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Playlist: What's the future of food? (5 talks)

Scientists and entrepreneurs have been cooking up innovative ways to put food on our tables. What are they serving up next?
Curated by TED · 5 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/what_s_the_future_of_food

Playlist: Our future in cities (21 talks)

Humanity's future is the future of cities. Explore the crowded favelas, greened-up blocks and futuristic districts that could shape the future of cities -- and take a profane, hilarious side trip to the suburbs.
Curated by TED · 21 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/our_future_in_cities

Playlist: What does the future look like? (13 talks)

Visions of the future of everything from cars to the Internet to the human species.
Curated by TED · 13 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/what_does_the_future_look_like

Playlist: The history of the future (6 talks)

A look back on how we looked forward over the decades.
Curated by TED · 6 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/the_history_of_the_future

Playlist: What direction is the future headed? (6 talks)

Explore what may be in store for our collective future and how we can plan for the unpredictable, together.
Curated by TED · 6 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/what_direction_is_the_future_headed

Playlist: Pets of the future (4 talks)

Imagine a future home filled with robots in the likeness of dogs, cats and even dinosaurs ...
Curated by TED · 4 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/pets_of_the_future

Playlist: Talks that prove you already live in the future (10 talks)

That crazy, sci-fi future we all imagine? It’s here.
Curated by TED · 10 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_that_prove_you_already_l

Playlist: Letters to our sons (6 talks)

To you, our present and future sons ...
Curated by TED · 6 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/letters_to_our_sons

Playlist: The future of medicine (12 talks)

Take this tour of medicine's future with some of the trailblazing doctors charting its course. Once you've seen a transplantable human kidney created from a 3D printer, almost anything is imaginable ...
Curated by TED · 12 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/the_future_of_medicine

Playlist: The future of surgery (7 talks)

Exciting innovations and advancements that demonstrate how going under the knife is becoming a safer, clearer and more efficient process for all.
Curated by TED · 7 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/the_future_of_surgery

Playlist: Letters to our daughters (8 talks)

Dear current and future daughters ...
Curated by TED · 8 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/letters_to_our_daughters

Playlist: Alternate timelines of the future (7 talks)

What could be, may be with these talks exploring the implications of tech we're developing now.
Curated by TED · 7 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/alternate_timelines_of_the_future

Playlist: Future-forward thoughts on tech (8 talks)

How will tech change our everyday life? Some fascinating ideas with far-reaching implications that could possibly change our world for the better.
Curated by TED · 8 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/future_forward_thoughts_on_tech

Playlist: Reclaim the past, save the future (8 talks)

How do we look forward without knowing where we come from? These talks emphasize the importance of historical truths, nuanced observations and preserving cultural heritage.
Curated by TED · 8 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/reclaim_the_past_save_the_future

Vittorio Loreto: Need a new idea? Start at the edge of what is known

"Where do great ideas come from?" Starting with this question in mind, Vittorio Loreto takes us on a journey to explore a possible mathematical scheme that explains the birth of the new. Learn more about the "adjacent possible" -- the crossroads of what's actual and what's possible -- and how studying the math that drives it could explain how we...
https://www.ted.com/talks/vittorio_loreto_need_a_new_idea_start_at_the_edge_of_what_is_known

Playlist: How we can feed the future (7 talks)

These action-oriented, forward-thinking talks offer a vision of the world where everyone has access to safe, healthy, and nutritious food — especially those who need it most. (Sponsored by Wells Fargo.)
Curated by TED · 7 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/how_we_can_feed_the_future

Chris Gerdes | TED Speaker

An autonomous car may seem like a thing of the distant future, but mechanical engineer Chris Gerdes is racing to make it a reality today.
Mechanical engineer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/chris_gerdes

Kenneth Cukier | TED Speaker

Kenneth Cukier is the Data Editor of The Economist. From 2007 to 2012 he was the Tokyo correspondent, and before that, the paper’s technology correspondent in London, where his work focused on innovation, intellectual property and Internet governance. Kenneth is also the co-author of Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger in 2013, which was a New York Times Bestseller and translated into 16 languages.
Data Editor of The Economist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kenneth_cukier

