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{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit", "http://www.ted.com/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success", "http://www.ted.com/talks/meg_jay_why_30_is_not_the_new_20", "http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_bezos_a_life_lesson_from_a_volunteer_firefighter", "http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/158/graduation_now_what", "title": "\nGraduation\u2026now what?\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_lewis_embrace_the_near_win", "http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_success_is_a_continuous_journey", "http://www.ted.com/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success", "http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_success_failure_and_the_drive_to_keep_creating", "http://www.ted.com/talks/john_wooden_on_the_difference_between_winning_and_success", "http://www.ted.com/talks/chip_conley_measuring_what_makes_life_worthwhile", "http://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_perspective_is_everything", "http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success", "http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit", "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_brooks_should_you_live_for_your_resume_or_your_eulogy", "http://www.ted.com/talks/anne_marie_slaughter_can_we_all_have_it_all"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/152/what_is_success", "title": "\nWhat is success?\n"},
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{"description": "\nPaula Scher looks back at a life in design (she's done album covers, books, the Citibank logo ...) and pinpoints the moment when she started really having fun. Look for gorgeous designs and images from her legendary career. \n", "title": "\nGreat design is serious, not solemn\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/paula_scher_gets_serious", "views": 435552, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/typography"], "speaker": "Paula Scher", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_kelley_on_human_centered_design", "/talks/cameron_sinclair_on_open_source_architecture", "/talks/stefan_sagmeister_on_what_he_has_learned", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn this funny and thought-provoking talk, Janette Sadik-Khan, transportation commissioner of New York City, shares projects that have reshaped street life in the 5 boroughs, including pedestrian zones in Times Square, high-performance buses and a 6,000-cycle-strong bike share. Her mantra: Do bold experiments that are cheap to try out.\n", "title": "\nNew York's streets? Not so mean any more\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/janette_sadik_khan_new_york_s_streets_not_so_mean_any_more", "views": 854676, "related_tags": ["/topics/architecture", "/topics/cities", "/topics/design", "/topics/transportation"], "speaker": "Janette Sadik-Khan", "related_videos": ["/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/robin_chase_on_zipcar_and_her_next_big_idea", "/talks/gary_lauder_s_new_traffic_sign_take_turns", "/talks/jonas_eliasson_how_to_solve_traffic_jams", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nOver 85 percent of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late, when someone has less than two percent chance of survival. How could this be? Jack Andraka talks about how he developed a promising early detection test for pancreatic cancer that\u2019s super cheap, effective and non-invasive \u2014 all before his 16th birthday.\n", "title": "\nA promising test for pancreatic cancer ... from a teenager\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jack_andraka_a_promising_test_for_pancreatic_cancer_from_a_teenager", "views": 4211061, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/cancer", "/topics/disease", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Jack Andraka", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/taylor_wilson_my_radical_plan_for_small_nuclear_fission_reactors", "/talks/taylor_wilson_yup_i_built_a_nuclear_fusion_reactor", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/deborah_rhodes"]},
{"description": "\nEducating the poor is more than just a numbers game, says Shukla Bose. She tells the story of her groundbreaking Parikrma Humanity Foundation, which brings hope to India's slums by looking past the daunting statistics and focusing on treating each child as an individual.\n", "title": "\nTeaching one child at a time\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/shukla_bose_teaching_one_child_at_a_time", "views": 747438, "related_tags": ["/topics/children", "/topics/development", "/topics/education", "/topics/poverty"], "speaker": "Shukla Bose", "related_videos": ["/talks/kiran_bir_sethi_teaches_kids_to_take_charge", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali", "/talks/michelle_obama", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn this first-of-its-kind demo, Heather Knight introduces Data, a robotic stand-up comedian that does much more than rattle off one-liners \u2014 it gathers audience feedback (using software co-developed with Scott Satkin and Varun Ramakrishna at CMU) and tunes its act as the crowd responds. Is this thing on?\n", "title": "\nSilicon-based comedy\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/heather_knight_silicon_based_comedy", "views": 680743, "related_tags": ["/topics/ai", "/topics/comedy", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/robots", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Heather Knight", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/hod_lipson_builds_self_aware_robots", "/talks/dennis_hong_my_seven_species_of_robot", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/david_hanson_robots_that_relate_to_you", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nTech communities are booming all over Africa, says Nairobi-based Juliana Rotich, cofounder of the open-source software Ushahidi. But it remains challenging to get and stay connected in a region with frequent blackouts and spotty Internet hookups. So Rotich and friends developed BRCK, offering resilient connectivity for the developing world. \r\n\n", "title": "\nMeet BRCK, Internet access built for Africa\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/juliana_rotich_meet_brck_internet_access_built_for_africa", "views": 595510, "related_tags": ["/topics/africa", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/business", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Juliana Rotich", "related_videos": ["/talks/ory_okolloh_on_becoming_an_activist", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/elene_gabre_madhin_on_ethiopian_economics", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/erik_hersman_on_reporting_crisis_via_texting"]},
{"description": "\nRadio host Julie Burstein talks with creative people for a living \u2014 and shares four lessons about how to create in the face of challenge, self-doubt and loss. Hear insights from filmmaker Mira Nair, writer Richard Ford, sculptor Richard Serra and photographer Joel Meyerowitz.\n", "title": "\n4 lessons in creativity\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/julie_burstein_4_lessons_in_creativity", "views": 1530151, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "Julie Burstein", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/amy_tan_on_creativity", "/talks/janet_echelman", "/talks/isaac_mizrahi_on_fashion_and_creativity", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nNothing is original, says Kirby Ferguson, creator of Everything is a Remix. From Bob Dylan to Steve Jobs, he says our most celebrated creators borrow, steal and transform.\n", "title": "\nEmbrace the remix\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kirby_ferguson_embrace_the_remix", "views": 1226986, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/creativity"], "speaker": "Kirby Ferguson", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_kelley_how_to_build_your_creative_confidence", "/talks/golan_levin_ted2009", "/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nAt her first museum job, art historian Sarah Lewis noticed something important about an artist she was studying: Not every artwork was a total masterpiece. She asks us to consider the role of the almost-failure, the near win, in our own lives. In our pursuit of success and mastery, is it actually our near wins that push us forward?\n", "title": "\nEmbrace the near win\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_lewis_embrace_the_near_win", "views": 1847528, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/failure", "/topics/motivation"], "speaker": "Sarah Lewis", "related_videos": ["/talks/jk_rowling_the_fringe_benefits_of_failure", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/kathryn_schulz_on_being_wrong", "/talks/eddie_obeng_smart_failure_for_a_fast_changing_world"]},
{"description": "\nBody language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how \u201cpower posing\u201d \u2014 standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don\u2019t feel confident \u2014 can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success.\n", "title": "\nYour body language shapes who you are\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are", "views": 31508380, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/body+language", "/topics/brain", "/topics/business", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/self", "/topics/success"], "speaker": "Amy Cuddy", "related_videos": ["/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame", "/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success"]},
{"description": "\nPublic policy expert Anne-Marie Slaughter made waves with her 2012 article, \"Why women still can't have it all.\" But really, is this only a question for women? Here Slaughter expands her ideas and explains why shifts in work culture, public policy and social mores can lead to more equality \u2014 for men, women, all of us.\n", "title": "\nCan we all \"have it all\"?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/anne_marie_slaughter_can_we_all_have_it_all", "views": 1043142, "related_tags": ["/topics/inequality", "/topics/men", "/topics/policy", "/topics/women", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Anne-Marie Slaughter", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/sheryl_sandberg_why_we_have_too_few_women_leaders", "/talks/hanna_rosin_new_data_on_the_rise_of_women", "/talks/sheryl_sandberg_so_we_leaned_in_now_what"]},
{"description": "\nWhen game designer Jane McGonigal found herself bedridden and suicidal following a severe concussion, she had a fascinating idea for how to get better. She dove into the scientific research and created the healing game, SuperBetter. In this moving talk, McGonigal explains how a game can boost resilience \u2014 and promises to add 7.5 minutes to your life.\n", "title": "\nThe game that can give you 10 extra years of life\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_the_game_that_can_give_you_10_extra_years_of_life", "views": 5421320, "related_tags": ["/topics/body+language", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/gaming", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Jane McGonigal", "related_videos": ["/talks/brenda_brathwaite_gaming_for_understanding", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/gabe_zichermann_how_games_make_kids_smarter", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world"]},
{"description": "\nHacking is about more than mischief-making or political subversion. As Catherine Bracy describes in this spirited talk, it can be just as much a force for good as it is for evil. She spins through some inspiring civically-minded projects in Honolulu, Oakland and Mexico City \u2014 and makes a compelling case that we all have what it takes to get involved.\n", "title": "\nWhy good hackers make good citizens\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/catherine_bracy_why_good_hackers_make_good_citizens", "views": 795309, "related_tags": ["/topics/cities", "/topics/software", "/topics/urban+planning"], "speaker": "Catherine Bracy", "related_videos": ["/talks/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal", "/talks/david_sedlak_4_ways_we_can_avoid_a_catastrophic_drought", "/talks/janette_sadik_khan_new_york_s_streets_not_so_mean_any_more", "/talks/ellen_dunham_jones_retrofitting_suburbia", "/talks/ole_scheeren_why_great_architecture_should_tell_a_story", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\n\"Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished.\" Dan Gilbert shares recent research on a phenomenon he calls the \"end of history illusion,\" where we somehow imagine that the person we are right now is the person we'll be for the rest of time. Hint: that's not the case.\n", "title": "\nThe psychology of your future self\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_you_are_always_changing", "views": 2675638, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/humanity", "/topics/psychology"], "speaker": "Dan Gilbert", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/elizabeth_loftus_the_fiction_of_memory", "/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/dan_gilbert_researches_happiness", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nThere's been an explosion of collaborative consumption \u2014 web-powered sharing of cars, apartments, skills. Rachel Botsman explores the currency that makes systems like Airbnb and Taskrabbit work: trust, influence, and what she calls \"reputation capital.\"\n", "title": "\nThe currency of the new economy is trust\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_botsman_the_currency_of_the_new_economy_is_trust", "views": 1020875, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/community", "/topics/web"], "speaker": "Rachel Botsman", "related_videos": ["/talks/yochai_benkler_on_the_new_open_source_economics", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/rachel_botsman_the_case_for_collaborative_consumption", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/lisa_gansky_the_future_of_business_is_the_mesh", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nEve Ensler, creator of \"The Vagina Monologues,\" shares how a discussion about menopause with her friends led to talking about all sorts of sexual acts onstage, waging a global campaign to end violence toward women and finding her own happiness.\n", "title": "\nHappiness in body and soul\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/eve_ensler_on_happiness_in_body_and_soul", "views": 926090, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/gender", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/performance", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/theater"], "speaker": "Eve Ensler", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/eve_ensler_on_security", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/jackson_katz_violence_against_women_it_s_a_men_s_issue", "/talks/eve_ensler_embrace_your_inner_girl", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming"]},
{"description": "\nRobert Gupta, violinist with the LA Philharmonic, talks about a violin lesson he once gave to a brilliant, schizophrenic musician \u2014 and what he learned. Called back onstage later, Gupta plays his own transcription of the prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1.\n", "title": "\nMusic is medicine, music is sanity\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_gupta", "views": 1055773, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/arts", "/topics/brain", "/topics/education", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/mental+health", "/topics/music", "/topics/violin"], "speaker": "Robert Gupta", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/pamelia_kurstin_plays_the_theremin", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen", "/talks/natalie_macmaster_fiddles_in_reel_time"]},
{"description": "\nNeurologist and author Oliver Sacks brings our attention to Charles Bonnet syndrome \u2014 when visually impaired people experience lucid hallucinations. He describes the experiences of his patients in heartwarming detail and walks us through the biology of this under-reported phenomenon. \n", "title": "\nWhat hallucination reveals about our minds\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/oliver_sacks_what_hallucination_reveals_about_our_minds", "views": 3052816, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/biology", "/topics/brain", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/mental+health", "/topics/mind", "/topics/neurology", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/sight"], "speaker": "Oliver Sacks", "related_videos": ["/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/sherwin_nuland_on_electroshock_therapy", "/talks/vilayanur_ramachandran_on_your_mind", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/rebecca_saxe_how_brains_make_moral_judgments"]},
{"description": "\nIs there a definitive line that divides crazy from sane? With a hair-raising delivery, Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath Test, illuminates the gray areas between the two. (With live-mixed sound by Julian Treasure and animation by Evan Grant.)\n", "title": "\nStrange answers to the psychopath test\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jon_ronson_strange_answers_to_the_psychopath_test", "views": 5171324, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/mind", "/topics/prison", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Jon Ronson", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/damon_horowitz_philosophy_in_prison", "/talks/david_r_dow_lessons_from_death_row_inmates", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/philippe_petit_the_journey_across_the_high_wire"]},
{"description": "\nAt TED's Full Spectrum Auditions, comedian Joshua Walters, who's bipolar, walks the line between mental illness and mental \"skillness.\" In this funny, thought-provoking talk, he asks: What's the right balance between medicating craziness away and riding the manic edge of creativity and drive?\n", "title": "\nOn being just crazy enough\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_walters_on_being_just_crazy_enough", "views": 1494264, "related_tags": ["/topics/brain", "/topics/depression", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/mental+health", "/topics/performance"], "speaker": "Joshua Walters", "related_videos": ["/talks/sherwin_nuland_on_electroshock_therapy", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sebastian_wernicke_how_to_use_data_to_make_a_hit_tv_show", "/talks/andrew_solomon_how_the_worst_moments_in_our_lives_make_us_who_we_are", "/talks/becky_blanton_the_year_i_was_homeless"]},
{"description": "\nSurgeon and author Sherwin Nuland discusses the development of electroshock therapy as a cure for severe, life-threatening depression \u2014 including his own. It\u2019s a moving and heartfelt talk about relief, redemption and second chances.\n", "title": "\nHow electroshock therapy changed me\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sherwin_nuland_on_electroshock_therapy", "views": 1264382, "related_tags": ["/topics/brain", "/topics/depression", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/illness", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/mental+health", "/topics/science", "/topics/suicide", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Sherwin Nuland", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/sherwin_nuland_on_hope", "/talks/elyn_saks_seeing_mental_illness", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/andrew_solomon_depression_the_secret_we_share"]},
{"description": "\nDiseases of the body garner sympathy, says comedian Ruby Wax \u2014 except those of the brain. Why is that? With dazzling energy and humor, Wax, diagnosed a decade ago with clinical depression, urges us to put an end to the stigma of mental illness.\n", "title": "\nWhat's so funny about mental illness?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ruby_wax_what_s_so_funny_about_mental_illness", "views": 1954357, "related_tags": ["/topics/activism", "/topics/brain", "/topics/comedy", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/humor", "/topics/mental+health", "/topics/society"], "speaker": "Ruby Wax", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/elyn_saks_seeing_mental_illness", "/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds", "/talks/joshua_walters_on_being_just_crazy_enough", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nTo all appearances, Eleanor Longden was just like every other student, heading to college full of promise and without a care in the world. That was until the voices in her head started talking. Initially innocuous, these internal narrators became increasingly antagonistic and dictatorial, turning her life into a living nightmare. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, hospitalized, drugged, Longden was discarded by a system that didn't know how to help her. Longden tells the moving tale of her years-long journey back to mental health, and makes the case that it was through learning to listen to her voices that she was able to survive.\n", "title": "\nThe voices in my head\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/eleanor_longden_the_voices_in_my_head", "views": 3303355, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/health", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/mental+health"], "speaker": "Eleanor Longden", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/elyn_saks_seeing_mental_illness", "/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/ruby_wax_what_s_so_funny_about_mental_illness"]},
{"description": "\nTemple Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, talks about how her mind works \u2014 sharing her ability to \"think in pictures,\" which helps her solve problems that neurotypical brains might miss. She makes the case that the world needs people on the autism spectrum: visual thinkers, pattern thinkers, verbal thinkers, and all kinds of smart geeky kids.\n", "title": "\nThe world needs all kinds of minds\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds", "views": 3669599, "related_tags": ["/topics/autism+spectrum+disorder", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/animals", "/topics/brain", "/topics/design", "/topics/education", "/topics/invention", "/topics/mental+health", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Temple Grandin", "related_videos": ["/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\n\"Is it okay if I totally trash your office?\" It's a question Elyn Saks once asked her doctor, and it wasn't a joke. A legal scholar, in 2007 Saks came forward with her own story of schizophrenia, controlled by drugs and therapy but ever-present. In this powerful talk, she asks us to see people with mental illness clearly, honestly and compassionately.\n", "title": "\nA tale of mental illness \u2014 from the inside\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/elyn_saks_seeing_mental_illness", "views": 2668795, "related_tags": ["/topics/brain", "/topics/depression", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/mental+health"], "speaker": "Elyn Saks", "related_videos": ["/talks/sherwin_nuland_on_electroshock_therapy", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/jd_schramm", "/talks/joshua_walters_on_being_just_crazy_enough", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nWhat is happiness, and how can we all get some? Biochemist turned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard says we can train our minds in habits of well-being, to generate a true sense of serenity and fulfillment.\n", "title": "\nThe habits of happiness\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness", "views": 5841291, "related_tags": ["/topics/buddhism", "/topics/god", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/brain", "/topics/culture", "/topics/faith", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/peace", "/topics/photography", "/topics/religion"], "speaker": "Matthieu Ricard", "related_videos": ["/talks/bob_thurman_says_we_can_be_buddhas", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/karen_armstrong_makes_her_ted_prize_wish_the_charter_for_compassion", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/billy_graham_on_technology_faith_and_suffering"]},
{"description": "\nWriter and designer Graham Hill asks: Can having less stuff, in less room, lead to more happiness? He makes the case for taking up less space, and lays out three rules for editing your life.\n", "title": "\nLess stuff, more happiness\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/graham_hill_less_stuff_more_happiness", "views": 3042200, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/consumerism", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/media", "/topics/simplicity"], "speaker": "Graham Hill", "related_videos": ["/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_suburbia", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/graham_hill_weekday_vegetarian", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nIn this deceptively simple 3-minute talk, Dr. Laura Trice muses on the power of the magic words \"thank you\" \u2014 to deepen a friendship, to repair a bond, to make sure another person knows what they mean to you. Try it.\n", "title": "\nRemember to say thank you\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/laura_trice_suggests_we_all_say_thank_you", "views": 1273511, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/communication", "/topics/culture", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/parenting", "/topics/relationships"], "speaker": "Laura Trice", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/lakshmi_pratury_on_letter_writing", "/talks/carl_honore_praises_slowness", "/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nThe one thing all humans have in common is that each of us wants to be happy, says Brother David Steindl-Rast, a monk and interfaith scholar. And happiness, he suggests, is born from gratitude. An inspiring lesson in slowing down, looking where you\u2019re going, and above all, being grateful.\n", "title": "\nWant to be happy? Be grateful\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_steindl_rast_want_to_be_happy_be_grateful", "views": 5038243, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/faith", "/topics/happiness"], "speaker": "David Steindl-Rast", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness", "/talks/louie_schwartzberg_nature_beauty_gratitude", "/talks/melvin_russell_i_love_being_a_police_officer_but_we_need_reform", "/talks/rick_warren_on_a_life_of_purpose", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nAt TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can, indeed buy happiness \u2014 when you don't spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spending can benefit you, your work, and (of course) other people.\n", "title": "\nHow to buy happiness\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_norton_how_to_buy_happiness", "views": 3089829, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/business", "/topics/community", "/topics/consumerism", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/money", "/topics/philanthropy", "/topics/psychology"], "speaker": "Michael Norton", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/alex_tabarrok_foresees_economic_growth", "/talks/sasha_dichter", "/talks/dave_meslin_the_antidote_to_apathy", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nMihaly Csikszentmihalyi asks, \"What makes a life worth living?\" Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of \"flow.\"\n", "title": "\nFlow, the secret to happiness\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow", "views": 3112541, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/music", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity"]},
{"description": "\nWhat keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone \u2013 but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you're mistaken. As the director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life.\n", "title": "\nWhat makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness", "views": 4755763, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/aging", "/topics/data", "/topics/development", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/health", "/topics/humanity", "/topics/life", "/topics/relationships", "/topics/society", "/topics/time"], "speaker": "Robert Waldinger", "related_videos": ["/talks/esther_perel_the_secret_to_desire_in_a_long_term_relationship", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/benjamin_wallace_on_the_price_of_happiness", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/bj_miller_what_really_matters_at_the_end_of_life"]},
{"description": "\nCognitive researcher Nancy Etcoff looks at happiness \u2014 the ways we try to achieve and increase it, the way it's untethered to our real circumstances, and its surprising effect on our bodies.\n", "title": "\nHappiness and its surprises\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_etcoff_on_happiness_and_why_we_want_it", "views": 1317236, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/beauty", "/topics/culture", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/neuroscience", "/topics/psychology"], "speaker": "Nancy Etcoff", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/helen_fisher_tells_us_why_we_love_cheat", "/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/stefan_sagmeister_shares_happy_design"]},
{"description": "\n\"Tipping Point\" author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry's pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce \u2014 and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and happiness.\n", "title": "\nChoice, happiness and spaghetti sauce\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce", "views": 5947677, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/choice", "/topics/consumerism", "/topics/culture", "/topics/economics", "/topics/food", "/topics/marketing", "/topics/media", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Malcolm Gladwell", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/malcolm_gladwell_the_unheard_story_of_david_and_goliath", "/talks/seth_godin_on_sliced_bread", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice"]},
{"description": "\nDan Gilbert, author of \"Stumbling on Happiness,\" challenges the idea that we\u2019ll be miserable if we don\u2019t get what we want. Our \"psychological immune system\" lets us feel truly happy even when things don\u2019t go as planned. \n", "title": "\nThe surprising science of happiness\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy", "views": 12305930, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/brain", "/topics/choice", "/topics/culture", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Dan Gilbert", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_steindl_rast_want_to_be_happy_be_grateful", "/talks/daniele_quercia_happy_maps", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nIn this deceptively casual talk, Charles Leadbeater weaves a tight argument that innovation isn't just for professionals anymore. Passionate amateurs, using new tools, are creating products and paradigms that companies can't.\n", "title": "\nThe era of open innovation\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/charles_leadbeater_on_innovation", "views": 1219809, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/culture", "/topics/economics", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/invention", "/topics/media", "/topics/open-source", "/topics/product+design"], "speaker": "Charles Leadbeater", "related_videos": ["/talks/yochai_benkler_on_the_new_open_source_economics", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/howard_rheingold_on_collaboration", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/clay_shirky_on_institutions_versus_collaboration", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nCan government be run like the Internet, permissionless and open? Coder and activist Jennifer Pahlka believes it can \u2014 and that apps, built quickly and cheaply, are a powerful new way to connect citizens to their governments \u2014 and their neighbors.\n", "title": "\nCoding a better government\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_pahlka_coding_a_better_government", "views": 769625, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/activism", "/topics/cities", "/topics/government", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Jennifer Pahlka", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/natalie_warne_being_young_and_making_an_impact", "/talks/cameron_sinclair_on_open_source_architecture", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/erik_hersman_on_reporting_crisis_via_texting"]},
{"description": "\nJimmy Wales recalls how he assembled \"a ragtag band of volunteers,\" gave them tools for collaborating and created Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, never-finished online encyclopedia.\n", "title": "\nThe birth of Wikipedia\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jimmy_wales_on_the_birth_of_wikipedia", "views": 940219, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/culture", "/topics/invention", "/topics/media", "/topics/open-source", "/topics/technology", "/topics/wikipedia"], "speaker": "Jimmy Wales", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jonathan_zittrain_the_web_is_a_random_act_of_kindness", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/steven_johnson_on_the_web_as_a_city", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration"]},
{"description": "\nClay Shirky looks at \"cognitive surplus\" \u2014 the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. While we're busy editing Wikipedia, posting to Ushahidi (and yes, making LOLcats), we're building a better, more cooperative world.\n", "title": "\nHow cognitive surplus will change the world\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_cognitive_surplus_will_change_the_world", "views": 884790, "related_tags": ["/topics/collaboration", "/topics/community", "/topics/culture", "/topics/technology", "/topics/wikipedia"], "speaker": "Clay Shirky", "related_videos": ["/talks/clay_shirky_on_institutions_versus_collaboration", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nDon't make people pay for music, says Amanda Palmer: Let them. In a passionate talk that begins in her days as a street performer (drop a dollar in the hat for the Eight-Foot Bride!), she examines the new relationship between artist and fan.\n", "title": "\nThe art of asking\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/amanda_palmer_the_art_of_asking", "views": 7680875, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance+art"], "speaker": "Amanda Palmer", "related_videos": ["/talks/yanis_varoufakis_capitalism_will_eat_democracy_unless_we_speak_up", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/ueli_gegenschatz_extreme_wingsuit_jumping", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/rob_reid_the_8_billion_ipod", "/talks/sue_austin_deep_sea_diving_in_a_wheelchair"]},
{"description": "\nAfter re-purposing CAPTCHA so each human-typed response helps digitize books, Luis von Ahn wondered how else to use small contributions by many on the Internet for greater good. In this talk, he shares how his ambitious new project, Duolingo, will help millions learn a new language while translating the Web quickly and accurately \u2014 all for free.\n", "title": "\nMassive-scale online collaboration\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration", "views": 1330276, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/computers", "/topics/language", "/topics/technology", "/topics/wikipedia"], "speaker": "Luis von Ahn", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/aaron_koblin", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/adam_ostrow_after_your_final_status_update", "/talks/clay_shirky_how_cognitive_surplus_will_change_the_world"]},
{"description": "\nAt TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for \"raw data now\" \u2014 for governments, scientists and institutions to make their data openly available on the web. At TED University in 2010, he shows a few of the interesting results when the data gets linked up.\n", "title": "\nThe year open data went worldwide\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_the_year_open_data_went_worldwide", "views": 629303, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/computers", "/topics/statistics", "/topics/visualizations", "/topics/web"], "speaker": "Tim Berners-Lee", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nMassimo Banzi helped invent the Arduino, a tiny, easy-to-use open-source microcontroller that's inspired thousands of people around the world to make the coolest things they can imagine \u2014 from toys to satellite gear. Because, as he says, \"You don't need anyone's permission to make something great.\"\n", "title": "\nHow Arduino is open-sourcing imagination\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/massimo_banzi_how_arduino_is_open_sourcing_imagination", "views": 1515799, "related_tags": ["/topics/creativity", "/topics/drones", "/topics/open-source", "/topics/robots", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Massimo Banzi", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/kate_hartman_the_art_of_wearable_communication", "/talks/dale_dougherty_we_are_makers", "/talks/shea_hembrey_how_i_became_100_artists", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nWhy do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore compares the prefrontal cortex in adolescents to that of adults, to show us how typically \u201cteenage\u201d behavior is caused by the growing and developing brain.\n", "title": "\nThe mysterious workings of the adolescent brain\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolescent_brain", "views": 1815019, "related_tags": ["/topics/brain", "/topics/cognitive+science", "/topics/neuroscience", "/topics/science", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "Sarah-Jayne Blakemore", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/alison_gopnik_what_do_babies_think", "/talks/allan_jones_a_map_of_the_brain", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/juan_enriquez_will_our_kids_be_a_different_species"]},
{"description": "\nLegendary skeptic James Randi takes a fatal dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off a searing 18-minute indictment of irrational beliefs. He throws out a challenge to the world's psychics: Prove what you do is real, and I'll give you a million dollars. (No takers yet.)\n", "title": "\nHomeopathy, quackery and fraud\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/james_randi", "views": 2117410, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/health", "/topics/magic", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "James Randi", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things", "/talks/eric_mead_the_magic_of_the_placebo", "/talks/al_seckel_says_our_brains_are_mis_wired", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nOxford mathematician Peter Donnelly reveals the common mistakes humans make in interpreting statistics \u2014 and the devastating impact these errors can have on the outcome of criminal trials.\n", "title": "\nHow juries are fooled by statistics\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_donnelly_shows_how_stats_fool_juries", "views": 953032, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/genetics", "/topics/science", "/topics/statistics", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Peter Donnelly", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things", "/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen", "/talks/emily_oster_flips_our_thinking_on_aids_in_africa", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nUsing examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our \"experiencing selves\" and our \"remembering selves\" perceive happiness differently. This new insight has profound implications for economics, public policy \u2014 and our own self-awareness.\n", "title": "\nThe riddle of experience vs. memory\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory", "views": 3161122, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/brain", "/topics/culture", "/topics/economics", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/mind", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Daniel Kahneman", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice", "/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions"]},
{"description": "\nSheena Iyengar studies how we make choices \u2014 and how we feel about the choices we make. At TEDGlobal, she talks about both trivial choices (Coke v. Pepsi) and profound ones, and shares her groundbreaking research that has uncovered some surprising attitudes about our decisions.\n", "title": "\nThe art of choosing\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sheena_iyengar_on_the_art_of_choosing", "views": 2442079, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/choice", "/topics/culture", "/topics/decision-making", "/topics/economics", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/society"], "speaker": "Sheena Iyengar", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice", "/talks/dan_gilbert_researches_happiness"]},
{"description": "\nBehavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we're not as rational as we think when we make decisions.\n", "title": "\nAre we in control of our own decisions?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions", "views": 4118934, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/decision-making", "/topics/economics", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/science", "/topics/self", "/topics/society"], "speaker": "Dan Ariely", "related_videos": ["/talks/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code", "/talks/al_seckel_says_our_brains_are_mis_wired", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/dan_dennett_cute_sexy_sweet_funny"]},
{"description": "\nPhilosopher Dan Dennett makes a compelling argument that not only don't we understand our own consciousness, but that half the time our brains are actively fooling us.\n", "title": "\nThe illusion of consciousness\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_on_our_consciousness", "views": 2270074, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/brain", "/topics/consciousness", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/illusion", "/topics/self", "/topics/visualizations"], "speaker": "Dan Dennett", "related_videos": ["/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/jeff_hawkins_on_how_brain_science_will_change_computing", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/dan_dennett_on_dangerous_memes"]},
{"description": "\nPsychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.\n", "title": "\nThe paradox of choice\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice", "views": 8327930, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/choice", "/topics/culture", "/topics/decision-making", "/topics/economics", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/personal+growth", "/topics/potential", "/topics/psychology"], "speaker": "Barry Schwartz", "related_videos": ["/talks/renata_salecl_our_unhealthy_obsession_with_choice", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/sheena_iyengar_on_the_art_of_choosing", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/ruth_chang_how_to_make_hard_choices"]},
{"description": "\nAre we born to be optimistic, rather than realistic? Tali Sharot shares new research that suggests our brains are wired to look on the bright side \u2014 and how that can be both dangerous and beneficial.\n", "title": "\nThe optimism bias\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/tali_sharot_the_optimism_bias", "views": 1745319, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/brain", "/topics/culture", "/topics/neuroscience", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Tali Sharot", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory", "/talks/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/dan_gilbert_researches_happiness"]},
{"description": "\nIn this short talk, psychologist Dan Ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of interest: How the pursuit of knowledge and insight can be affected, consciously or not, by shortsighted personal goals. When we're thinking about the big questions, he reminds us, let's be aware of our all-too-human brains.\n", "title": "\nBeware conflicts of interest\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_beware_conflicts_of_interest", "views": 943260, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/cognitive+science", "/topics/economics", "/topics/medical+research", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Dan Ariely", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/iain_hutchison_saving_faces", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/barry_schwartz_using_our_practical_wisdom", "/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions"]},
{"description": "\nWhy do people see the Virgin Mary on a cheese sandwich or hear demonic lyrics in \"Stairway to Heaven\"? Using video and music, skeptic Michael Shermer shows how we convince ourselves to believe \u2014 and overlook the facts.\n", "title": "\nWhy people believe weird things\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things", "views": 4484122, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/faith", "/topics/illusion", "/topics/religion", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Michael Shermer", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ben_ambridge_10_myths_about_psychology_debunked", "/talks/jonathan_drori_on_what_we_think_we_know", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/david_deutsch_a_new_way_to_explain_explanation", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nOnce the powerhouse of America's industrial might, Detroit is more recently known in the popular imagination as a fabulous ruin, crumbling and bankrupt. But city planner Toni Griffin asks us to look again \u2014 and to imagine an entrepreneurial future for the city's 700,000 residents.\n", "title": "\nA new vision for rebuilding Detroit\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/toni_griffin_a_new_vision_for_rebuilding_detroit", "views": 778214, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/cities", "/topics/culture"], "speaker": "Toni Griffin", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/alex_tabarrok_foresees_economic_growth", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/ellen_dunham_jones_retrofitting_suburbia", "/talks/dale_dougherty_we_are_makers", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming"]},
{"description": "\nIn James Howard Kunstler's view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic life and the physical manifestation of the common good. Instead, he argues, what we have in America is a nation of places not worth caring about.\n", "title": "\nThe ghastly tragedy of the suburbs\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_suburbia", "views": 1485928, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/alternative+energy", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/cars", "/topics/cities", "/topics/consumerism", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/energy", "/topics/transportation"], "speaker": "James Howard Kunstler", "related_videos": ["/talks/stewart_brand_on_squatter_cities", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/robert_neuwirth_on_our_shadow_cities", "/talks/thomas_barnett_draws_a_new_map_for_peace", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nAs Vicki Arroyo says, it's time to prepare our homes and cities for our changing climate, with its increased risk of flooding, drought and uncertainty. She illustrates this inspiring talk with bold projects from cities all over the world \u2014 local examples of thinking ahead.\n", "title": "\nLet's prepare for our new climate\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/vicki_arroyo_let_s_prepare_for_our_new_climate", "views": 952250, "related_tags": ["/topics/cities", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/weather"], "speaker": "Vicki Arroyo", "related_videos": ["/talks/larry_brilliant_makes_the_case_for_optimism", "/talks/stewart_brand_proclaims_4_environmental_heresies", "/talks/cary_fowler_one_seed_at_a_time_protecting_the_future_of_food", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nHow can we fit more people into cities without overcrowding? Kent Larson shows off folding cars, quick-change apartments and other innovations that could make the city of the future work a lot like a small village of the past.\n", "title": "\nBrilliant designs to fit more people in every city\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kent_larson_brilliant_designs_to_fit_more_people_in_every_city", "views": 958482, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/cities", "/topics/design", "/topics/future", "/topics/technology", "/topics/urban+planning"], "speaker": "Kent Larson", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jennifer_pahlka_coding_a_better_government", "/talks/dan_phillips_creative_houses_from_reclaimed_stuff", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/geoffrey_west_the_surprising_math_of_cities_and_corporations", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nHow can a struggling country break out of poverty if it's trapped in a system of bad rules? Economist Paul Romer unveils a bold idea: \"charter cities,\" city-scale administrative zones governed by a coalition of nations. (Could Guant\u00e1namo Bay become the next Hong Kong?)\n", "title": "\nWhy the world needs charter cities\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_romer", "views": 532798, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/cities", "/topics/culture", "/topics/economics", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/politics"], "speaker": "Paul Romer", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ngozi_okonjo_iweala_on_doing_business_in_africa", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/paul_collier_s_new_rules_for_rebuilding_a_broken_nation", "/talks/george_ayittey_on_cheetahs_vs_hippos"]},
