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Playlist: Making sense of too much data (17 talks)

It's the age of Big Data. But what, exactly, do we do with all this information? These talks explore practical, ethical -- and spectacularly visual -- ways to understand near-infinite data.
Curated by TED · 17 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/making_sense_of_too_much_data

Playlist: Talks to watch when the Internet is making you mad (6 talks)

Ever feel like the Internet is flooded with hatred and drivel? These speakers can empathize and give you a glimmer of hope.
Curated by TED · 6 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_to_watch_when_the_intern

Playlist: The art (and science) of craftsmanship (15 talks)

What feels so good about getting your hands dirty and making something? The following talks speak to the art of craft.
Curated by TED · 15 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/craftsmanship

Playlist: Talks to watch when you have a big decision to make (5 talks)

For when you need to stop biting your nails and just pick a direction.
Curated by TED · 5 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_to_watch_when_you_have_a

Playlist: Personal tales from the edge of life (14 talks)

Beautiful, intimate and ultimately uplifting stories of challenge -- from making a new home in a strange country, to rebuilding life after unthinkable tragedy.
Curated by TED · 14 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/personal_tales_from_the_edge_o

Playlist: Peter Gabriel: 11 surprising talks (11 talks)

We asked Peter Gabriel what TEDTalks he thinks will still be making waves in 25 years, like his classic 1986 album, "So." Here are his picks, from printing a human kidney to the learning revolution.
Curated by Peter Gabriel · 11 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/peter_gabriel_11_surprising_t

Ruth Chang | TED Speaker

Ruth Chang asks why some choices are so hard — and what that means for the human condition.
Philosopher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ruth_chang

Playlist: The Remix (9 talks)

DJs make remixes, cross-pollinating old sounds with new. But all of us engage in this conversation between the past and present, making ideas resonate over and over again.
Curated by TED · 9 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/the_remix

Aris Venetikidis: Making sense of maps

Aris Venetikidis is fascinated by the maps we draw in our minds as we move around a city -- less like street maps, more like schematics or wiring diagrams, abstract images of relationships between places. How can we learn from these mental maps to make better real ones? As a test case, he remakes the notorious Dublin bus map.
https://www.ted.com/talks/aris_venetikidis_making_sense_of_maps

Lee Cronin: Making matter come alive

Before life existed on Earth, there was just matter, inorganic dead "stuff." How improbable is it that life arose? And -- could it use a different type of chemistry? Using an elegant definition of life (anything that can evolve), chemist Lee Cronin is exploring this question by attempting to create a fully inorganic cell using a "Lego kit" of in...
https://www.ted.com/talks/lee_cronin_making_matter_come_alive

Auret van Heerden: Making global labor fair

FLA head Auret van Heerden talks about the next frontier of workers' rights -- globalized industries where no single national body can keep workers safe and protected. How can we keep our global supply chains honest? Van Heerden makes the business case for fair labor.
https://www.ted.com/talks/auret_van_heerden_making_global_labor_fair

Tricia Wang | TED Speaker

With astronaut eyes and ethnographer curiosity, Tricia Wang helps corporations grow by discovering the unknown about their customers.
Technology ethnographer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tricia_wang

Emily Balcetis | TED Speaker

Social psychologist Emily Balcetis explores perception, motivation, goal-setting and decision-making from conscious and nonconscious levels.
Psychologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/emily_balcetis

Evan Grant: Making sound visible through cymatics

Evan Grant demonstrates the science and art of cymatics, a process for making soundwaves visible. Useful for analyzing complex sounds (like dolphin calls), it also makes complex and beautiful designs.
https://www.ted.com/talks/evan_grant_making_sound_visible_through_cymatics

Brian Greene: Making sense of string theory

Physicist Brian Greene explains superstring theory, the idea that minscule strands of energy vibrating in 11 dimensions create every particle and force in the universe.
https://www.ted.com/talks/brian_greene_making_sense_of_string_theory

Dong Woo Jang: The art of bow-making

Dong Woo Jang has an unusual after school hobby. Jang, who was 15 when he gave the talk, tells the story of how living in the concrete jungle of Seoul inspired him to build the perfect bow. Watch him demo one of his beautiful hand-crafted archer's bows.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dong_woo_jang_the_art_of_bow_making

May El-Khalil: Making peace is a marathon

In Lebanon there is one gunshot a year that isn’t part of a scene of routine violence: The opening sound of the Beirut International Marathon. In a moving talk, marathon founder May El-Khalil explains why she believed a 26.2-mile running event could bring together a country divided for decades by politics and religion, even if for one day a year.
https://www.ted.com/talks/may_el_khalil_making_peace_is_a_marathon

