TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.
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Communications technology innovator, Harold Haas, is the pioneer behind a new technology that can communicate as well as illuminate. In this groundbreaking TED talk, Haas dares to answer the question: What if we could use existing technologies to provide Internet access to billions of people living in places where the infrastructure currenty does not allow…
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Did you know there’s a parallel Internet you may not have run across or even heard of? Only accessed by a special browser, it is home to a freewheeling collection of websites for everything from anonymous activism to illicit activities. It’s the place to go for those who have something to hide… Hence the “dark…
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Psychologist Barry Schwartz studies the link between economics and psychology, offering startling insights into modern life. In this eye-opening TED talk, he dives deep into the question: What makes work satisfying? Apart from a paycheck of course, Barry Schwartz suggests there are intangible values that our current way of thinking about work simply ignores. Schwartz…
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Known as the originator of the iPod, Tony Fadell shares his advice for pursuing and driving transformational change in this funny, yet enlightening talk. Human beings become complacent and used to the status quo quickly. The key is to see the way things are as an opportunity for design. Or as we like to say,…
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Founder of multiple of startups, and nurturer to many more, Bill Gross was curious why some startups succeeded and others failed. So he gathered data and researched hundreds of organizations, including his own, and ranked each using five key factors. Gross found one key factor that stood out from all the other reasons why startups succeed. His finding surprised us all,…
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Chemist, inventor & CEO of Carbon3D, Joseph DeSimone, has made more than one significant breakthrough contributions to the field of 3D printing. From his perspective, 3D printing is really nothing more than 2D printing over and over. In this groundbreaking TED talk, he unveils a revolutionary new technique that’s inspired by the infamous Terminator 2. This method…