{"description": "\nRobert Neuwirth, author of \"Shadow Cities,\" finds the world\u2019s squatter sites \u2014 where a billion people now make their homes \u2014 to be thriving centers of ingenuity and innovation. He takes us on a tour. \n", "title": "\nThe hidden world of shadow cities\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_neuwirth_on_our_shadow_cities", "views": 529187, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/cities", "/topics/culture", "/topics/development", "/topics/entrepreneur", "/topics/future", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/politics", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/third+world"], "speaker": "Robert Neuwirth", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/alejandro_aravena_my_architectural_philosophy_bring_the_community_into_the_process", "/talks/taryn_simon_photographs_secret_sites", "/talks/iwan_baan_ingenious_homes_in_unexpected_places", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine"]},
{"description": "\nMore than 8 million people are crowded together to live in New York City. What makes it possible? In part, it\u2019s the city\u2019s great public spaces \u2014 from tiny pocket parks to long waterfront promenades \u2014 where people can stroll and play. Amanda Burden helped plan some of the city\u2019s newest public spaces, drawing on her experience as, surprisingly, an animal behaviorist. She shares the unexpected challenges of planning parks people love \u2014 and why it's important.\n", "title": "\nHow public spaces make cities work\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/amanda_burden_how_public_spaces_make_cities_work", "views": 886822, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/cities"], "speaker": "Amanda Burden", "related_videos": ["/talks/neri_oxman_design_at_the_intersection_of_technology_and_biology", "/talks/janette_sadik_khan_new_york_s_streets_not_so_mean_any_more", "/talks/kent_larson_brilliant_designs_to_fit_more_people_in_every_city", "/talks/alison_killing_what_happens_when_a_city_runs_out_of_room_for_its_dead", "/talks/ole_scheeren_why_great_architecture_should_tell_a_story", "/talks/robert_hammond_building_a_park_in_the_sky"]},
{"description": "\nJaime Lerner reinvented urban space in his native Curitiba, Brazil. Along the way, he changed the way city planners worldwide see what\u2019s possible in the metropolitan landscape.\n", "title": "\nA song of the city\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jaime_lerner_sings_of_the_city", "views": 536144, "related_tags": ["/topics/brazil", "/topics/latin+america", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/cities", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/green", "/topics/humor", "/topics/sustainability", "/topics/transportation"], "speaker": "Jaime Lerner", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/robert_neuwirth_on_our_shadow_cities", "/talks/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/al_gore_s_new_thinking_on_the_climate_crisis", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nHow do we solve the problem of the suburbs? Urbanist Jeff Speck shows how we can free ourselves from dependence on the car \u2014 which he calls \"a gas-belching, time-wasting, life-threatening prosthetic device\" \u2014 by making our cities more walkable and more pleasant for more people.\n", "title": "\nThe walkable city\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_speck_the_walkable_city", "views": 903812, "related_tags": ["/topics/cities", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/transportation"], "speaker": "Jeff Speck", "related_videos": ["/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_suburbia", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal", "/talks/janette_sadik_khan_new_york_s_streets_not_so_mean_any_more", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx \u2014 and shows how minority neighborhoods suffer most from flawed urban policy.\n", "title": "\nGreening the ghetto\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal", "views": 1335064, "related_tags": ["/topics/macarthur+grant", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/activism", "/topics/business", "/topics/cities", "/topics/environment", "/topics/green", "/topics/inequality", "/topics/politics", "/topics/pollution"], "speaker": "Majora Carter", "related_videos": ["/talks/dan_barasch_a_park_underneath_the_hustle_and_bustle_of_new_york_city", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/toni_griffin_a_new_vision_for_rebuilding_detroit", "/talks/majora_carter_3_stories_of_local_ecoactivism", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine"]},
{"description": "\nIn the center of Caracas, Venezuela, stands the 45-story \"Tower of David,\" an unfinished, abandoned skyscraper. But about eight years ago, people started moving in. Photographer Iwan Baan shows how people build homes in unlikely places, touring us through the family apartments of Torre David, a city on the water in Nigeria, and an underground village in China. Glorious images celebrate humanity's ability to survive and make a home \u2014 anywhere.\n", "title": "\nIngenious homes in unexpected places\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/iwan_baan_ingenious_homes_in_unexpected_places", "views": 1317377, "related_tags": ["/topics/cities", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "Iwan Baan", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/robert_neuwirth_on_our_shadow_cities", "/talks/edward_burtynsky_photographs_the_landscape_of_oil", "/talks/anupam_mishra_the_ancient_ingenuity_of_water_harvesting", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nEvery day, in a city the size of London, 30 million meals are served. But where does all the food come from? Architect Carolyn Steel discusses the daily miracle of feeding a city, and shows how ancient food routes shaped the modern world.\n", "title": "\nHow food shapes our cities\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/carolyn_steel_how_food_shapes_our_cities", "views": 930032, "related_tags": ["/topics/ancient+world", "/topics/cities", "/topics/culture", "/topics/food", "/topics/global+issues"], "speaker": "Carolyn Steel", "related_videos": ["/talks/stewart_brand_on_squatter_cities", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/dan_barber_s_surprising_foie_gras_parable", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nIn the US, 80% of girls have been on a diet by the time they're 10 years old. In this honest, raw talk, neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt uses her personal story to frame an important lesson about how our brains manage our bodies, as she explores the science behind why dieting not only doesn't work, but is likely to do more harm than good. She suggests ideas for how to live a less diet-obsessed life, intuitively.\n", "title": "\nWhy dieting doesn't usually work\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sandra_aamodt_why_dieting_doesn_t_usually_work", "views": 3454698, "related_tags": ["/topics/health", "/topics/neuroscience", "/topics/obesity"], "speaker": "Sandra Aamodt", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/mick_cornett_how_an_obese_town_lost_a_million_pounds", "/talks/peter_attia_what_if_we_re_wrong_about_diabetes", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/colin_camerer_neuroscience_game_theory_monkeys"]},
{"description": "\nRural villages worldwide are being deserted, as billions of people flock to cities to live in teeming squatter camps and slums. Stewart Brand says this is a good thing. Why? It\u2019ll take you 3 minutes to find out.\n", "title": "\nWhat squatter cities can teach us\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/stewart_brand_on_squatter_cities", "views": 859492, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/cities", "/topics/culture", "/topics/future", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/poverty", "/topics/technology", "/topics/urban+planning"], "speaker": "Stewart Brand", "related_videos": ["/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_suburbia", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/robert_neuwirth_on_our_shadow_cities", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jaime_lerner_sings_of_the_city", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhen is the last time you did absolutely nothing for 10 whole minutes? Not texting, talking or even thinking? Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe describes the transformative power of doing just that: Refreshing your mind for 10 minutes a day, simply by being mindful and experiencing the present moment. (No need for incense or sitting in uncomfortable positions.)\n", "title": "\nAll it takes is 10 mindful minutes\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/andy_puddicombe_all_it_takes_is_10_mindful_minutes", "views": 6077883, "related_tags": ["/topics/buddhism", "/topics/body+language", "/topics/culture", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/health", "/topics/meditation", "/topics/mindfulness", "/topics/productivity", "/topics/success", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Andy Puddicombe", "related_videos": ["/talks/bob_thurman_says_we_can_be_buddhas", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/chip_conley_measuring_what_makes_life_worthwhile"]},
{"description": "\nTony Robbins discusses the \"invisible forces\" that motivate everyone's actions \u2014 and high-fives Al Gore in the front row.\n", "title": "\nWhy we do what we do\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/tony_robbins_asks_why_we_do_what_we_do", "views": 16231860, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/goal-setting", "/topics/motivation", "/topics/politics", "/topics/potential", "/topics/psychology"], "speaker": "Tony Robbins", "related_videos": ["/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy", "/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nIs there something you've always meant to do, wanted to do, but just ... haven't? Matt Cutts suggests: Try it for 30 days. This short, lighthearted talk offers a neat way to think about setting and achieving goals.\n", "title": "\nTry something new for 30 days\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days", "views": 7050532, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/success"], "speaker": "Matt Cutts", "related_videos": ["/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_yourself", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_success_failure_and_the_drive_to_keep_creating", "/talks/david_hoffman_on_losing_everything", "/talks/tim_harford_how_messy_problems_can_inspire_creativity", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nRon Gutman reviews a raft of studies about smiling, and reveals some surprising results. Did you know your smile can be a predictor of how long you'll live \u2014 and that a simple smile has a measurable effect on your overall well-being? Prepare to flex a few facial muscles as you learn more about this evolutionarily contagious behavior.\n", "title": "\nThe hidden power of smiling\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_gutman_the_hidden_power_of_smiling", "views": 4130793, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/body+language", "/topics/culture", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/science", "/topics/society"], "speaker": "Ron Gutman", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/stefan_sagmeister_shares_happy_design"]},
{"description": "\nIn this funny and blunt talk, Larry Smith pulls no punches when he calls out the absurd excuses people invent when they fail to pursue their passions.\n", "title": "\nWhy you will fail to have a great career\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/larry_smith_why_you_will_fail_to_have_a_great_career", "views": 4703686, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/business", "/topics/failure", "/topics/goal-setting", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/success"], "speaker": "Larry Smith", "related_videos": ["/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_yourself", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/kathryn_schulz_on_being_wrong", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success"]},
{"description": "\nBren\u00e9 Brown studies human connection \u2014 our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.\n", "title": "\nThe power of vulnerability\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability", "views": 23595992, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/communication", "/topics/culture", "/topics/depression", "/topics/fear", "/topics/mental+health", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/self", "/topics/social+change"], "speaker": "Bren\u00e9 Brown", "related_videos": ["/talks/ali_carr_chellman_gaming_to_re_engage_boys_in_learning", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/barry_schwartz_on_our_loss_of_wisdom", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWithin each of us are two selves, suggests David Brooks in this meditative short talk: the self who craves success, who builds a r\u00e9sum\u00e9, and the self who seeks connection, community, love \u2014 the values that make for a great eulogy. (Joseph Soloveitchik has called these selves \"Adam I\" and \"Adam II.\") Brooks asks: Can we balance these two selves?\n", "title": "\nShould you live for your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 ... or your eulogy?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_brooks_should_you_live_for_your_resume_or_your_eulogy", "views": 1879172, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/self", "/topics/success"], "speaker": "David Brooks", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability", "/talks/jane_fonda_and_lily_tomlin_a_hilarious_celebration_of_lifelong_female_friendship", "/talks/tim_harford_how_messy_problems_can_inspire_creativity", "/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success", "/talks/adam_ostrow_after_your_final_status_update"]},
{"description": "\nWhy do people succeed? Is it because they're smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success.\n", "title": "\n8 secrets of success\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success", "views": 8506559, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/culture", "/topics/education", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/success", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Richard St. John", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice", "/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity"]},
{"description": "\nThe circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness.\n", "title": "\nPerspective is everything\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_perspective_is_everything", "views": 2142309, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/advertising", "/topics/culture", "/topics/humor"], "speaker": "Rory Sutherland", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man", "/talks/rory_sutherland_sweat_the_small_stuff", "/talks/johanna_blakley_social_media_and_the_end_of_gender", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhen the dotcom bubble burst, hotelier Chip Conley went in search of a business model based on happiness. In an old friendship with an employee and in the wisdom of a Buddhist king, he learned that success comes from what you count.\n", "title": "\nMeasuring what makes life worthwhile\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/chip_conley_measuring_what_makes_life_worthwhile", "views": 2468524, "related_tags": ["/topics/buddhism", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/economics", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/money", "/topics/psychology"], "speaker": "Chip Conley", "related_videos": ["/talks/yanis_varoufakis_capitalism_will_eat_democracy_unless_we_speak_up", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy", "/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice"]},
{"description": "\nWith profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. In this inspiring talk he shares the advice he gave his players at UCLA, quotes poetry and remembers his father's wisdom.\n", "title": "\nThe difference between winning and succeeding\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/john_wooden_on_the_difference_between_winning_and_success", "views": 4233603, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/education", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/life", "/topics/poetry", "/topics/sports", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "John Wooden", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success", "/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity"]},
{"description": "\nElizabeth Gilbert was once an \"unpublished diner waitress,\" devastated by rejection letters. And yet, in the wake of the success of 'Eat, Pray, Love,' she found herself identifying strongly with her former self. With beautiful insight, Gilbert reflects on why success can be as disorienting as failure and offers a simple \u2014 though hard \u2014 way to carry on, regardless of outcomes.\n", "title": "\nSuccess, failure and the drive to keep creating\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_success_failure_and_the_drive_to_keep_creating", "views": 2667965, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/failure", "/topics/success", "/topics/writing"], "speaker": "Elizabeth Gilbert", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/amy_tan_on_creativity", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/john_wooden_on_the_difference_between_winning_and_success"]},
{"description": "\n In his typically candid style, Richard St. John reminds us that success is not a one-way street, but a constant journey. He uses the story of his business' rise and fall to illustrate a valuable lesson \u2014 when we stop trying, we fail.\n", "title": "\nSuccess is a continuous journey\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_success_is_a_continuous_journey", "views": 3114890, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/humor", "/topics/life", "/topics/productivity", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/success"], "speaker": "Richard St. John", "related_videos": ["/talks/david_gruber_glow_in_the_dark_sharks_and_other_stunning_sea_creatures", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow", "/talks/tony_robbins_asks_why_we_do_what_we_do", "/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming"]},
{"description": "\nVolunteer firefighter Mark Bezos tells a story of an act of heroism that didn't go quite as expected \u2014 but that taught him a big lesson: Don't wait to be a hero.\n", "title": "\nA life lesson from a volunteer firefighter\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_bezos_a_life_lesson_from_a_volunteer_firefighter", "views": 1728587, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/community", "/topics/compassion", "/topics/culture"], "speaker": "Mark Bezos", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/karen_armstrong_let_s_revive_the_golden_rule", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nClinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twentysomethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade. In this provocative talk, Jay says that just because marriage, work and kids are happening later in life, doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t start planning now. She gives 3 pieces of advice for how twentysomethings can re-claim adulthood in the defining decade of their lives.\n", "title": "\nWhy 30 is not the new 20\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/meg_jay_why_30_is_not_the_new_20", "views": 7903882, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/aging", "/topics/culture", "/topics/goal-setting", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "Meg Jay", "related_videos": ["/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/tavi_gevinson_a_teen_just_trying_to_figure_it_out", "/talks/natalie_warne_being_young_and_making_an_impact", "/talks/sarah_jayne_blakemore_the_mysterious_workings_of_the_adolescent_brain", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nAlain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure \u2014 and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work.\n", "title": "\nA kinder, gentler philosophy of success\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success", "views": 4452821, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/success", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Alain de Botton", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy", "/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success", "/talks/ole_scheeren_why_great_architecture_should_tell_a_story", "/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nLeaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn\u2019t the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of \u201cgrit\u201d as a predictor of success.\n", "title": "\nThe key to success? Grit\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit", "views": 7861389, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/education", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/success"], "speaker": "Angela Lee Duckworth", "related_videos": ["/talks/annie_murphy_paul_what_we_learn_before_we_re_born", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/arthur_benjamin_s_formula_for_changing_math_education", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nEconomics writer Tim Harford studies complex systems \u2014 and finds a surprising link among the successful ones: they were built through trial and error. In this sparkling talk from TEDGlobal 2011, he asks us to embrace our randomness and start making better mistakes.\n", "title": "\nTrial, error and the God complex\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_harford", "views": 1519353, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/culture", "/topics/society"], "speaker": "Tim Harford", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/diana_laufenberg_3_ways_to_teach", "/talks/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce", "/talks/kathryn_schulz_on_being_wrong", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine"]},
{"description": "\nEvery doctor makes mistakes. But, says physician Brian Goldman, medicine's culture of denial (and shame) keeps doctors from ever talking about those mistakes, or using them to learn and improve. Telling stories from his own long practice, he calls on doctors to start talking about being wrong.\n", "title": "\nDoctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/brian_goldman_doctors_make_mistakes_can_we_talk_about_that", "views": 1166879, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/communication", "/topics/culture", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/public+health"], "speaker": "Brian Goldman", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/diana_laufenberg_3_ways_to_teach", "/talks/kathryn_schulz_on_being_wrong", "/talks/tim_harford", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nGayla Benefield was just doing her job \u2014 until she uncovered an awful secret about her hometown that meant its mortality rate was 80 times higher than anywhere else in the U.S. But when she tried to tell people about it, she learned an even more shocking truth: People didn\u2019t want to know. In a talk that\u2019s part history lesson, part call-to-action, Margaret Heffernan demonstrates the danger of \"willful blindness\" and praises ordinary people like Benefield who are willing to speak up. (Filmed at TEDxDanubia.) \n", "title": "\nThe dangers of \"willful blindness\"\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_heffernan_the_dangers_of_willful_blindness", "views": 1352264, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/women+in+business"], "speaker": "Margaret Heffernan", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/margaret_heffernan_dare_to_disagree", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/heather_brooke_my_battle_to_expose_government_corruption", "/talks/julian_assange_why_the_world_needs_wikileaks", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhat is a mistake? By talking through examples with his improvisational Jazz quartet, Stefon Harris walks us to a profound truth: many actions are perceived as mistakes only because we don't react to them appropriately.\n", "title": "\nThere are no mistakes on the bandstand\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/stefon_harris_there_are_no_mistakes_on_the_bandstand", "views": 564818, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/jazz", "/topics/music"], "speaker": "Stefon Harris", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/bobby_mcferrin_hacks_your_brain_with_music", "/talks/ahn_trio_a_modern_take_on_piano_violin_cello", "/talks/tim_harford_how_messy_problems_can_inspire_creativity", "/talks/naturally_7_jams_fly_baby_with_an_orchestra_of_vocals", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nDiana Laufenberg shares three surprising things she has learned about teaching \u2014 including a key insight about learning from mistakes.\n", "title": "\nHow to learn? From mistakes\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/diana_laufenberg_3_ways_to_teach", "views": 1490573, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/children", "/topics/culture", "/topics/education"], "speaker": "Diana Laufenberg", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/geoff_mulgan_a_short_intro_to_the_studio_school", "/talks/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_a_champion", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/taylor_mali_what_teachers_make"]},
{"description": "\nMost of us will do anything to avoid being wrong. But what if we're wrong about that? \"Wrongologist\" Kathryn Schulz makes a compelling case for not just admitting but embracing our fallibility.\n", "title": "\nOn being wrong\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kathryn_schulz_on_being_wrong", "views": 3284049, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/failure"], "speaker": "Kathryn Schulz", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success", "/talks/regina_hartley_why_the_best_hire_might_not_have_the_perfect_resume", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/michael_shermer_the_pattern_behind_self_deception", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nAt TEDGlobal 2010, author Matt Ridley shows how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It's not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is how smart the collective brain is.\n", "title": "\nWhen ideas have sex\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex", "views": 2001893, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/design", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Matt Ridley", "related_videos": ["/talks/yochai_benkler_on_the_new_open_source_economics", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/charles_leadbeater_on_innovation", "/talks/robert_wright_on_optimism", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nIn a world of too many options and too little time, our obvious choice is to just ignore the ordinary stuff. Marketing guru Seth Godin spells out why, when it comes to getting our attention, bad or bizarre ideas are more successful than boring ones.\n", "title": "\nHow to get your ideas to spread\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/seth_godin_on_sliced_bread", "views": 4523956, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/choice", "/topics/culture", "/topics/marketing", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Seth Godin", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/yves_behar_on_designing_objects_that_tell_stories", "/talks/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/chris_anderson_of_wired_on_tech_s_long_tail"]},
{"description": "\nWith help from some surprising footage, Derek Sivers explains how movements really get started. (Hint: it takes two.)\n", "title": "\nHow to start a movement\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement", "views": 5205293, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/dance", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/marketing", "/topics/online+video"], "speaker": "Derek Sivers", "related_videos": ["/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/seth_godin_on_the_tribes_we_lead", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/tania_simoncelli_should_you_be_able_to_patent_a_human_gene", "/talks/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different"]},
{"description": "\nElizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses \u2014 and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person \"being\" a genius, all of us \"have\" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.\n", "title": "\nYour elusive creative genius\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius", "views": 10863936, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/poetry", "/topics/work", "/topics/writing"], "speaker": "Elizabeth Gilbert", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/amy_tan_on_creativity", "/talks/janet_echelman", "/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nPeople often credit their ideas to individual \"Eureka!\" moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the \"liquid networks\" of London's coffee houses to Charles Darwin's long, slow hunch to today's high-velocity web.\n", "title": "\nWhere good ideas come from\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_come_from", "views": 3318302, "related_tags": ["/topics/collaboration", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/novel", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Steven Johnson", "related_videos": ["/talks/steven_johnson_tours_the_ghost_map", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/steven_johnson_on_the_web_as_a_city", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nFashion designer Isaac Mizrahi spins through a dizzying array of inspirations \u2014 from '50s pinups to a fleeting glimpse of a woman on the street who makes him shout \"Stop the cab!\" Inside this rambling talk are real clues to living a happy, creative life.\n", "title": "\nFashion and creativity\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/isaac_mizrahi_on_fashion_and_creativity", "views": 719249, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/fashion", "/topics/humor", "/topics/media"], "speaker": "Isaac Mizrahi", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/amy_tan_on_creativity", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/j_j_abrams_mystery_box", "/talks/theo_jansen_creates_new_creatures", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nNovelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, looking for hints of how hers evolved.\n", "title": "\nWhere does creativity hide?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_tan_on_creativity", "views": 2118287, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/writing"], "speaker": "Amy Tan", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion", "/talks/maira_kalman_the_illustrated_woman", "/talks/isaac_mizrahi_on_fashion_and_creativity", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nAt the 2008 Serious Play conference, designer Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play \u2014 with many examples you can try at home (and one that maybe you shouldn't).\n", "title": "\nTales of creativity and play\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_brown_on_creativity_and_play", "views": 1618497, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/education", "/topics/play", "/topics/toy"], "speaker": "Tim Brown", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/yves_behar_on_designing_objects_that_tell_stories", "/talks/john_maeda_on_the_simple_life", "/talks/stefan_sagmeister_shares_happy_design", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nJanet Echelman found her true voice as an artist when her paints went missing \u2014 which forced her to look to an unorthodox new art material. Now she makes billowing, flowing, building-sized sculpture with a surprisingly geeky edge. A transporting 10 minutes of pure creativity.\n", "title": "\nTaking imagination seriously\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/janet_echelman", "views": 1562572, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/cities", "/topics/culture", "/topics/data", "/topics/design", "/topics/technology", "/topics/visualizations"], "speaker": "Janet Echelman", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity", "/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die", "/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\n2012 may be the year of 3D printing, when this three-decade-old technology finally becomes accessible and even commonplace. Lisa Harouni gives a useful introduction to this fascinating way of making things \u2014 including intricate objects once impossible to create.\n", "title": "\nA primer on 3D printing\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_harouni_a_primer_on_3d_printing", "views": 1513630, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/design", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Lisa Harouni", "related_videos": ["/talks/ross_lovegrove_shares_organic_designs", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/klaus_stadlmann_the_world_s_smallest_3d_printer", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhat if every light bulb in the world could also transmit data? At TEDGlobal, Harald Haas demonstrates, for the first time, a device that could do exactly that. By flickering the light from a single LED, a change too quick for the human eye to detect, he can transmit far more data than a cellular tower \u2014 and do it in a way that's more efficient, secure and widespread.\n", "title": "\nWireless data from every light bulb\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/harald_haas_wireless_data_from_every_light_bulb", "views": 2295980, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/cities", "/topics/invention", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Harald Haas", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ed_boyden", "/talks/eric_giler_demos_wireless_electricity", "/talks/eric_topol_the_wireless_future_of_medicine", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nThis demo \u2014 from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry \u2014 was the buzz of TED. It's a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine \"Minority Report\" and then some.\n", "title": "\nMeet the SixthSense interaction\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense", "views": 9307411, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/demo", "/topics/design", "/topics/interface+design", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Pattie Maes", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks", "/talks/anand_agarawala_demos_his_bumptop_desktop", "/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nBlaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could transform the way we look at digital images. Using still photos culled from the Web, Photosynth builds breathtaking dreamscapes and lets us navigate them. \n", "title": "\nHow PhotoSynth can connect the world's images\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth", "views": 4529043, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/demo", "/topics/microsoft", "/topics/photography", "/topics/software", "/topics/technology", "/topics/visualizations"], "speaker": "Blaise Aguera y Arcas", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_bolinsky_animates_a_cell", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/anand_agarawala_demos_his_bumptop_desktop", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/johnny_lee_demos_wii_remote_hacks"]},
{"description": "\nIn a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D'Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn. In a series of nifty demos, D'Andrea show drones that play catch, balance and make decisions together \u2014 and watch out for an I-want-this-now demo of Kinect-controlled quads.\n", "title": "\nThe astounding athletic power of quadcopters\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_the_astounding_athletic_power_of_quadcopters", "views": 8994610, "related_tags": ["/topics/drones", "/topics/robots", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Raffaello D'Andrea", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dennis_hong_my_seven_species_of_robot", "/talks/a_robot_that_flies_like_a_bird", "/talks/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nBuilding sophisticated educational tools out of cheap parts, Johnny Lee demos his cool Wii Remote hacks, which turn the $40 video game controller into a digital whiteboard, a touchscreen and a head-mounted 3-D viewer.\n", "title": "\nFree or cheap Wii Remote hacks\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/johnny_lee_demos_wii_remote_hacks", "views": 5283199, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/demo", "/topics/design", "/topics/education", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/gaming", "/topics/hack", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Johnny Lee", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/anand_agarawala_demos_his_bumptop_desktop", "/talks/david_perry_on_videogames", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nHow can a super-thin 3-inch disk levitate something 70,000 times its own weight? In a riveting demonstration, Boaz Almog shows how a phenomenon known as quantum locking allows a superconductor disk to float over a magnetic rail \u2014 completely frictionlessly and with zero energy loss. Experiment: Prof. Guy Deutscher, Mishael Azoulay, Boaz Almog, of the High Tc Superconductivity Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University.\n", "title": "\nThe levitating superconductor\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/boaz_almog_levitates_a_superconductor", "views": 2180217, "related_tags": ["/topics/demo", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/magic", "/topics/physics", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Boaz Almog", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter", "/talks/a_robot_that_flies_like_a_bird", "/talks/skylar_tibbits_can_we_make_things_that_make_themselves"]},
{"description": "\nPerhaps you\u2019ve punched out a paper doll or folded an origami swan? TED Fellow Manu Prakash and his team have created a microscope made of paper that's just as easy to fold and use. A sparkling demo that shows how this invention could revolutionize healthcare in developing countries \u2026 and turn almost anything into a fun, hands-on science experiment.\n", "title": "\nA 50-cent microscope that folds like origami\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/manu_prakash_a_50_cent_microscope_that_folds_like_origami", "views": 1560114, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/health", "/topics/physics"], "speaker": "Manu Prakash", "related_videos": ["/talks/paul_rothemund_casts_a_spell_with_dna", "/talks/aimee_mullins_the_opportunity_of_adversity", "/talks/amos_winter_the_cheap_all_terrain_wheelchair", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nTan Le's astonishing new computer interface reads its user's brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts (and a little concentration). She demos the headset, and talks about its far-reaching applications.\n", "title": "\nA headset that reads your brainwaves\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_a_headset_that_reads_your_brainwaves", "views": 2280620, "related_tags": ["/topics/brain", "/topics/computers", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/interface+design", "/topics/mind", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Tan Le", "related_videos": ["/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nRamesh Raskar presents femto-photography, a new type of imaging so fast it visualizes the world one trillion frames per second, so detailed it shows light itself in motion. This technology may someday be used to build cameras that can look \u201caround\u201d corners or see inside the body without X-rays.\n", "title": "\nImaging at a trillion frames per second\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ramesh_raskar_a_camera_that_takes_one_trillion_frames_per_second", "views": 3676928, "related_tags": ["/topics/innovation", "/topics/invention", "/topics/photography", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Ramesh Raskar", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology", "/talks/boaz_almog_levitates_a_superconductor", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhat kind of robots does an animator / jazz musician / roboticist make? Playful, reactive, curious ones. Guy Hoffman shows demo film of his family of unusual robots \u2014 including two musical bots that like to jam with humans.\n", "title": "\nRobots with \"soul\"\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/guy_hoffman_robots_with_soul", "views": 2765549, "related_tags": ["/topics/ai", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/jazz", "/topics/music", "/topics/robots", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Guy Hoffman", "related_videos": ["/talks/bruno_maisonnier_dance_tiny_robots", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/david_hanson_robots_that_relate_to_you", "/talks/peter_fankhauser_meet_rezero_the_dancing_ballbot", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nEngineering student P\u00e9ter Fankhauser demonstrates Rezero, a robot that balances on a ball. Designed and built by students, Rezero is the first ballbot made to move quickly and gracefully \u2014 and even dance. (Could the Star Wars sphere droid be real? Watch this and judge.)\n", "title": "\nMeet Rezero, the dancing ballbot\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_fankhauser_meet_rezero_the_dancing_ballbot", "views": 526427, "related_tags": ["/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/robots", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "P\u00e9ter Fankhauser", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dennis_hong_my_seven_species_of_robot", "/talks/rodney_brooks_on_robots", "/talks/a_robot_that_flies_like_a_bird", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn this prophetic talk from 2003, roboticist Rodney Brooks talks about how robots are going to work their way into our lives \u2014 starting with toys and moving into household chores ... and beyond.\n", "title": "\nRobots will invade our lives\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rodney_brooks_on_robots", "views": 556160, "related_tags": ["/topics/ai", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/design", "/topics/humanity", "/topics/intelligence", "/topics/robots", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Rodney Brooks", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/hod_lipson_builds_self_aware_robots", "/talks/theo_jansen_creates_new_creatures", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/robert_full_on_animal_movement"]},
{"description": "\n\"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?\" asks Regina Dugan, then director of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. In this breathtaking talk she describes some of the extraordinary projects \u2014 a robotic hummingbird, a prosthetic arm controlled by thought, and, well, the internet \u2014 that her agency has created by not worrying that they might fail. (Followed by a Q&A with TED's Chris Anderson)\n", "title": "\nFrom mach-20 glider to hummingbird drone\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/regina_dugan_from_mach_20_glider_to_humming_bird_drone", "views": 1498177, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/drones", "/topics/flight", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/military", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Regina Dugan", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/janine_benyus_biomimicry_in_action", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/a_robot_that_flies_like_a_bird", "/talks/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate"]},
{"description": "\nDavid Hanson's robot faces look and act like yours: They recognize and respond to emotion, and make expressions of their own. Here, an \"emotional\" live demo of the Einstein robot offers a peek at a future where robots truly mimic humans.\n", "title": "\nRobots that \"show emotion\"\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_hanson_robots_that_relate_to_you", "views": 806110, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/body+language", "/topics/demo", "/topics/design", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/robots", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "David Hanson", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/rodney_brooks_on_robots", "/talks/robert_full_learning_from_the_gecko_s_tail", "/talks/caleb_chung_plays_with_pleo", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nMeet seven all-terrain robots \u2014 like the humanoid, soccer-playing DARwIn and the cliff-gripping CLIMBeR \u2014 built by Dennis Hong's robotics team at RoMeLa, based at Virginia Tech. Watch to the end for the five creative secrets to his lab's success.\n", "title": "\nMy seven species of robot \u2014 and how we created them\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dennis_hong_my_seven_species_of_robot", "views": 1791570, "related_tags": ["/topics/ai", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/robots", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Dennis Hong", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/robert_full_on_engineering_and_evolution", "/talks/a_robot_that_flies_like_a_bird", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/heather_knight_silicon_based_comedy", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nPlenty of robots can fly \u2014 but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large, lightweight robot, modeled on a seagull, that flies by flapping its wings. A soaring demo fresh from TEDGlobal 2011.\n", "title": "\nA robot that flies like a bird\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/a_robot_that_flies_like_a_bird", "views": 5783660, "related_tags": ["/topics/animals", "/topics/biomechanics", "/topics/biomimicry", "/topics/design", "/topics/robots", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Markus Fischer", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/theo_jansen_creates_new_creatures", "/talks/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/robert_full_on_animal_movement"]},
{"description": "\nCynthia Breazeal wonders: Why can we use robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms? The key, she says, is in training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds robots that teach, learn \u2014 and play. Watch for amazing demo footage of a new interactive game for kids.\n", "title": "\nThe rise of personal robots\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/cynthia_breazeal_the_rise_of_personal_robots", "views": 972983, "related_tags": ["/topics/ai", "/topics/body+language", "/topics/business", "/topics/communication", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/robots", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Cynthia Breazeal", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/rodney_brooks_on_robots", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/david_hanson_robots_that_relate_to_you", "/talks/heather_knight_silicon_based_comedy", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nIn his lab at Penn, Vijay Kumar and his team build flying quadrotors, small, agile robots that swarm, sense each other, and form ad hoc teams \u2014 for construction, surveying disasters and far more.\n", "title": "\nRobots that fly ... and cooperate\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate", "views": 3831187, "related_tags": ["/topics/ai", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/drones", "/topics/robots", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Vijay Kumar", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/pw_singer_on_robots_of_war", "/talks/dennis_hong_my_seven_species_of_robot", "/talks/robert_full_learning_from_the_gecko_s_tail", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn Rajasthan, India, an extraordinary school teaches rural women and men \u2014 many of them illiterate \u2014 to become solar engineers, artisans, dentists and doctors in their own villages. It's called the Barefoot College, and its founder, Bunker Roy, explains how it works.\n", "title": "\nLearning from a barefoot movement\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bunker_roy", "views": 3488756, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/development", "/topics/education", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/india", "/topics/invention", "/topics/women"], "speaker": "Bunker Roy", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/anupam_mishra_the_ancient_ingenuity_of_water_harvesting", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/geoff_mulgan_a_short_intro_to_the_studio_school", "/talks/arvind_gupta_turning_trash_into_toys_for_learning"]},
{"description": "\nKiran Bir Sethi shows how her groundbreaking Riverside School in India teaches kids life's most valuable lesson: \"I can.\" Watch her students take local issues into their own hands, lead other young people, even educate their parents.\n", "title": "\nKids, take charge\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kiran_bir_sethi_teaches_kids_to_take_charge", "views": 1273830, "related_tags": ["/topics/children", "/topics/education", "/topics/india", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/society"], "speaker": "Kiran Sethi", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/michelle_obama", "/talks/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action", "/talks/jose_abreu_on_kids_transformed_by_music"]},
