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Future

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

Video playlists about Future

What does the future look like?

13 talks • 3h 9m

Visions of the future of everything from cars to the Internet to the human species.

The Remix

9 talks • 1h 52m

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.

Graduation…now what?

5 talks • 1h 3m

Great life advice for the moment after you throw your mortarboard in the air.

Talks that prove you already live in the future

10 talks • 1h 50m

That crazy, sci-fi future we all imagine? It’s here.

See all 17 playlists on Future

Talks about Future

Nir Eyal

The case to infect volunteers with COVID-19 to accelerate vaccine testing

Posted Jun 2020

Veronica Barassi

What tech companies know about your kids

Posted Jun 2020

Nitish Padmanaban

Autofocusing reading glasses of the future

Posted May 2020

Uri Alon

A COVID-19 "exit" strategy to end lockdown and reopen the economy

Posted May 2020

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

How we can navigate the coronavirus pandemic with courage and hope

Posted Mar 2020

Charlie Jane Anders

Go ahead, dream about the future

Posted Mar 2020

Lucy Farey-Jones

A fascinating time capsule of human feelings toward AI

Posted Mar 2020

David Wallace-Wells

How we could change the planet's climate future

Posted Mar 2020

Eva Galperin

What you need to know about stalkerware

Posted Feb 2020

Jennifer Zhu Scott

Why you should get paid for your data

Posted Feb 2020

Paul McEuen and Marc Miskin

Tiny robots with giant potential

Posted Feb 2020

Ellen Agler

Parasitic worms hold back human progress. Here's how we can end them

Posted Jan 2020

Jessica Ochoa Hendrix

How virtual reality turns students into scientists

Posted Jan 2020

Stuart Oda

Are indoor vertical farms the future of agriculture?

Posted Jan 2020

Adam Garske

How designing brand-new enzymes could change the world

Posted Jan 2020

Ipsita Dasgupta

To challenge the status quo, find a "co-conspirator"

Posted Jan 2020

See all 327 talks on Future

Exclusive articles about Future

Why are we so bad at predicting what will happen to us in the future?

We all think the way things are now is the way things will continue to be. If you’re flying high, that’s not so bad, but if you’re falling, flailing or treading water, then this...

How a simple if/then ritual can help you overcome obstacles and achieve your goals

We all have important things we want to accomplish, but there are so many distractions and stumbling blocks that may get in our way. Here, writer Bina Venkataraman shares a star...

Why you should think about being a good ancestor — and 3 ways to start doing it

Yes, we know it takes plenty of time and energy to be a good person in the here and now. But due to the major threats facing our society and planet, we need to consider our impa...

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