What does inclusive leadership look like? Artist and TED Fellow Constance Hockaday shares how the captain of a trans-Atlantic community raft taught her how to voice her hopes and desires, inspiring a vision of possibility…
Several crises are set to define the next century — but journalist Aaron Bastani believes we have the technological ability to meet our biggest challenges and create unprecedented levels of prosperity for all. He shows…
Our memories and bodies give us clues about who we are, but what happens when this guidance shifts? In this mind-bending talk, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy shares how the experiences of “altered selves” — resulting…
Farming is the worst thing humanity has ever done to the planet, says journalist George Monbiot. What’s more: the global food system could be heading toward collapse. Detailing the technological solutions we need to radically…
Depending on your lot in life, you may see the status quo as a result of unearned privilege or a simple reflection of merit. Backed by statistics and personal stories, lawyer Mariam Veiszadeh offers a…
Right now, hundreds of thousands of people are “stuck” in the US criminal justice system. They’ve completed all of their requirements for release, but nobody knows it because the system is run on old databases…
When human rights advocate Manu Peni returned to Papua New Guinea from abroad, he built a home for himself using modern techniques — and promptly learned a harsh lesson on how the newest ideas aren’t…
Nurses represent the front line of health care — from first breaths to last moments, and everything in between. But there’s a vital place nurses are missing in action, says Ben Gran. He makes a…
The happiest and healthiest people are those who have warm connections with others, says psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, who leads the Harvard Study of Adult Development — one of the longest-running studies of adult life ever…
What are the planets outside our solar system like? Astrophysicist and TED Fellow Jessie Christiansen has helped find thousands of them (and counting), and the variety is more wonderful and wild than you might imagine….