{"description": "\nAccepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center inspired others around the world to open \n", "title": "\nMy wish: Once Upon a School\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dave_eggers_makes_his_ted_prize_wish_once_upon_a_school", "views": 1251084, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+prize", "/topics/activism", "/topics/children", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/education", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/writing"], "speaker": "Dave Eggers", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids", "/talks/neil_turok_makes_his_ted_prize_wish", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity"]},
{"description": "\nSome kids learn by listening; others learn by doing. Geoff Mulgan gives a short introduction to the Studio School, a new kind of school in the UK where small teams of kids learn by working on projects that are, as Mulgan puts it, \"for real.\" \n", "title": "\nA short intro to the Studio School\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/geoff_mulgan_a_short_intro_to_the_studio_school", "views": 596285, "related_tags": ["/topics/creativity", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/education", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Geoff Mulgan", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids", "/talks/adora_svitak", "/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nDaphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free \u2014 not just as a service, but as a way to research how people learn. With Coursera (cofounded by Andrew Ng), each keystroke, quiz, peer-to-peer discussion and self-graded assignment builds an unprecedented pool of data on how knowledge is processed. \n", "title": "\nWhat we're learning from online education\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/daphne_koller_what_we_re_learning_from_online_education", "views": 1977453, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/computers", "/topics/education", "/topics/global+issues"], "speaker": "Daphne Koller", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education", "/talks/peter_norvig_the_100_000_student_classroom", "/talks/ray_kurzweil_announces_singularity_university", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nAt this school in Tokyo, five-year-olds cause traffic jams and windows are for Santa to climb into. Meet: the world's cutest kindergarten, designed by architect Takaharu Tezuka. In this charming talk, he walks us through a design process that really lets kids be kids.\n", "title": "\nThe best kindergarten you\u2019ve ever seen\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/takaharu_tezuka_the_best_kindergarten_you_ve_ever_seen", "views": 3251943, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/children", "/topics/design", "/topics/education", "/topics/play", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "Takaharu Tezuka", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids", "/talks/eva_zeisel_on_the_playful_search_for_beauty", "/talks/shimpei_takahashi_play_this_game_to_come_up_with_original_ideas", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nOnstage at TED2013, Sugata Mitra makes his bold TED Prize wish: Help me design the School in the Cloud, a learning lab in India, where children can explore and learn from each other \u2014 using resources and mentoring from the cloud. Hear his inspiring vision for Self Organized Learning Environments, and learn more at ted.com/prize.\r\n\n", "title": "\nBuild a School in the Cloud\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud", "views": 2519540, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+prize", "/topics/education", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Sugata Mitra", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves", "/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education", "/talks/jamie_oliver", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nSalman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script \u2014 give students video lectures to watch at home, and do \"homework\" in the classroom with the teacher available to help.\n", "title": "\nLet's use video to reinvent education\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education", "views": 4010295, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/education", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/online+video"], "speaker": "Salman Khan", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/just_how_small_is_an_atom", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/arthur_benjamin_s_formula_for_changing_math_education", "/talks/the_secret_life_of_plankton"]},
{"description": "\nSir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.\n", "title": "\nDo schools kill creativity?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity", "views": 37343505, "related_tags": ["/topics/children", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/culture", "/topics/dance", "/topics/education", "/topics/parenting"], "speaker": "Ken Robinson", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ken_robinson_how_to_escape_education_s_death_valley", "/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/linda_cliatt_wayman_how_to_fix_a_broken_school_lead_fearlessly_love_hard"]},
{"description": "\nWorking with a team of physicists, Dr. Deborah Rhodes developed a new tool for tumor detection that's 3 times as effective as traditional mammograms for women with dense breast tissue. The life-saving implications are stunning. So why haven't we heard of it? Rhodes shares the story behind the tool's creation, and the web of politics and economics that keep it from mainstream use.\n", "title": "\nA test that finds 3x more breast tumors, and why it's not available to you\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/deborah_rhodes", "views": 817522, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/cancer", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Deborah Rhodes", "related_videos": ["/talks/anders_ynnerman_visualizing_the_medical_data_explosion", "/talks/ananda_shankar_jayant_fights_cancer_with_a_dance", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/jay_bradner_open_source_cancer_research"]},
{"description": "\nWilliam Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial first (and best) step: Eating cancer-fighting foods that cut off the supply lines and beat cancer at its own game.\n", "title": "\nCan we eat to starve cancer?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/william_li", "views": 3772691, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/cancer", "/topics/food", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "William Li", "related_videos": ["/talks/david_agus_a_new_strategy_in_the_war_on_cancer", "/talks/eva_vertes_looks_to_the_future_of_medicine", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/alan_russell_on_regenerating_our_bodies"]},
{"description": "\nEva Vertes \u2014 only 19 when she gave this talk \u2014 discusses her journey toward studying medicine and her drive to understand the roots of cancer and Alzheimer\u2019s.\n", "title": "\nMeet the future of cancer research\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/eva_vertes_looks_to_the_future_of_medicine", "views": 888481, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/cancer", "/topics/disease", "/topics/health", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology", "/topics/wunderkind"], "speaker": "Eva Vertes", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/william_li", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/jorge_soto_the_future_of_early_cancer_detection", "/talks/alanna_shaikh_how_i_m_preparing_to_get_alzheimer_s"]},
{"description": "\nToo often, says David Agus cancer treatments have a short-sighted focus on individual cells. He suggests a new, cross-disciplinary approach, using atypical drugs, computer modeling and protein analysis to diagnose and treat the whole body.\n", "title": "\nA new strategy in the war on cancer\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_agus_a_new_strategy_in_the_war_on_cancer", "views": 618650, "related_tags": ["/topics/cancer", "/topics/health", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "David Agus", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dean_ornish_says_your_genes_are_not_your_fate", "/talks/eva_vertes_looks_to_the_future_of_medicine", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/alan_russell_on_regenerating_our_bodies"]},
{"description": "\nAlong with a crew of technologists and scientists, Jorge Soto is developing a simple, noninvasive, open-source test that looks for early signs of multiple forms of cancer. Onstage at TEDGlobal 2014, he demonstrates a working prototype of the mobile platform for the first time.\n", "title": "\nThe future of early cancer detection?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jorge_soto_the_future_of_early_cancer_detection", "views": 1091834, "related_tags": ["/topics/biotech", "/topics/cancer", "/topics/health", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Jorge Soto", "related_videos": ["/talks/jack_andraka_a_promising_test_for_pancreatic_cancer_from_a_teenager", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ananda_shankar_jayant_fights_cancer_with_a_dance", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/eva_vertes_looks_to_the_future_of_medicine"]},
{"description": "\nFor decades, researcher Mina Bissell pursued a revolutionary idea \u2014 that a cancer cell doesn't automatically become a tumor, but rather, depends on surrounding cells (its microenvironment) for cues on how to develop. She shares the two key experiments that proved the prevailing wisdom about cancer growth was wrong.\n", "title": "\nExperiments that point to a new understanding of cancer\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mina_bissell_experiments_that_point_to_a_new_understanding_of_cancer", "views": 850437, "related_tags": ["/topics/biology", "/topics/cancer", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Mina Bissell", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_agus_a_new_strategy_in_the_war_on_cancer", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/elizabeth_murchison", "/talks/cynthia_kenyon_experiments_that_hint_of_longer_lives"]},
{"description": "\nUsing robotics, laser rangefinders, GPS and smart feedback tools, Dennis Hong is building a car for drivers who are blind. It's not a \"self-driving\" car, he's careful to note, but a car in which a non-sighted driver can determine speed, proximity and route \u2014 and drive independently.\n", "title": "\nMaking a car for blind drivers\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dennis_hong_making_a_car_for_blind_drivers", "views": 640344, "related_tags": ["/topics/senses", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/design", "/topics/sight", "/topics/technology", "/topics/transportation"], "speaker": "Dennis Hong", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dennis_hong_my_seven_species_of_robot", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nGraham Hawkes takes us aboard his graceful, winged submarines to the depths of planet Ocean (a.k.a. \"Earth\"). It's a deep blue world we landlubbers rarely see in 3D.\n", "title": "\nA flight through the ocean\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/graham_hawkes_flies_through_the_ocean", "views": 359004, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/design", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/invention", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Graham Hawkes", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/chris_bangle_says_great_cars_are_art", "/talks/robert_ballard_on_exploring_the_oceans", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/burt_rutan_sees_the_future_of_space"]},
{"description": "\nPaul MacCready \u2014 aircraft designer, environmentalist, and lifelong lover of flight \u2014 talks about his long career.\n", "title": "\nA flight on solar wings\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_maccready_flies_on_solar_wings", "views": 700205, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/alternative+energy", "/topics/business", "/topics/design", "/topics/drones", "/topics/energy", "/topics/flight", "/topics/invention", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Paul MacCready", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/chris_bangle_says_great_cars_are_art", "/talks/robert_ballard_on_exploring_the_oceans", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/burt_rutan_sees_the_future_of_space"]},
{"description": "\nRichard Branson talks to TED's Chris Anderson about the ups and the downs of his career, from his multibillionaire success to his multiple near-death experiences \u2014 and reveals some of his (very surprising) motivations.\n", "title": "\nLife at 30,000 feet\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_branson_s_life_at_30_000_feet", "views": 1429663, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/aircraft", "/topics/business", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/entrepreneur", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/interview", "/topics/music", "/topics/space", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Richard Branson", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce", "/talks/seth_godin_on_sliced_bread", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sergey_brin_and_larry_page_on_google", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWingsuit jumping is the leading edge of extreme sports \u2014 an exhilarating feat of almost unbelievable daring, where skydivers soar through canyons at over 100MPH. Ueli Gegenschatz talks about how (and why) he does it, and shows jawdropping film.\n", "title": "\nExtreme wingsuit flying\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ueli_gegenschatz_extreme_wingsuit_jumping", "views": 1275345, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/adventure", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/extreme+sports", "/topics/flight", "/topics/invention", "/topics/sports", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Ueli Gegenschatz", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/nathan_wolfe_hunts_for_the_next_aids", "/talks/paul_maccready_flies_on_solar_wings", "/talks/ben_saunders_skis_to_the_north_pole", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nSebastian Thrun helped build Google's amazing driverless car, powered by a very personal quest to save lives and reduce traffic accidents. Jawdropping video shows the DARPA Challenge-winning car motoring through busy city traffic with no one behind the wheel, and dramatic test drive footage from TED2011 demonstrates how fast the thing can really go.\n", "title": "\nGoogle's driverless car\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sebastian_thrun_google_s_driverless_car", "views": 2186138, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/robots", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology", "/topics/transportation"], "speaker": "Sebastian Thrun", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/pw_singer_on_robots_of_war", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/chris_gerdes_the_future_race_car_150mph_and_no_driver", "/talks/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate"]},
{"description": "\nAmerican designer Chris Bangle explains his philosophy that car design is an art form in its own right, with an entertaining \u2014 and ultimately moving \u2014 account of the BMW Group's Deep Blue project, intended to create the SUV of the future.\n", "title": "\nGreat cars are great art\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_bangle_says_great_cars_are_art", "views": 785215, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/business", "/topics/cars", "/topics/design", "/topics/industrial+design", "/topics/invention", "/topics/technology", "/topics/transportation"], "speaker": "Chris Bangle", "related_videos": ["/talks/ross_lovegrove_shares_organic_designs", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/yves_behar_on_designing_objects_that_tell_stories", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/burt_rutan_sees_the_future_of_space"]},
{"description": "\nRobin Chase founded Zipcar, the world\u2019s biggest car-sharing business. That was one of her smaller ideas. Here she travels much farther, contemplating road-pricing schemes that will shake up our driving habits and a mesh network vast as the Interstate. \n", "title": "\nThe idea behind Zipcar (and what comes next)\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/robin_chase_on_zipcar_and_her_next_big_idea", "views": 382422, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/cars", "/topics/cities", "/topics/technology", "/topics/transportation"], "speaker": "Robin Chase", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/howard_rheingold_on_collaboration", "/talks/charles_leadbeater_on_innovation", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jaime_lerner_sings_of_the_city", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nEntrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX sits down with TED curator Chris Anderson to share details about his visionary projects, which include a mass-marketed electric car, a solar energy leasing company and a fully reusable rocket.\n", "title": "\nThe mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity ...\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/elon_musk_the_mind_behind_tesla_spacex_solarcity", "views": 3020123, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/energy", "/topics/entrepreneur", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/solar+energy", "/topics/space", "/topics/technology", "/topics/transportation"], "speaker": "Elon Musk", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/brian_cox_why_we_need_the_explorers", "/talks/sebastian_thrun_google_s_driverless_car", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/burt_rutan_sees_the_future_of_space"]},
{"description": "\nA flying car \u2014 it's an iconic image of the future. But after 100 years of flight and automotive engineering, no one has really cracked the problem. Pilot Anna Mracek Dietrich and her team flipped the question, asking: Why not build a plane that you can drive?\n", "title": "\nA plane you can drive\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/anna_mracek_dietrich_a_plane_you_can_drive", "views": 889703, "related_tags": ["/topics/cars", "/topics/design", "/topics/flight", "/topics/invention", "/topics/transportation"], "speaker": "Anna Mracek Dietrich", "related_videos": ["/talks/chris_bangle_says_great_cars_are_art", "/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/dennis_hong_making_a_car_for_blind_drivers", "/talks/paul_maccready_flies_on_solar_wings", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nFor the dawn of a new decade, adventurer Bertrand Piccard offers us a challenge: Find motivation in what seems impossible. He shares his own plans to do what many say can't be done \u2014 to fly around the world, day and night, in a solar-powered aircraft.\n", "title": "\nMy solar-powered adventure\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bertrand_piccard_s_solar_powered_adventure", "views": 712759, "related_tags": ["/topics/adventure", "/topics/aircraft", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/green", "/topics/solar+energy", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Bertrand Piccard", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/richard_branson_s_life_at_30_000_feet", "/talks/paul_maccready_flies_on_solar_wings", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/burt_rutan_sees_the_future_of_space"]},
{"description": "\nStrapped to a jet-powered wing, Yves Rossy is the Jetman \u2014 flying free, his body as the rudder, above the Swiss Alps and the Grand Canyon. After a powerful short film shows how it works, Rossy takes the TEDGlobal stage to share the experience and thrill of flying.\n", "title": "\nFly with the Jetman\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/yves_rossy_fly_with_the_jetman", "views": 7179304, "related_tags": ["/topics/adventure", "/topics/design", "/topics/flight", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Yves Rossy", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/ueli_gegenschatz_extreme_wingsuit_jumping", "/talks/anna_mracek_dietrich_a_plane_you_can_drive", "/talks/paul_maccready_flies_on_solar_wings", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nAutonomous cars are coming \u2014 and they\u2019re going to drive better than you. Chris Gerdes reveals how he and his team are developing robotic race cars that can drive at 150 mph while avoiding every possible accident. And yet, in studying the brainwaves of professional racing drivers, Gerdes says he has gained a new appreciation for the instincts of professional drivers\n", "title": "\nThe future race car \u2014 150mph, and no driver\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_gerdes_the_future_race_car_150mph_and_no_driver", "views": 646751, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/cars", "/topics/future", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Chris Gerdes", "related_videos": ["/talks/reinventing_the_car", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/anna_mracek_dietrich_a_plane_you_can_drive", "/talks/sebastian_thrun_google_s_driverless_car", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nUsing wikis and digital fabrication tools, TED Fellow Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing the blueprints for 50 farm machines, allowing anyone to build their own tractor or harvester from scratch. And that's only the first step in a project to write an instruction set for an entire self-sustaining village (starting cost: $10,000).\n", "title": "\nOpen-sourced blueprints for civilization\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski", "views": 1340789, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/culture", "/topics/open-source", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Marcin Jakubowski", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/amy_smith_shares_simple_lifesaving_design", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/dale_dougherty_we_are_makers", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/neil_gershenfeld_on_fab_labs"]},
{"description": "\nJacek Utko is an extraordinary Polish newspaper designer whose redesigns for papers in Eastern Europe not only win awards, but increase circulation by up to 100%. Can good design save the newspaper? It just might.\n", "title": "\nCan design save newspapers?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jacek_utko_asks_can_design_save_the_newspaper", "views": 991597, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/media", "/topics/typography"], "speaker": "Jacek Utko", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_griffin_on_how_photography_connects", "/talks/james_surowiecki_on_the_turning_point_for_social_media", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sasa_vucinic_invests_in_free_press", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nKevin Surace suggests we rethink basic construction materials \u2014 such as the familiar wallboard \u2014 to reduce the huge carbon footprint generated by the manufacturing and construction of our buildings. He introduces EcoRock, a clean, recyclable and energy-efficient drywall created by his team at Serious Materials.\n", "title": "\nEco-friendly drywall\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_surace_fixing_drywall_to_heal_the_planet", "views": 320177, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/business", "/topics/demo", "/topics/design", "/topics/green", "/topics/invention", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Kevin Surace", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/john_la_grou_plugs_smart_power_outlets_1", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nFumes from indoor cooking fires kill more than 2 million children a year in the developing world. MIT engineer Amy Smith details an exciting but simple solution: a tool for turning farm waste into clean-burning charcoal.\n", "title": "\nSimple designs to save a life\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_smith_shares_simple_lifesaving_design", "views": 1166532, "related_tags": ["/topics/macarthur+grant", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/alternative+energy", "/topics/design", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/industrial+design", "/topics/invention", "/topics/simplicity"], "speaker": "Amy Smith", "related_videos": ["/talks/nathan_myhrvold_cut_your_food_in_half", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/michael_pawlyn_using_nature_s_genius_in_architecture", "/talks/jonathan_trent_energy_from_floating_algae_pods", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nDesign legend Niels Diffrient talks about his life in industrial design (and the reason he became a designer instead of a jet pilot). He details his quest to completely rethink the office chair starting from one fundamental data set: the human body.\n", "title": "\nRethinking the way we sit down\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/niels_diffrient_rethinks_the_way_we_sit_at_work", "views": 518221, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/design", "/topics/technology", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Niels Diffrient", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/paul_bennett_finds_design_in_the_details", "/talks/eva_zeisel_on_the_playful_search_for_beauty", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/christopher_deam_restyles_the_airstream", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nProduct designer Eben Bayer reveals his recipe for a new, fungus-based packaging material that protects fragile stuff like furniture, plasma screens \u2014 and the environment.\n", "title": "\nAre mushrooms the new plastic?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/eben_bayer_are_mushrooms_the_new_plastic", "views": 1007317, "related_tags": ["/topics/environment", "/topics/green", "/topics/nature", "/topics/plastic", "/topics/product+design", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Eben Bayer", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/kevin_surace_fixing_drywall_to_heal_the_planet", "/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/mike_biddle", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nYour medical chart: it's hard to access, impossible to read \u2014 and full of information that could make you healthier if you just knew how to use it. At TEDMED, Thomas Goetz looks at medical data, making a bold call to redesign it and get more insight from it.\n", "title": "\nIt's time to redesign medical data\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_goetz_it_s_time_to_redesign_medical_data", "views": 449424, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/design", "/topics/health", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Thomas Goetz", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/gary_wolf_the_quantified_self", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nJohn Hodgman, comedian and resident expert, \"explains\" the design of three iconic modern objects. (From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.)\n", "title": "\nDesign, explained.\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/john_hodgman_design_explained", "views": 1053816, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/design", "/topics/humor"], "speaker": "John Hodgman", "related_videos": ["/talks/emily_levine_s_theory_of_everything", "/talks/david_carson_on_design", "/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/aparna_rao_high_tech_art_with_a_sense_of_humor", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nChip Kidd doesn\u2019t judge books by their cover, he creates covers that embody the book \u2014 and he does it with a wicked sense of humor. In one of the funniest talks from TED2012, he shows the art and deep thought of his cover designs. This talk is from The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.\n", "title": "\nDesigning books is no laughing matter. OK, it is.\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/chip_kidd_designing_books_is_no_laughing_matter_ok_it_is", "views": 1478383, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/humor", "/topics/literature"], "speaker": "Chip Kidd", "related_videos": ["/talks/emily_levine_s_theory_of_everything", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/j_j_abrams_mystery_box", "/talks/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nDesigner Yves Behar digs up his creative roots to discuss some of the iconic objects he's created (the Leaf lamp, the Jawbone headset). Then he turns to the witty, surprising, elegant objects he's working on now \u2014 including the \"$100 laptop.\"\n", "title": "\nDesigning objects that tell stories\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/yves_behar_on_designing_objects_that_tell_stories", "views": 1006369, "related_tags": ["/topics/one+laptop+per+child", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/computers", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/sex", "/topics/society"], "speaker": "Yves Behar", "related_videos": ["/talks/ross_lovegrove_shares_organic_designs", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/chris_bangle_says_great_cars_are_art", "/talks/joshua_prince_ramus_on_seattle_s_library", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine"]},
{"description": "\nFifty percent of traffic accidents happen at intersections. Gary Lauder shares a brilliant and cheap idea for helping drivers move along smoothly: a new traffic sign that combines the properties of \"Stop\" and \"Yield.\"\n", "title": "\nTake Turns\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/gary_lauder_s_new_traffic_sign_take_turns", "views": 543219, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/cities", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/transportation"], "speaker": "Gary Lauder", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/chris_bangle_says_great_cars_are_art", "/talks/robin_chase_on_zipcar_and_her_next_big_idea", "/talks/jaime_lerner_sings_of_the_city", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nPaola Antonelli, design curator at New York\u2019s Museum of Modern Art, wants to spread her appreciation of design \u2014 in all shapes and forms \u2014 around the world.\n", "title": "\nTreat design as art\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/paola_antonelli_treats_design_as_art", "views": 534027, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/museums"], "speaker": "Paola Antonelli", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/yves_behar_on_designing_objects_that_tell_stories", "/talks/paola_antonelli_previews_design_and_the_elastic_mind", "/talks/thom_mayne_on_architecture_as_connection", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
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{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney", "http://www.ted.com/talks/max_little_a_test_for_parkinson_s_with_a_phone_call", "http://www.ted.com/talks/patience_mthunzi_could_we_cure_hiv_with_lasers", "http://www.ted.com/talks/quyen_nguyen_color_coded_surgery", "http://www.ted.com/talks/siddhartha_mukherjee_soon_we_ll_cure_diseases_with_a_cell_not_a_pill", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jack_choi_on_the_virtual_dissection_table", "http://www.ted.com/talks/deborah_rhodes", "http://www.ted.com/talks/yoav_medan_ultrasound_surgery_healing_without_cuts", "http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kraft_medicine_s_future", "http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_kendall_demo_a_needle_free_vaccine_patch_that_s_safer_and_way_cheaper", "http://www.ted.com/talks/rupal_patel_synthetic_voices_as_unique_as_fingerprints", "http://www.ted.com/talks/roger_stein_a_bold_new_way_to_fund_drug_research"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/23/the_future_of_medicine", "title": "\nThe future of medicine\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_tarter_s_call_to_join_the_seti_search", "http://www.ted.com/talks/carolyn_porco_could_a_saturn_moon_harbor_life", "http://www.ted.com/talks/penelope_boston", "http://www.ted.com/talks/freeman_dyson_says_let_s_look_for_life_in_the_outer_solar_system", "http://www.ted.com/talks/seth_shostak_et_is_probably_out_there_get_ready", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_kasdin_the_flower_shaped_starshade_that_might_help_us_detect_earth_like_planets"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/82/are_we_alone_in_the_universe", "title": "\nAre we alone in the universe?\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/beverly_dereck_joubert_life_lessons_from_big_cats", "http://www.ted.com/talks/laurel_braitman_depressed_dogs_cats_with_ocd_what_animal_madness_means_for_us_humans", "http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_turere_a_peace_treaty_with_the_lions", "http://www.ted.com/talks/fei_fei_li_how_we_re_teaching_computers_to_understand_pictures"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/325/talks_for_cat_lovers", "title": "\nTalks for cat lovers\n"},
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{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/billy_collins_two_poems_about_what_dogs_think_probably", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ian_dunbar_on_dog_friendly_dog_training", "http://www.ted.com/talks/laurel_braitman_depressed_dogs_cats_with_ocd_what_animal_madness_means_for_us_humans", "http://www.ted.com/talks/nicolas_perony_puppies_now_that_i_ve_got_your_attention_complexity_theory", "http://www.ted.com/talks/nellie_mckay_sings_the_dog_song", "http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_tan_on_creativity"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/275/ted_talks_for_dog_lovers", "title": "\nTalks for dog lovers\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/jack_horner_building_a_dinosaur_from_a_chicken", "http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_sereno_digs_up_dinosaurs", "http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_ward_on_mass_extinctions", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jack_horner_shape_shifting_dinosaurs", "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_christian_big_history", "http://www.ted.com/talks/phil_plait_how_to_defend_earth_from_asteroids", "http://www.ted.com/talks/caleb_chung_plays_with_pleo"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/68/dinos", "title": "\nDinos!\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/ed_yong_suicidal_wasps_zombie_roaches_and_other_tales_of_parasites", "http://www.ted.com/talks/rose_george_let_s_talk_crap_seriously", "http://www.ted.com/talks/kees_moeliker_how_a_dead_duck_changed_my_life", "http://www.ted.com/talks/mary_roach_10_things_you_didn_t_know_about_orgasm", "http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter", "http://www.ted.com/talks/arunachalam_muruganantham_how_i_started_a_sanitary_napkin_revolution", "http://www.ted.com/talks/carin_bondar_the_birds_and_the_bees_are_just_the_beginning", "http://www.ted.com/talks/marcel_dicke_why_not_eat_insects", "http://www.ted.com/talks/marcus_byrne_the_dance_of_the_dung_beetle"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/93/gross", "title": "\nGROSS!\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_the_hidden_beauty_of_pollination", "http://www.ted.com/talks/deborah_gordon_digs_ants", "http://www.ted.com/talks/marcus_byrne_the_dance_of_the_dung_beetle", "http://www.ted.com/talks/marla_spivak_why_bees_are_disappearing", "http://www.ted.com/talks/marcel_dicke_why_not_eat_insects", "http://www.ted.com/talks/sara_lewis_the_loves_and_lies_of_fireflies", "http://www.ted.com/talks/bart_knols_cheese_dogs_and_pills_to_end_malaria", "http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_dickinson_how_a_fly_flies", "http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_full_the_secrets_of_nature_s_grossest_creatures_channeled_into_robots", "http://www.ted.com/talks/charles_anderson_discovers_dragonflies_that_cross_oceans", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ed_yong_suicidal_wasps_zombie_roaches_and_other_tales_of_parasites"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/5/insects_are_awesome", "title": "\nInsects are awesome!\n"},
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{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/isabelle_allende_how_to_live_passionately_no_matter_your_age", "http://www.ted.com/talks/laura_carstensen_older_people_are_happier", "http://www.ted.com/talks/nigel_marsh_how_to_make_work_life_balance_work", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_fonda_life_s_third_act", "http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_you_are_always_changing", "http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_buettner_how_to_live_to_be_100"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/227/talks_to_make_you_feel_good_ab", "title": "\nTalks to make you feel good about getting older\n"},
{"description": "\nBritta Riley wanted to grow her own food (in her tiny apartment). So she and her friends developed a system for growing plants in discarded plastic bottles \u2014 researching, testing and tweaking the system using social media, trying many variations at once and quickly arriving at the optimal system. Call it distributed DIY. And the results? Delicious.\n", "title": "\nA garden in my apartment\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/britta_riley_a_garden_in_my_apartment", "views": 1427634, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/cities", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/design", "/topics/food", "/topics/garden"], "speaker": "Britta Riley", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/cary_fowler_one_seed_at_a_time_protecting_the_future_of_food", "/talks/jamie_oliver", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/marcin_jakubowski", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhat should a community do with its unused land? Plant food, of course. With energy and humor, Pam Warhurst tells at the TEDSalon the story of how she and a growing team of volunteers came together to turn plots of unused land into communal vegetable gardens, and to change the narrative of food in their community.\n", "title": "\nHow we can eat our landscapes\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/pam_warhurst_how_we_can_eat_our_landscapes", "views": 1062756, "related_tags": ["/topics/agriculture", "/topics/botany", "/topics/community", "/topics/food", "/topics/garden", "/topics/green", "/topics/sustainability"], "speaker": "Pam Warhurst", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/britta_riley_a_garden_in_my_apartment", "/talks/roger_doiron_my_subversive_garden_plot", "/talks/stephen_ritz_a_teacher_growing_green_in_the_south_bronx", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali"]},
{"description": "\nA unique ecosystem of plants, birds and monkeys thrives in the treetops of the rainforest. Nalini Nadkarni explores these canopy worlds \u2014 and shares her findings with the world below, through dance, art and bold partnerships.\n", "title": "\nConserving the canopy\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/nalini_nadkani_on_conserving_the_canopy", "views": 329555, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/activism", "/topics/animals", "/topics/biodiversity", "/topics/biology", "/topics/biosphere", "/topics/children", "/topics/education", "/topics/environment", "/topics/insects", "/topics/trees"], "speaker": "Nalini Nadkarni", "related_videos": ["/talks/corneille_ewango_is_a_hero_of_the_congo_forest", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/richard_preston_on_the_giant_trees", "/talks/willie_smits_restores_a_rainforest"]},
{"description": "\nWe\u2019re not done with anatomy. We know a tremendous amount about genomics, proteomics and cell biology, but as Diane Kelly makes clear at TEDMED, there are basic facts about the human body we\u2019re still learning. Case in point: How does the mammalian erection work?\n", "title": "\nWhat we didn't know about penis anatomy\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/diane_kelly_what_we_didn_t_know_about_penis_anatomy", "views": 3217771, "related_tags": ["/topics/biology", "/topics/science", "/topics/sex"], "speaker": "Diane Kelly", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jonathan_drori_the_beautiful_tricks_of_flowers", "/talks/paul_sereno_digs_up_dinosaurs", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/mary_roach_10_things_you_didn_t_know_about_orgasm", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nBelieve it or not, about 20 years' worth of potentially life-saving drugs are sitting in labs right now, untested. Why? Because they can't get the funding to go to trials; the financial risk is too high. Roger Stein is a finance guy, and he thinks deeply about mitigating risk. He and some colleagues at MIT came up with a promising new financial model that could move hundreds of drugs into the testing pipeline. (Filmed at TED@StateStreet.)\n", "title": "\nA bold new way to fund drug research\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/roger_stein_a_bold_new_way_to_fund_drug_research", "views": 861113, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/cancer", "/topics/finance", "/topics/medical+research", "/topics/medicine"], "speaker": "Roger Stein", "related_videos": ["/talks/bill_doyle_treating_cancer_with_electric_fields", "/talks/susan_solomon_the_promise_of_research_with_stem_cells", "/talks/geraldine_hamilton_body_parts_on_a_chip", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nAstronomers believe that every star in the galaxy has a planet, one fifth of which might harbor life. Only we haven't seen any of them \u2014 yet. Jeremy Kasdin and his team are looking to change that with the design and engineering of an extraordinary piece of equipment: a flower petal-shaped \"starshade\" positioned 50,000 km from a telescope to enable imaging of planets about distant stars. It is, he says, the \"coolest possible science.\"\n", "title": "\nThe flower-shaped starshade that might help us detect Earth-like planets\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_kasdin_the_flower_shaped_starshade_that_might_help_us_detect_earth_like_planets", "views": 1130750, "related_tags": ["/topics/planets", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/astronomy", "/topics/space", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Jeremy Kasdin", "related_videos": ["/talks/jill_tarter_s_call_to_join_the_seti_search", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/carolyn_porco_could_a_saturn_moon_harbor_life", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/lucianne_walkowicz_finding_planets_around_other_stars"]},
{"description": "\nSETI researcher Seth Shostak bets that we will find extraterrestrial life in the next twenty-four years, or he'll buy you a cup of coffee. He explains why new technologies and the laws of probability make the breakthrough so likely \u2014 and predicts how the discovery of civilizations far more advanced than ours might affect us here on Earth.\n", "title": "\nET is (probably) out there \u2014 get ready\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/seth_shostak_et_is_probably_out_there_get_ready", "views": 751010, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/astronomy", "/topics/extraterrestrial+life", "/topics/life", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Seth Shostak", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/martin_hanczyc_the_line_between_life_and_not_life", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/phil_plait_how_to_defend_earth_from_asteroids", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/nathalie_cabrol_how_mars_might_hold_the_secret_to_the_origin_of_life"]},
{"description": "\nAs manager of the Rosetta mission, Fred Jansen was responsible for the successful 2014 landing of a probe on the comet known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. In this fascinating and funny talk, Jansen reveals some of the intricate calculations that went into landing the Philae probe on a comet 500 million kilometers from Earth \u2014 and shares some incredible photographs taken along the way.\n", "title": "\nHow to land on a comet\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/fred_jansen_how_to_land_on_a_comet", "views": 947877, "related_tags": ["/topics/rocket+science", "/topics/science", "/topics/space", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Fred Jansen", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/george_dyson_on_project_orion", "/talks/carolyn_porco_could_a_saturn_moon_harbor_life", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/burt_rutan_sees_the_future_of_space"]},
{"description": "\nAnimal fan Nellie McKay sings a sparkling tribute to her dear dog. She suggests we all do the same: \"Just go right to the pound/ And find yourself a hound/ And make that doggie proud/ 'cause that's what it's all about.\"\n", "title": "\n\"The Dog Song\"\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/nellie_mckay_sings_the_dog_song", "views": 596568, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/animals", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music", "/topics/piano"], "speaker": "Nellie McKay", "related_videos": ["/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/stew_says_black_men_ski", "/talks/nellie_mckay_sings_clonie_1", "/talks/tim_harford_how_messy_problems_can_inspire_creativity", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life", "/talks/nellie_mckay_sings_feminists_and_if_i_had_you"]},
{"description": "\nPleo the robot dinosaur acts like a living pet \u2014 exploring, cuddling, playing, reacting and learning. Inventor Caleb Chung talks about Pleo and his wild toy career at EG07, on the week that Pleo shipped to stores for the first time.\n", "title": "\nPlaytime with Pleo, your robotic dinosaur friend\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/caleb_chung_plays_with_pleo", "views": 387866, "related_tags": ["/topics/children", "/topics/design", "/topics/dinosaurs", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/invention", "/topics/play", "/topics/technology", "/topics/toy"], "speaker": "Caleb Chung", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/will_wright_makes_toys_that_make_worlds", "/talks/robert_full_on_engineering_and_evolution", "/talks/nicholas_negroponte_on_one_laptop_per_child_two_years_on", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nA dung beetle has a brain the size of a grain of rice, and yet shows a tremendous amount of intelligence when it comes to rolling its food source \u2014 animal excrement \u2014 home. How? It all comes down to a dance. (Filmed at TEDxWitsUniversity.)\n", "title": "\nThe dance of the dung beetle\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/marcus_byrne_the_dance_of_the_dung_beetle", "views": 950849, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/animals", "/topics/insects", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Marcus Byrne", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/deborah_gordon_digs_ants", "/talks/charles_anderson_discovers_dragonflies_that_cross_oceans", "/talks/louie_schwartzberg_the_hidden_beauty_of_pollination"]},
{"description": "\nWhile living and working as a marine biologist in Maldives, Charles Anderson noticed sudden explosions of dragonflies at certain times of year. He explains how he carefully tracked the path of a plain, little dragonfly called the globe skimmer, only to discover that it had the longest migratory journey of any insect in the world.\n", "title": "\nDragonflies that fly across oceans\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/charles_anderson_discovers_dragonflies_that_cross_oceans", "views": 521973, "related_tags": ["/topics/biodiversity", "/topics/biology", "/topics/biosphere", "/topics/birds", "/topics/insects", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Charles Anderson", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/richard_pyle_dives_the_twilight_zone", "/talks/e_o_wilson_on_saving_life_on_earth", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/dennis_vanengelsdorp_a_plea_for_bees"]},
{"description": "\nWhat's a marine biologist doing talking about world hunger? Well, says Jackie Savitz, fixing the world's oceans might just help to feed the planet's billion hungriest people. In an eye-opening talk, Savitz tells us what\u2019s really going on in our global fisheries right now \u2014 it\u2019s not good \u2014 and offers smart suggestions of how we can help them heal, while making more food for all.\n", "title": "\nSave the oceans, feed the world!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jackie_savitz_save_the_oceans_feed_the_world", "views": 1115010, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/sustainability"], "speaker": "Jackie Savitz", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/brian_skerry_reveals_ocean_s_glory_and_horror", "/talks/barbara_block_tagging_tuna_in_the_deep_ocean", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/stephen_palumbi_following_the_mercury_trail", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nBiologist Sheila Patek talks about her work measuring the feeding strike of the mantis shrimp, one of the fastest movements in the animal world, using video cameras recording at 20,000 frames per second.\n", "title": "\nThe shrimp with a kick!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sheila_patek_clocks_the_fastest_animals", "views": 963483, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/biology", "/topics/biomechanics", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/online+video", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Sheila Patek", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/susan_savage_rumbaugh_on_apes_that_write", "/talks/tierney_thys_swims_with_the_giant_sunfish", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/deborah_gordon_digs_ants"]},
