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Larry Brilliant: My wish: Help me stop pandemics

Accepting the 2006 TED Prize, Dr. Larry Brilliant talks about how smallpox was eradicated from the planet, and calls for a new global system that can identify and contain pandemics before they spread.
https://www.ted.com/talks/larry_brilliant_my_wish_help_me_stop_pandemics

Larry Brilliant: The case for optimism

We've known about global warming for 50 years and done little about it, says Google.org director Larry Brilliant. In spite of this and other depressing trends, he's optimistic and tells us why. From Skoll World Forum, Oxford, UK, www.skollfoundation.org
https://www.ted.com/talks/larry_brilliant_the_case_for_optimism

Larry Brilliant: A global pandemic calls for global solutions

Examining the facts and figures of the coronavirus outbreak, epidemiologist Larry Brilliant evaluates the global response in a candid interview with head of TED Chris Anderson. Brilliant lays out a clear plan to end the pandemic -- and shows why, to achieve it, we'll have to work together across political and geographical divides. "This is not t...
https://www.ted.com/talks/larry_brilliant_a_global_pandemic_calls_for_global_solutions

Playlist: How to nurture brilliant women in STEM (11 talks)

Inspiring talks from women who have pushed the boundaries in their field and are paving the way for the next generation of girls to earn their place in traditionally male-dominated professions. (Curated in partnership with the National Security Agency.)
Curated by TED · 11 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/how_to_nurture_brilliant_women_in_stem

Playlist: Talks by brilliant women in STEM (11 talks)

These women are trailblazers inspiring a new generation of girls to follow their lead and change the ratio in STEM (science, math, engineering and tech).
Curated by TED · 11 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/11_ted_talks_by_brilliant_wome

Playlist: Talks by brilliant kids and teens (14 talks)

Talks from scientists, musicians, innovators, activists -- all under the age of 20. Watch these amazing wunderkinds.
Curated by TED · 14 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/ted_under_20

Playlist: Simple ways to spark your creativity (7 talks)

Easy, straightforward techniques to jumpstart innovative thinking and surface new, brilliant ideas.
Curated by TED · 7 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/simple_ways_to_spark_your_creativity

Playlist: Build Back Better - Health (6 talks)

Curated by TED · 6 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/build_back_better_health

Playlist: Talks by living legends (13 talks)

These brilliant people have shaped their fields -- from inventing the World Wide Web to changing the world of dance. They share their work in their own words.
Curated by TED · 13 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/12_ted_talks_by_living_legends

Kent Larson: Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city

How can we fit more people into cities without overcrowding? Kent Larson shows off folding cars, quick-change apartments and other innovations that could make the city of the future work a lot like a small village of the past.
https://www.ted.com/talks/kent_larson_brilliant_designs_to_fit_more_people_in_every_city

Larry Brilliant | TED Speaker

TED Prize winner Larry Brilliant has spent his career solving the world's biggest problems, from overseeing the last smallpox cases to saving millions from blindness.
Epidemiologist, philanthropist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/larry_brilliant

Manoush Zomorodi: How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas

Do you sometimes have your most creative ideas while folding laundry, washing dishes or doing nothing in particular? It's because when your body goes on autopilot, your brain gets busy forming new neural connections that connect ideas and solve problems. Learn to love being bored as Manoush Zomorodi explains the connection between spacing out an...
https://www.ted.com/talks/manoush_zomorodi_how_boredom_can_lead_to_your_most_brilliant_ideas

Gina Brillon: When people are "suspiciously kind"

Comedian Gina Brillon commands the stage with an uproarious stand-up performance, poking fun at everyday interactions and annoyances. "Have you ever had somebody say something wrong with such confidence that it made you question how you've been saying it your whole life?" she jokes.
https://www.ted.com/talks/gina_brillon_when_people_are_suspiciously_kind

Playlist: Why it's (sometimes) good to be bored (4 talks)

How being bored can lead to new possibilities, better ideas and even an extra shot of creativity.
Curated by TED · 4 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/why_it_s_sometimes_good_to_be_bored

Playlist: Stefan Sagmeister: My all-time favorites (5 talks)

Stefan Sagmeister prefers to watch with company: “I find watching TED Talks the most brilliant alternative to watching TV, especially with someone else while stopping and going and stopping and discussing it all.”
Curated by Stefan Sagmeister · 5 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/stefan_sagmeister_my_all_time

