Humanity

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

Video playlists about Humanity

How we make choices

8 talks • 2h 31m
Talks on why some choices are so tough, and how we can make better ones. Some even ask: are we really in control of our choices at all?

Might you live a great deal longer?

4 talks • 1h 10m
We're obsessed with age: Quests for youth, immortality and prolonged life are, indeed, ageless. Explore the science of longer lives ...

Personal tales from the edge of life

14 talks • 3h 53m
Beautiful, intimate and ultimately uplifting stories of challenge -- from making a new home in a strange country, to rebuilding life after unthinkable tragedy.

Our brains: predictably irrational

12 talks • 3h 19m
The 3 pounds of jelly in our skulls allow us to reflect on our own consciousness -- and to make counterintuitive, irrational decisions. These talks explore why.
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Talks about Humanity

4:36 Under 6 minutes

Camille A. Brown

A visual history of social dance in 25 moves

Posted Sep 2016
12:21

Abigail Marsh

Why some people are more altruistic than others

Posted Sep 2016
15:38

Michael Murphy

Architecture that's built to heal

Posted Sep 2016
15:32

Courtney Martin

The new American Dream

Posted Sep 2016
11:52

Kio Stark

Why you should talk to strangers

Posted Aug 2016
11:22

Vanessa Ruiz

The spellbinding art of human anatomy

Posted Aug 2016
11:36

Laura Boushnak

The deadly legacy of cluster bombs

Posted Aug 2016
13:32

Timothy Ihrig

What we can do to die well

Posted Aug 2016
16:37

Anand Giridharadas

A letter to all who have lost in this era

Posted Aug 2016
6:59

Sarah Parcak

Hunting for Peru's lost civilizations — with satellites

Posted Aug 2016
15:52

Monica Araya

A small country with big ideas to get rid of fossil fuels

Posted Aug 2016
12:21

Molly Winter

The taboo secret to better health

Posted Aug 2016
13:15

Ed Boyden

A new way to study the brain's invisible secrets

Posted Jul 2016
17:22

Alexander Betts

Why Brexit happened — and what to do next

Posted Jul 2016
15:15

Brian Little

Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality

Posted Jun 2016
10:37

Gill Hicks

I survived a terrorist attack. Here's what I learned

Posted Jun 2016
See all 88 talks on Humanity

Exclusive articles about Humanity

Why humans run the world

History professor Yuval Noah Harari — author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Mankind — explains why humans have dominated Earth. The reason is not what you might expect. 70,000 y...
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