{"description": "\nSavage-Rumbaugh's work with bonobo apes, which can understand spoken language and learn tasks by watching, forces the audience to rethink how much of what a species can do is determined by biology \u2014 and how much by cultural exposure.\n", "title": "\nThe gentle genius of bonobos\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_savage_rumbaugh_on_apes_that_write", "views": 1949083, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/animals", "/topics/apes", "/topics/biology", "/topics/culture", "/topics/education", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/genetics", "/topics/intelligence", "/topics/language"], "speaker": "Susan Savage-Rumbaugh", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/sheila_patek_clocks_the_fastest_animals", "/talks/deborah_gordon_digs_ants", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/jane_goodall_at_tedglobal_07", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nYou don't need to plan an exotic trip to find creative inspiration. Just look up, says Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society. As he shares charming photos of nature's finest aerial architecture, Pretor-Pinney calls for us all to take a step off the digital treadmill, lie back and admire the beauty in the sky above.\n", "title": "\nCloudy with a chance of joy\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/gavin_pretor_pinney_cloudy_with_a_chance_of_joy", "views": 1162924, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/beauty", "/topics/nature", "/topics/weather"], "speaker": "Gavin Pretor-Pinney", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/reuben_margolin_sculpting_waves_in_wood_and_time", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/karen_bass_unseen_footage_untamed_nature", "/talks/camille_seaman_photos_from_a_storm_chaser"]},
{"description": "\nTo find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner and team study the world's \"Blue Zones,\" communities whose elders live with vim and vigor to record-setting age. In his talk, he shares the 9 common diet and lifestyle habits that keep them spry past age 100.\n", "title": "\nHow to live to be 100+\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_buettner_how_to_live_to_be_100", "views": 2634188, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/biology", "/topics/culture", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/food", "/topics/health", "/topics/life", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Dan Buettner", "related_videos": ["/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging", "/talks/dean_ornish_on_the_world_s_killer_diet", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/alan_russell_on_regenerating_our_bodies"]},
{"description": "\nWithin this generation, an extra 30 years have been added to our life expectancy \u2014 and these years aren\u2019t just a footnote. Jane Fonda asks how we can re-imagine this new phase of our lives.\n", "title": "\nLife's third act\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_fonda_life_s_third_act", "views": 2164302, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/aging", "/topics/culture", "/topics/health", "/topics/women"], "speaker": "Jane Fonda", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_petsko_on_the_coming_neurological_epidemic", "/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/cynthia_kenyon_experiments_that_hint_of_longer_lives"]},
{"description": "\nWork-life balance, says Nigel Marsh, is too important to be left in the hands of your employer. Marsh lays out an ideal day balanced between family time, personal time and productivity \u2014 and offers some stirring encouragement to make it happen.\n", "title": "\nHow to make work-life balance work\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/nigel_marsh_how_to_make_work_life_balance_work", "views": 3126937, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/business", "/topics/culture", "/topics/motivation", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Nigel Marsh", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/yossi_vardi_fights_local_warming", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nIn the 20th century we added an unprecedented number of years to our lifespans, but is the quality of life as good? Surprisingly, yes! Psychologist Laura Carstensen shows research that demonstrates that as people get older they become happier, more content, and have a more positive outlook on the world.\n", "title": "\nOlder people are happier\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/laura_carstensen_older_people_are_happier", "views": 1052873, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/aging", "/topics/culture", "/topics/science", "/topics/women"], "speaker": "Laura Carstensen", "related_videos": ["/talks/tony_wyss_coray_how_young_blood_might_help_reverse_aging_yes_really", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jane_fonda_life_s_third_act", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/cynthia_kenyon_experiments_that_hint_of_longer_lives", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nDid you know that you're 30 times more likely to laugh if you're with somebody else than if you're alone? Cognitive neuroscientist Sophie Scott shares this and other surprising facts about laughter in this fast-paced, action-packed and, yes, hilarious dash through the science of cracking up.\n", "title": "\nWhy we laugh\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sophie_scott_why_we_laugh", "views": 1976096, "related_tags": ["/topics/cognitive+science", "/topics/humor", "/topics/neuroscience", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Sophie Scott", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/nancy_etcoff_on_happiness_and_why_we_want_it", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/greg_gage_how_to_control_someone_else_s_arm_with_your_brain", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/russell_foster_why_do_we_sleep"]},
{"description": "\nAuthor Isabel Allende is 71. Yes, she has a few wrinkles\u2014but she has incredible perspective too. In this candid talk, meant for viewers of all ages, she talks about her fears as she gets older and shares how she plans to keep on living passionately.\n", "title": "\nHow to live passionately\u2014no matter your age\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/isabelle_allende_how_to_live_passionately_no_matter_your_age", "views": 2654025, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/aging", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Isabel Allende", "related_videos": ["/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness", "/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging", "/talks/jane_fonda_and_lily_tomlin_a_hilarious_celebration_of_lifelong_female_friendship", "/talks/jane_fonda_life_s_third_act", "/talks/laura_carstensen_older_people_are_happier", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nChild prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs \"childish\" thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups' willingness to learn from children as much as to teach.\n", "title": "\nWhat adults can learn from kids\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/adora_svitak", "views": 4177700, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/children", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/education", "/topics/intelligence"], "speaker": "Adora Svitak", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/geoffrey_canada_our_failing_schools_enough_is_enough", "/talks/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_a_champion", "/talks/sirena_huang_dazzles_on_violin", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn this hilariously lively performance, actress Sarah Jones channels an opinionated elderly Jewish woman, a fast-talking Dominican college student and more, giving TED2009 just a sample of her spectacular character range.\n", "title": "\nA one-woman global village\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jones_as_a_one_woman_global_village", "views": 1259949, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/humanity", "/topics/humor", "/topics/identity", "/topics/performance", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/theater"], "speaker": "Sarah Jones", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/carmen_agra_deedy_spins_stories", "/talks/anna_deavere_smith_s_american_character", "/talks/rives_controls_the_internet"]},
{"description": "\nRaised listening to his dad's old records, Joey Alexander plays a brand of sharp, modern piano jazz that you likely wouldn't expect to hear from a pre-teenager. Listen as the 11-year-old delights the TED crowd with his very special performance of a Thelonious Monk classic.\n", "title": "\nAn 11-year-old prodigy performs old-school jazz \n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/joey_alexander_an_11_year_old_prodigy_performs_old_school_jazz", "views": 1561946, "related_tags": ["/topics/entertainment", "/topics/jazz", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance"], "speaker": "Joey Alexander", "related_videos": ["/talks/guy_hoffman_robots_with_soul", "/talks/stefon_harris_there_are_no_mistakes_on_the_bandstand", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life", "/talks/bill_t_jones_the_dancer_the_singer_the_cellist_and_a_moment_of_creative_magic", "/talks/tim_harford_how_messy_problems_can_inspire_creativity", "/talks/nicole_paris_and_ed_cage_a_beatboxing_lesson_from_a_father_daughter_duo"]},
{"description": "\nNature\u2019s beauty can be fleeting \u2014 but not through Louie Schwartzberg\u2019s lens. His stunning time-lapse photography, accompanied by powerful words from Benedictine monk Brother David Steindl-Rast, serves as a meditation on being grateful for every day.\n", "title": "\nNature. Beauty. Gratitude.\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_nature_beauty_gratitude", "views": 3186057, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/biodiversity", "/topics/biology", "/topics/compassion", "/topics/culture", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "Louie Schwartzberg", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_inspiring_a_life_of_immersion", "/talks/laura_trice_suggests_we_all_say_thank_you", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/louie_schwartzberg_the_hidden_beauty_of_pollination", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nRoman Mars is obsessed with flags \u2014 and after you watch this talk, you might be, too. These ubiquitous symbols of civic pride are often designed, well, pretty terribly. But they don't have to be. In this surprising and hilarious talk about vexillology \u2014 the study of flags \u2014 Mars reveals the five basic principles of flag design and shows why he believes they can be applied to just about anything.\n", "title": "\nWhy city flags may be the worst-designed thing you've never noticed\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/roman_mars_why_city_flags_may_be_the_worst_designed_thing_you_ve_never_noticed", "views": 2281194, "related_tags": ["/topics/cities", "/topics/design", "/topics/government", "/topics/humor", "/topics/product+design"], "speaker": "Roman Mars", "related_videos": ["/talks/john_maeda_on_the_simple_life", "/talks/paul_bennett_finds_design_in_the_details", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/paola_antonelli_treats_design_as_art", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nRob Hopkins reminds us that the oil our world depends on is steadily running out. He proposes a unique solution to this problem \u2014 the Transition response, where we prepare ourselves for life without oil and sacrifice our luxuries to build systems and communities that are completely independent of fossil fuels. \n", "title": "\nTransition to a world without oil\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rob_hopkins_transition_to_a_world_without_oil", "views": 743851, "related_tags": ["/topics/big+problems", "/topics/cities", "/topics/energy", "/topics/environment", "/topics/future", "/topics/green", "/topics/pollution", "/topics/sustainability", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Rob Hopkins", "related_videos": ["/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_suburbia", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/juan_enriquez_wants_to_grow_energy"]},
{"description": "\nKicking off the TED2013 conference, Jennifer Granholm asks a very American question with worldwide implications: How do we make more jobs? Her big idea: Invest in new alternative energy sources. And her big challenge: Can it be done with or without our broken Congress?\n", "title": "\nA clean energy proposal \u2014 race to the top!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_granholm_a_clean_energy_proposal_race_to_the_top", "views": 715524, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/energy", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Jennifer Granholm", "related_videos": ["/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/bill_gates", "/talks/andrew_mcafee_are_droids_taking_our_jobs"]},
{"description": "\nDays before this talk, journalist Naomi Klein was on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at the catastrophic results of BP's risky pursuit of oil. Our societies have become addicted to extreme risk in finding new energy, new financial instruments and more ... and too often, we're left to clean up a mess afterward. Klein's question: What's the backup plan?\n", "title": "\nAddicted to risk\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/naomi_klein_addicted_to_risk", "views": 843483, "related_tags": ["/topics/activism", "/topics/business", "/topics/culture", "/topics/economics", "/topics/science", "/topics/social+change"], "speaker": "Naomi Klein", "related_videos": ["/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory", "/talks/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/carl_safina_the_oil_spill_s_unseen_culprits_victims", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nThe man who helped usher in the environmental movement in the 1960s and '70s has been rethinking his positions on cities, nuclear power, genetic modification and geo-engineering. This talk at the US State Department is a foretaste of his major new book, sure to provoke widespread debate.\n", "title": "\n4 environmental 'heresies'\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/stewart_brand_proclaims_4_environmental_heresies", "views": 578216, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/alternative+energy", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/development", "/topics/environment", "/topics/future", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/green", "/topics/sustainability", "/topics/urban+planning"], "speaker": "Stewart Brand", "related_videos": ["/talks/stewart_brand_on_squatter_cities", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/al_gore_warns_on_latest_climate_trends", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/stewart_brand_on_the_long_now", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nIn this brief talk, Saul Griffith unveils the invention his new company Makani Power has been working on: giant kite turbines that create surprising amounts of clean, renewable energy.\n", "title": "\nHigh-altitude wind energy from kites!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/saul_griffith_on_kites_as_the_future_of_renewable_energy", "views": 578117, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/alternative+energy", "/topics/energy", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/environment", "/topics/future", "/topics/wind+energy"], "speaker": "Saul Griffith", "related_videos": ["/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/amory_lovins_on_winning_the_oil_endgame", "/talks/paul_maccready_flies_on_solar_wings", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/juan_enriquez_wants_to_grow_energy"]},
{"description": "\nPhysicist Steven Cowley is certain that nuclear fusion is the only truly sustainable solution to the fuel crisis. He explains why fusion will work \u2014 and details the projects that he and many others have devoted their lives to, working against the clock to create a new source of energy.\n", "title": "\nFusion is energy's future\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_cowley_fusion_is_energy_s_future", "views": 657800, "related_tags": ["/topics/alternative+energy", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/energy", "/topics/environment", "/topics/physics"], "speaker": "Steven Cowley", "related_videos": ["/talks/stewart_brand_proclaims_4_environmental_heresies", "/talks/saul_griffith_on_kites_as_the_future_of_renewable_energy", "/talks/shai_agassi_on_electric_cars", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali"]},
{"description": "\nAt TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world's energy future, describing the need for \"miracles\" to avoid planetary catastrophe and explaining why he's backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor. The necessary goal? Zero carbon emissions globally by 2050.\n", "title": "\nInnovating to zero!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates", "views": 3534129, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/energy", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/invention", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Bill Gates", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/amory_lovins_on_winning_the_oil_endgame", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/bill_gates_unplugged", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nIn this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy innovator Amory Lovins shows how to get the US off oil and coal by 2050, $5 trillion cheaper, with no Act of Congress, led by business for profit. The key is integrating all four energy-using sectors\u2014and four kinds of innovation.\n", "title": "\nA 40-year plan for energy\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/amory_lovins_a_50_year_plan_for_energy", "views": 1040950, "related_tags": ["/topics/alternative+energy", "/topics/energy", "/topics/politics", "/topics/science", "/topics/solar+energy", "/topics/technology", "/topics/wind+energy"], "speaker": "Amory Lovins", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/amory_lovins_on_winning_the_oil_endgame", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/rob_hopkins_transition_to_a_world_without_oil", "/talks/lisa_margonelli_the_political_chemistry_of_oil", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhat would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials that could make that possible, and how questioning our notion of 'normal' can lead to extraordinary breakthroughs.\n", "title": "\nFreeing energy from the grid\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/justin_hall_tipping_freeing_energy_from_the_grid", "views": 1002784, "related_tags": ["/topics/energy", "/topics/entrepreneur", "/topics/environment", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Justin Hall-Tipping", "related_videos": ["/talks/william_kamkwamba_how_i_harnessed_the_wind", "/talks/angela_belcher_using_nature_to_grow_batteries", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/lisa_margonelli_the_political_chemistry_of_oil"]},
{"description": "\nForget about the hybrid auto \u2014 Shai Agassi says it's electric cars or bust if we want to impact emissions. His company, Better Place, has a radical plan to take entire countries oil-free by 2020.\n", "title": "\nA new ecosystem for electric cars\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/shai_agassi_on_electric_cars", "views": 1080862, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/alternative+energy", "/topics/business", "/topics/cars", "/topics/energy", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/green", "/topics/solar", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Shai Agassi", "related_videos": ["/talks/reinventing_the_car", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/saul_griffith_on_kites_as_the_future_of_renewable_energy", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/al_gore_on_averting_climate_crisis", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nSpeaking one month after the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Lisa Margonelli shows how drilling moratoriums and executive ousters make for good theater, but distract us from the issue at heart: our unrestrained oil consumption. She shares her bold plan to wean America off oil \u2014 by confronting consumers with its real cost.\n", "title": "\nThe political chemistry of oil\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_margonelli_the_political_chemistry_of_oil", "views": 402853, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/disaster+relief", "/topics/energy", "/topics/environment", "/topics/green", "/topics/oil", "/topics/sustainability"], "speaker": "Lisa Margonelli", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/carl_safina_the_oil_spill_s_unseen_culprits_victims", "/talks/edward_burtynsky_photographs_the_landscape_of_oil", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/cesar_harada_a_novel_idea_for_cleaning_up_oil_spills"]},
{"description": "\nWhat's the key to using alternative energy, like solar and wind? Storage \u2014 so we can have power on tap even when the sun's not out and the wind's not blowing. In this accessible, inspiring talk, Donald Sadoway takes to the blackboard to show us the future of large-scale batteries that store renewable energy. As he says: \"We need to think about the problem differently. We need to think big. We need to think cheap.\"\n", "title": "\nThe missing link to renewable energy\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/donald_sadoway_the_missing_link_to_renewable_energy", "views": 1660569, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/alternative+energy", "/topics/energy", "/topics/invention", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Donald Sadoway", "related_videos": ["/talks/angela_belcher_using_nature_to_grow_batteries", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/amory_lovins_on_winning_the_oil_endgame", "/talks/bill_gates", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nTaylor Wilson believes nuclear fusion is a solution to our future energy needs, and that kids can change the world. And he knows something about both of those: When he was 14, he built a working fusion reactor in his parents' garage. Now 17, he takes the TED stage at short notice to tell (the short version of) his story.\n", "title": "\nYup, I built a nuclear fusion reactor\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/taylor_wilson_yup_i_built_a_nuclear_fusion_reactor", "views": 2874981, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/energy", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "Taylor Wilson", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/award_winning_teen_age_science_in_action", "/talks/eva_vertes_looks_to_the_future_of_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/debate_does_the_world_need_nuclear_energy"]},
{"description": "\nMargaret Wertheim leads a project to re-create the creatures of the coral reefs using a crochet technique invented by a mathematician \u2014 celebrating the amazements of the reef, and deep-diving into the hyperbolic geometry underlying coral creation.\n", "title": "\nThe beautiful math of coral\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_wertheim_crochets_the_coral_reef", "views": 1168097, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/design", "/topics/math", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/science", "/topics/visualizations"], "speaker": "Margaret Wertheim", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments", "/talks/garrett_lisi_on_his_theory_of_everything", "/talks/ron_eglash_on_african_fractals", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nHumankind has been looking for the giant squid (Architeuthis) since we first started taking pictures underwater. But the elusive deep-sea predator could never be caught on film. Oceanographer and inventor Edith Widder shares the key insight \u2014 and the teamwork \u2014 that helped to capture the squid on film for the first time.\n", "title": "\nHow we found the giant squid\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/edith_widder_how_we_found_the_giant_squid", "views": 3275693, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/submarine", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Edith Widder", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments", "/talks/edith_widder_the_weird_and_wonderful_world_of_bioluminescence", "/talks/mike_degruy_hooked_by_octopus", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nOceanographer John Delaney is leading the team that is building an underwater network of high-def cameras and sensors that will turn our ocean into a global interactive lab \u2014 sparking an explosion of rich data about the world below.\n", "title": "\nWiring an interactive ocean\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/john_delaney_wiring_an_interactive_ocean", "views": 316650, "related_tags": ["/topics/mission+blue", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/poetry", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "John Delaney", "related_videos": ["/talks/jeremy_jackson", "/talks/carl_safina_the_oil_spill_s_unseen_culprits_victims", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/edith_widder_glowing_life_in_an_underwater_world"]},
{"description": "\nPhotographer Brian Skerry shoots life above and below the waves \u2014 as he puts it, both the horror and the magic of the ocean. Sharing amazing, intimate shots of undersea creatures, he shows how powerful images can help make change.\n", "title": "\nThe ocean's glory \u2014 and horror\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/brian_skerry_reveals_ocean_s_glory_and_horror", "views": 1247250, "related_tags": ["/topics/fish", "/topics/mission+blue", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/photography", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Brian Skerry", "related_videos": ["/talks/jeremy_jackson", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_degruy_hooked_by_octopus", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/edith_widder_glowing_life_in_an_underwater_world"]},
{"description": "\nOcean explorer Robert Ballard takes us on a mindbending trip to hidden worlds underwater, where he and other researchers are finding unexpected life, resources, even new mountains. He makes a case for serious exploration and mapping. Google Ocean, anyone?\n", "title": "\nThe astonishing hidden world of the deep ocean\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_ballard_on_exploring_the_oceans", "views": 1152046, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/adventure", "/topics/animals", "/topics/biodiversity", "/topics/education", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/fish", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/science", "/topics/submarine"], "speaker": "Robert Ballard", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/carolyn_porco_flies_us_to_saturn", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/bill_stone_explores_the_earth_and_space", "/talks/ben_saunders_skis_to_the_north_pole"]},
{"description": "\nSome 80 to 90 percent of undersea creatures make light \u2014 and we know very little about how or why. Bioluminescence expert Edith Widder explores this glowing, sparkling, luminous world, sharing glorious images and insight into the unseen depths (and brights) of the ocean.\n", "title": "\nGlowing life in an underwater world\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/edith_widder_glowing_life_in_an_underwater_world", "views": 544799, "related_tags": ["/topics/animals", "/topics/design", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/fish", "/topics/mission+blue", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Edith Widder", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments", "/talks/mike_degruy_hooked_by_octopus", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sylvia_earle_s_ted_prize_wish_to_protect_our_oceans"]},
{"description": "\nUnderwater filmmaker Mike deGruy has spent decades looking intimately at the ocean. A consummate storyteller, he takes the stage at Mission Blue to share his awe and excitement \u2014 and his fears \u2014 about the blue heart of our planet.\n", "title": "\nHooked by an octopus\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_degruy_hooked_by_octopus", "views": 860219, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/film", "/topics/fish", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/science", "/topics/submarine"], "speaker": "Mike deGruy", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sylvia_earle_s_ted_prize_wish_to_protect_our_oceans"]},
{"description": "\nMarine biologist Tierney Thys asks us to step into the water to visit the world of the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish. Basking, eating jellyfish and getting massages, this behemoth offers clues to life in the open sea.\n", "title": "\nSwim with the giant sunfish\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/tierney_thys_swims_with_the_giant_sunfish", "views": 746384, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/animals", "/topics/biodiversity", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/environment", "/topics/fish", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Tierney Thys", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sheila_patek_clocks_the_fastest_animals", "/talks/deborah_gordon_digs_ants"]},
{"description": "\nLegendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean \u2014 and shocking stats about its rapid decline \u2014 as she makes her TED Prize wish: that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet.\n", "title": "\nMy wish: Protect our oceans\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sylvia_earle_s_ted_prize_wish_to_protect_our_oceans", "views": 947845, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+prize", "/topics/activism", "/topics/biodiversity", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/science", "/topics/submarine"], "speaker": "Sylvia Earle", "related_videos": ["/talks/robert_ballard_on_exploring_the_oceans", "/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/craig_venter_on_dna_and_the_sea"]},
{"description": "\nDavid Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus, and a Times Square's worth of neon light displays from fish who live in the blackest depths of the ocean. This short talk celebrates the pioneering work of ocean explorers like Edith Widder and Roger Hanlon.\n", "title": "\nUnderwater astonishments\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments", "views": 12634639, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/animals", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/fish", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "David Gallo", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos", "/talks/david_gallo_on_life_in_the_deep_oceans", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sheila_patek_clocks_the_fastest_animals"]},
{"description": "\nHow can robots learn to stabilize on rough terrain, walk upside down, do gymnastic maneuvers in air and run into walls without harming themselves? Robert Full takes a look at the incredible body of the cockroach to show what it can teach robotics engineers. \n", "title": "\nThe secrets of nature's grossest creatures, channeled into robots\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_full_the_secrets_of_nature_s_grossest_creatures_channeled_into_robots", "views": 1165146, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/animals", "/topics/design", "/topics/robots", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Robert Full", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/marcus_byrne_the_dance_of_the_dung_beetle", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/deborah_gordon_what_ants_teach_us_about_the_brain_cancer_and_the_internet", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/robert_full_on_animal_movement"]},
{"description": "\nAn insect's ability to fly is perhaps one of the greatest feats of evolution. Michael Dickinson looks at how a fruit fly takes flight with such delicate wings, thanks to a clever flapping motion and flight muscles that are both powerful and nimble. But the secret ingredient: the incredible fly brain. (Filmed at TEDxCaltech.)\n", "title": "\nHow a fly flies\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_dickinson_how_a_fly_flies", "views": 1390588, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/biology", "/topics/insects", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Michael Dickinson", "related_videos": ["/talks/jonathan_drori_the_beautiful_tricks_of_flowers", "/talks/marcus_byrne_the_dance_of_the_dung_beetle", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/dennis_vanengelsdorp_a_plea_for_bees", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWe can use a mosquito's own instincts against her. In a rather unforgettable presentation, Bart Knols demos the imaginative solutions his team is developing to fight malaria \u2014 including limburger cheese and a deadly pill.\n", "title": "\n3 new ways to kill mosquitoes\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bart_knols_cheese_dogs_and_pills_to_end_malaria", "views": 205439, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/health", "/topics/insects", "/topics/medicine"], "speaker": "Bart Knols", "related_videos": ["/talks/seth_berkley_hiv_and_flu_the_vaccine_strategy", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/kary_mullis_next_gen_cure_for_killer_infections", "/talks/bill_gates_unplugged"]},
{"description": "\nBiologist Sara Lewis has spent the past 20 years getting to the bottom of the magic and wonder of fireflies. In this charming talk, she tells us how and why the beetles produce their silent sparks, what happens when two fireflies have sex, and why one group of females is known as the firefly vampire. (It's not pretty.) Find out more astonishing facts about fireflies in Lewis' footnotes, below.\n", "title": "\nThe loves and lies of fireflies\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sara_lewis_the_loves_and_lies_of_fireflies", "views": 883541, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/biology", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/insects"], "speaker": "Sara Lewis", "related_videos": ["/talks/jill_farrant_how_we_can_make_crops_survive_without_water", "/talks/nalini_nadkani_on_conserving_the_canopy", "/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/david_gruber_glow_in_the_dark_sharks_and_other_stunning_sea_creatures", "/talks/marla_spivak_why_bees_are_disappearing", "/talks/deborah_gordon_digs_ants"]},
{"description": "\nHoneybees have thrived for 50 million years, each colony 40 to 50,000 individuals coordinated in amazing harmony. So why, seven years ago, did colonies start dying en masse? Marla Spivak reveals four reasons which are interacting with tragic consequences. This is not simply a problem because bees pollinate a third of the world\u2019s crops. Could this incredible species be holding up a mirror for us?\r\n\n", "title": "\nWhy bees are disappearing\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/marla_spivak_why_bees_are_disappearing", "views": 2049771, "related_tags": ["/topics/bees", "/topics/biodiversity", "/topics/food", "/topics/garden", "/topics/insects", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Marla Spivak", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/marcus_byrne_the_dance_of_the_dung_beetle", "/talks/noah_wilson_rich_every_city_needs_healthy_honey_bees", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/dennis_vanengelsdorp_a_plea_for_bees"]},
{"description": "\nDeborah Gordon studies ant colonies in the Arizona desert to understand their complex social system. She asks: How do these chitinous creatures get down to business \u2014 and even multitask when they need to \u2014 with no language, memory or visible leadership? Her answers could lead to a better understanding of all complex systems, from the brain to the Web. Thanks, ants.\n", "title": "\nThe emergent genius of ant colonies\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/deborah_gordon_digs_ants", "views": 803282, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ants", "/topics/biology", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/design", "/topics/insects", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Deborah Gordon", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/susan_savage_rumbaugh_on_apes_that_write", "/talks/e_o_wilson_on_saving_life_on_earth", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sheila_patek_clocks_the_fastest_animals", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nPollination: it's vital to life on Earth, but largely unseen by the human eye. Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg shows us the intricate world of pollen and pollinators with gorgeous high-speed images from his film \"Wings of Life,\" inspired by the vanishing of one of nature's primary pollinators, the honeybee.\n", "title": "\nThe hidden beauty of pollination\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_the_hidden_beauty_of_pollination", "views": 1656657, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/beauty", "/topics/bees", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/film", "/topics/garden", "/topics/insects", "/topics/life", "/topics/nature"], "speaker": "Louie Schwartzberg", "related_videos": ["/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/dennis_vanengelsdorp_a_plea_for_bees", "/talks/jonathan_drori_every_pollen_grain_has_a_story", "/talks/nick_veasey_exposing_the_invisible_1"]},
{"description": "\nMarcel Dicke makes an appetizing case for adding insects to everyone's diet. His message to squeamish chefs and foodies: delicacies like locusts and caterpillars compete with meat in flavor, nutrition and eco-friendliness.\n", "title": "\nWhy not eat insects?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/marcel_dicke_why_not_eat_insects", "views": 1285447, "related_tags": ["/topics/agriculture", "/topics/environment", "/topics/food", "/topics/health", "/topics/insects"], "speaker": "Marcel Dicke", "related_videos": ["/talks/dan_barber_how_i_fell_in_love_with_a_fish", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/stefano_mancuso_the_roots_of_plant_intelligence", "/talks/sheila_patek_clocks_the_fastest_animals"]},
{"description": "\nThink you know a thing or two about sex? Think again. In this fascinating talk, biologist Carin Bondar lays out the surprising science behind how animals get it on. (This talk describes explicit and aggressive sexual content.)\n", "title": "\nThe birds and the bees are just the beginning\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/carin_bondar_the_birds_and_the_bees_are_just_the_beginning", "views": 2147359, "related_tags": ["/topics/animals", "/topics/biology", "/topics/sex"], "speaker": "Carin Bondar", "related_videos": ["/talks/jill_farrant_how_we_can_make_crops_survive_without_water", "/talks/keith_bellows_on_the_camel_s_hump", "/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/david_gruber_glow_in_the_dark_sharks_and_other_stunning_sea_creatures", "/talks/dan_dennett_cute_sexy_sweet_funny", "/talks/mary_roach_10_things_you_didn_t_know_about_orgasm"]},
{"description": "\nWhen he realized his wife had to choose between buying family meals and buying her monthly \"supplies,\" Arunachalam Muruganantham vowed to help her solve the problem of the sanitary pad. His research got very very personal \u2014 and led him to a powerful business model. (Filmed in Bangalore as part of the TED Global Talent Search.)\n", "title": "\nHow I started a sanitary napkin revolution!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/arunachalam_muruganantham_how_i_started_a_sanitary_napkin_revolution", "views": 1000566, "related_tags": ["/topics/global+issues", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/invention", "/topics/public+health", "/topics/women"], "speaker": "Arunachalam Muruganantham", "related_videos": ["/talks/amy_smith_shares_simple_lifesaving_design", "/talks/nirmalya_kumar_india_s_invisible_entrepreneurs", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/dean_kamen_previews_a_new_prosthetic_arm"]},
{"description": "\nToo much of the world lacks access to clean drinking water. Engineer Michael Pritchard did something about it \u2014 inventing the portable Lifesaver filter, which can make the most revolting water drinkable in seconds. An amazing demo from TEDGlobal 2009.\n", "title": "\nHow to make filthy water drinkable\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter", "views": 3080917, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/demo", "/topics/design", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/invention", "/topics/technology", "/topics/water"], "speaker": "Michael Pritchard", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/amy_smith_shares_simple_lifesaving_design", "/talks/david_kelley_on_human_centered_design", "/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_invests_in_ending_poverty", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nOne afternoon, Kees Moeliker got a research opportunity few ornithologists would wish for: A flying duck slammed into his glass office building, died, and then \u2026 what happened next would change his life. [Note: Contains graphic images and descriptions of sexual behavior in animals.]\n", "title": "\nHow a dead duck changed my life\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kees_moeliker_how_a_dead_duck_changed_my_life", "views": 1205390, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/biology", "/topics/birds", "/topics/humor", "/topics/science", "/topics/sex"], "speaker": "Kees Moeliker", "related_videos": ["/talks/jonathan_drori_the_beautiful_tricks_of_flowers", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/diane_kelly_what_we_didn_t_know_about_penis_anatomy", "/talks/munir_virani_why_i_love_vultures", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nIt's 2013, yet 2.5 billion people in the world have no access to a basic sanitary toilet. And when there's no loo, where do you poo? In the street, probably near your water and food sources \u2014 causing untold death and disease from contamination. Get ready for a blunt, funny, powerful talk from journalist Rose George about a once-unmentionable problem.\n", "title": "\nLet's talk crap. Seriously.\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rose_george_let_s_talk_crap_seriously", "views": 1482440, "related_tags": ["/topics/big+problems", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/health", "/topics/sanitation", "/topics/smell", "/topics/water"], "speaker": "Rose George", "related_videos": ["/talks/steven_johnson_tours_the_ghost_map", "/talks/paul_ewald_asks_can_we_domesticate_germs", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nIn this fascinating, hilarious and ever-so-slightly creepy talk, science writer Ed Yong tells the story of his favorite parasites \u2014 animals and organisms that live on the bodies (and brains!) of other organisms, causing them to do their bidding. Do humans have them too? Maybe ...\n", "title": "\nZombie roaches and other parasite tales\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ed_yong_suicidal_wasps_zombie_roaches_and_other_tales_of_parasites", "views": 1364698, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/biology", "/topics/microbiology", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Ed Yong", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/bonnie_bassler_on_how_bacteria_communicate", "/talks/nathan_wolfe_hunts_for_the_next_aids", "/talks/robert_full_on_engineering_and_evolution", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nBacked by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is \"Big History\": an enlightening, wide-angle look at complexity, life and humanity, set against our slim share of the cosmic timeline.\n", "title": "\nThe history of our world in 18 minutes\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_christian_big_history", "views": 5941761, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/big+bang", "/topics/cosmos", "/topics/education", "/topics/history", "/topics/humanity", "/topics/universe", "/topics/visualizations"], "speaker": "David Christian", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/stephen_wolfram_computing_a_theory_of_everything", "/talks/kevin_kelly_tells_technology_s_epic_story", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence"]},
{"description": "\nIn a spellbinding talk, paleontologist Jack Horner tells the story of how iconoclastic thinking revealed a shocking secret about some of our most beloved dinosaurs.\n", "title": "\nWhere are the baby dinosaurs?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jack_horner_shape_shifting_dinosaurs", "views": 755430, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/biology", "/topics/dinosaurs", "/topics/paleontology", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Jack Horner", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jack_horner_building_a_dinosaur_from_a_chicken", "/talks/robert_full_learning_from_the_gecko_s_tail", "/talks/paul_sereno_digs_up_dinosaurs", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nAsteroid strikes get all the coverage, but \"Medea Hypothesis\" author Peter Ward argues that most of Earth's mass extinctions were caused by lowly bacteria. The culprit, a poison called hydrogen sulfide, may have an interesting application in medicine.\n", "title": "\nA theory of Earth's mass extinctions\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_ward_on_mass_extinctions", "views": 772533, "related_tags": ["/topics/dinosaurs", "/topics/disease", "/topics/environment", "/topics/history", "/topics/life", "/topics/science", "/topics/space"], "speaker": "Peter Ward", "related_videos": ["/talks/martin_rees_asks_is_this_our_final_century", "/talks/nathan_wolfe_hunts_for_the_next_aids", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/stephen_petranek_counts_down_to_armageddon"]},
{"description": "\nStrange landscapes, scorching heat and (sometimes) mad crocodiles await scientists seeking clues to evolution's genius. Paleontologist Paul Sereno talks about his surprising encounters with prehistory \u2014 and a new way to help students join the adventure.\n", "title": "\nDigging up dinosaurs\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_sereno_digs_up_dinosaurs", "views": 675415, "related_tags": ["/topics/africa", "/topics/animals", "/topics/biology", "/topics/dinosaurs", "/topics/education", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/history", "/topics/life", "/topics/paleontology"], "speaker": "Paul Sereno", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/nizar_ibrahim_how_we_unearthed_the_spinosaurus", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/louise_leakey_digs_for_humanity_s_origins", "/talks/zeresenay_alemseged_looks_for_humanity_s_roots", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nRenowned paleontologist Jack Horner has spent his career trying to reconstruct a dinosaur. He's found fossils with extraordinarily well-preserved blood vessels and soft tissues, but never intact DNA. So, in a new approach, he's taking living descendants of the dinosaur (chickens) and genetically engineering them to reactivate ancestral traits \u2014 including teeth, tails, and even hands \u2014 to make a \"Chickenosaurus\".\n", "title": "\nBuilding a dinosaur from a chicken\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jack_horner_building_a_dinosaur_from_a_chicken", "views": 2204255, "related_tags": ["/topics/dinosaurs", "/topics/genetics", "/topics/paleontology", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Jack Horner", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/nizar_ibrahim_how_we_unearthed_the_spinosaurus", "/talks/e_o_wilson_on_saving_life_on_earth", "/talks/paul_sereno_digs_up_dinosaurs", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nAnimal behavior isn't complicated, but it is complex. Nicolas Perony studies how individual animals \u2014 be they Scottish Terriers, bats or meerkats \u2014 follow simple rules that, collectively, create larger patterns of behavior. And how this complexity born of simplicity can help them adapt to new circumstances, as they arise.\n", "title": "\nPuppies! Now that I\u2019ve got your attention, complexity theory\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/nicolas_perony_puppies_now_that_i_ve_got_your_attention_complexity_theory", "views": 905688, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/animals", "/topics/complexity"], "speaker": "Nicolas Perony", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/marcus_byrne_the_dance_of_the_dung_beetle", "/talks/emma_teeling_the_secret_of_the_bat_genome", "/talks/jane_goodall_on_what_separates_us_from_the_apes", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nSpeaking at the 2007 EG conference, trainer Ian Dunbar asks us to see the world through the eyes of our beloved dogs. By knowing our pets' perspective, we can build their love and trust. It's a message that resonates well beyond the animal world.\n", "title": "\nDog-friendly dog training\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ian_dunbar_on_dog_friendly_dog_training", "views": 849780, "related_tags": ["/topics/animals", "/topics/brain", "/topics/children", "/topics/psychology"], "speaker": "Ian Dunbar", "related_videos": ["/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/laurel_braitman_depressed_dogs_cats_with_ocd_what_animal_madness_means_for_us_humans", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/billy_collins_two_poems_about_what_dogs_think_probably", "/talks/nellie_mckay_sings_the_dog_song"]},