Larry Brilliant helps detect pandemics

I wish that you would help build a global system to detect each new disease or disaster as quickly as it emerges or occurs. The plan Early detection, early response. This is the only way to deal with contagious diseases, says epidemiologist and tech visionary Larry Brilliant. He helped eradicate polio, and directed the World Health Organization’...
https://www.ted.com/participate/ted-prize/prize-winning-wishes/instedd

Kara Logan Berlin: 3 ways to be a more effective fundraiser

How do you raise money to get an idea off the ground, support a community, or help change the world? Take a crash course on the secret art of successful fundraising with development strategist Kara Logan Berlin as she shows how you can learn to ask for the resources you need -- and get them, too.
https://www.ted.com/talks/kara_logan_berlin_3_ways_to_be_a_more_effective_fundraiser

Sirena Huang: An 11-year-old's magical violin

Violinist Sirena Huang gives a technically brilliant and emotionally nuanced performance. In a charming interlude, the 11-year-old praises the timeless design of her instrument.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sirena_huang_an_11_year_old_s_magical_violin

Vusi Mahlasela: "Woza"

After Vusi Mahlasela's 3-song set at TEDGlobal, the audience wouldn't let him go. His encore, "Woza," showcases his brilliant guitar playing and multilingual lyrics.
https://www.ted.com/talks/vusi_mahlasela_woza

Emily Levine: A theory of everything

Philosopher-comedian Emily Levine talks (hilariously) about science, math, society and the way everything connects. She's a brilliant trickster, poking holes in our fixed ideas and bringing hidden truths to light. Settle in and let her ping your brain.
https://www.ted.com/talks/emily_levine_a_theory_of_everything

Gary Lauder: Take Turns

Fifty percent of traffic accidents happen at intersections. Gary Lauder shares a brilliant and cheap idea for helping drivers move along smoothly: a new traffic sign that combines the properties of "Stop" and "Yield."
https://www.ted.com/talks/gary_lauder_take_turns

Dan Phillips: Creative houses from reclaimed stuff

In this funny and inspiring talk, Dan Phillips tours us through a dozen homes he's built in Texas using recycled and reclaimed materials in wildly creative ways. Brilliant, low-tech design details will refresh your own drive to make more with less.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_phillips_creative_houses_from_reclaimed_stuff

Robert Gupta: Music is medicine, music is sanity

Robert Gupta, violinist with the LA Philharmonic, talks about a violin lesson he once gave to a brilliant, schizophrenic musician -- and what he learned. Called back onstage later, Gupta plays his own transcription of the prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1.
https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_gupta_music_is_medicine_music_is_sanity

Tom Wujec: Learn to use the 13th-century astrolabe

Rather than demo another new technology, Tom Wujec reaches back to one of our earliest but most ingenious devices -- the astrolabe. With thousands of uses, from telling time to mapping the night sky, this old tech reminds us that the ancient can be as brilliant as the brand-new.
https://www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_learn_to_use_the_13th_century_astrolabe

Nathan Myhrvold: Could this laser zap malaria?

Nathan Myhrvold and team's latest inventions -- as brilliant as they are bold -- remind us that the world needs wild creativity to tackle big problems like malaria. And just as that idea sinks in, he rolls out a live demo of a new, mosquito-zapping gizmo you have to see to believe.
https://www.ted.com/talks/nathan_myhrvold_could_this_laser_zap_malaria

Michelle Obama: A passionate, personal case for education

Speaking to an audience of students, US First Lady Michelle Obama reminds each one to take their education seriously -- and never take it for granted. This new, brilliant generation, she tells us, is the one that could close the gap between the world as it is and the world as it should be.
https://www.ted.com/talks/michelle_obama_a_passionate_personal_case_for_education

Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself

After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone, but Derek Sivers says it's better to keep goals secret. He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them.
https://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_yourself

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

Playlist: How to protect your passions from burnout (9 talks)

The thrill of chasing your dreams and pursuing creative endeavors can wear on you. When things feel overwhelming, take a deep breath and let these TED Talks reinvigorate your sense of purpose and passion.
Curated by TED · 9 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/how_to_protect_your_passions_from_burnout

Gina Brillon | TED Speaker

A Puerto Rican actress, comedian and writer, Gina Brillon has been a standup comic since she was 17.
Stand-up comedian, actress
https://www.ted.com/speakers/gina_brillon
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