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A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Data.

Video playlists about Data

The most popular TED Originals of 2021

TED Original Series dive deep into fascinating topics -- from the future of work and how to achieve a more secure financial future to the secrets of sleep and how your body really works. Here, the ten most-watched Originals episodes published in 2021.

Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi

In this TED original series, endlessly curious data journalist Mona Chalabi investigates the research behind tricky questions - with the help of creative data visualizations. Do I have enough friends? How accurate is weather reporting? Should it take me this long to get over my ex? And there's a podcast too! To dive deeper into these topics and more, follow Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi wherever you get your podcasts.

Harnessing the future of data

Mind-blowing tech is right around the corner -- and the data to power it is here and now. Get an awe-inspiring look at the future that awaits with visionaries already predicting, embracing and innovating on the potential of tomorrow. (Curated in partnership with NetApp)

Who's watching us?

In the age of smart tech, privacy is a definite concern. Here's the download on who has your information and what they're doing with it.

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Talks about Data

How we could better predict and stop floods

Is it really that bad to marry my cousin?

Jack Dangermond

An ever-evolving map of everything on Earth

Which box do I check?

Gavin McCormick

Tracking the whole world's carbon emissions -- with satellites and AI

Bozoma Saint John

The creative power of your intuition

What we miss when we focus on the average

How long does it take to get over a breakup?

The method that can "prove" almost anything

Cities are driving climate change. Here's how they can fix it

The giant leaps in language technology -- and who's left behind

Jack Dangermond

How a geospatial nervous system could help us design a better future

Sharon Weinberger

Inside the massive (and unregulated) world of surveillance tech

Climate Action Tracker

The state of the climate crisis in 2020

Erin Baumgartner

Big data, small farms and a tale of two tomatoes

Art in the age of machine intelligence

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Exclusive articles about Data

Opinion: Data isn’t the new oil — it’s the new nuclear power

Data is a valuable, powerful commodity -- but unlike oil, it is unlimited in quantity and in its capacity for harm, says technology thinker James Bridle.

Posted Jul 2018

How to draw your own selfie — using your personal data

Designer Giorgia Lupi wants to change the way we think about data. Most of us think of it as rooted in cold facts and numbers, but it’s warm and flawed. Follow her step-by-step instructions to generate a new perspective on the person you know best of all in the world: you.

Posted Sep 2017

Quiz: Can you match the president to the word chart?

Artist R. Luke DuBois explains the vision behind his presidential project -- and puts citizens’ knowledge to the test.

Posted Aug 2017

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