{"description": "\nWhat must our dogs be thinking when they look at us? Poet Billy Collins imagines the inner lives of two very different companions. It\u2019s a charming short talk, perfect for taking a break and dreaming \u2026\n", "title": "\nTwo poems about what dogs think (probably)\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/billy_collins_two_poems_about_what_dogs_think_probably", "views": 1320976, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/animals", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/death", "/topics/love", "/topics/poetry"], "speaker": "Billy Collins", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ian_dunbar_on_dog_friendly_dog_training", "/talks/billy_collins_everyday_moments_caught_in_time", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/nellie_mckay_sings_the_dog_song"]},
{"description": "\nIn this short talk, TED Fellow Sarah Parcak introduces the field of \"space archaeology\" \u2014 using satellite images to search for clues to the lost sites of past civilizations.\n", "title": "\nArchaeology from space\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_parcak_archeology_from_space", "views": 704005, "related_tags": ["/topics/egypt", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/history", "/topics/science", "/topics/space", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Sarah Parcak", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ben_kacyra_ancient_wonders_captured_in_3d", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/david_christian_big_history", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/david_hoffman_shares_his_sputnik_mania"]},
{"description": "\nIn a fun, exciting talk, teenager Henry Lin looks at something unexpected in the sky: distant galaxy clusters. By studying the properties of the universe's largest pieces, says the Intel Science Fair award winner, we can learn quite a lot about scientific mysteries in our own world and galaxy.\n", "title": "\nWhat we can learn from galaxies far, far away\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/henry_lin_what_we_can_learn_from_galaxies_far_far_away", "views": 1190496, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedyouth", "/topics/astronomy", "/topics/dark+matter", "/topics/physics", "/topics/science", "/topics/space", "/topics/universe", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "Henry Lin", "related_videos": ["/talks/beau_lotto_amy_o_toole_science_is_for_everyone_kids_included", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/two_young_scientists_break_down_plastics_with_bacteria", "/talks/e_o_wilson_advice_to_young_scientists", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nAuthor George Dyson spins the story of Project Orion, a massive, nuclear-powered spacecraft that could have taken us to Saturn in five years. His insider\u2019s perspective and a secret cache of documents bring an Atomic Age dream to life. \n", "title": "\nThe story of Project Orion\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/george_dyson_on_project_orion", "views": 737759, "related_tags": ["/topics/nasa", "/topics/planets", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/future", "/topics/history", "/topics/physics", "/topics/rocket+science", "/topics/science", "/topics/space", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "George Dyson", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_hoffman_shares_his_sputnik_mania", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/bill_stone_explores_the_earth_and_space", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/burt_rutan_sees_the_future_of_space"]},
{"description": "\nIs there more than one universe? In this visually rich, action-packed talk, Brian Greene shows how the unanswered questions of physics (starting with a big one: What caused the Big Bang?) have led to the theory that our own universe is just one of many in the \"multiverse.\"\n", "title": "\nIs our universe the only universe?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/brian_greene_why_is_our_universe_fine_tuned_for_life", "views": 2670169, "related_tags": ["/topics/string+theory", "/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/cosmos", "/topics/physics", "/topics/science", "/topics/time", "/topics/universe"], "speaker": "Brian Greene", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/stephen_hawking_asks_big_questions_about_the_universe", "/talks/brian_greene_on_string_theory", "/talks/sean_carroll_distant_time_and_the_hint_of_a_multiverse", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nCosmologist Sean Carroll attacks \u2014 in an entertaining and thought-provoking tour through the nature of time and the universe \u2014 a deceptively simple question: Why does time exist at all? The potential answers point to a surprising view of the nature of the universe, and our place in it.\n", "title": "\nDistant time and the hint of a multiverse\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sean_carroll_distant_time_and_the_hint_of_a_multiverse", "views": 1373325, "related_tags": ["/topics/string+theory", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/astronomy", "/topics/cosmos", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/physics", "/topics/science", "/topics/time", "/topics/universe"], "speaker": "Sean Carroll", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_deutsch_on_our_place_in_the_cosmos", "/talks/david_christian_big_history", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/janna_levin_the_sound_the_universe_makes", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWith new data from the Keck telescopes, Andrea Ghez shows how state-of-the-art adaptive optics are helping astronomers understand our universe's most mysterious objects: black holes. She shares evidence that a supermassive black hole may be lurking at the center of the Milky Way.\n", "title": "\nThe hunt for a supermassive black hole\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/andrea_ghez_the_hunt_for_a_supermassive_black_hole", "views": 689004, "related_tags": ["/topics/astronomy", "/topics/dark+matter", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/physics", "/topics/science", "/topics/space", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Andrea Ghez", "related_videos": ["/talks/patricia_burchat_leads_a_search_for_dark_energy", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/carolyn_porco_flies_us_to_saturn", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/george_smoot_on_the_design_of_the_universe", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nIn this passionate talk, legendary spacecraft designer Burt Rutan lambasts the US government-funded space program for stagnating and asks entrepreneurs to pick up where NASA has left off. \n", "title": "\nThe real future of space exploration\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/burt_rutan_sees_the_future_of_space", "views": 1754793, "related_tags": ["/topics/nasa", "/topics/aircraft", "/topics/business", "/topics/design", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/entrepreneur", "/topics/flight", "/topics/industrial+design", "/topics/invention", "/topics/rocket+science"], "speaker": "Burt Rutan", "related_videos": ["/talks/robert_ballard_on_exploring_the_oceans", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/bill_stone_explores_the_earth_and_space", "/talks/peter_diamandis_on_our_next_giant_leap", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhat's six miles wide and can end civilization in an instant? An asteroid \u2014 and there are lots of them out there. With humor and great visuals, Phil Plait shows us all the ways asteroids can kill us (yipes), and what we must do to avoid them.\n", "title": "\nHow to defend Earth from asteroids\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/phil_plait_how_to_defend_earth_from_asteroids", "views": 1898325, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/astronomy", "/topics/dinosaurs", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Phil Plait", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/carolyn_porco_flies_us_to_saturn", "/talks/carter_emmart_demos_a_3d_atlas_of_the_universe", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/lucianne_walkowicz_finding_planets_around_other_stars"]},
{"description": "\nPhysicist Patricia Burchat sheds light on two basic ingredients of our universe: dark matter and dark energy. Comprising 96% of the universe between them, they can't be directly measured, but their influence is immense.\n", "title": "\nShedding light on dark matter\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_burchat_leads_a_search_for_dark_energy", "views": 1277957, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/astronomy", "/topics/big+bang", "/topics/dark+matter", "/topics/education", "/topics/energy", "/topics/physics", "/topics/science", "/topics/time", "/topics/universe"], "speaker": "Patricia Burchat", "related_videos": ["/talks/martin_rees_asks_is_this_our_final_century", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_deutsch_on_our_place_in_the_cosmos", "/talks/brian_cox_on_cern_s_supercollider", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nIn tough economic times, our exploratory science programs \u2014 from space probes to the LHC \u2014 are first to suffer budget cuts. Brian Cox explains how curiosity-driven science pays for itself, powering innovation and a profound appreciation of our existence.\n", "title": "\nWhy we need the explorers\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/brian_cox_why_we_need_the_explorers", "views": 1472980, "related_tags": ["/topics/curiosity", "/topics/economics", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/physics", "/topics/science", "/topics/space"], "speaker": "Brian Cox", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/brian_cox_on_cern_s_supercollider", "/talks/brian_cox_what_went_wrong_at_the_lhc", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/andrea_ghez_the_hunt_for_a_supermassive_black_hole"]},
{"description": "\nIn keeping with the theme of TED2008, professor Stephen Hawking asks some Big Questions about our universe \u2014 How did the universe begin? How did life begin? Are we alone? \u2014 and discusses how we might go about answering them.\n", "title": "\nQuestioning the universe\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_hawking_asks_big_questions_about_the_universe", "views": 7552758, "related_tags": ["/topics/string+theory", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/math", "/topics/physics", "/topics/science", "/topics/time", "/topics/universe"], "speaker": "Stephen Hawking", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/brian_cox_on_cern_s_supercollider", "/talks/david_deutsch_on_our_place_in_the_cosmos", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/richard_dawkins_on_our_queer_universe", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nBill Stone, a maverick cave explorer who has plumbed Earth\u2019s deepest abysses, discusses his efforts to mine lunar ice for space fuel and to build an autonomous robot for studying Jupiter\u2019s moon Europa.\n", "title": "\nI'm going to the moon. Who's with me?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_stone_explores_the_earth_and_space", "views": 1591940, "related_tags": ["/topics/moon", "/topics/nasa", "/topics/planets", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/adventure", "/topics/energy", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/mining", "/topics/space", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Bill Stone", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/nathan_wolfe_hunts_for_the_next_aids", "/talks/ben_saunders_skis_to_the_north_pole", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/burt_rutan_sees_the_future_of_space"]},
{"description": "\nWe think of space as a silent place. But physicist Janna Levin says the universe has a soundtrack \u2014 a sonic composition that records some of the most dramatic events in outer space. (Black holes, for instance, bang on spacetime like a drum.) An accessible and mind-expanding soundwalk through the universe.\n", "title": "\nThe sound the universe makes\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/janna_levin_the_sound_the_universe_makes", "views": 976399, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/dark+matter", "/topics/science", "/topics/universe"], "speaker": "Janna Levin", "related_videos": ["/talks/patricia_burchat_leads_a_search_for_dark_energy", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nThere's an astronaut saying: In space, \u201cthere is no problem so bad that you can\u2019t make it worse.\u201d So how do you deal with the complexity, the sheer pressure, of dealing with dangerous and scary situations? Retired colonel Chris Hadfield paints a vivid portrait of how to be prepared for the worst in space (and life) \u2014 and it starts with walking into a spider\u2019s web. Watch for a special space-y performance.\n", "title": "\nWhat I learned from going blind in space\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_hadfield_what_i_learned_from_going_blind_in_space", "views": 3110427, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/adventure", "/topics/culture", "/topics/fear", "/topics/life", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/space"], "speaker": "Chris Hadfield", "related_videos": ["/talks/eddy_cartaya_my_glacier_cave_discoveries", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/ben_saunders_why_bother_leaving_the_house", "/talks/david_gruber_glow_in_the_dark_sharks_and_other_stunning_sea_creatures", "/talks/brian_cox_why_we_need_the_explorers"]},
{"description": "\nPlanetary scientist Carolyn Porco shows images from the Cassini voyage to Saturn, focusing on its largest moon, Titan, and on frozen Enceladus, which seems to shoot jets of ice.\n", "title": "\nThis is Saturn\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/carolyn_porco_flies_us_to_saturn", "views": 2449767, "related_tags": ["/topics/nasa", "/topics/planets", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/design", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/science", "/topics/space", "/topics/technology", "/topics/universe", "/topics/visualizations"], "speaker": "Carolyn Porco", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/robert_ballard_on_exploring_the_oceans", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/bill_stone_explores_the_earth_and_space", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/burt_rutan_sees_the_future_of_space"]},
{"description": "\nWhen a very young child looks at a picture, she can identify simple elements: \"cat,\" \"book,\" \"chair.\" Now, computers are getting smart enough to do that too. What's next? In a thrilling talk, computer vision expert Fei-Fei Li describes the state of the art \u2014 including the database of 15 million photos her team built to \"teach\" a computer to understand pictures \u2014 and the key insights yet to come.\n", "title": "\nHow we're teaching computers to understand pictures\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/fei_fei_li_how_we_re_teaching_computers_to_understand_pictures", "views": 1382896, "related_tags": ["/topics/ai", "/topics/photography", "/topics/sight", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Fei-Fei Li", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/pawan_sinha_on_how_brains_learn_to_see", "/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies", "/talks/jeremy_howard_the_wonderful_and_terrifying_implications_of_computers_that_can_learn", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn the Maasai community where Richard Turere lives with his family, cattle are all-important. But lion attacks were growing more frequent. In this short, inspiring talk, the young inventor shares the solar-powered solution he designed to safely scare the lions away.\n", "title": "\nMy invention that made peace with lions\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_turere_a_peace_treaty_with_the_lions", "views": 1670291, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/agriculture", "/topics/biodiversity", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Richard Turere", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/beverly_dereck_joubert_life_lessons_from_big_cats", "/talks/william_kamkwamba_on_building_a_windmill", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/john_kasaona_from_poachers_to_caretakers", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nBehind those funny animal videos, sometimes, are oddly human-like problems. Laurel Braitman studies non-human animals who exhibit signs of mental health issues \u2014 from compulsive bears to self-destructive rats to monkeys with unlikely friends. Braitman asks what we as humans can learn from watching animals cope with depression, sadness and other all-too-human problems.\n", "title": "\nDepressed dogs, cats with OCD \u2014 what animal madness means for us humans\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/laurel_braitman_depressed_dogs_cats_with_ocd_what_animal_madness_means_for_us_humans", "views": 1195526, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/animals", "/topics/health", "/topics/history", "/topics/mental+health", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Laurel Braitman", "related_videos": ["/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/isabel_behncke_evolution_s_gift_of_play_from_bonobo_apes_to_humans", "/talks/susan_savage_rumbaugh_on_apes_that_write", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nBeverly + Dereck Joubert live in the bush, filming and photographing lions and leopards in their natural habitat. With stunning footage (some never before seen), they discuss their personal relationships with these majestic animals \u2014 and their quest to save the big cats from human threats.\n", "title": "\nLife lessons from big cats\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/beverly_dereck_joubert_life_lessons_from_big_cats", "views": 740467, "related_tags": ["/topics/africa", "/topics/animals", "/topics/environment", "/topics/film", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "Beverly + Dereck Joubert", "related_videos": ["/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/jane_goodall_at_tedglobal_07"]},
{"description": "\nPhysicist Freeman Dyson suggests that we start looking for life on the moons of Jupiter and out past Neptune, in the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud. He talks about what such life would be like \u2014 and how we might find it. \n", "title": "\nLet's look for life in the outer solar system\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/freeman_dyson_says_let_s_look_for_life_in_the_outer_solar_system", "views": 742651, "related_tags": ["/topics/planets", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/astronomy", "/topics/biotech", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/extraterrestrial+life", "/topics/physics", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology", "/topics/universe"], "speaker": "Freeman Dyson", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/martin_rees_asks_is_this_our_final_century", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/george_smoot_on_the_design_of_the_universe", "/talks/bill_stone_explores_the_earth_and_space", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nSo the Mars Rovers didn't scoop up any alien lifeforms. Scientist Penelope Boston thinks there's a good chance \u2014 a 25 to 50 percent chance, in fact \u2014 that life might exist on Mars, deep inside the planet's caves. She details how we should look and why.\n", "title": "\nThere might just be life on Mars\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/penelope_boston", "views": 615169, "related_tags": ["/topics/planets", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/extraterrestrial+life", "/topics/geology", "/topics/life", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology", "/topics/universe"], "speaker": "Penelope Boston", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/charles_elachi_on_the_mars_rovers", "/talks/carolyn_porco_flies_us_to_saturn", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/bill_stone_explores_the_earth_and_space", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nCarolyn Porco shares exciting new findings from the Cassini spacecraft's recent sweep of one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus. Samples gathered from the moon's icy geysers hint that an ocean under its surface could harbor life.\n", "title": "\nCould a Saturn moon harbor life?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/carolyn_porco_could_a_saturn_moon_harbor_life", "views": 776462, "related_tags": ["/topics/planets", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/astronomy", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/life", "/topics/science", "/topics/space", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Carolyn Porco", "related_videos": ["/talks/freeman_dyson_says_let_s_look_for_life_in_the_outer_solar_system", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/carolyn_porco_flies_us_to_saturn", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/bill_stone_explores_the_earth_and_space", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nThe SETI Institute's Jill Tarter makes her TED Prize wish: to accelerate our search for cosmic company. Using a growing array of radio telescopes, she and her team listen for patterns that may be a sign of intelligence elsewhere in the universe.\n", "title": "\nJoin the SETI search\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_tarter_s_call_to_join_the_seti_search", "views": 1152721, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+prize", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/extraterrestrial+life", "/topics/intelligence", "/topics/science", "/topics/space", "/topics/universe"], "speaker": "Jill Tarter", "related_videos": ["/talks/freeman_dyson_says_let_s_look_for_life_in_the_outer_solar_system", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/peter_ward_on_mass_extinctions", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sylvia_earle_s_ted_prize_wish_to_protect_our_oceans", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nMany of those with severe speech disorders use a computerized device to communicate. Yet they choose between only a few voice options. That's why Stephen Hawking has an American accent, and why many people end up with the same voice, often to incongruous effect. Speech scientist Rupal Patel wanted to do something about this, and in this wonderful talk she shares her work to engineer unique voices for the voiceless.\n", "title": "\nSynthetic voices, as unique as fingerprints \n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rupal_patel_synthetic_voices_as_unique_as_fingerprints", "views": 792135, "related_tags": ["/topics/science", "/topics/speech", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Rupal Patel", "related_videos": ["/talks/craig_venter_is_on_the_verge_of_creating_synthetic_life", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/julian_treasure_shh_sound_health_in_8_steps", "/talks/ellen_jorgensen_biohacking_you_can_do_it_too", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nOne hundred sixty years after the invention of the needle and syringe, we\u2019re still using them to deliver vaccines; it\u2019s time to evolve. Biomedical engineer Mark Kendall demos the Nanopatch, a one-centimeter-by-one-centimeter square vaccine that can be applied painlessly to the skin. He shows how this tiny piece of silicon can overcome four major shortcomings of the modern needle and syringe, at a fraction of the cost.\n", "title": "\nDemo: A needle-free vaccine patch that's safer and way cheaper\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_kendall_demo_a_needle_free_vaccine_patch_that_s_safer_and_way_cheaper", "views": 927146, "related_tags": ["/topics/vaccines", "/topics/biology", "/topics/health", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Mark Kendall", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/adam_grosser_and_his_sustainable_fridge", "/talks/nathan_wolfe_hunts_for_the_next_aids", "/talks/seth_berkley_hiv_and_flu_the_vaccine_strategy", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nDaniel Kraft offers a fast-paced look at the next few years of innovations in medicine, powered by new tools, tests and apps that bring diagnostic information right to the patient's bedside.\n", "title": "\nMedicine's future? There's an app for that\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kraft_medicine_s_future", "views": 805628, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/design", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Daniel Kraft", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/daniel_kraft_invents_a_better_way_to_harvest_bone_marrow", "/talks/siddhartha_mukherjee_soon_we_ll_cure_diseases_with_a_cell_not_a_pill", "/talks/catherine_mohr_surgery_s_past_present_and_robotic_future", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nImagine having a surgery with no knives involved. At TEDMED, Yoav Medan shares a technique that uses MRI to find trouble spots and focused ultrasound to treat such issues as brain lesions, uterine fibroids and several kinds of cancerous growths.\n", "title": "\nUltrasound surgery \u2014 healing without cuts\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/yoav_medan_ultrasound_surgery_healing_without_cuts", "views": 629309, "related_tags": ["/topics/health+care", "/topics/medical+research", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Yoav Medan", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/anders_ynnerman_visualizing_the_medical_data_explosion", "/talks/catherine_mohr_surgery_s_past_present_and_robotic_future", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/jay_bradner_open_source_cancer_research"]},
{"description": "\nOnstage at TED2012, Jack Choi demonstrates a powerful tool for training medical students: a stretcher-sized multi-touch screen of the human body that lets you explore, dissect and understand the body's parts and systems.\n", "title": "\nOn the virtual dissection table\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jack_choi_on_the_virtual_dissection_table", "views": 932564, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/education", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/interface+design", "/topics/medical+research", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Jack Choi", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/catherine_mohr_surgery_s_past_present_and_robotic_future", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/robert_fischell_on_medical_inventing", "/talks/daniel_kraft_medicine_s_future"]},
{"description": "\nCurrent medical treatment boils down to six words: Have disease, take pill, kill something. But physician Siddhartha Mukherjee points to a future of medicine that will transform the way we heal.\n", "title": "\nSoon we'll cure diseases with a cell, not a pill\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/siddhartha_mukherjee_soon_we_ll_cure_diseases_with_a_cell_not_a_pill", "views": 1016964, "related_tags": ["/topics/disease", "/topics/future", "/topics/health", "/topics/illness", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/medical+research", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Siddhartha Mukherjee", "related_videos": ["/talks/francis_collins_we_need_better_drugs_now", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/paula_johnson_his_and_hers_healthcare", "/talks/stephen_friend_the_hunt_for_unexpected_genetic_heroes"]},
{"description": "\nSurgeons are taught from textbooks which conveniently color-code the types of tissues, but that's not what it looks like in real life \u2014 until now. At TEDMED Quyen Nguyen demonstrates how a molecular marker can make tumors light up in neon green, showing surgeons exactly where to cut.\n", "title": "\nColor-coded surgery\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/quyen_nguyen_color_coded_surgery", "views": 1056823, "related_tags": ["/topics/cancer", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Quyen Nguyen", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ed_boyden", "/talks/danny_hillis_two_frontiers_of_cancer_treatment", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/deborah_rhodes"]},
{"description": "\nSwallowing pills to get medication is a quick, painless and often not entirely effective way of treating disease. A potentially better way? Lasers. In this passionate talk, TED Fellow Patience Mthunzi explains her idea to use lasers to deliver drugs directly to cells infected with HIV. It's early days yet, but could a cure be on the horizon?\n", "title": "\nCould we cure HIV with lasers?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/patience_mthunzi_could_we_cure_hiv_with_lasers", "views": 1047446, "related_tags": ["/topics/health", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Patience Mthunzi", "related_videos": ["/talks/latif_nasser_the_amazing_story_of_the_man_who_gave_us_modern_pain_relief", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/anthony_atala_growing_organs_engineering_tissue", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/molly_stevens_a_new_way_to_grow_bone"]},
{"description": "\nParkinson\u2019s disease affects 6.3 million people worldwide, causing weakness and tremors, but there's no objective way to detect it early on. Yet. Applied mathematician and TED Fellow Max Little is testing a simple, cheap tool that in trials is able to detect Parkinson's with 99 percent accuracy \u2014 in a 30-second phone call.\n", "title": "\nA test for Parkinson's with a phone call\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/max_little_a_test_for_parkinson_s_with_a_phone_call", "views": 925177, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/disease", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/math", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science", "/topics/speech", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Max Little", "related_videos": ["/talks/bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/kary_mullis_next_gen_cure_for_killer_infections", "/talks/alanna_shaikh_how_i_m_preparing_to_get_alzheimer_s"]},
{"description": "\nOur bodies get Vitamin D from the sun, but as dermatologist Richard Weller suggests, sunlight may confer another surprising benefit too. New research by his team shows that nitric oxide, a chemical transmitter stored in huge reserves in the skin, can be released by UV light, to great benefit for blood pressure and the cardiovascular system. What does it mean? Well, it might begin to explain why Scots get sick more than Australians ...\n", "title": "\nCould the sun be good for your heart?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_weller_could_the_sun_be_good_for_your_heart", "views": 911834, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/biology", "/topics/chemistry", "/topics/disease", "/topics/health", "/topics/heart+health", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Richard Weller", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/elliot_krane_the_mystery_of_chronic_pain", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/kary_mullis_next_gen_cure_for_killer_infections", "/talks/joe_derisi_hunts_the_next_killer_virus"]},
{"description": "\nVilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind, using three startling delusions as examples.\n", "title": "\n3 clues to understanding your brain\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/vilayanur_ramachandran_on_your_mind", "views": 3454472, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/brain", "/topics/consciousness", "/topics/culture", "/topics/illness", "/topics/illusion", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Vilayanur Ramachandran", "related_videos": ["/talks/christopher_decharms_scans_the_brain_in_real_time", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/al_seckel_says_our_brains_are_mis_wired", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence"]},
{"description": "\nWhen you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out in this delightfully counter-intuitive talk, we might want to lay off the self-congratulation. Many factors are at play in shattering athletic records, and the development of our natural talents is just one of them.\n", "title": "\nAre athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_epstein_are_athletes_really_getting_faster_better_stronger", "views": 2370554, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/genetics", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/sports"], "speaker": "David Epstein", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/diana_nyad_extreme_swimming_with_the_world_s_most_dangerous_jellyfish", "/talks/aimee_mullins_on_running", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/ben_saunders_skis_to_the_north_pole", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nGreg Gage is on a mission to make brain science accessible to all. In this fun, kind of creepy demo, the neuroscientist and TED Senior Fellow uses a simple, inexpensive DIY kit to take away the free will of an audience member. It\u2019s not a parlor trick; it actually works. You have to see it to believe it.\n", "title": "\nHow to control someone else's arm with your brain\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/greg_gage_how_to_control_someone_else_s_arm_with_your_brain", "views": 3696771, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/brain", "/topics/demo", "/topics/neuroscience", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Greg Gage", "related_videos": ["/talks/christopher_decharms_scans_the_brain_in_real_time", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/tan_le_a_headset_that_reads_your_brainwaves", "/talks/the_cockroach_beatbox", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nEvery cell in the human body has a sex, which means that men and women are different right down to the cellular level. Yet too often, research and medicine ignore this insight \u2014 and the often startlingly different ways in which the two sexes respond to disease or treatment. As pioneering doctor Paula Johnson describes in this thought-provoking talk, lumping everyone in together means we essentially leave women's health to chance. It's time to rethink.\n", "title": "\nHis and hers \u2026 healthcare\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/paula_johnson_his_and_hers_healthcare", "views": 1007052, "related_tags": ["/topics/depression", "/topics/health", "/topics/heart+health", "/topics/women"], "speaker": "Paula Johnson", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/tony_porter_a_call_to_men", "/talks/rebecca_onie_what_if_our_healthcare_system_kept_us_healthy", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/hanna_rosin_new_data_on_the_rise_of_women"]},
{"description": "\nAs humans, we can perceive less than a ten-trillionth of all light waves. \u201cOur experience of reality,\u201d says neuroscientist David Eagleman, \u201cis constrained by our biology.\u201d He wants to change that. His research into our brain processes has led him to create new interfaces \u2014 such as a sensory vest \u2014 to take in previously unseen information about the world around us. \n", "title": "\nCan we create new senses for humans?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_eagleman_can_we_create_new_senses_for_humans", "views": 1338778, "related_tags": ["/topics/senses", "/topics/brain", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "David Eagleman", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/aaron_koblin", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are", "/talks/jinsop_lee_design_for_all_5_senses", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nImage-maker Alexander Tsiaras shares a powerful medical visualization, showing human development from conception to birth and beyond. (Some graphic images.)\n", "title": "\nConception to birth \u2014 visualized\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/alexander_tsiaras_conception_to_birth_visualized", "views": 5560836, "related_tags": ["/topics/design", "/topics/medical+research", "/topics/science", "/topics/visualizations"], "speaker": "Alexander Tsiaras", "related_videos": ["/talks/kwabena_boahen_on_a_computer_that_works_like_the_brain", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/anders_ynnerman_visualizing_the_medical_data_explosion", "/talks/david_bolinsky_animates_a_cell", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\n\"Bonk\" author Mary Roach delves into obscure scientific research, some of it centuries old, to make 10 surprising claims about sexual climax, ranging from the bizarre to the hilarious. (This talk is aimed at adults. Viewer discretion advised.)\n", "title": "\n10 things you didn't know about orgasm\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mary_roach_10_things_you_didn_t_know_about_orgasm", "views": 18314664, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/books", "/topics/culture", "/topics/history", "/topics/humor", "/topics/science", "/topics/sex", "/topics/writing"], "speaker": "Mary Roach", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/helen_fisher_tells_us_why_we_love_cheat", "/talks/dan_dennett_cute_sexy_sweet_funny", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/helen_fisher_studies_the_brain_in_love", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nRob Knight is a pioneer in studying human microbes, the community of tiny single-cell organisms living inside our bodies that have a huge \u2014 and largely unexplored \u2014 role in our health. \u201cThe three pounds of microbes that you carry around with you might be more important than every single gene you carry around in your genome,\u201d he says. Find out why.\n", "title": "\nHow our microbes make us who we are\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rob_knight_how_our_microbes_make_us_who_we_are", "views": 1236513, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+books", "/topics/biology", "/topics/health"], "speaker": "Rob Knight", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/ramanan_laxminarayan_the_coming_crisis_in_antibiotics", "/talks/jessica_green_good_germs_make_healthy_buildings", "/talks/jonathan_eisen_meet_your_microbes", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nThe human brain is puzzling \u2014 it is curiously large given the size of our bodies, uses a tremendous amount of energy for its weight and has a bizarrely dense cerebral cortex. But: why? Neuroscientist Suzana Herculano-Houzel puts on her detective's cap and leads us through this mystery. By making \"brain soup,\" she arrives at a startling conclusion.\r\n\n", "title": "\nWhat is so special about the human brain?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/suzana_herculano_houzel_what_is_so_special_about_the_human_brain", "views": 1965632, "related_tags": ["/topics/brazil", "/topics/brain", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/neuroscience"], "speaker": "Suzana Herculano-Houzel", "related_videos": ["/talks/antonio_damasio_the_quest_to_understand_consciousness", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/read_montague_what_we_re_learning_from_5_000_brains", "/talks/miguel_nicolelis_a_monkey_that_controls_a_robot_with_its_thoughts_no_really"]},
{"description": "\nWe have personal computing \u2014 why not personal biotech? That\u2019s the question biologist Ellen Jorgensen and her colleagues asked themselves before opening Genspace, a nonprofit DIY bio lab in Brooklyn devoted to citizen science, where amateurs can go and tinker with biotechnology. Far from being a sinister Frankenstein's lab (as some imagined it), Genspace offers a long list of fun, creative and practical uses for DIY bio.\n", "title": "\nBiohacking \u2014 you can do it, too\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ellen_jorgensen_biohacking_you_can_do_it_too", "views": 1064207, "related_tags": ["/topics/bioethics", "/topics/biology", "/topics/biotech", "/topics/community", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Ellen Jorgensen", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/massimo_banzi_how_arduino_is_open_sourcing_imagination", "/talks/suzanne_lee_grow_your_own_clothes", "/talks/majora_carter_3_stories_of_local_ecoactivism", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nGlowing dogs ... mice that grow human ears ... bioethicist Paul Root Wolpe describes an astonishing series of recent bio-engineering experiments, and asks: Isn't it time to set some ground rules?\n", "title": "\nIt's time to question bio-engineering\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_root_wolpe_it_s_time_to_question_bio_engineering", "views": 1019222, "related_tags": ["/topics/bioethics", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/biology", "/topics/biomechanics", "/topics/deextinction", "/topics/future", "/topics/genetics", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Paul Root Wolpe", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/edith_widder_the_weird_and_wonderful_world_of_bioluminescence", "/talks/boghuma_kabisen_titanji_ethical_riddles_in_hiv_research", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/alan_russell_on_regenerating_our_bodies"]},
{"description": "\nTED Fellow Lucy McRae is a body architect \u2014 she imagines ways to merge biology and technology in our own bodies. In this visually stunning talk, she shows her work, from clothes that recreate the body's insides for a music video with pop-star Robyn, to a pill that, when swallowed, lets you sweat perfume.\n", "title": "\nHow can technology transform the human body?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/lucy_mcrae_how_can_technology_transform_the_human_body", "views": 1456464, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/design", "/topics/smell", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Lucy McRae", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/suzanne_lee_grow_your_own_clothes", "/talks/rachel_armstrong_architecture_that_repairs_itself", "/talks/a_robot_that_flies_like_a_bird", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nSurgeon Anthony Atala demonstrates an early-stage experiment that could someday solve the organ-donor problem: a 3D printer that uses living cells to output a transplantable kidney. Using similar technology, Dr. Atala's young patient Luke Massella received an engineered bladder 10 years ago; we meet him onstage.\n", "title": "\nPrinting a human kidney\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney", "views": 2540288, "related_tags": ["/topics/surgery", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/invention", "/topics/medical+research", "/topics/prosthetics"], "speaker": "Anthony Atala", "related_videos": ["/talks/andras_forgacs_leather_and_meat_without_killing_animals", "/talks/anthony_atala_growing_organs_engineering_tissue", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/alan_russell_on_regenerating_our_bodies"]},
{"description": "\nAlan Russell studies regenerative medicine \u2014 a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury, using a process that can signal the body to rebuild itself.\n", "title": "\nThe potential of regenerative medicine\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/alan_russell_on_regenerating_our_bodies", "views": 1247416, "related_tags": ["/topics/bioethics", "/topics/cancer", "/topics/design", "/topics/health", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Alan Russell", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/paul_root_wolpe_it_s_time_to_question_bio_engineering", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/cynthia_kenyon_experiments_that_hint_of_longer_lives", "/talks/sandrine_thuret_you_can_grow_new_brain_cells_here_s_how"]},
{"description": "\nArthritis and injury grind down millions of joints, but few get the best remedy \u2014 real biological tissue. Kevin Stone shows a treatment that could sidestep the high costs and donor shortfall of human-to-human transplants with a novel use of animal tissue.\n", "title": "\nThe bio-future of joint replacement\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_stone_the_bio_future_of_joint_replacement", "views": 453274, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/biology", "/topics/design", "/topics/future", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Kevin Stone", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/daniel_kraft_invents_a_better_way_to_harvest_bone_marrow", "/talks/catherine_mohr_surgery_s_past_present_and_robotic_future", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nEach of our bodies is utterly unique, which is a lovely thought until it comes to treating an illness \u2014 when every body reacts differently, often unpredictably, to standard treatment. Tissue engineer Nina Tandon talks about a possible solution: Using pluripotent stem cells to make personalized models of organs on which to test new drugs and treatments, and storing them on computer chips. (Call it extremely personalized medicine.)\n", "title": "\nCould tissue engineering mean personalized medicine?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/nina_tandon_could_tissue_engineering_mean_personalized_medicine", "views": 997693, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/biology", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/medical+research", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Nina Tandon", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/susan_solomon_the_promise_of_research_with_stem_cells", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/daniel_kraft_medicine_s_future", "/talks/alan_russell_on_regenerating_our_bodies"]},
{"description": "\nAnthony Atala's state-of-the-art lab grows human organs \u2014 from muscles to blood vessels to bladders, and more. At TEDMED, he shows footage of his bio-engineers working with some of its sci-fi gizmos, including an oven-like bioreactor (preheat to 98.6 F) and a machine that \"prints\" human tissue.\n", "title": "\nGrowing new organs\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_growing_organs_engineering_tissue", "views": 1579964, "related_tags": ["/topics/biology", "/topics/health", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Anthony Atala", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/juan_enriquez_shares_mindboggling_new_science", "/talks/catherine_mohr_surgery_s_past_present_and_robotic_future", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/alan_russell_on_regenerating_our_bodies"]},
{"description": "\nGeneticist Jennifer Doudna co-invented a groundbreaking new technology for editing genes, called CRISPR-Cas9. The tool allows scientists to make precise edits to DNA strands, which could lead to treatments for genetic diseases \u2026 but could also be used to create so-called \"designer babies.\" Doudna reviews how CRISPR-Cas9 works \u2014 and asks the scientific community to pause and discuss the ethics of this new tool.\n", "title": "\nWe can now edit our DNA. But let's do it wisely\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_doudna_we_can_now_edit_our_dna_but_let_s_do_it_wisely", "views": 1118149, "related_tags": ["/topics/bioethics", "/topics/genetics", "/topics/medical+research", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Jennifer Doudna", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/paul_root_wolpe_it_s_time_to_question_bio_engineering", "/talks/patience_mthunzi_could_we_cure_hiv_with_lasers", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/james_watson_on_how_he_discovered_dna"]},
{"description": "\nWhile the mega-banks were toppling in early 2009, Juan Enriquez took the stage to say: The really big reboot is yet to come. But don't look for it on the stock exchange or the political ballot. It'll come from science labs, and it promises keener bodies and minds. Our kids are going to be ... different.\n", "title": "\nThe next species of human\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/juan_enriquez_shares_mindboggling_new_science", "views": 2737898, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+books", "/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/biology", "/topics/business", "/topics/economics", "/topics/robots", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Juan Enriquez", "related_videos": ["/talks/craig_venter_is_on_the_verge_of_creating_synthetic_life", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will_transform_us", "/talks/juan_enriquez_wants_to_grow_energy"]},
{"description": "\nThe varieties of wheat, corn and rice we grow today may not thrive in a future threatened by climate change. Cary Fowler takes us inside a vast global seed bank, buried within a frozen mountain in Norway, that stores a diverse group of food-crop for whatever tomorrow may bring.\n", "title": "\nOne seed at a time, protecting the future of food\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/cary_fowler_one_seed_at_a_time_protecting_the_future_of_food", "views": 546856, "related_tags": ["/topics/agriculture", "/topics/biodiversity", "/topics/biosphere", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/disaster+relief", "/topics/environment"], "speaker": "Cary Fowler", "related_videos": ["/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/e_o_wilson_on_saving_life_on_earth", "/talks/louise_fresco_on_feeding_the_whole_world", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali", "/talks/jonathan_drori_why_we_re_storing_billions_of_seeds"]},