Playlist: Emerging markets (11 talks)

A breadth of talks that explore and highlight the future of emerging markets across the globe.
Curated by TED · 11 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/emerging_markets

Jack Sinclair: Feeding the future

By 2050, global food production must double to keep up with population growth. How does the man "who buys the most food in America" think this can be accomplished? Jack Sinclair, Executive Vice President of the Walmart US Grocery division, shares a few ideas on what we can do to produce more, sustainability. (One of them: re-use the apples in Am...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jack_sinclair_feeding_the_future

Playlist: How can we fix the learning crisis? (5 talks)

Better education for generations to come means a brighter future for us all. These TED speakers have some great ideas for how we can solve our current education crisis.
Curated by TED · 5 talks
http://www.ted.com/playlists/how_can_we_fix_the_learning_crisis

Angela Oguntala: Re-imagine the future

From flying cars to lab-grown food, we love thinking about what delights the future will bring. But futurist Angela Oguntala suggests that, in fact, these pop-culture benchmarks create a blinkered vision of the future. In her talk, Oguntala urges us to reach further and push for true innovation.
https://www.ted.com/talks/angela_oguntala_re_imagine_the_future

Sunil Prashara: How complex global organizations are adapting to our new reality

We're experiencing an unprecedented time of transformation, and organizations must now reinvent themselves to survive. Sunil Prashara of the Project Management Institute sits down with TED curator Sally Kohn to discuss which global organizations are doing it best -- and how. (Recorded May 27, 2020)
https://www.ted.com/talks/sunil_prashara_how_complex_global_organizations_are_adapting_to_our_new_reality

Dario Gil: The future of expertise

Confirmation bias, loss aversion, the halo effect – inherently, humans face obstacles when making rational decisions. In the future, could purely logical cognitive computers help erase these blind spots? Dario Gil explores what the future of cognitive computers looks like and considers the uneasy question: could technology ever replace humans?
https://www.ted.com/talks/dario_gil_the_future_of_expertise

Kostas Karpouzis: Can machines read your emotions?

Computers can beat us in board games, transcribe speech, and instantly identify almost any object. But will future robots go further by learning to figure out what we're feeling? Kostas Karpouzis imagines a future where machines and the people who run them can accurately read our emotional states — and explains how that could allow them to assis...
https://www.ted.com/talks/kostas_karpouzis_can_machines_read_your_emotions

Rich Lesser: How businesses can plan for the road to recovery

How should companies navigate a world of rapid change? Rich Lesser, CEO of Boston Consulting Group, and head of TED Chris Anderson discuss a three-phased approach: flatten, fight, future. In the wake of so much uncertainty, Lesser shares how he's advising business leaders to plan around these phases -- to keep employees safe while continuing to ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/rich_lesser_how_businesses_can_plan_for_the_road_to_recovery

Charlie Jane Anders: Go ahead, dream about the future

"You don't predict the future -- you imagine the future," says sci-fi writer Charlie Jane Anders. In a talk that's part dream, part research-based extrapolation, she takes us on a wild, speculative tour of the delights and challenges the future may hold -- and shows how dreaming up weird, futuristic possibilities empowers us to construct a bette...
https://www.ted.com/talks/charlie_jane_anders_go_ahead_dream_about_the_future

Cynthia Breazeal | TED Speaker

At MIT, Cynthia Breazeal and her team are building robots with social intelligence that communicate and learn the same way people do.
Roboticist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/cynthia_breazeal

Peter Diamandis: Abundance is our future

Onstage at TED2012, Peter Diamandis makes a case for optimism -- that we'll invent, innovate and create ways to solve the challenges that loom over us. "I’m not saying we don’t have our set of problems; we surely do. But ultimately, we knock them down.”
https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_diamandis_abundance_is_our_future

Nandan Nilekani: Ideas for India's future

Nandan Nilekani, the visionary co-founder of outsourcing pioneer Infosys, explains four brands of ideas that will determine whether India can continue its recent breakneck progress.
https://www.ted.com/talks/nandan_nilekani_ideas_for_india_s_future
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