“Do you know what you want to preserve for the next generation?” asks community leader Ndinini Kimesera Sikar. Drawing on her experience growing up in a family of 38 in a traditional Maasai village in…
Andy Laats had the textbook fairytale family setup … a great job, a happy marriage, three wonderful kids and everything going for them. Until one day, they didn’t anymore. In this tender, wise and unexpectedly…
Andy Laats had the textbook fairytale family setup … a great job, a happy marriage, three wonderful kids and everything going for them. Until one day, they didn’t anymore. In this tender, wise and unexpectedly…
Tech innovator Avni Patel Thompson designed an app to shield busy parents from the chaos of scheduling school pickups, coordinating playdates, planning birthday parties and more — but as the product developed, something felt off….
“Do you know what you want to preserve for the next generation?” asks community leader Ndinini Kimesera Sikar. Drawing on her experience growing up in a family of 38 in a traditional Maasai village in…
AI is transforming the way we work — could it also reshape what makes us human? In this quick and insightful talk, evolutionary anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy explores how the human brain was shaped by…
Who do you turn to when panic strikes in the middle of the night — and can AI help? Psychologist Alison Darcy shares the vision behind Woebot, a mental health chatbot designed to support people…
With just a few lines, cartoons can say so much with so little. In a moving talk, cartoonist Navied Mahdavian shares his process for distilling huge concepts into drawings on the page — and shows…
The energy grid of the future demands a massive amount of materials: billions of solar panels, millions of wind turbines and more. Climate strategist Marielle Remillard reveals why there may be critical shortages ahead —…
Rich Benjamin is a cultural critic, anthropologist and author of the new memoir “Talk to Me: Lessons from a Family Forged by History.” In this interview with “TED Talks Daily” podcast host Elise Hu, Benjamin…