{"description": "\nWhat if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game to rule the Earth? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see the world from a plant's-eye view.\n", "title": "\nA plant's-eye view\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pollan_gives_a_plant_s_eye_view", "views": 1126750, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/animals", "/topics/bees", "/topics/business", "/topics/cooperation", "/topics/culture", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/food", "/topics/garden", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Michael Pollan", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mark_bittman_on_what_s_wrong_with_what_we_eat", "/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world", "/talks/ron_eglash_on_african_fractals", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nA whirlwind of energy and ideas, Stephen Ritz is a teacher in New York's tough South Bronx, where he and his kids grow lush gardens for food, greenery \u2014 and jobs. Just try to keep up with this New York treasure as he spins through the many, many ways there are to grow hope in a neighborhood many have written off, or in your own.\n", "title": "\nA teacher growing green in the South Bronx\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_ritz_a_teacher_growing_green_in_the_south_bronx", "views": 952146, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/business", "/topics/education", "/topics/garden", "/topics/green"], "speaker": "Stephen Ritz", "related_videos": ["/talks/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal", "/talks/jamie_oliver", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nScience writer Richard Preston talks about some of the most enormous living beings on the planet, the giant trees of the US Pacific Northwest. Growing from a tiny seed, they support vast ecosystems \u2014 and are still, largely, a mystery. \n", "title": "\nThe mysterious lives of giant trees\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_preston_on_the_giant_trees", "views": 521446, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/complexity", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/nature", "/topics/science", "/topics/trees", "/topics/writing"], "speaker": "Richard Preston", "related_videos": ["/talks/corneille_ewango_is_a_hero_of_the_congo_forest", "/talks/robert_ballard_on_exploring_the_oceans", "/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nWe all know the arguments that being vegetarian is better for the environment and for the animals \u2014 but in a carnivorous culture, it can be hard to make the change. Graham Hill has a powerful, pragmatic suggestion: Be a weekday veg.\n", "title": "\nWhy I'm a weekday vegetarian\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/graham_hill_weekday_vegetarian", "views": 1784105, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/food", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/green"], "speaker": "Graham Hill", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jamie_oliver", "/talks/louise_fresco_on_feeding_the_whole_world", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nIn this brief talk from TED U 2009, Jonathan Drori encourages us to save biodiversity \u2014 one seed at a time. Reminding us that plants support human life, he shares the vision of the Millennium Seed Bank, which has stored over 3 billion seeds to date from dwindling yet essential plant species.\n", "title": "\nWhy we're storing billions of seeds\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_drori_why_we_re_storing_billions_of_seeds", "views": 506200, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/biodiversity", "/topics/biology", "/topics/biosphere", "/topics/environment", "/topics/future", "/topics/garden", "/topics/life", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Jonathan Drori", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/nalini_nadkani_on_conserving_the_canopy", "/talks/e_o_wilson_on_saving_life_on_earth", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/willie_smits_restores_a_rainforest"]},
{"description": "\nRon Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA \u2014 in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where \"the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys.\"\n", "title": "\nA guerilla gardener in South Central LA\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la", "views": 2542942, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/agriculture", "/topics/culture", "/topics/food", "/topics/garden", "/topics/health", "/topics/social+change"], "speaker": "Ron Finley", "related_videos": ["/talks/pam_warhurst_how_we_can_eat_our_landscapes", "/talks/roger_doiron_my_subversive_garden_plot", "/talks/jamie_oliver", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nWhat does it take to regrow bone in mass quantities? Typical bone regeneration \u2014 wherein bone is taken from a patient\u2019s hip and grafted onto damaged bone elsewhere in the body \u2014 is limited and can cause great pain just a few years after operation. In an informative talk, Molly Stevens introduces a new stem cell application that harnesses bone\u2019s innate ability to regenerate and produces vast quantities of bone tissue painlessly.\n", "title": "\nA new way to grow bone\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/molly_stevens_a_new_way_to_grow_bone", "views": 1087704, "related_tags": ["/topics/biotech", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Molly Stevens", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/susan_solomon_the_promise_of_research_with_stem_cells", "/talks/janine_benyus_biomimicry_in_action", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs"]},
{"description": "\nResearcher Kamal Meattle shows how an arrangement of three common houseplants, used in specific spots in a home or office building, can result in measurably cleaner indoor air.\n", "title": "\nHow to grow fresh air\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kamal_meattle_on_how_to_grow_your_own_fresh_air", "views": 2443121, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/cities", "/topics/environment", "/topics/garden", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Kamal Meattle", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/alex_steffen_sees_a_sustainable_future", "/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs"]},
{"description": "\nInspired by an abalone shell, Angela Belcher programs viruses to make elegant nanoscale structures that humans can use. Selecting for high-performing genes through directed evolution, she's produced viruses that can construct powerful new batteries, clean hydrogen fuels and record-breaking solar cells. In her talk, she shows us how it's done.\n", "title": "\nUsing nature to grow batteries\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_belcher_using_nature_to_grow_batteries", "views": 811937, "related_tags": ["/topics/dna", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/alternative+energy", "/topics/biology", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/genetics", "/topics/nature", "/topics/virus"], "speaker": "Angela Belcher", "related_videos": ["/talks/craig_venter_is_on_the_verge_of_creating_synthetic_life", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mitchell_joachim_don_t_build_your_home_grow_it", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/juan_enriquez_wants_to_grow_energy"]},
{"description": "\nTED Fellow and urban designer Mitchell Joachim presents his vision for sustainable, organic architecture: eco-friendly abodes grown from plants and \u2014 wait for it \u2014 meat.\n", "title": "\nDon't build your home, grow it!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mitchell_joachim_don_t_build_your_home_grow_it", "views": 1115400, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/design", "/topics/environment", "/topics/urban+planning"], "speaker": "Mitchell Joachim", "related_videos": ["/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/rachel_armstrong_architecture_that_repairs_itself", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nA forest planted by humans, then left to nature\u2019s own devices, typically takes at least 100 years to mature. But what if we could make the process happen ten times faster? In this short talk, eco-entrepreneur (and TED Fellow) Shubhendu Sharma explains how to create a mini-forest ecosystem anywhere.\n", "title": "\nHow to grow a tiny forest anywhere \n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/shubhendu_sharma_how_to_grow_a_tiny_forest_anywhere", "views": 953556, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/garden", "/topics/nature", "/topics/open-source", "/topics/trees"], "speaker": "Shubhendu Sharma", "related_videos": ["/talks/nalini_nadkani_on_conserving_the_canopy", "/talks/britta_riley_a_garden_in_my_apartment", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/richard_preston_on_the_giant_trees", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nDesigner Suzanne Lee shares her experiments in growing a kombucha-based material that can be used like fabric or vegetable leather to make clothing. The process is fascinating, the results are beautiful (though there's still one minor drawback ...) and the potential is simply stunning.\n", "title": "\nGrow your own clothes\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_lee_grow_your_own_clothes", "views": 1090477, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/bacteria", "/topics/biology", "/topics/biotech", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/fashion", "/topics/materials", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Suzanne Lee", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/toys_from_the_future", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/juan_enriquez_wants_to_grow_energy"]},
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{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/regina_dugan_from_mach_20_glider_to_humming_bird_drone", "http://www.ted.com/talks/henry_evans_and_chad_jenkins_meet_the_robots_for_humanity", "http://www.ted.com/talks/pw_singer_on_robots_of_war", "http://www.ted.com/talks/lian_pin_koh_a_drone_s_eye_view_of_conservation", "http://www.ted.com/talks/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate", "http://www.ted.com/talks/marc_goodman_a_vision_of_crimes_in_the_future", "http://www.ted.com/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_the_astounding_athletic_power_of_quadcopters", "http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_suarez_the_kill_decision_shouldn_t_belong_to_a_robot", "http://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell", "http://www.ted.com/talks/andreas_raptopoulos_no_roads_there_s_a_drone_for_that", "http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_maccready_on_nature_vs_humans", "http://www.ted.com/talks/dale_dougherty_we_are_makers", "http://www.ted.com/talks/zainab_salbi", "http://www.ted.com/talks/massimo_banzi_how_arduino_is_open_sourcing_imagination", "http://www.ted.com/talks/vijay_kumar_the_future_of_flying_robots"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/135/will_drones_save_us_or_destroy", "title": "\nWill drones save us or destroy us?\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_senior_for_parents_happiness_is_a_very_high_bar", "http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_feiler_agile_programming_for_your_family", "http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_love_no_matter_what", "http://www.ted.com/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids", "http://www.ted.com/talks/roberto_d_angelo_francesca_fedeli_in_our_baby_s_illness_a_life_lesson", "http://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word", "http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_addis_a_father_daughter_bond_one_photo_at_a_time", "http://www.ted.com/talks/rufus_griscom_alisa_volkman_let_s_talk_parenting_taboos", "http://www.ted.com/talks/colin_stokes_how_movies_teach_manhood", "http://www.ted.com/talks/julia_sweeney_has_the_talk", "http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_feiler_the_council_of_dads"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/150/advice_to_help_you_be_a_great", "title": "\nAdvice to help you be a great parent\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together", "http://www.ted.com/talks/alexis_ohanian_how_to_make_a_splash_in_social_media", "http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles", "http://www.ted.com/talks/monica_lewinsky_the_price_of_shame", "http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_allocca_why_videos_go_viral", "http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_cognitive_surplus_will_change_the_world", "http://www.ted.com/talks/stefana_broadbent_how_the_internet_enables_intimacy", "http://www.ted.com/talks/evan_williams_on_listening_to_twitter_users", "http://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakley_social_media_and_the_end_of_gender", "http://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_gould_stewart_how_giant_websites_design_for_you_and_a_billion_others_too", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_golbeck_the_curly_fry_conundrum_why_social_media_likes_say_more_than_you_might_think", "http://www.ted.com/talks/adam_ostrow_after_your_final_status_update", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_kurzweil_get_ready_for_hybrid_thinking"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/26/our_digital_lives", "title": "\nOur digital lives\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/gavin_pretor_pinney_cloudy_with_a_chance_of_joy", "http://www.ted.com/talks/camille_seaman_photos_from_a_storm_chaser", "http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_weller_could_the_sun_be_good_for_your_heart", "http://www.ted.com/talks/fahad_al_attiya_a_country_with_no_water", "http://www.ted.com/talks/nathalie_miebach", "http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_nicklen_tales_of_ice_bound_wonderlands", "http://www.ted.com/talks/vicki_arroyo_let_s_prepare_for_our_new_climate"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/142/the_forecast_calls_for", "title": "\nThe forecast calls for\u2026\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/memory_banda_a_warrior_s_cry_against_child_marriage", "http://www.ted.com/talks/kailash_satyarthi_how_to_make_peace_get_angry", "http://www.ted.com/talks/edward_snowden_here_s_how_we_take_back_the_internet", "http://www.ted.com/talks/sakena_yacoobi_how_i_stopped_the_taliban_from_shutting_down_my_school", "http://www.ted.com/talks/boniface_mwangi_boniface_mwangi_the_day_i_stood_up_alone", "http://www.ted.com/talks/chelsea_shields_how_i_m_working_for_change_inside_my_church"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/322/the_power_of_the_individual_vo", "title": "\nThe power of the individual voice\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/anas_aremeyaw_anas_how_i_named_shamed_and_jailed", "http://www.ted.com/talks/janine_di_giovanni_what_i_saw_in_the_war", "http://www.ted.com/talks/will_potter_the_shocking_move_to_criminalize_non_violent_protest", "http://www.ted.com/talks/oren_yakobovich_hidden_cameras_that_film_injustice_in_the_world_s_most_dangerous_places"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/166/why_we_need_brave_journalists", "title": "\nWhy we need brave journalists\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_patton_a_father_daughter_dance_in_prison", "http://www.ted.com/talks/damon_horowitz_philosophy_in_prison", "http://www.ted.com/talks/shaka_senghor_why_your_worst_deeds_don_t_define_you", "http://www.ted.com/talks/the_lady_lifers_a_moving_song_from_women_in_prison_for_life", "http://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice", "http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pacholke_how_prisons_can_help_inmates_live_meaningful_lives", "http://www.ted.com/talks/nalini_nadkarni_life_science_in_prison", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_smith_lessons_in_business_from_prison", "http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_reisel_the_neuroscience_of_restorative_justice"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/165/life_in_and_after_prison", "title": "\nLife in\u2014and after\u2014prison\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_gilding_the_earth_is_full", "http://www.ted.com/talks/james_balog_time_lapse_proof_of_extreme_ice_loss", "http://www.ted.com/talks/sylvia_earle_s_ted_prize_wish_to_protect_our_oceans", "http://www.ted.com/talks/vicki_arroyo_let_s_prepare_for_our_new_climate", "http://www.ted.com/talks/john_doerr_sees_salvation_and_profit_in_greentech", "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_keith_s_surprising_ideas_on_climate_change", "http://www.ted.com/talks/camille_seaman_haunting_photos_of_ice", "http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_nicklen_tales_of_ice_bound_wonderlands", "http://www.ted.com/talks/beverly_dereck_joubert_life_lessons_from_big_cats", "http://www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_nature_beauty_gratitude", "http://www.ted.com/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures", "http://www.ted.com/talks/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal", "http://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_s_new_thinking_on_the_climate_crisis", "http://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_margonelli_the_political_chemistry_of_oil", "http://www.ted.com/talks/donald_sadoway_the_missing_link_to_renewable_energy", "http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_belcher_using_nature_to_grow_batteries", "http://www.ted.com/talks/michel_laberge_how_synchronized_hammer_strikes_could_generate_nuclear_fusion", "http://www.ted.com/talks/james_hansen_why_i_must_speak_out_about_climate_change"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/154/how_do_you_solve_a_problem_lik", "title": "\nHow do you solve a problem like the climate crisis?\n"},
{"description": "\nCambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease \u2014 and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted.\n", "title": "\nA roadmap to end aging\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging", "views": 2915300, "related_tags": ["/topics/aging", "/topics/biotech", "/topics/disease", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/future", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Aubrey de Grey", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dean_ornish_says_your_genes_are_not_your_fate", "/talks/eva_vertes_looks_to_the_future_of_medicine", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/alan_russell_on_regenerating_our_bodies"]},
{"description": "\nOn the web, a new \"Friend\" may be just a click away, but true connection is harder to find and express. Ze Frank presents a medley of zany Internet toys that require deep participation \u2014 and reward it with something more nourishing. You're invited, if you promise you'll share.\n", "title": "\nMy web playroom\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ze_frank_s_web_playroom", "views": 1768754, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/comedy", "/topics/gaming", "/topics/humanity", "/topics/humor", "/topics/music", "/topics/play", "/topics/technology", "/topics/web"], "speaker": "Ze Frank", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/rives_tells_a_story_of_mixed_emoticons", "/talks/ze_frank_s_nerdcore_comedy", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nMike Rowe, the host of \"Dirty Jobs,\" tells some compelling (and horrifying) real-life job stories. Listen for his insights and observations about the nature of hard work, and how it\u2019s been unjustifiably degraded in society today.\n", "title": "\nLearning from dirty jobs\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs", "views": 3565798, "related_tags": ["/topics/economics", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Mike Rowe", "related_videos": ["/talks/yanis_varoufakis_capitalism_will_eat_democracy_unless_we_speak_up", "/talks/nathan_wolfe_hunts_for_the_next_aids", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/dan_barber_s_surprising_foie_gras_parable", "/talks/ole_scheeren_why_great_architecture_should_tell_a_story", "/talks/bill_stone_explores_the_earth_and_space"]},
{"description": "\nIf you're lucky enough to live without want, it's a natural impulse to be altruistic to others. But, asks philosopher Peter Singer, what's the most effective way to give? He talks through some surprising thought experiments to help you balance emotion and practicality \u2014 and make the biggest impact with whatever you can share. NOTE: Starting at 0:30, this talk contains 30 seconds of graphic footage.\n", "title": "\nThe why and how of effective altruism\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_singer_the_why_and_how_of_effective_altruism", "views": 1309485, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/philanthropy", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/social+change"], "speaker": "Peter Singer", "related_videos": ["/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_inspiring_a_life_of_immersion", "/talks/damon_horowitz_philosophy_in_prison", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success"]},
{"description": "\nChris Kluwe wants to look into the future of sports and think about how technology will help not just players and coaches, but fans. Here the former NFL punter envisions a future in which augmented reality will help people experience sports as if they are directly on the field \u2014 and maybe even help them see others in a new light, too.\n", "title": "\nHow augmented reality will change sports ... and build empathy\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_kluwe_how_augmented_reality_will_change_sports_and_build_empathy", "views": 1084900, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/sports", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Chris Kluwe", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/marco_tempest_the_augmented_reality_of_techno_magic", "/talks/maurizio_seracini_the_secret_lives_of_paintings", "/talks/blaise_aguera", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nDo you like curly fries? Have you Liked them on Facebook? Watch this talk to find out the surprising things Facebook (and others) can guess about you from your random Likes and Shares. Computer scientist Jennifer Golbeck explains how this came about, how some applications of the technology are not so cute \u2014 and why she thinks we should return the control of information to its rightful owners. \n", "title": "\nThe curly fry conundrum: Why social media \u201clikes\u201d say more than you might think\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_golbeck_the_curly_fry_conundrum_why_social_media_likes_say_more_than_you_might_think", "views": 1748945, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/data", "/topics/social+media", "/topics/sociology", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Jennifer Golbeck", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/juan_enriquez_how_to_think_about_digital_tattoos", "/talks/johanna_blakley_social_media_and_the_end_of_gender", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/del_harvey_the_strangeness_of_scale_at_twitter"]},
{"description": "\nTrivia whiz Ken Jennings has made a career as a keeper of facts; he holds the longest winning streak in history on the U.S. game show Jeopardy. But in 2011, he played a challenge match against supercomputer Watson \u2014 and lost. With humor and humility, Jennings tells us how it felt to have a computer literally beat him at his own game, and also makes the case for good old-fashioned human knowledge. (Filmed at TEDxSeattleU.) \n", "title": "\nWatson, Jeopardy and me, the obsolete know-it-all\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_jennings_watson_jeopardy_and_me_the_obsolete_know_it_all", "views": 945359, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/computers", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/robots", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Ken Jennings", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/juan_enriquez_shares_mindboggling_new_science", "/talks/shyam_sankar_the_rise_of_human_computer_cooperation", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will_transform_us"]},
{"description": "\nAt the online University of the People, anyone with a high school diploma can take classes toward a degree in business administration or computer science \u2014 without standard tuition fees (though exams cost money). Founder Shai Reshef hopes that higher education is changing \"from being a privilege for the few to a basic right, affordable and accessible for all.\"\n", "title": "\nAn ultra-low-cost college degree\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/shai_reshef_a_tuition_free_college_degree", "views": 2612357, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/computers", "/topics/education", "/topics/open-source", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Shai Reshef", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/patrick_awuah_on_educating_leaders", "/talks/ray_kurzweil_announces_singularity_university", "/talks/freeman_hrabowski_4_pillars_of_college_success_in_science", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nNations can now attack other nations with cyber weapons: silent strikes on another country's computer systems, power grids, dams that leave no trace behind. (Think of the Stuxnet worm.) Guy-Philippe Goldstein shows how cyberattacks can leap between the digital and physical worlds to prompt armed conflict \u2014 and how we might avert this global security hazard.\n", "title": "\nHow cyberattacks threaten real-world peace\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/guy_philippe_goldstein_how_cyberattacks_threaten_real_world_peace", "views": 425442, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/computers", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/politics", "/topics/security", "/topics/technology", "/topics/terrorism", "/topics/war"], "speaker": "Guy-Philippe Goldstein", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/misha_glenny_hire_the_hackers", "/talks/mikko_hypponen_fighting_viruses_defending_the_net", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/ralph_langner_cracking_stuxnet_a_21st_century_cyberweapon", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nAt his lab at the University of Pennsylvania, Vijay Kumar and his team have created autonomous aerial robots inspired by honeybees. Their latest breakthrough: Precision Farming, in which swarms of robots map, reconstruct and analyze every plant and piece of fruit in an orchard, providing vital information to farmers that can help improve yields and make water management smarter.\n", "title": "\nThe future of flying robots\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/vijay_kumar_the_future_of_flying_robots", "views": 955968, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/agriculture", "/topics/computers", "/topics/design", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/robots", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Vijay Kumar", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/robin_murphy_these_robots_come_to_the_rescue_after_a_disaster", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_the_astounding_athletic_power_of_quadcopters"]},
{"description": "\nDiagnosed with cancer, Bruce Feiler worried first about his young family. So \u2014 as he shares in this funny, rambling and ultimately thoughtful talk \u2014 he asked his closest friends to become a \"council of dads,\" bringing their own lifetimes of wisdom to advise his twin daughters as they grow.\n", "title": "\nThe council of dads\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_feiler_the_council_of_dads", "views": 431213, "related_tags": ["/topics/cancer", "/topics/community", "/topics/culture", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Bruce Feiler", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/aimee_mullins_the_opportunity_of_adversity", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nMany of us have a social media presence \u2014 a virtual personality made up of status updates, tweets and connections, stored in the cloud. Adam Ostrow asks a big question: What happens to that personality after you've died? Could it ... live on?\n", "title": "\nAfter your final status update\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/adam_ostrow_after_your_final_status_update", "views": 1066316, "related_tags": ["/topics/consciousness", "/topics/culture", "/topics/self", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/social+media", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Adam Ostrow", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/johanna_blakley_social_media_and_the_end_of_gender", "/talks/nicholas_christakis_the_hidden_influence_of_social_networks", "/talks/alexis_ohanian_how_to_make_a_splash_in_social_media", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nDiving under the Antarctic ice to get close to the much-feared leopard seal, photographer Paul Nicklen found an extraordinary new friend. Share his hilarious, passionate stories of the polar wonderlands, illustrated by glorious images of the animals who live on and under the ice.\r\n\n", "title": "\nTales of ice-bound wonderlands\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_nicklen_tales_of_ice_bound_wonderlands", "views": 1760928, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/animals", "/topics/biodiversity", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/photography", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Paul Nicklen", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_griffin_on_how_photography_connects", "/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/rick_smolan_tells_the_story_of_a_girl", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nHow do we respect someone's religious beliefs, while also holding religion accountable for the damage those beliefs may cause? Chelsea Shields has a bold answer to this question. She was raised in the orthodox Mormon tradition, and she spent the early part of her life watching women be excluded from positions of importance within the LDS Church. Now, this anthropologist, activist and TED Fellow is working to reform her church's institutionalized gender inequality. \"Religions can liberate or subjugate, they can empower or exploit, they can comfort or destroy,\" she says. \"What is taught on the Sabbath leaks into our politics, our health policy, violence around the world.\"\n", "title": "\nHow I'm working for change inside my church\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/chelsea_shields_how_i_m_working_for_change_inside_my_church", "views": 1168115, "related_tags": ["/topics/god", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/activism", "/topics/community", "/topics/faith", "/topics/feminism", "/topics/identity", "/topics/inequality", "/topics/personal+growth", "/topics/religion", "/topics/society", "/topics/women"], "speaker": "Chelsea Shields", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/julia_sweeney_on_letting_go_of_god", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/michael_kimmel_why_gender_equality_is_good_for_everyone_men_included", "/talks/alaa_murabit_what_my_religion_really_says_about_women"]},
{"description": "\nTo see is to believe, says Oren Yakobovich \u2014 which is why he helps everyday people use hidden cameras to film dangerous situations of violence, political fraud and abuse. His organization, Videre, uncovers, verifies and publicizes human-rights abuses that the world needs to witness. \n", "title": "\nHidden cameras that film injustice in the world\u2019s most dangerous places\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/oren_yakobovich_hidden_cameras_that_film_injustice_in_the_world_s_most_dangerous_places", "views": 1028628, "related_tags": ["/topics/activism", "/topics/film", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/online+video", "/topics/social+change"], "speaker": "Oren Yakobovich", "related_videos": ["/talks/deborah_scranton_on_her_war_tapes", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/peter_gabriel_fights_injustice_with_video", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/julia_bacha"]},
{"description": "\nDaniel Reisel studies the brains of criminal psychopaths (and mice). And he asks a big question: Instead of warehousing these criminals, shouldn\u2019t we be using what we know about the brain to help them rehabilitate? Put another way: If the brain can grow new neural pathways after an injury \u2026 could we help the brain re-grow morality?\n", "title": "\nThe neuroscience of restorative justice\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_reisel_the_neuroscience_of_restorative_justice", "views": 633480, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/brain", "/topics/crime", "/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Daniel Reisel", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/anne_milgram_why_smart_statistics_are_the_key_to_fighting_crime", "/talks/damon_horowitz_philosophy_in_prison", "/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nJeff Smith spent a year in prison. But what he discovered inside wasn\u2019t what he expected \u2014 he saw in his fellow inmates boundless ingenuity and business savvy. He asks: Why don't we tap this entrepreneurial potential to help ex-prisoners contribute to society once they're back outside? (From the TED Talent Search event TED@NewYork.)\n", "title": "\nLessons in business ... from prison\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_smith_lessons_in_business_from_prison", "views": 1119992, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/prison"], "speaker": "Jeff Smith", "related_videos": ["/talks/yanis_varoufakis_capitalism_will_eat_democracy_unless_we_speak_up", "/talks/damon_horowitz_philosophy_in_prison", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice", "/talks/nalini_nadkarni_life_science_in_prison"]},
{"description": "\nTop climate scientist James Hansen tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over global climate change. In doing so he outlines the overwhelming evidence that change is happening and why that makes him deeply worried about the future.\n", "title": "\nWhy I must speak out about climate change\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/james_hansen_why_i_must_speak_out_about_climate_change", "views": 1081762, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/big+problems", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/environment", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "James Hansen", "related_videos": ["/talks/david_deutsch_on_our_place_in_the_cosmos", "/talks/al_gore_warns_on_latest_climate_trends", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/james_balog_time_lapse_proof_of_extreme_ice_loss"]},
{"description": "\nOur energy future depends on nuclear fusion, says Michel Laberge. The plasma physicist runs a small company with a big idea for a new type of nuclear reactor that could produce clean, cheap energy. His secret recipe? High speeds, scorching temperatures and crushing pressure. In this hopeful talk, he explains how nuclear fusion might be just around the corner. \n", "title": "\n How synchronized hammer strikes could generate nuclear fusion\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/michel_laberge_how_synchronized_hammer_strikes_could_generate_nuclear_fusion", "views": 975673, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/alternative+energy", "/topics/nuclear+energy", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Michel Laberge", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/amory_lovins_a_50_year_plan_for_energy", "/talks/taylor_wilson_yup_i_built_a_nuclear_fusion_reactor", "/talks/al_gore_on_averting_climate_crisis", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nIn this brand-new slideshow (premiering on TED.com), Al Gore presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists recently predicted. He challenges us to act.\n", "title": "\nNew thinking on the climate crisis\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_s_new_thinking_on_the_climate_crisis", "views": 1540624, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/activism", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/politics", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Al Gore", "related_videos": ["/talks/alex_steffen_sees_a_sustainable_future", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/john_doerr_sees_salvation_and_profit_in_greentech", "/talks/david_keith_s_surprising_ideas_on_climate_change"]},
{"description": "\nWith stunning photos and stories, National Geographic Explorer Wade Davis celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the world's indigenous cultures, which are disappearing from the planet at an alarming rate.\n", "title": "\nDreams from endangered cultures\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures", "views": 1924742, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/anthropology", "/topics/culture", "/topics/environment", "/topics/film", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/language", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "Wade Davis", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos", "/talks/wade_davis_on_the_worldwide_web_of_belief_and_ritual", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/phil_borges_on_endangered_cultures"]},
{"description": "\nPhotographer Camille Seaman shoots icebergs, showing the world the complex beauty of these massive, ancient chunks of ice. Dive in to her photo slideshow, \"The Last Iceberg.\"\n", "title": "\nHaunting photos of polar ice\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/camille_seaman_haunting_photos_of_ice", "views": 803908, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/glacier", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "Camille Seaman", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/paul_nicklen_tales_of_ice_bound_wonderlands"]},
{"description": "\nEnvironmental scientist David Keith proposes a cheap, effective, shocking means to address climate change: What if we injected a huge cloud of ash into the atmosphere to deflect sunlight and heat?\n", "title": "\nA critical look at geoengineering against climate change\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_keith_s_surprising_ideas_on_climate_change", "views": 769152, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/china", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "David Keith", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/alex_steffen_sees_a_sustainable_future", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/john_doerr_sees_salvation_and_profit_in_greentech", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/juan_enriquez_wants_to_grow_energy"]},
{"description": "\n\"I don't think we're going to make it,\" John Doerr says in an emotional talk about climate change and investment. To create a world fit for his daughter to live in, he says, we need to invest now in clean, green energy.\n", "title": "\nSalvation (and profit) in greentech\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/john_doerr_sees_salvation_and_profit_in_greentech", "views": 697103, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/environment", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/green", "/topics/investment", "/topics/sustainability", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "John Doerr", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_invests_in_ending_poverty", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/al_gore_s_new_thinking_on_the_climate_crisis", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/david_keith_s_surprising_ideas_on_climate_change"]},
{"description": "\nPhotographer James Balog shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of time-lapse cameras recording glaciers receding at an alarming rate, some of the most vivid evidence yet of climate change. \n", "title": "\nTime-lapse proof of extreme ice loss\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/james_balog_time_lapse_proof_of_extreme_ice_loss", "views": 816377, "related_tags": ["/topics/climate+change", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/photography", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "James Balog", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/ben_saunders_skis_to_the_north_pole", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nHave we used up all our resources? Have we filled up all the livable space on Earth? Paul Gilding suggests we have, and the possibility of devastating consequences, in a talk that's equal parts terrifying and, oddly, hopeful.\n", "title": "\nThe Earth is full\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_gilding_the_earth_is_full", "views": 1057482, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/cities", "/topics/science", "/topics/sustainability", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Paul Gilding", "related_videos": ["/talks/jeremy_jackson", "/talks/peter_diamandis_abundance_is_our_future", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/peter_diamandis_on_our_next_giant_leap"]},
{"description": "\nNalini Nadkarni challenges our perspective on trees and prisons \u2014 she says both can be more dynamic than we think. Through a partnership with the state of Washington, she brings science classes and conservation programs to inmates, with unexpected results.\n", "title": "\nLife science in prison\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/nalini_nadkarni_life_science_in_prison", "views": 377539, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/biosphere", "/topics/crime", "/topics/environment", "/topics/nature", "/topics/prison", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/trees"], "speaker": "Nalini Nadkarni", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/corneille_ewango_is_a_hero_of_the_congo_forest", "/talks/nalini_nadkani_on_conserving_the_canopy", "/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_on_an_escape_from_poverty", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine"]},
{"description": "\nIn the United States, the agencies that govern prisons are often called \u2018Department of Corrections.\u2019 And yet, their focus is on containing and controlling inmates. Dan Pacholke, Deputy Secretary for the Washington State Department of Corrections, shares a different vision: of prisons that provide humane living conditions as well as opportunities for meaningful work and learning. \n", "title": "\nHow prisons can help inmates live meaningful lives\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pacholke_how_prisons_can_help_inmates_live_meaningful_lives", "views": 762121, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/crime", "/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/prison", "/topics/social+change"], "speaker": "Dan Pacholke", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/damon_horowitz_philosophy_in_prison", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/nalini_nadkarni_life_science_in_prison", "/talks/shaka_senghor_why_your_worst_deeds_don_t_define_you"]},
{"description": "\nIn an engaging and personal talk \u2014 with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks \u2014 human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of the country's black male population has been incarcerated at some point in their lives. These issues, which are wrapped up in America's unexamined history, are rarely talked about with this level of candor, insight and persuasiveness.\n", "title": "\nWe need to talk about an injustice\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice", "views": 2768271, "related_tags": ["/topics/crime", "/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/inequality", "/topics/law", "/topics/race"], "speaker": "Bryan Stevenson", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/damon_horowitz_philosophy_in_prison", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/barry_schwartz_on_our_loss_of_wisdom", "/talks/aaron_huey"]},
{"description": "\nThe ten women in this chorus have all\u00a0been sentenced to life in prison.\u00a0They share a moving song about their experiences \u2014 one that reveals their hopes, regrets and fears. \"I'm not an angel,\" sings one, \"but I'm not the devil.\"\u00a0Filmed at an independent TEDx event inside Muncy State Prison,\u00a0it's a rare and poignant look inside the world of people imprisoned with no hope of parole. (Note: The prison's Office of Victim Advocacy has ensured that victims were treated fairly and respectfully around this TEDx event.)\n", "title": "\nA moving song from women in prison for life\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/the_lady_lifers_a_moving_song_from_women_in_prison_for_life", "views": 1199181, "related_tags": ["/topics/music", "/topics/prison"], "speaker": "The Lady Lifers", "related_videos": ["/talks/kaki_king_a_musical_escape_into_a_world_of_light_and_color", "/talks/dan_pacholke_how_prisons_can_help_inmates_live_meaningful_lives", "/talks/jeff_smith_lessons_in_business_from_prison", "/talks/shaka_senghor_why_your_worst_deeds_don_t_define_you", "/talks/tim_harford_how_messy_problems_can_inspire_creativity", "/talks/nicole_paris_and_ed_cage_a_beatboxing_lesson_from_a_father_daughter_duo"]},
{"description": "\nIn 1991, Shaka Senghor shot and killed a man. He was, he says, \"a drug dealer with a quick temper and a semi-automatic pistol.\" Jailed for second degree murder, that could very well have been the end of the story. But it wasn't. Instead, it was the beginning of a years-long journey to redemption, one with humbling and sobering lessons for us all.\n", "title": "\nWhy your worst deeds don\u2019t define you\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/shaka_senghor_why_your_worst_deeds_don_t_define_you", "views": 1293858, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/crime", "/topics/culture", "/topics/prison"], "speaker": "Shaka Senghor", "related_videos": ["/talks/daniel_reisel_the_neuroscience_of_restorative_justice", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/damon_horowitz_philosophy_in_prison", "/talks/david_r_dow_lessons_from_death_row_inmates", "/talks/melvin_russell_i_love_being_a_police_officer_but_we_need_reform", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nDamon Horowitz teaches philosophy through the Prison University Project, bringing college-level classes to inmates of San Quentin State Prison. In this powerful short talk, he tells the story of an encounter with right and wrong that quickly gets personal.\r\n\n", "title": "\nPhilosophy in prison\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/damon_horowitz_philosophy_in_prison", "views": 979422, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/crime", "/topics/culture", "/topics/education", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/prison"], "speaker": "Damon Horowitz", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/misha_glenny_hire_the_hackers", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil", "/talks/nalini_nadkarni_life_science_in_prison"]},
{"description": "\nAt Camp Diva, Angela Patton works to help girls and fathers stay connected and in each others' lives. But what about girls whose fathers can't be there \u2014 because they're in jail? Patton tells the story of a very special father-daughter dance. (Filmed at TEDxWomen)\n", "title": "\nA father-daughter dance ... in prison\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_patton_a_father_daughter_dance_in_prison", "views": 736830, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/activism", "/topics/children", "/topics/dance", "/topics/parenting", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/women", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "Angela Patton", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/steven_addis_a_father_daughter_bond_one_photo_at_a_time", "/talks/rufus_griscom_alisa_volkman_let_s_talk_parenting_taboos", "/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nIn 2002, investigative journalist and TED Fellow Will Potter took a break from his regular beat, writing about shootings and murders for the Chicago Tribune. He went to help a local group campaigning against animal testing: \"I thought it would be a safe way to do something positive,\" he says. Instead, he was arrested, and so began his ongoing journey into a world in which peaceful protest is branded as terrorism.\n", "title": "\nThe shocking move to criminalize nonviolent protest\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/will_potter_the_shocking_move_to_criminalize_non_violent_protest", "views": 921852, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/activism", "/topics/animals", "/topics/environment", "/topics/journalism", "/topics/politics", "/topics/terrorism"], "speaker": "Will Potter", "related_videos": ["/talks/angela_patton_a_father_daughter_dance_in_prison", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/scilla_elworthy_fighting_with_non_violence", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/juliana_machado_ferreira"]},
{"description": "\nReporter Janine di Giovanni has been to the worst places on Earth to bring back stories from Bosnia, Sierra Leone and most recently Syria. She tells stories of human moments within large conflicts \u2014 and explores that shocking transition when a familiar city street becomes a bombed-out battleground.\n", "title": "\nWhat I saw in the war\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/janine_di_giovanni_what_i_saw_in_the_war", "views": 778651, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/journalism", "/topics/war"], "speaker": "Janine di Giovanni", "related_videos": ["/talks/giles_duley_when_a_reporter_becomes_the_story", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/lisa_kristine_glimpses_of_modern_day_slavery", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/james_nachtwey_s_searing_pictures_of_war"]},
{"description": "\nJournalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has broken dozens of stories of corruption and organized crime all over Ghana \u2014 without ever revealing his identity. In this talk (in which his face remains hidden) Anas shows grisly footage from some of his investigations and demonstrates the importance of facing injustice.\n", "title": "\nHow I named, shamed and jailed\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/anas_aremeyaw_anas_how_i_named_shamed_and_jailed", "views": 1327068, "related_tags": ["/topics/africa", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/corruption", "/topics/crime", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/journalism"], "speaker": "Anas Aremeyaw Anas", "related_videos": ["/talks/shaffi_mather_a_new_way_to_fight_corruption", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/afra_raymond_three_myths_about_corruption", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/peter_eigen_how_to_expose_the_corrupt"]},
