his team at WearWorks use haptic technology to develop products and experiences that communicate information through touch. In 2017, they were faced with a seemingly impossible challenge: quickly develop a device for a blind ultra-marathon runner to compete -- unaided and unassisted -- in the New York City Maratho...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dropbox_how_one_team_turned_a_sprint_project_into_a_marathon_success

Matthew O'Reilly: “Am I dying?” The honest answer.

Matthew O’Reilly is a veteran emergency medical technician on Long Island, New York. In this talk, O’Reilly describes what happens next when a gravely hurt patient asks him: “Am I going to die?”
https://www.ted.com/talks/matthew_o_reilly_am_i_dying_the_honest_answer

Nadia Lopez: Why open a school? To close a prison

Our kids are our future, and it's crucial they believe it themselves. That's why Nadia Lopez opened an academic oasis in Brownsville, Brooklyn, one of the most underserved and violent neighborhoods in New York -- because she believes in every child's brilliance and capabilities. In this short, energizing talk, the founding principal of Mott Hall...
https://www.ted.com/talks/nadia_lopez_why_open_a_school_to_close_a_prison

Olafur Eliasson: Playing with space and light

In the spectacular large-scale projects he's famous for (such as "Waterfalls" in New York harbor), Olafur Eliasson creates art from a palette of space, distance, color and light. This idea-packed talk begins with an experiment in the nature of perception.
https://www.ted.com/talks/olafur_eliasson_playing_with_space_and_light

David Pogue: Simplicity sells

New York Times columnist David Pogue takes aim at technology’s worst interface-design offenders, and provides encouraging examples of products that get it right. To funny things up, he bursts into song.
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_pogue_simplicity_sells

Playlist: Talks for neat freaks (7 talks)

Tidying can be tedious, but these talks understand the benefits and beauty of order (and maybe, a little disorder too).
Curated by TED · 7 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_for_neat_freaks

Iqbal Quadir: How mobile phones can fight poverty

Iqbal Quadir tells how his experiences as a kid in poor Bangladesh, and later as a banker in New York, led him to start a mobile phone operator connecting 80 million rural Bangladeshi -- and to become a champion of bottom-up development.
https://www.ted.com/talks/iqbal_quadir_how_mobile_phones_can_fight_poverty

Ric Elias: 3 things I learned while my plane crashed

Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down? At TED, he tells his story publicly for the first time.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias_3_things_i_learned_while_my_plane_crashed
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