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

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Talks about Play

07:19
Matthew A. Wilson

The health benefits of clowning around

7 minutes 19 seconds
15:39
Valorie Kondos Field

Why winning doesn't always equal success

15 minutes 39 seconds
08:10
Ghada Wali

How I'm using LEGO to teach Arabic

8 minutes 10 seconds
11:48
Simone Giertz

Why you should make useless things

11 minutes 48 seconds
10:31
Sarah Murray

A playful solution to the housing crisis

10 minutes 31 seconds
18:34
Shonda Rhimes

My year of saying yes to everything

18 minutes 34 seconds
06:42
Erin McKean

Go ahead, make up new words!

6 minutes 42 seconds
19:13
Jane McGonigal

The game that can give you 10 extra years of life

19 minutes 13 seconds
19:46
Jane McGonigal

Gaming can make a better world

19 minutes 46 seconds

Exclusive articles about Play

We all know people who seem to attract fun — here’s how you can do it too

It's all about developing what journalist Catherine Price calls a "fun mindset." Here, she shares four ways that you can create -- or appreciate -- moments of fun in your life.
Posted Jul 2022

Here’s an idea: Play your way to recovery

As anyone who’s ever recovered from an injury knows, physical therapy can be painful, boring and slow. Romanian entrepreneur and TED Fellow Cosmin Mihaiu is out to change that with MIRA, software that disguises physical therapy exercises as fun-to-play videogames. Here’s how it works.
Posted Aug 2015
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