{"description": "\nPhotographer Boniface Mwangi wanted to protest against corruption in his home country of Kenya. So he made a plan: He and some friends would stand up and heckle during a public mass meeting. But when the moment came ... he stood alone. What happened next, he says, showed him who he truly was. As he says, \"There are two most powerful days in your life. The day you are born, and the day you discover why.\" Graphic images.\n", "title": "\nThe day I stood up alone\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/boniface_mwangi_boniface_mwangi_the_day_i_stood_up_alone", "views": 1145870, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/activism", "/topics/art", "/topics/corruption", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "Boniface Mwangi", "related_videos": ["/talks/ory_okolloh_on_becoming_an_activist", "/talks/anas_aremeyaw_anas_how_i_named_shamed_and_jailed", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/tania_simoncelli_should_you_be_able_to_patent_a_human_gene", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali", "/talks/james_nachtwey_s_searing_pictures_of_war"]},
{"description": "\nWhen the Taliban closed all the girls' schools in Afghanistan, Sakena Yacoobi set up new schools, in secret, educating thousands of women and men. In this fierce, funny talk, she tells the jaw-dropping story of two times when she was threatened to stop teaching \u2014 and shares her vision for rebuilding her beloved country.\n", "title": "\nHow I stopped the Taliban from shutting down my school\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sakena_yacoobi_how_i_stopped_the_taliban_from_shutting_down_my_school", "views": 1080047, "related_tags": ["/topics/middle+east", "/topics/activism", "/topics/education", "/topics/inequality", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/women"], "speaker": "Sakena Yacoobi", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/laura_boushnak_for_these_women_reading_is_a_daring_act", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/shabana_basij_rasikh_dare_to_educate_afghan_girls", "/talks/monika_bulaj_the_hidden_light_of_afghanistan", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine"]},
{"description": "\nAppearing by telepresence robot, Edward Snowden speaks at TED2014 about surveillance and Internet freedom. The right to data privacy, he suggests, is not a partisan issue, but requires a fundamental rethink of the role of the internet in our lives \u2014 and the laws that protect it. \"Your rights matter,\u201d he says, \"because you never know when you're going to need them.\" Chris Anderson interviews, with special guest Tim Berners-Lee.\n", "title": "\nHere's how we take back the Internet\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/edward_snowden_here_s_how_we_take_back_the_internet", "views": 3416316, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/journalism", "/topics/law"], "speaker": "Edward Snowden", "related_videos": ["/talks/richard_ledgett_the_nsa_responds_to_edward_snowden_s_ted_talk", "/talks/mikko_hypponen_how_the_nsa_betrayed_the_world_s_trust_time_to_act", "/talks/heather_brooke_my_battle_to_expose_government_corruption", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/tania_simoncelli_should_you_be_able_to_patent_a_human_gene", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nHow did a young man born into a high caste in India come to free 83,000 children from slavery? Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi offers a surprising piece of advice to anyone who wants to change the world for the better: Get angry at injustice. In this powerful talk, he shows how a lifetime of peace-making sprang from a lifetime of outrage.\n", "title": "\nHow to make peace? Get angry\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kailash_satyarthi_how_to_make_peace_get_angry", "views": 1059019, "related_tags": ["/topics/activism", "/topics/peace", "/topics/social+change"], "speaker": "Kailash Satyarthi", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/ziauddin_yousafzai_my_daughter_malala", "/talks/jody_williams_a_realistic_vision_for_world_peace", "/talks/scilla_elworthy_fighting_with_non_violence", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali"]},
{"description": "\nMemory Banda\u2019s life took a divergent path from her sister\u2019s. When her sister reached puberty, she was sent to a traditional \u201cinitiation camp\u201d that teaches girls \u201chow to sexually please a man.\u201d She got pregnant there \u2014 at age 11. Banda, however, refused to go. Instead, she organized others and asked her community\u2019s leader to issue a bylaw that no girl should be forced to marry before turning 18. She pushed on to the national level \u2026 with incredible results for girls across Malawi.\n", "title": "\nA warrior\u2019s cry against child marriage\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/memory_banda_a_warrior_s_cry_against_child_marriage", "views": 1061693, "related_tags": ["/topics/children", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/violence", "/topics/women"], "speaker": "Memory Banda", "related_videos": ["/talks/khadija_gbla_my_mother_s_strange_definition_of_empowerment", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/lisa_kristine_glimpses_of_modern_day_slavery", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/leymah_gbowee_unlock_the_intelligence_passion_greatness_of_girls", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nImagine a country with abundant power \u2014 oil and gas, sunshine, wind (and money) \u2014 but missing one key essential for life: water. Infrastructure engineer Fahad Al-Attiya talks about the unexpected ways that the small Middle Eastern nation of Qatar creates its water supply.\n", "title": "\nA country with no water\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/fahad_al_attiya_a_country_with_no_water", "views": 1280809, "related_tags": ["/topics/middle+east", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/agriculture", "/topics/cities", "/topics/food", "/topics/technology", "/topics/water"], "speaker": "Fahad Al-Attiya", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/carolyn_steel_how_food_shapes_our_cities", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter", "/talks/anupam_mishra_the_ancient_ingenuity_of_water_harvesting", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nPhotographer Camille Seaman has been chasing storms for 5 years. In this talk she shows stunning, surreal photos of the heavens in tumult.\n", "title": "\nPhotos from a storm chaser\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/camille_seaman_photos_from_a_storm_chaser", "views": 1460865, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/arts", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/nature", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "Camille Seaman", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/camille_seaman_haunting_photos_of_ice", "/talks/paul_nicklen_tales_of_ice_bound_wonderlands"]},
{"description": "\nFacebook\u2019s \u201clike\u201d and \u201cshare\u201d buttons are seen 22 billion times a day, making them some of the most-viewed design elements ever created. Margaret Gould Stewart, Facebook\u2019s director of product design, outlines three rules for design at such a massive scale\u2014one so big that the tiniest of tweaks can cause global outrage, but also so large that the subtlest of improvements can positively impact the lives of many.\n", "title": "\nHow giant websites design for you (and a billion others, too)\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_gould_stewart_how_giant_websites_design_for_you_and_a_billion_others_too", "views": 1455071, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Margaret Gould Stewart", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_kelley_on_human_centered_design", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/margaret_stewart_how_youtube_thinks_about_copyright", "/talks/kevin_allocca_why_videos_go_viral", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nMedia and advertising companies still use the same old demographics to understand audiences, but they're becoming increasingly harder to track online, says media researcher Johanna Blakley. As social media outgrows traditional media, and women users outnumber men, Blakley explains what changes are in store for the future of media.\n", "title": "\nSocial media and the end of gender\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakley_social_media_and_the_end_of_gender", "views": 1107869, "related_tags": ["/topics/advertising", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/media", "/topics/social+media"], "speaker": "Johanna Blakley", "related_videos": ["/talks/wael_ghonim_let_s_design_social_media_that_drives_real_change", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/evan_williams_on_listening_to_twitter_users", "/talks/seth_godin_on_the_tribes_we_lead", "/talks/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nIn the year leading up to this talk, the web tool Twitter exploded in size (up 10x during 2008 alone). Co-founder Evan Williams reveals that many of the ideas driving that growth came from unexpected uses invented by the users themselves.\n", "title": "\nThe voices of Twitter users\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/evan_williams_on_listening_to_twitter_users", "views": 1043877, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/communication", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/social+media", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Evan Williams", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/seth_godin_on_sliced_bread", "/talks/charles_leadbeater_on_innovation", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/joseph_pine_on_what_consumers_want"]},
{"description": "\nWe worry that IM, texting, Facebook are spoiling human intimacy, but Stefana Broadbent's research shows how communication tech is capable of cultivating deeper relationships, bringing love across barriers like distance and workplace rules.\n", "title": "\nHow the Internet enables intimacy\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/stefana_broadbent_how_the_internet_enables_intimacy", "views": 1078721, "related_tags": ["/topics/anthropology", "/topics/humanity", "/topics/love", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/social+media", "/topics/society", "/topics/sociology", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Stefana Broadbent", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/jan_chipchase_on_our_mobile_phones", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nKevin Allocca is YouTube's trends manager, and he has deep thoughts about silly web video. In this talk from TEDYouth, he shares the 4 reasons a video goes viral.\n", "title": "\nWhy videos go viral\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_allocca_why_videos_go_viral", "views": 1864851, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedyouth", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/online+video", "/topics/social+media"], "speaker": "Kevin Allocca", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/jill_heinerth_the_mysterious_world_of_underwater_caves", "/talks/chris_anderson_how_web_video_powers_global_innovation", "/talks/wael_ghonim_let_s_design_social_media_that_drives_real_change", "/talks/adam_sadowsky_engineers_a_viral_music_video", "/talks/eric_whitacre_a_virtual_choir_2_000_voices_strong"]},
{"description": "\nIn a funny, rapid-fire 4 minutes, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit tells the real-life fable of one humpback whale's rise to Web stardom. The lesson of Mister Splashy Pants is a shoo-in classic for meme-makers and marketers in the Facebook age.\n", "title": "\nHow to make a splash in social media\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/alexis_ohanian_how_to_make_a_splash_in_social_media", "views": 1837293, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/animals", "/topics/business", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/entrepreneur", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/web"], "speaker": "Alexis Ohanian", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history", "/talks/peter_hirshberg_on_tv_and_the_web", "/talks/seth_godin_on_sliced_bread", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming"]},
{"description": "\nAs we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication \u2014 and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of connection we want to have.\n", "title": "\nConnected, but alone?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together", "views": 3253876, "related_tags": ["/topics/ai", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/communication", "/topics/community", "/topics/culture", "/topics/sociology", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Sherry Turkle", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/adam_ostrow_after_your_final_status_update", "/talks/ethan_zuckerman"]},
{"description": "\nDespite her best efforts, comedian Julia Sweeney is forced to tell a little white lie when her 8-year-old begins learning about frog reproduction \u2014 and starts to ask some very smart questions.\r\n\n", "title": "\nIt's time for \"The Talk\"\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/julia_sweeney_has_the_talk", "views": 3056960, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/children", "/topics/comedy", "/topics/humor", "/topics/relationships", "/topics/sex"], "speaker": "Julia Sweeney", "related_videos": ["/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness", "/talks/the_jill_and_julia_show", "/talks/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email", "/talks/julia_sweeney_on_letting_go_of_god", "/talks/mary_roach_10_things_you_didn_t_know_about_orgasm", "/talks/aomawa_shields_how_we_ll_find_life_on_other_planets"]},
{"description": "\nWhen Colin Stokes\u2019 3-year-old son caught a glimpse of \"Star Wars,\" he was instantly obsessed. But what messages did he absorb from the sci-fi classic? Stokes asks for more movies that send positive messages to boys: that cooperation is heroic, and respecting women is as manly as defeating the villain.\n", "title": "\nHow movies teach manhood\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/colin_stokes_how_movies_teach_manhood", "views": 3164782, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/culture", "/topics/film", "/topics/identity", "/topics/men", "/topics/parenting"], "speaker": "Colin Stokes", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids", "/talks/beeban_kidron_the_shared_wonder_of_film", "/talks/don_levy_a_cinematic_journey_through_visual_effects", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nBabble.com publishers Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman, in a lively tag-team, expose 4 facts that parents never, ever admit \u2014 and why they should. Funny and honest, for parents and nonparents alike.\n", "title": "\nLet's talk parenting taboos\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rufus_griscom_alisa_volkman_let_s_talk_parenting_taboos", "views": 1926285, "related_tags": ["/topics/children", "/topics/communication", "/topics/culture", "/topics/education", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/sex", "/topics/web"], "speaker": "Rufus Griscom + Alisa Volkman", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/carmen_agra_deedy_spins_stories", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/mena_trott_tours_her_blog_world", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nA long time ago in New York City, Steve Addis stood on a corner holding his 1-year-old daughter in his arms; his wife snapped a photo. The image has inspired an annual father-daughter ritual, where Addis and his daughter pose for the same picture, on the same corner, each year. Addis shares 15 treasured photographs from the series, and explores why this small, repeated ritual means so much.\n", "title": "\nA father-daughter bond, one photo at a time\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_addis_a_father_daughter_bond_one_photo_at_a_time", "views": 1272221, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/children", "/topics/parenting", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "Steven Addis", "related_videos": ["/talks/lakshmi_pratury_on_letter_writing", "/talks/carl_honore_praises_slowness", "/talks/aomawa_shields_how_we_ll_find_life_on_other_planets", "/talks/david_gruber_glow_in_the_dark_sharks_and_other_stunning_sea_creatures", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nRoberto D'Angelo and Francesca Fedeli thought their baby boy Mario was healthy \u2014 until at 10 days old, they discovered he'd had a perinatal stroke. With Mario unable to control the left side of his body, they grappled with tough questions: Would he be \"normal?\u201d Could he live a full life? The poignant story of parents facing their fears \u2014 and how they turned them around.\n", "title": "\nIn our baby's illness, a life lesson\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/roberto_d_angelo_francesca_fedeli_in_our_baby_s_illness_a_life_lesson", "views": 967341, "related_tags": ["/topics/children", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/parenting"], "speaker": "Roberto D'Angelo + Francesca Fedeli", "related_videos": ["/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/tania_simoncelli_should_you_be_able_to_patent_a_human_gene", "/talks/rufus_griscom_alisa_volkman_let_s_talk_parenting_taboos", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/faith_jegede_what_i_ve_learned_from_my_autistic_brothers"]},
{"description": "\nAt TED U, Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, spells out 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do \u2014 and why a little danger is good for both kids and grownups.\n", "title": "\n5 dangerous things you should let your kids do\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids", "views": 3772782, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+books", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/children", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/parenting", "/topics/play", "/topics/sports", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Gever Tulley", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success", "/talks/dave_eggers_makes_his_ted_prize_wish_once_upon_a_school", "/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhat is it like to raise a child who's different from you in some fundamental way (like a prodigy, or a differently abled kid, or a criminal)? In this quietly moving talk, writer Andrew Solomon shares what he learned from talking to dozens of parents \u2014 asking them: What's the line between unconditional love and unconditional acceptance? \n", "title": "\nLove, no matter what\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_love_no_matter_what", "views": 3322812, "related_tags": ["/topics/children", "/topics/culture", "/topics/disability", "/topics/family", "/topics/love", "/topics/mental+health"], "speaker": "Andrew Solomon", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/angela_patton_a_father_daughter_dance_in_prison", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_a_champion", "/talks/rufus_griscom_alisa_volkman_let_s_talk_parenting_taboos"]},
{"description": "\nBruce Feiler has a radical idea: To deal with the stress of modern family life, go agile. Inspired by agile software programming, Feiler introduces family practices which encourage flexibility, bottom-up idea flow, constant feedback and accountability. One surprising feature: Kids pick their own punishments.\n", "title": "\nAgile programming \u2014 for your family\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_feiler_agile_programming_for_your_family", "views": 1231294, "related_tags": ["/topics/children", "/topics/culture", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/family", "/topics/parenting", "/topics/software", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "Bruce Feiler", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/colin_powell_kids_need_structure", "/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids", "/talks/bruce_feiler_the_council_of_dads", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nThe parenting section of the bookstore is overwhelming\u2014it's \"a giant, candy-colored monument to our collective panic,\" as writer Jennifer Senior puts it. Why is parenthood filled with so much anxiety? Because the goal of modern, middle-class parents\u2014to raise happy children\u2014is so elusive. In this honest talk, she offers some kinder and more achievable aims.\n", "title": "\nFor parents, happiness is a very high bar\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_senior_for_parents_happiness_is_a_very_high_bar", "views": 1589485, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/family", "/topics/parenting"], "speaker": "Jennifer Senior", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids", "/talks/adora_svitak", "/talks/rufus_griscom_alisa_volkman_let_s_talk_parenting_taboos", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nIn war we often see only the frontline stories of soldiers and combat. AT TEDGlobal 2010, Zainab Salbi tells powerful \"backline\" stories of women who keep everyday life going during conflicts, and calls for women to have a place at the negotiating table once fighting is over. \n", "title": "\nWomen, wartime and the dream of peace\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/zainab_salbi", "views": 440534, "related_tags": ["/topics/drones", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/iraq", "/topics/politics", "/topics/war", "/topics/women"], "speaker": "Zainab Salbi", "related_videos": ["/talks/eve_ensler_on_happiness_in_body_and_soul", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/chris_abani_muses_on_humanity", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nAmerica was built by makers \u2014 curious, enthusiastic amateur inventors whose tinkering habit sparked whole new industries. At TED@MotorCity, MAKE magazine publisher Dale Dougherty says we're all makers at heart, and shows cool new tools to tinker with, like Arduinos, affordable 3D printers, even DIY satellites.\n", "title": "\nWe are makers\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dale_dougherty_we_are_makers", "views": 654437, "related_tags": ["/topics/cities", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/computers", "/topics/curiosity", "/topics/design", "/topics/drones", "/topics/hack", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/media", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Dale Dougherty", "related_videos": ["/talks/sam_martin_builds_a_room_of_his_own", "/talks/charles_leadbeater_on_education", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nIn 1998, aircraft designer Paul MacCready looks at a planet on which humans have utterly dominated nature, and talks about what we all can do to preserve nature's balance. His contribution: solar planes, superefficient gliders and the electric car.\n", "title": "\nNature vs. humans\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_maccready_on_nature_vs_humans", "views": 169386, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/demo", "/topics/design", "/topics/drones", "/topics/flight", "/topics/green", "/topics/solar", "/topics/technology", "/topics/transportation"], "speaker": "Paul MacCready", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/alex_steffen_sees_a_sustainable_future", "/talks/john_doerr_sees_salvation_and_profit_in_greentech", "/talks/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nA billion people in the world lack access to all-season roads. Could the structure of the internet provide a model for how to reach them? Andreas Raptopoulos of Matternet thinks so. He introduces a new type of transportation system that uses electric autonomous flying machines to deliver medicine, food, goods and supplies wherever they are needed. \n", "title": "\nNo roads? There\u2019s a drone for that\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/andreas_raptopoulos_no_roads_there_s_a_drone_for_that", "views": 920989, "related_tags": ["/topics/drones", "/topics/technology", "/topics/transportation"], "speaker": "Andreas Raptopoulos", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/regina_dugan_from_mach_20_glider_to_humming_bird_drone", "/talks/lian_pin_koh_a_drone_s_eye_view_of_conservation", "/talks/henry_evans_and_chad_jenkins_meet_the_robots_for_humanity", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nMaster storyteller Malcolm Gladwell tells the tale of the Norden bombsight, a groundbreaking piece of World War II technology with a deeply unexpected result.\n", "title": "\nThe strange tale of the Norden bombsight\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell", "views": 902859, "related_tags": ["/topics/drones", "/topics/invention", "/topics/war"], "speaker": "Malcolm Gladwell", "related_videos": ["/talks/guy_philippe_goldstein_how_cyberattacks_threaten_real_world_peace", "/talks/dean_kamen_the_emotion_behind_invention", "/talks/rodrigo_bijou_governments_don_t_understand_cyber_warfare_we_need_hackers", "/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/edward_tenner_unintended_consequences", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nAs a novelist, Daniel Suarez spins dystopian tales of the future. But on the TEDGlobal stage, he talks us through a real-life scenario we all need to know more about: the rise of autonomous robotic weapons of war. Advanced drones, automated weapons and AI-powered intelligence-gathering tools, he suggests, could take the decision to make war out of the hands of humans.\n", "title": "\nThe kill decision shouldn't belong to a robot\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_suarez_the_kill_decision_shouldn_t_belong_to_a_robot", "views": 1878323, "related_tags": ["/topics/drones", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/robots", "/topics/technology", "/topics/war", "/topics/writing"], "speaker": "Daniel Suarez", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/pw_singer_on_robots_of_war", "/talks/ralph_langner_cracking_stuxnet_a_21st_century_cyberweapon", "/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_the_astounding_athletic_power_of_quadcopters", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nThe world is becoming increasingly open, and that has implications both bright and dangerous. Marc Goodman paints a portrait of a grave future, in which technology's rapid development could allow crime to take a turn for the worse.\n", "title": "\nA vision of crimes in the future\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/marc_goodman_a_vision_of_crimes_in_the_future", "views": 1105599, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/crime", "/topics/future", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/law", "/topics/open-source", "/topics/security", "/topics/technology", "/topics/terrorism", "/topics/violence"], "speaker": "Marc Goodman", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/pw_singer_on_robots_of_war", "/talks/guy_philippe_goldstein_how_cyberattacks_threaten_real_world_peace", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/avi_rubin_all_your_devices_can_be_hacked"]},
{"description": "\nEcologist Lian Pin Koh makes a persuasive case for using drones to protect the world's forests and wildlife. These lightweight autonomous flying vehicles can track animals in their natural habitat, monitor the health of rainforests, even combat crime by detecting poachers via thermal imaging. Added bonus? They're also entirely affordable.\n", "title": "\nA drone's-eye view of conservation\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/lian_pin_koh_a_drone_s_eye_view_of_conservation", "views": 565108, "related_tags": ["/topics/animals", "/topics/drones", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/sustainability"], "speaker": "Lian Pin Koh", "related_videos": ["/talks/nalini_nadkani_on_conserving_the_canopy", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/dale_dougherty_we_are_makers", "/talks/rachel_armstrong_architecture_that_repairs_itself", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nIn this powerful talk, P.W. Singer shows how the widespread use of robots in war is changing the realities of combat. He shows us scenarios straight out of science fiction \u2014 that now may not be so fictitious.\n", "title": "\nMilitary robots and the future of war\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/pw_singer_on_robots_of_war", "views": 1287340, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/design", "/topics/drones", "/topics/future", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/politics", "/topics/robots", "/topics/technology", "/topics/violence", "/topics/war"], "speaker": "P.W. Singer", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/deborah_scranton_on_her_war_tapes", "/talks/thomas_barnett_draws_a_new_map_for_peace", "/talks/rodney_brooks_on_robots", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nParalyzed by a stroke, Henry Evans uses a telepresence robot to take the stage \u2014 and show how new robotics, tweaked and personalized by a group called Robots for Humanity, help him live his life. He shows off a nimble little quadrotor drone, created by a team led by Chad Jenkins, that gives him the ability to navigate space \u2014 to once again look around a garden, stroll a campus \u2026 (Filmed at TEDxMidAtlantic.)\n", "title": "\nMeet the robots for humanity\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/henry_evans_and_chad_jenkins_meet_the_robots_for_humanity", "views": 1149928, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/culture", "/topics/disability", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Henry Evans", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/cynthia_breazeal_the_rise_of_personal_robots", "/talks/alberto_cairo_there_are_no_scraps_of_men", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/sue_austin_deep_sea_diving_in_a_wheelchair"]},
{"description": "\nTodd Humphreys forecasts the near-future of geolocation when millimeter-accurate GPS \"dots\" will enable you to find pin-point locations, index-search your physical possessions ... or to track people without their knowledge. And the response to the sinister side of this technology may have unintended consequences of its own.\n", "title": "\nHow to fool a GPS\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/todd_humphreys_how_to_fool_a_gps", "views": 682922, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/hack", "/topics/security", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Todd Humphreys", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/guy_philippe_goldstein_how_cyberattacks_threaten_real_world_peace", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/marc_goodman_a_vision_of_crimes_in_the_future", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/avi_rubin_all_your_devices_can_be_hacked"]},
{"description": "\nCould someone hack your pacemaker? Avi Rubin shows how hackers are compromising cars, smartphones and medical devices, and warns us about the dangers of an increasingly hack-able world. \n", "title": "\nAll your devices can be hacked\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/avi_rubin_all_your_devices_can_be_hacked", "views": 978515, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/computers", "/topics/hack", "/topics/security", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Avi Rubin", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/guy_philippe_goldstein_how_cyberattacks_threaten_real_world_peace", "/talks/mikko_hypponen_three_types_of_online_attack", "/talks/christopher_m00t_poole_the_case_for_anonymity_online", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhen first discovered in 2010, the Stuxnet computer worm posed a baffling puzzle. Beyond its sophistication loomed a more troubling mystery: its purpose. Ralph Langner and team helped crack the code that revealed this digital warhead's final target. In a fascinating look inside cyber-forensics, he explains how \u2014 and makes a bold (and, it turns out, correct) guess at its shocking origins.\n", "title": "\nCracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weapon\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ralph_langner_cracking_stuxnet_a_21st_century_cyberweapon", "views": 1187028, "related_tags": ["/topics/iran", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/computers", "/topics/government", "/topics/nuclear+energy", "/topics/politics", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology", "/topics/war"], "speaker": "Ralph Langner", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/pw_singer_on_robots_of_war", "/talks/irwin_redlener_warns_of_nuclear_terrorism", "/talks/bruce_bueno_de_mesquita_predicts_iran_s_future", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nDespite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code? Underworld investigator Misha Glenny profiles several convicted coders from around the world and reaches a startling conclusion.\n", "title": "\nHire the hackers!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/misha_glenny_hire_the_hackers", "views": 1140579, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/computers", "/topics/crime", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Misha Glenny", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mikko_hypponen_fighting_viruses_defending_the_net", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/tim_berners_lee_the_year_open_data_went_worldwide", "/talks/misha_glenny_investigates_global_crime_networks", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nIt's been 25 years since the first PC virus (Brain A) hit the net, and what was once an annoyance has become a sophisticated tool for crime and espionage. Computer security expert Mikko Hypp\u00f6nen tells us how we can stop these new viruses from threatening the internet as we know it.\n", "title": "\nFighting viruses, defending the net\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mikko_hypponen_fighting_viruses_defending_the_net", "views": 1477975, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/computers", "/topics/crime", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/technology", "/topics/virus"], "speaker": "Mikko Hypponen", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/christopher_m00t_poole_the_case_for_anonymity_online", "/talks/misha_glenny_investigates_global_crime_networks", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/ralph_langner_cracking_stuxnet_a_21st_century_cyberweapon"]},
{"description": "\nThe beauty of hackers, says cybersecurity expert Keren Elazari, is that they force us to evolve and improve. Yes, some hackers are bad guys, but many are working to fight government corruption and advocate for our rights. By exposing vulnerabilities, they push the Internet to become stronger and healthier, wielding their power to create a better world.\n", "title": "\nHackers: the Internet's immune system\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/keren_elazari_hackers_the_internet_s_immune_system", "views": 1614127, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/activism", "/topics/crime", "/topics/hack", "/topics/terrorism"], "speaker": "Keren Elazari", "related_videos": ["/talks/misha_glenny_hire_the_hackers", "/talks/mikko_hypponen_three_types_of_online_attack", "/talks/roger_mcnamee_six_ways_to_save_the_internet", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn 2006, open-learning visionary Richard Baraniuk explains the vision behind Connexions (now called OpenStax), an open-source, online education system. It cuts out the textbook, allowing teachers to share and modify course materials freely, anywhere in the world.\n", "title": "\nThe birth of the open-source learning revolution\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_baraniuk_on_open_source_learning", "views": 919333, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/culture", "/topics/education", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/library", "/topics/open-source", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Richard Baraniuk", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/shimon_schocken_the_self_organizing_computer_course", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/anant_agarwal_why_massively_open_online_courses_still_matter", "/talks/daphne_koller_what_we_re_learning_from_online_education"]},
{"description": "\n2013 was a year of hype for MOOCs (massive open online courses). Great big numbers and great big hopes were followed by some disappointing first results. But the head of edX, Anant Agarwal, makes the case that MOOCs still matter \u2014 as a way to share high-level learning widely and supplement (but perhaps not replace) traditional classrooms. Agarwal shares his vision of blended learning, where teachers create the ideal learning experience for 21st century students.\n", "title": "\nWhy massive open online courses (still) matter\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/anant_agarwal_why_massively_open_online_courses_still_matter", "views": 882330, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/education", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Anant Agarwal", "related_videos": ["/talks/daphne_koller_what_we_re_learning_from_online_education", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education", "/talks/sugata_mitra_build_a_school_in_the_cloud", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn the fall of 2011 Peter Norvig taught a class with Sebastian Thrun on artificial intelligence at Stanford attended by 175 students in situ \u2014 and over 100,000 via an interactive webcast. He shares what he learned about teaching to a global classroom.\n", "title": "\nThe 100,000-student classroom\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_norvig_the_100_000_student_classroom", "views": 955814, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/computers", "/topics/education", "/topics/global+issues"], "speaker": "Peter Norvig", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education", "/talks/ray_kurzweil_announces_singularity_university", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/daphne_koller_what_we_re_learning_from_online_education"]},
{"description": "\nShimon Schocken and Noam Nisan developed a curriculum for their students to build a computer, piece by piece. When they put the course online \u2014 giving away the tools, simulators, chip specifications and other building blocks \u2014 they were surprised that thousands jumped at the opportunity to learn, working independently as well as organizing their own classes in the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). A call to forget about grades and tap into the self-motivation to learn.\n", "title": "\nThe self-organizing computer course\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/shimon_schocken_the_self_organizing_computer_course", "views": 915316, "related_tags": ["/topics/computers", "/topics/education", "/topics/open-source", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Shimon Schocken", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/shimon_schocken_s_rides_of_hope", "/talks/daphne_koller_what_we_re_learning_from_online_education", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nArtificial intelligence is getting smarter by leaps and bounds \u2014 within this century, research suggests, a computer AI could be as \"smart\" as a human being. And then, says Nick Bostrom, it will overtake us: \"Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to make.\" A philosopher and technologist, Bostrom asks us to think hard about the world we're building right now, driven by thinking machines. Will our smart machines help to preserve humanity and our values \u2014 or will they have values of their own?\n", "title": "\nWhat happens when our computers get smarter than we are?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/nick_bostrom_what_happens_when_our_computers_get_smarter_than_we_are", "views": 1757489, "related_tags": ["/topics/ai", "/topics/future", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Nick Bostrom", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ken_jennings_watson_jeopardy_and_me_the_obsolete_know_it_all", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/jeremy_howard_the_wonderful_and_terrifying_implications_of_computers_that_can_learn", "/talks/fei_fei_li_how_we_re_teaching_computers_to_understand_pictures", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nOur emotions influence every aspect of our lives \u2014 how we learn, how we communicate, how we make decisions. Yet they\u2019re absent from our digital lives; the devices and apps we interact with have no way of knowing how we feel. Scientist\u00a0Rana el Kaliouby\u00a0aims to change that. She demos a powerful new technology that reads your facial expressions and matches them to corresponding emotions.\u00a0This\u00a0\u201cemotion engine\u201d\u00a0has big implications, she says, and could change not just how we interact with machines \u2014 but with each other.\n", "title": "\nThis app knows how you feel \u2014 from the look on your face\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rana_el_kaliouby_this_app_knows_how_you_feel_from_the_look_on_your_face", "views": 1214926, "related_tags": ["/topics/compassion", "/topics/computers", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Rana el Kaliouby", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together", "/talks/fei_fei_li_how_we_re_teaching_computers_to_understand_pictures", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/david_eagleman_can_we_create_new_senses_for_humans"]},
{"description": "\nWhat happens when we teach a computer how to learn? Technologist Jeremy Howard shares some surprising new developments in the fast-moving field of deep learning, a technique that can give computers the ability to learn Chinese, or to recognize objects in photos, or to help think through a medical diagnosis. (One deep learning tool, after watching hours of YouTube, taught itself the concept of \u201ccats.\u201d) Get caught up on a field that will change the way the computers around you behave \u2026 sooner than you probably think. \n", "title": "\nThe wonderful and terrifying implications of computers that can learn\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_howard_the_wonderful_and_terrifying_implications_of_computers_that_can_learn", "views": 1628475, "related_tags": ["/topics/ai", "/topics/algorithm", "/topics/computers", "/topics/health", "/topics/intelligence", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Jeremy Howard", "related_videos": ["/talks/erik_brynjolfsson_the_key_to_growth_race_em_with_em_the_machines", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/larry_page_where_s_google_going_next", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/shyam_sankar_the_rise_of_human_computer_cooperation"]},
{"description": "\nTwo hundred million years ago, our mammal ancestors developed a new brain feature: the neocortex. This stamp-sized piece of tissue (wrapped around a brain the size of a walnut) is the key to what humanity has become. Now, futurist Ray Kurzweil suggests, we should get ready for the next big leap in brain power, as we tap into the computing power in the cloud.\n", "title": "\nGet ready for hybrid thinking\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_kurzweil_get_ready_for_hybrid_thinking", "views": 1586694, "related_tags": ["/topics/ai", "/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/brain", "/topics/cloud", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/future", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Ray Kurzweil", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ray_kurzweil_announces_singularity_university", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/shyam_sankar_the_rise_of_human_computer_cooperation", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will_transform_us"]},
{"description": "\nArtist Nathalie Miebach takes weather data from massive storms and turns it into complex sculptures that embody the forces of nature and time. These sculptures then become musical scores for a string quartet to play.\n", "title": "\nArt made of storms\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/nathalie_miebach", "views": 674479, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/data", "/topics/visualizations", "/topics/weather"], "speaker": "Nathalie Miebach", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/aaron_koblin", "/talks/evan_grant_cymatics", "/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nArtist Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His supersized images picture some almost unimaginable statistics \u2014 like the astonishing number of paper cups we use every single day.\n", "title": "\nTurning powerful stats into art\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_jordan_pictures_some_shocking_stats", "views": 1278033, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/beauty", "/topics/business", "/topics/culture", "/topics/photography", "/topics/plastic", "/topics/statistics"], "speaker": "Chris Jordan", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/edward_burtynsky_on_manufactured_landscapes", "/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures", "/talks/alisa_miller_shares_the_news_about_the_news"]},
{"description": "\nWhen Jamie Heywood's brother was diagnosed with ALS, he devoted his life to fighting the disease as well. The Heywood brothers built an ingenious website where people share and track data on their illnesses \u2014 and they discovered that the collective data had enormous power to comfort, explain and predict.\n", "title": "\nThe big idea my brother inspired\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_heywood_the_big_idea_my_brother_inspired", "views": 485167, "related_tags": ["/topics/collaboration", "/topics/community", "/topics/entrepreneur", "/topics/health", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/media", "/topics/medicine"], "speaker": "Jamie Heywood", "related_videos": ["/talks/anthony_atala_growing_organs_engineering_tissue", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/bill_davenhall_your_health_depends_on_where_you_live", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/hans_rosling_the_truth_about_hiv"]},
{"description": "\nNate Silver has data that answers big questions about race in politics. For instance, in the 2008 presidential race, did Obama's skin color actually keep him from getting votes in some parts of the country? Stats and myths collide in this fascinating talk that ends with a remarkable insight.\n", "title": "\nDoes racism affect how you vote?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/nate_silver_on_race_and_politics", "views": 376855, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/cities", "/topics/politics", "/topics/race", "/topics/statistics", "/topics/urban+planning"], "speaker": "Nate Silver", "related_videos": ["/talks/yanis_varoufakis_capitalism_will_eat_democracy_unless_we_speak_up", "/talks/steven_levitt_analyzes_crack_economics", "/talks/emily_oster_flips_our_thinking_on_aids_in_africa", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/peter_donnelly_shows_how_stats_fool_juries", "/talks/ole_scheeren_why_great_architecture_should_tell_a_story"]},
{"description": "\nArtist Aaron Koblin takes vast amounts of data \u2014 and at times vast numbers of people \u2014 and weaves them into stunning visualizations. From elegant lines tracing airline flights to landscapes of cell phone data, from a Johnny Cash video assembled from crowd-sourced drawings to the \"Wilderness Downtown\" video that customizes for the user, his works brilliantly explore how modern technology can make us more human.\n", "title": "\nVisualizing ourselves ... with crowd-sourced data\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/aaron_koblin", "views": 1338839, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/data", "/topics/design", "/topics/technology", "/topics/visualizations"], "speaker": "Aaron Koblin", "related_videos": ["/talks/joann_kuchera_morin_tours_the_allosphere", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/evan_grant_cymatics", "/talks/carlo_ratti_architecture_that_senses_and_responds", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nWhen she became the attorney general of New Jersey in 2007, Anne Milgram quickly discovered a few startling facts: not only did her team not really know who they were putting in jail, but they had no way of understanding if their decisions were actually making the public safer. And so began her ongoing, inspirational quest to bring data analytics and statistical analysis to the US criminal justice system.\n", "title": "\nWhy smart statistics are the key to fighting crime\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/anne_milgram_why_smart_statistics_are_the_key_to_fighting_crime", "views": 770787, "related_tags": ["/topics/crime", "/topics/data"], "speaker": "Anne Milgram", "related_videos": ["/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness", "/talks/hannah_fry_is_life_really_that_complex", "/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen", "/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice", "/talks/melvin_russell_i_love_being_a_police_officer_but_we_need_reform", "/talks/sebastian_wernicke_how_to_use_data_to_make_a_hit_tv_show"]},