Alison Quirk: Making a difference in the world

Alison Quirk tells the personal story of taking in a teenager from Nigeria who was recruited to play basketball at her daughter's high school. Through midnight phone calls, hospital visits, and important milestones, Alison explores the wonderful messiness of families – and how to leave a mark on the world.
https://www.ted.com/talks/alison_quirk_making_a_difference_in_the_world

Stefan Sagmeister: 7 rules for making more happiness

Using simple, delightful illustrations, designer Stefan Sagmeister shares his latest thinking on happiness -- both the conscious and unconscious kind. His seven rules for life and design happiness can (with some customizations) apply to everyone seeking more joy.
https://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_7_rules_for_making_more_happiness

Dennis Hong: Making a car for blind drivers

Using robotics, laser rangefinders, GPS and smart feedback tools, Dennis Hong is building a car for drivers who are blind. It's not a "self-driving" car, he's careful to note, but a car in which a non-sighted driver can determine speed, proximity and route -- and drive independently.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dennis_hong_making_a_car_for_blind_drivers

Natalie Warne: Being young and making an impact

At 18, Natalie Warne's work with the Invisible Children movement made her a hero for young activists. She uses her inspiring story to remind us that no one is too young to change the world.
https://www.ted.com/talks/natalie_warne_being_young_and_making_an_impact

Kristina Gjerde: Making law on the high seas

Kristina Gjerde studies the law of the high seas -- the 64 percent of our ocean that isn't protected by any national law at all. Gorgeous photos show the hidden worlds that Gjerde and other lawyers are working to protect from trawling and trash-dumping, through smart policymaking and a healthy dose of PR.
https://www.ted.com/talks/kristina_gjerde_making_law_on_the_high_seas

Aaron O'Connell: Making sense of a visible quantum object

Physicists are used to the idea that subatomic particles behave according to the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, completely different to human-scale objects. In a breakthrough experiment, Aaron O'Connell has blurred that distinction by creating an object that is visible to the unaided eye, but provably in two places at the same time. In this...
https://www.ted.com/talks/aaron_o_connell_making_sense_of_a_visible_quantum_object

Playlist: The power of asking (4 talks)

These talks reveal that some things are more within your grasp than you may think, especially if you ask.
Curated by TED · 4 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/the_power_of_asking

Playlist: Work happier (11 talks)

How to be happier at work? Start by focusing on happiness -- not, surprisingly, on work. We learned this fun fact from Shawn Achor's TED Talk. So we asked Achor to choose some more talks he loves, about making work and life a happier place.
Curated by Shawn Achor · 11 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/shawn_achor_work_happier

Lalitesh Katragadda: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies

As of 2005, only 15 percent of the world was mapped. This slows the delivery of aid after a disaster -- and hides the economic potential of unused lands and unknown roads. In this short talk, Google's Lalitesh Katragadda demos Map Maker, a group map-making tool that people around the globe are using to map their world.
https://www.ted.com/talks/lalitesh_katragadda_making_maps_to_fight_disaster_build_economies

Phil Plait: The secret to scientific discoveries? Making mistakes

Phil Plait was on a Hubble Space Telescope team of astronomers who thought they may have captured the first direct photo of an exoplanet ever taken. But did the evidence actually support that? Follow along as Plait shows how science progresses -- through a robust amount of making and correcting errors. "The price of doing science is admitting wh...
https://www.ted.com/talks/phil_plait_the_secret_to_scientific_discoveries_making_mistakes

Charlene Li: Efficient leadership in the digital era

In business today, the need for innovation and rapid decision-making trumps yesterday's drive for efficiency. How does this influence what it means to be an effective leader? Charlene Li explains that it's less about control and more about empowerment: enabling employees to acquire the information they need, so they can make their own decisions.
https://www.ted.com/talks/charlene_li_efficient_leadership_in_the_digital_era

Ruth Chang: How to make hard choices

Here's a talk that could literally change your life. Which career should I pursue? Should I break up -- or get married?! Where should I live? Big decisions like these can be agonizingly difficult. But that's because we think about them the wrong way, says philosopher Ruth Chang. She offers a powerful new framework for shaping who we truly are.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ruth_chang_how_to_make_hard_choices

Liv Boeree: 3 lessons on decision-making from a poker champion

Is it better to be lucky or good? Should we trust our gut feelings or rely on probabilities and careful analysis when making important decisions? In this quick talk, professional poker player Liv Boeree shares three strategies she's learned from the game and how we can apply them to real life.
https://www.ted.com/talks/liv_boeree_3_lessons_on_decision_making_from_a_poker_champion
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