Population

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

Video playlists about Population

Making sense of too much data

14 talks • 3h 20m
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.

Talks about Population

11:07

Julio Gil

Future tech will give you the benefits of city life anywhere

Posted Sep 2017
18:37

David Autor

Will automation take away all our jobs?

Posted Dec 2016
14:07

Danny Dorling

Maps that show us who we are (not just where we are)

Posted Nov 2016
14:51

Christiana Figueres

The inside story of the Paris climate agreement

Posted Apr 2016
17:14

Stephen Petranek

Your kids might live on Mars. Here's how they'll survive

Posted Apr 2016
13:37

David Sedlak

4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought

Posted Jan 2016
10:02

Hannah Fry

Is life really that complex?

Posted Aug 2012
16:48

Juan Enriquez

Will our kids be a different species?

Posted Jun 2012
13:20

Hans Rosling

Religions and babies

Posted May 2012
11:38

Laura Carstensen

Older people are happier

Posted Apr 2012
25:27

Melinda Gates

Let's put birth control back on the agenda

Posted Apr 2012
9:02

Daniel Pauly

The ocean's shifting baseline

Posted Feb 2012
13:50

Mechai Viravaidya

How Mr. Condom made Thailand a better place for life and love

Posted Sep 2010

Exclusive articles about Population

Why cities rule the world

Cities are the the 21st century’s dominant form of civilization — and they’re where humanity’s struggle for survival will take place. Robert Muggah and Benjamin Barber spell out...