{"description": "\nBrute computing force alone can\u2019t solve the world\u2019s problems. Data mining innovator Shyam Sankar explains why solving big problems (like catching terrorists or identifying huge hidden trends) is not a question of finding the right algorithm, but rather the right symbiotic relationship between computation and human creativity.\n", "title": "\nThe rise of human-computer cooperation\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/shyam_sankar_the_rise_of_human_computer_cooperation", "views": 768634, "related_tags": ["/topics/ai", "/topics/algorithm", "/topics/computers", "/topics/data", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/intelligence", "/topics/security", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Shyam Sankar", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/guy_philippe_goldstein_how_cyberattacks_threaten_real_world_peace", "/talks/marc_goodman_a_vision_of_crimes_in_the_future", "/talks/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nDavid McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut \u2014 and it may just change the way we see the world.\n", "title": "\nThe beauty of data visualization\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization", "views": 2285231, "related_tags": ["/topics/complexity", "/topics/computers", "/topics/data", "/topics/design", "/topics/visualizations"], "speaker": "David McCandless", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/evan_grant_cymatics", "/talks/gary_flake_is_pivot_a_turning_point_for_web_exploration", "/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nMIT researcher Deb Roy wanted to understand how his infant son learned language \u2014 so he wired up his house with videocameras to catch every moment (with exceptions) of his son's life, then parsed 90,000 hours of home video to watch \"gaaaa\" slowly turn into \"water.\" Astonishing, data-rich research with deep implications for how we learn.\n", "title": "\nThe birth of a word\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word", "views": 2246776, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/brain", "/topics/children", "/topics/language", "/topics/time"], "speaker": "Deb Roy", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/what_we_learned_from_5_million_books", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/steven_pinker_chalks_it_up_to_the_blank_slate", "/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nAmy Webb was having no luck with online dating. The dates she liked didn't write her back, and her own profile attracted crickets (and worse). So, as any fan of data would do: she started making a spreadsheet. Hear the story of how she went on to hack her online dating life \u2014 with frustrating, funny and life-changing results.\n", "title": "\nHow I hacked online dating\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_webb_how_i_hacked_online_dating", "views": 4476032, "related_tags": ["/topics/algorithm", "/topics/culture", "/topics/data", "/topics/love", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Amy Webb", "related_videos": ["/talks/esther_perel_the_secret_to_desire_in_a_long_term_relationship", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/aaron_koblin", "/talks/shyam_sankar_the_rise_of_human_computer_cooperation", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nHave you played with Google Labs' Ngram Viewer? It's an addicting tool that lets you search for words and ideas in a database of 5 million books from across centuries. Erez Lieberman Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel show us how it works, and a few of the surprising things we can learn from 500 billion words. \n", "title": "\nWhat we learned from 5 million books\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/what_we_learned_from_5_million_books", "views": 1595722, "related_tags": ["/topics/google", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/data", "/topics/design", "/topics/library", "/topics/technology", "/topics/visualizations", "/topics/writing"], "speaker": "Jean-Baptiste Michel", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/aaron_koblin", "/talks/amit_sood_building_a_museum_of_museums_on_the_web", "/talks/brewster_kahle_builds_a_free_digital_library", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nYou've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called \"developing world.\"\n", "title": "\nThe best stats you've ever seen\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen", "views": 10447433, "related_tags": ["/topics/africa", "/topics/asia", "/topics/google", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/demo", "/topics/development", "/topics/economics", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/health", "/topics/statistics"], "speaker": "Hans Rosling", "related_videos": ["/talks/talithia_williams_own_your_body_s_data", "/talks/hans_rosling_at_state", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/manuel_lima_a_visual_history_of_human_knowledge"]},
{"description": "\nBasketball is a fast-moving game of improvisation, contact and, ahem, spatio-temporal pattern recognition. Rajiv Maheswaran and his colleagues are analyzing the movements behind the key plays of the game, to help coaches and players combine intuition with new data. Bonus: What they're learning could help us understand how humans move everywhere. \n", "title": "\nThe math behind basketball's wildest moves\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rajiv_maheswaran_the_math_behind_basketball_s_wildest_moves", "views": 1497936, "related_tags": ["/topics/math", "/topics/sports", "/topics/technology", "/topics/visualizations"], "speaker": "Rajiv Maheswaran", "related_videos": ["/talks/peter_van_manen_how_can_formula_1_racing_help_babies", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/david_epstein_are_athletes_really_getting_faster_better_stronger", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/chris_kluwe_how_augmented_reality_will_change_sports_and_build_empathy"]},
{"description": "\nIn 2011, journalist Bruno Torturra covered a protest in S\u00e3o Paulo which turned ugly. His experience of being teargassed had a profound effect on the way he thought about his work, and he quit his job to focus on broadcasting raw, unedited experiences online. In this fascinating talk, he shares some of the ways in which he's experimented with livestreaming on the web, and how in the process he has helped to create a very modern media network.\n", "title": "\nGot a smartphone? Start broadcasting\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bruno_torturra_got_a_smartphone_start_broadcasting", "views": 1202910, "related_tags": ["/topics/activism", "/topics/journalism", "/topics/media", "/topics/online+video", "/topics/politics", "/topics/social+media", "/topics/web"], "speaker": "Bruno Torturra", "related_videos": ["/talks/anas_aremeyaw_anas_how_i_named_shamed_and_jailed", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/eman_mohammed_the_courage_to_tell_a_hidden_story", "/talks/heather_brooke_my_battle_to_expose_government_corruption", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nMcKenna Pope's younger brother loved to cook, but he worried about using an Easy-Bake Oven \u2014 because it was a toy for girls. So at age 13, Pope started an online petition for the American toy company Hasbro to change the pink-and-purple color scheme on the classic toy and incorporate boys into its TV marketing. In a heartening talk, Pope makes the case for gender-neutral toys and gives a rousing call to action to all kids who feel powerless.\n", "title": "\nWant to be an activist? Start with your toys\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mckenna_pope_want_to_be_an_activist_start_with_your_toys", "views": 833821, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedyouth", "/topics/activism", "/topics/toy", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "McKenna Pope", "related_videos": ["/talks/tavi_gevinson_a_teen_just_trying_to_figure_it_out", "/talks/natalie_warne_being_young_and_making_an_impact", "/talks/angela_patton_a_father_daughter_dance_in_prison", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/tania_simoncelli_should_you_be_able_to_patent_a_human_gene", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali"]},
{"description": "\nAziz Abu Sarah is a Palestinian activist with an unusual approach to peace-keeping: Be a tourist. The TED Fellow shows how simple interactions with people in different cultures can erode decades of hate. He starts with Palestinians visiting Israelis and moves beyond ...\n", "title": "\nFor more tolerance, we need more ... tourism?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/aziz_abu_sarah_for_more_tolerance_we_need_more_tourism", "views": 1097477, "related_tags": ["/topics/middle+east", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/activism", "/topics/culture", "/topics/peace", "/topics/travel", "/topics/violence", "/topics/war"], "speaker": "Aziz Abu Sarah", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/israel_and_iran_a_love_story", "/talks/bahia_shehab_a_thousand_times_no", "/talks/jr_s_ted_prize_wish_use_art_to_turn_the_world_inside_out", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali"]},
{"description": "\nOur biases can be dangerous, even deadly \u2014 as we've seen in the cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner, in Staten Island, New York. Diversity advocate Vern\u0101 Myers looks closely at some of the subconscious attitudes we hold toward out-groups. She makes a plea to all people: Acknowledge your biases. Then move toward, not away from, the groups that make you uncomfortable. In a funny, impassioned, important talk, she shows us how.\n", "title": "\nHow to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/verna_myers_how_to_overcome_our_biases_walk_boldly_toward_them", "views": 1147337, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/inequality", "/topics/race", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/society"], "speaker": "Vern\u0101 Myers", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/mellody_hobson_color_blind_or_color_brave", "/talks/nina_jablonski_breaks_the_illusion_of_skin_color"]},
{"description": "\nThe sounds of the rainforest include: the chirps of birds, the buzz of cicadas, the banter of gibbons. But in the background is the almost-always present sound of a chainsaw, from illegal loggers. Engineer Topher White shares a simple, scalable way to stop this brutal deforestation \u2014 that starts with your old cell phone.\n", "title": "\nWhat can save the rainforest? Your used cell phone\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/topher_white_what_can_save_the_rainforest_your_used_cell_phone", "views": 1097558, "related_tags": ["/topics/climate+change", "/topics/environment", "/topics/technology", "/topics/trees"], "speaker": "Topher White", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/nalini_nadkani_on_conserving_the_canopy", "/talks/gavin_schmidt_the_emergent_patterns_of_climate_change", "/talks/antonio_donato_nobre_the_magic_of_the_amazon_a_river_that_flows_invisibly_all_around_us", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWant your local politician to pay attention to an issue you care about? Take this tip from Omar Ahmad, the beloved former mayor of San Carlos, California: Send a monthly handwritten letter. Old-fashioned correspondence, he shows, is more effective than email, phone \u2014 or even writing a check. Listen for his four simple steps to writing a letter that works.\n", "title": "\nPolitical change with pen and paper\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/omar_ahmad_political_change_with_pen_and_paper", "views": 454986, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/culture", "/topics/democracy", "/topics/politics", "/topics/social+change"], "speaker": "Omar Ahmad", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jennifer_pahlka_coding_a_better_government", "/talks/lakshmi_pratury_on_letter_writing", "/talks/dave_meslin_the_antidote_to_apathy", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine"]},
{"description": "\nDave Isay opened the first StoryCorps booth in New York\u2019s Grand Central Terminal in 2003 with the intention of creating a quiet place where a person could honor someone who mattered to them by listening to their story. Since then, StoryCorps has evolved into the single largest collection of human voices ever recorded. His TED Prize wish: to grow this digital archive of the collective wisdom of humanity. Hear his vision to take StoryCorps global \u2014 and how you can be a part of it by interviewing someone with the StoryCorps app.\n", "title": "\nEveryone around you has a story the world needs to hear\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dave_isay_everyone_around_you_has_a_story_the_world_needs_to_hear", "views": 1189679, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+prize", "/topics/united+states", "/topics/history", "/topics/journalism", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Dave Isay", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/jr_s_ted_prize_wish_use_art_to_turn_the_world_inside_out", "/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story", "/talks/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nFacebook COO Sheryl Sandberg looks at why a smaller percentage of women than men reach the top of their professions \u2014 and offers 3 powerful pieces of advice to women aiming for the C-suite.\n", "title": "\nWhy we have too few women leaders\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sheryl_sandberg_why_we_have_too_few_women_leaders", "views": 5912023, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/education", "/topics/feminism", "/topics/goal-setting", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/technology", "/topics/women", "/topics/women+in+business"], "speaker": "Sheryl Sandberg", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/anne_marie_slaughter_can_we_all_have_it_all", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/hanna_rosin_new_data_on_the_rise_of_women", "/talks/sheryl_sandberg_so_we_leaned_in_now_what", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nBonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria \"talk\" to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry \u2014 and our understanding of ourselves.\n", "title": "\nHow bacteria \"talk\"\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bonnie_bassler_on_how_bacteria_communicate", "views": 1930341, "related_tags": ["/topics/macarthur+grant", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/bacteria", "/topics/biology", "/topics/communication", "/topics/disease", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/health", "/topics/human+origins", "/topics/microbiology", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Bonnie Bassler", "related_videos": ["/talks/paul_ewald_asks_can_we_domesticate_germs", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/nathan_wolfe_hunts_for_the_next_aids", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/margaret_wertheim_crochets_the_coral_reef", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nJill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions \u2014 motion, speech, self-awareness \u2014 shut down one by one. An astonishing story.\n", "title": "\nMy stroke of insight\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight", "views": 18492539, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/biology", "/topics/brain", "/topics/consciousness", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/illness", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Jill Bolte Taylor", "related_videos": ["/talks/christopher_decharms_scans_the_brain_in_real_time", "/talks/sherwin_nuland_on_electroshock_therapy", "/talks/vilayanur_ramachandran_on_your_mind", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nWhen he was just 14 years old, Malawian inventor William Kamkwamba built his family an electricity-generating windmill from spare parts, working from rough plans he found in a library book.\n", "title": "\nHow I built a windmill\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/william_kamkwamba_on_building_a_windmill", "views": 1215535, "related_tags": ["/topics/africa", "/topics/alternative+energy", "/topics/design", "/topics/energy", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/interview", "/topics/library", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "William Kamkwamba", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/amy_smith_shares_simple_lifesaving_design", "/talks/patrick_awuah_on_educating_leaders", "/talks/corneille_ewango_is_a_hero_of_the_congo_forest", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nThe founder of 4chan, a controversial, uncensored online imageboard, describes its subculture, some of the Internet \"memes\" it has launched, and the incident in which its users managed a very public, precision hack of a mainstream media website. The talk raises questions about the power \u2014 and price \u2014 of anonymity.\n", "title": "\nThe case for anonymity online\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_m00t_poole_the_case_for_anonymity_online", "views": 1349350, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/activism", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/computers", "/topics/culture", "/topics/government", "/topics/law", "/topics/meme", "/topics/web"], "speaker": "Christopher \"moot\" Poole", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/alexis_ohanian_how_to_make_a_splash_in_social_media", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nDrew Curtis, the founder of fark.com, tells the story of how he fought a lawsuit from a company that had a patent, \"...for the creation and distribution of news releases via email.\" Along the way he shares some nutty statistics about the growing legal problem of frivolous patents.\r\n\n", "title": "\nHow I beat a patent troll\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/drew_curtis_how_i_beat_a_patent_troll", "views": 1005385, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/entrepreneur", "/topics/law"], "speaker": "Drew Curtis", "related_videos": ["/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/charles_leadbeater_on_innovation", "/talks/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine"]},
{"description": "\nHow many poets could cram eBay, Friendster and Monster.com into 3-minute poem worthy of a standing ovation? Enjoy Rives' unique talent.\n", "title": "\nIf I controlled the Internet\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rives_controls_the_internet", "views": 1479517, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/love", "/topics/performance", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/poetry"], "speaker": "Rives", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/rives_on_4_a_m", "/talks/rives_tells_a_story_of_mixed_emoticons", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ze_frank_s_web_playroom", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nAs web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a \"filter bubble\" and don't get exposed to information that could challenge or broaden our worldview. Eli Pariser argues powerfully that this will ultimately prove to be bad for us and bad for democracy. \n", "title": "\nBeware online \"filter bubbles\"\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles", "views": 3483797, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/journalism", "/topics/politics", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Eli Pariser", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/robert_neuwirth_on_our_shadow_cities", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sergey_brin_and_larry_page_on_google", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nDoesn't it seem like a lot of online news sites have moved beyond reporting the news to openly inciting your outrage (and your page views)? News analyst Sally Kohn suggests \u2014 don't engage with news that looks like it just wants to make you mad. Instead, give your precious clicks to the news sites you truly trust.\n", "title": "\nDon't like clickbait? Don't click\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sally_kohn_don_t_like_clickbait_don_t_click", "views": 1007925, "related_tags": ["/topics/communication", "/topics/media", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/social+media", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Sally Kohn", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/kevin_allocca_why_videos_go_viral", "/talks/sally_kohn_let_s_try_emotional_correctness", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\n\"Public shaming as a blood sport has to stop,\" says Monica Lewinsky. In 1998, she says, \u201cI was Patient Zero of losing a personal reputation on a global scale almost instantaneously.\u201d Today, the kind of online public shaming she went through has become constant \u2014 and can turn deadly. In a brave talk, she takes a hard look at our online culture of humiliation, and asks for a different way.\n", "title": "\nThe price of shame\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/monica_lewinsky_the_price_of_shame", "views": 7111091, "related_tags": ["/topics/communication", "/topics/media", "/topics/social+media", "/topics/suicide", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Monica Lewinsky", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/sally_kohn_don_t_like_clickbait_don_t_click", "/talks/jonathan_zittrain_the_web_is_a_random_act_of_kindness", "/talks/johanna_blakley_social_media_and_the_end_of_gender", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nTwitter gives a voice to the voiceless, a way to speak up and hit back at perceived injustice. But sometimes, says Jon Ronson, things go too far. In a jaw-dropping story of how one un-funny tweet ruined a woman's life and career, Ronson shows how online commenters can end up behaving like a baying mob \u2014 and says it's time to rethink how we interact online.\n", "title": "\nWhen online shaming spirals out of control\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jon_ronson_what_happens_when_online_shaming_spirals_out_of_control", "views": 1381007, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/humanity", "/topics/social+media", "/topics/society", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Jon Ronson", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jon_ronson_strange_answers_to_the_psychopath_test", "/talks/monica_lewinsky_the_price_of_shame", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/del_harvey_the_strangeness_of_scale_at_twitter"]},
{"description": "\nWhat controls aging? Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon has found a simple genetic mutation that can double the lifespan of a simple worm, C. elegans. The lessons from that discovery, and others, are pointing to how we might one day significantly extend youthful human life.\n", "title": "\nExperiments that hint of longer lives\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/cynthia_kenyon_experiments_that_hint_of_longer_lives", "views": 755031, "related_tags": ["/topics/aging", "/topics/biotech", "/topics/genetics", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Cynthia Kenyon", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging", "/talks/juan_enriquez_on_genomics_and_our_future", "/talks/dean_ornish_says_your_genes_are_not_your_fate", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
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{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_prager_in_search_for_the_man_who_broke_my_neck", "http://www.ted.com/talks/shaka_senghor_why_your_worst_deeds_don_t_define_you", "http://www.ted.com/talks/9_11_healing_the_mothers_who_found_forgiveness_friendship", "http://www.ted.com/talks/krista_tippett_reconnecting_with_compassion", "http://www.ted.com/talks/anand_giridharadas_a_tale_of_two_americas_and_the_mini_mart_where_they_collided", "http://www.ted.com/talks/colin_grant_the_son_of_a_difficult_father", "http://www.ted.com/talks/karen_armstrong_let_s_revive_the_golden_rule"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/213/how_and_why_to_forgive", "title": "\nHow (and why) to forgive\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/shane_koyczan_to_this_day_for_the_bullied_and_beautiful", "http://www.ted.com/talks/zak_ebrahim_i_am_the_son_of_a_terrorist_here_s_how_i_chose_peace", "http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_how_the_worst_moments_in_our_lives_make_us_who_we_are", "http://www.ted.com/talks/monica_lewinsky_the_price_of_shame", "http://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_lublin_texting_that_saves_lives", "http://www.ted.com/talks/john_legend_true_colors"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/191/stand_up_to_bullying", "title": "\nStand up to bullying\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/yves_rossy_fly_with_the_jetman", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ben_saunders_skis_to_the_north_pole", "http://www.ted.com/talks/diana_nyad_never_ever_give_up", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ueli_gegenschatz_extreme_wingsuit_jumping", "http://www.ted.com/talks/lewis_pugh_s_mind_shifting_mt_everest_swim", "http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_truglia_a_leap_from_the_edge_of_space", "http://www.ted.com/talks/roz_savage_why_i_m_rowing_across_the_pacific", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_zahab_treks_to_the_south_pole", "http://www.ted.com/talks/janine_shepherd_a_broken_body_isn_t_a_broken_person", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_poynter_life_in_biosphere_2", "http://www.ted.com/talks/alan_eustace_i_leapt_from_the_stratosphere_here_s_how_i_did_it"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/27/to_boldly_go", "title": "\nTo boldly go ...\n"},
{"description": "\nWhat are our forests really made of? From the air, ecologist Greg Asner uses a spectrometer and high-powered lasers to map nature in meticulous kaleidoscopic 3D detail \u2014 what he calls \u201ca very high-tech accounting system\u201d of carbon. In this fascinating talk, Asner gives a clear message: To save our ecosystems, we need more data, gathered in new ways.\n", "title": "\nEcology from the air\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/greg_asner_ecology_from_the_air", "views": 625604, "related_tags": ["/topics/biodiversity", "/topics/drones", "/topics/nature", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology", "/topics/trees"], "speaker": "Greg Asner", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/lian_pin_koh_a_drone_s_eye_view_of_conservation", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate", "/talks/raffaello_d_andrea_the_astounding_athletic_power_of_quadcopters"]},
{"description": "\nHere's a stat worth knowing: In the UK, 63% of men who finish short-term prison sentences are back inside within a year for another crime. Helping them stay outside involves job training, classes, therapy. And it would pay off handsomely \u2014 but the government can't find the funds. Toby Eccles shares an imaginative idea for how to change that:\u00a0the Social Impact Bond. It's an unusual bond that helps fund initiatives with a social goal through private money \u2014 with the government paying back the investors (with interest) if the initiatives work.\n", "title": "\nInvest in social change\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/toby_eccles_invest_in_social_change", "views": 862444, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/economics", "/topics/social+change"], "speaker": "Toby Eccles", "related_videos": ["/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mariana_mazzucato_government_investor_risk_taker_innovator", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jeff_smith_lessons_in_business_from_prison"]},
{"description": "\nDel Harvey heads up Twitter\u2019s Trust and Safety Team, and she thinks all day about how to prevent worst-case scenarios \u2014 abuse, trolling, stalking \u2014 while giving voice to people around the globe. With deadpan humor, she offers a window into how she works to keep 240 million users safe.\n", "title": "\nProtecting Twitter users (sometimes from themselves)\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/del_harvey_the_strangeness_of_scale_at_twitter", "views": 821355, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/security", "/topics/social+media", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Del Harvey", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history", "/talks/james_surowiecki_on_the_turning_point_for_social_media", "/talks/seth_godin_on_the_tribes_we_lead", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIt sounds counterintuitive, but by 2030, many of the world's largest economies will have more jobs than adult citizens to do those jobs. In this data-filled \u2014 and quite charming \u2014 talk, human resources expert Rainer Strack suggests that countries ought to look across borders for mobile and willing job seekers. But to do that, they need to start by changing the culture in their businesses.\n", "title": "\nThe workforce crisis of 2030 \u2014 and how to start solving it now\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rainer_strack_the_surprising_workforce_crisis_of_2030_and_how_to_start_solving_it_now", "views": 1361729, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/productivity", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Rainer Strack", "related_videos": ["/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/philip_evans_how_data_will_transform_business", "/talks/roselinde_torres_what_it_takes_to_be_a_great_leader", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/yves_morieux_as_work_gets_more_complex_6_rules_to_simplify", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nA happy song about global warming, from Jill Sobule.\n", "title": "\nGlobal warming's theme song, \"Manhattan in January\"\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_sobule_sings_to_al_gore", "views": 503049, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/environment", "/topics/guitar", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance", "/topics/vocals"], "speaker": "Jill Sobule", "related_videos": ["/talks/the_jill_and_julia_show", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/stew_says_black_men_ski", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/al_gore_on_averting_climate_crisis", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali"]},
{"description": "\nIn the wake of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, mixed into the wreckage were lost and damaged photos of families and loved ones. Photo retoucher Becci Manson, together with local volunteers and a global group of colleagues she recruited online, helped clean and fix them, restoring those memories to their owners.\n", "title": "\n(Re)touching lives through photos\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/becci_manson_re_touching_lives_through_photos", "views": 708246, "related_tags": ["/topics/asia", "/topics/culture", "/topics/disaster+relief", "/topics/memory", "/topics/photography", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Becci Manson", "related_videos": ["/talks/giles_duley_when_a_reporter_becomes_the_story", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jr_one_year_of_turning_the_world_inside_out", "/talks/david_gruber_glow_in_the_dark_sharks_and_other_stunning_sea_creatures", "/talks/aaron_huey", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nWe each want to live a life of purpose, but where to start? In this luminous, wide-ranging talk, Jacqueline Novogratz introduces us to people she's met in her work in \"patient capital\" \u2014 people who have immersed themselves in a cause, a community, a passion for justice. These human stories carry powerful moments of inspiration.\n", "title": "\nInspiring a life of immersion\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_inspiring_a_life_of_immersion", "views": 743966, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/economics", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/investment", "/topics/women+in+business"], "speaker": "Jacqueline Novogratz", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ben_dunlap_talks_about_a_passionate_life", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_a_third_way_to_think_about_aid", "/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_on_patient_capitalism"]},
{"description": "\nComputer science professor Shimon Schocken is also an avid mountain biker. To share the life lessons he learned while riding, he began an outdoor program with Israel's juvenile inmates and was touched by both their intense difficulties and profound successes. Photographs by Raphael Rabinovitz.\n", "title": "\nWhat a bike ride can teach you\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/shimon_schocken_s_rides_of_hope", "views": 484941, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/children", "/topics/education", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/motivation", "/topics/personal+growth", "/topics/sports", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Shimon Schocken", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action", "/talks/jose_abreu_on_kids_transformed_by_music", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/john_wooden_on_the_difference_between_winning_and_success"]},
{"description": "\nThere's no actual law against women driving in Saudi Arabia. But it's forbidden. Two years ago, Manal al-Sharif decided to encourage women to drive by doing so \u2014 and filming herself for YouTube. Hear her story of what happened next.\n", "title": "\nA Saudi woman who dared to drive\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/manal_al_sharif_a_saudi_woman_who_dared_to_drive", "views": 1335495, "related_tags": ["/topics/islam", "/topics/middle+east", "/topics/cars", "/topics/culture", "/topics/feminism", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/women"], "speaker": "Manal al-Sharif", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/shabana_basij_rasikh_dare_to_educate_afghan_girls", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/nadia_al_sakkaf_see_yemen_through_my_eyes", "/talks/mustafa_akyol_faith_versus_tradition_in_islam"]},
{"description": "\nA pioneer in research on play, Dr. Stuart Brown says humor, games, roughhousing, flirtation and fantasy are more than just fun. Plenty of play in childhood makes for happy, smart adults \u2014 and keeping it up can make us smarter at any age.\n", "title": "\nPlay is more than just fun\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital", "views": 1300179, "related_tags": ["/topics/brain", "/topics/children", "/topics/education", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/gaming", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/health", "/topics/play", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Stuart Brown", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids", "/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/tim_brown_on_creativity_and_play"]},
{"description": "\nUsing animation, projections and her own moving shadow, Miwa Matreyek performs a gorgeous, meditative piece about inner and outer discovery. Take a quiet 10 minutes and dive in. With music from Anna Oxygen, Mirah, Caroline Lufkin and Mileece.\n", "title": "\nGlorious visions in animation and performance\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/miwa_matreyek_s_glorious_visions", "views": 756650, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/design", "/topics/performance", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Miwa Matreyek", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/pilobolus_perform_symbiosis"]},
{"description": "\nIn her New Orleans neighborhood, artist and TED Fellow Candy Chang turned an abandoned house into a giant chalkboard asking a fill-in-the-blank question: \"Before I die I want to ___.\" Her neighbors' answers \u2014 surprising, poignant, funny \u2014 became an unexpected mirror for the community. (What's your answer?)\n", "title": "\nBefore I die I want to ...\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/candy_chang_before_i_die_i_want_to", "views": 4279316, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/arts", "/topics/cities", "/topics/community", "/topics/death"], "speaker": "Candy Chang", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/frank_warren_half_a_million_secrets", "/talks/aaron_koblin", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jr_one_year_of_turning_the_world_inside_out", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nSwiss artist and photographer Fabian Oefner is on a mission to make eye-catching art from everyday science. In this charming talk, he shows off some recent psychedelic images, including photographs of crystals as they interact with soundwaves. And, in a live demo, he shows what really happens when you mix paint with magnetic liquid\u2014or when you set fire to whiskey.\n", "title": "\nPsychedelic science\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/fabian_oefner_psychedelic_science", "views": 1653434, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/photography", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Fabian Oefner", "related_videos": ["/talks/ross_lovegrove_shares_organic_designs", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ariel_garten_know_thyself_with_a_brain_scanner", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/mae_jemison_on_teaching_arts_and_sciences_together", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nMath is logical, functional and just ... awesome. Mathemagician Arthur Benjamin explores hidden properties of that weird and wonderful set of numbers, the Fibonacci series. (And reminds you that mathematics can be inspiring, too!)\n", "title": "\nThe magic of Fibonacci numbers\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/arthur_benjamin_the_magic_of_fibonacci_numbers", "views": 3317544, "related_tags": ["/topics/entertainment", "/topics/magic", "/topics/math"], "speaker": "Arthur Benjamin", "related_videos": ["/talks/arthur_benjamin_does_mathemagic", "/talks/jim_simons_a_rare_interview_with_the_mathematician_who_cracked_wall_street", "/talks/arthur_benjamin_s_formula_for_changing_math_education", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life", "/talks/adam_spencer_why_i_fell_in_love_with_monster_prime_numbers", "/talks/nicole_paris_and_ed_cage_a_beatboxing_lesson_from_a_father_daughter_duo"]},
{"description": "\nWeeks from the Charter for Compassion launch, Karen Armstrong looks at religion's role in the 21st century: Will its dogmas divide us? Or will it unite us for common good? She reviews the catalysts that can drive the world's faiths to rediscover the Golden Rule.\n", "title": "\nLet's revive the Golden Rule\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/karen_armstrong_let_s_revive_the_golden_rule", "views": 638920, "related_tags": ["/topics/god", "/topics/ted+prize", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/politics", "/topics/religion", "/topics/violence"], "speaker": "Karen Armstrong", "related_videos": ["/talks/bob_thurman_says_we_can_be_buddhas", "/talks/karen_armstrong_makes_her_ted_prize_wish_the_charter_for_compassion", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/rick_warren_on_a_life_of_purpose", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nOn October 24, 2014, Alan Eustace donned a custom-built, 235-pound spacesuit, attached himself to a weather balloon, and rose above 135,000 feet, from which point he dove to Earth, breaking both the sound barrier and previous records for high-altitude jumps. Hear his story of how \u2014 and why.\n", "title": "\nI leapt from the stratosphere. Here's how I did it\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/alan_eustace_i_leapt_from_the_stratosphere_here_s_how_i_did_it", "views": 1279060, "related_tags": ["/topics/astronomy", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/invention", "/topics/physics", "/topics/science", "/topics/space"], "speaker": "Alan Eustace", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/chris_hadfield_what_i_learned_from_going_blind_in_space", "/talks/sarah_parcak_archeology_from_space", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/angelo_vermeulen_how_to_go_to_space_without_having_to_go_to_space"]},
{"description": "\nJane Poynter tells her story of living two years and 20 minutes in Biosphere 2 \u2014 an experience that provoked her to explore how we might sustain life in the harshest of environments.\n", "title": "\nLife in Biosphere 2\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_poynter_life_in_biosphere_2", "views": 716395, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/adventure", "/topics/biosphere", "/topics/biotech", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/environment", "/topics/space"], "speaker": "Jane Poynter", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/kamal_meattle_on_how_to_grow_your_own_fresh_air", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/john_doerr_sees_salvation_and_profit_in_greentech", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/david_keith_s_surprising_ideas_on_climate_change"]},
{"description": "\nExtreme runner Ray Zahab shares an enthusiastic account of his record-breaking trek on foot to the South Pole \u2014 a 33-day sprint through the snow.\n", "title": "\nMy trek to the South Pole\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_zahab_treks_to_the_south_pole", "views": 276746, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/global+issues"], "speaker": "Ray Zahab", "related_videos": ["/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/al_gore_on_averting_climate_crisis", "/talks/ueli_gegenschatz_extreme_wingsuit_jumping", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/ben_saunders_skis_to_the_north_pole", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nFive years ago, Roz Savage quit her high-powered London job to become an ocean rower. She's crossed the Atlantic solo, and just started the third leg of a Pacific solo row, the first for a woman. Why does she do it? Hear her reasons, both deeply personal and urgently activist.\n", "title": "\nWhy I'm rowing across the Pacific\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/roz_savage_why_i_m_rowing_across_the_pacific", "views": 590099, "related_tags": ["/topics/adventure", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/goal-setting", "/topics/oceans"], "speaker": "Roz Savage", "related_videos": ["/talks/capt_charles_moore_on_the_seas_of_plastic", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sylvia_earle_s_ted_prize_wish_to_protect_our_oceans", "/talks/ben_saunders_skis_to_the_north_pole", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nAt his day job, Steve Truglia flips cars, walks through fire and falls out of buildings \u2014 pushing technology to make stunts bigger, safer, more awesome. He talks us through his next stunt: the highest jump ever attempted, from the very edge of space.\n", "title": "\nA leap from the edge of space\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_truglia_a_leap_from_the_edge_of_space", "views": 492446, "related_tags": ["/topics/entertainment", "/topics/film", "/topics/space", "/topics/sports", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Steve Truglia", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/j_j_abrams_mystery_box", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nArctic explorer Ben Saunders recounts his harrowing solo ski trek to the North Pole, complete with engaging anecdotes, gorgeous photos and never-before-seen video.\n", "title": "\nWhy did I ski to the North Pole?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ben_saunders_skis_to_the_north_pole", "views": 581625, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/culture", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/personal+growth", "/topics/potential", "/topics/sports", "/topics/technology", "/topics/travel"], "speaker": "Ben Saunders", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/steve_truglia_a_leap_from_the_edge_of_space", "/talks/dame_ellen_macarthur_the_surprising_thing_i_learned_sailing_solo_around_the_world", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/chris_burkard_the_joy_of_surfing_in_ice_cold_water", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhen Nancy Lublin started texting teenagers to help with her social advocacy organization, what she found was shocking \u2014 they started texting back about their own problems, from bullying to depression to abuse. So she's setting up a text-only crisis line, and the results might be even more important than she expected.\n", "title": "\nTexting that saves lives\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_lublin_texting_that_saves_lives", "views": 891793, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/activism", "/topics/bullying", "/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/health", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "Nancy Lublin", "related_videos": ["/talks/jennifer_pahlka_coding_a_better_government", "/talks/natalie_warne_being_young_and_making_an_impact", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/erik_hersman_on_reporting_crisis_via_texting"]},
{"description": "\nWriter Andrew Solomon has spent his career telling stories of the hardships of others. Now he turns inward, bringing us into a childhood of adversity, while also spinning tales of the courageous people he's met in the years since. In a moving, heartfelt and at times downright funny talk, Solomon gives a powerful call to action to forge meaning from our biggest struggles.\n", "title": "\nHow the worst moments in our lives make us who we are\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_how_the_worst_moments_in_our_lives_make_us_who_we_are", "views": 3536614, "related_tags": ["/topics/lgbt", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/depression", "/topics/identity", "/topics/pain"], "speaker": "Andrew Solomon", "related_videos": ["/talks/thandie_newton_embracing_otherness_embracing_myself", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/andrew_solomon_depression_the_secret_we_share", "/talks/andrew_solomon_love_no_matter_what", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nIf you\u2019re raised on dogma and hate, can you choose a different path? Zak Ebrahim was just seven years old when his father helped plan the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. His story is shocking, powerful and, ultimately, inspiring.\n", "title": "\nI am the son of a terrorist. Here's how I chose peace.\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/zak_ebrahim_i_am_the_son_of_a_terrorist_here_s_how_i_chose_peace", "views": 3195949, "related_tags": ["/topics/middle+east", "/topics/ted+books", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/peace", "/topics/terrorism", "/topics/violence"], "speaker": "Zak Ebrahim", "related_videos": ["/talks/wael_ghonim_let_s_design_social_media_that_drives_real_change", "/talks/rodrigo_bijou_governments_don_t_understand_cyber_warfare_we_need_hackers", "/talks/melvin_russell_i_love_being_a_police_officer_but_we_need_reform", "/talks/scilla_elworthy_fighting_with_non_violence", "/talks/9_11_healing_the_mothers_who_found_forgiveness_friendship", "/talks/julia_bacha"]},
{"description": "\nBy turn hilarious and haunting, poet Shane Koyczan puts his finger on the pulse of what it's like to be young and \u2026 different. \"To This Day,\" his spoken-word poem about bullying, captivated millions as a viral video (created, crowd-source style, by 80 animators). Here, he gives a glorious, live reprise with backstory and violin accompaniment by Hannah Epperson.\n", "title": "\nTo This Day ... for the bullied and beautiful\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/shane_koyczan_to_this_day_for_the_bullied_and_beautiful", "views": 4188804, "related_tags": ["/topics/bullying", "/topics/children", "/topics/compassion", "/topics/depression", "/topics/mental+health", "/topics/poetry", "/topics/spoken+word"], "speaker": "Shane Koyczan", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/sarah_kay_if_i_should_have_a_daughter", "/talks/lemn_sissay_a_child_of_the_state", "/talks/rives_controls_the_internet"]},
{"description": "\nColin Grant has spent a lifetime navigating the emotional landscape between his father\u2019s world and his own. Born in England to Jamaican parents, Grant draws on stories of shared experience within his immigrant community \u2014 and reflects on how he found forgiveness for a father who rejected him.\n", "title": "\nHow our stories cross over\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/colin_grant_the_son_of_a_difficult_father", "views": 807431, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/children", "/topics/culture", "/topics/family", "/topics/history", "/topics/identity", "/topics/parenting", "/topics/society", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Colin Grant", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/george_takei_why_i_love_a_country_that_once_betrayed_me", "/talks/georgette_mulheir_the_tragedy_of_orphanages", "/talks/lemn_sissay_a_child_of_the_state", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nTen days after 9/11, a shocking attack at a Texas mini-mart shattered the lives of two men: the victim and the attacker. In this stunning talk, Anand Giridharadas, author of \"The True American,\" tells the story of what happened next. It's a parable about the two paths an American life can take, and a powerful call for reconciliation.\n", "title": "\nA tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/anand_giridharadas_a_tale_of_two_americas_and_the_mini_mart_where_they_collided", "views": 1079619, "related_tags": ["/topics/crime", "/topics/history", "/topics/immigration", "/topics/inequality", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Anand Giridharadas", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/anna_deavere_smith_s_american_character", "/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/james_b_glattfelder_who_controls_the_world"]},
{"description": "\nThe term \"compassion\" \u2014 typically reserved for the saintly or the sappy \u2014 has fallen out of touch with reality. At a special TEDPrize@UN, journalist Krista Tippett deconstructs the meaning of compassion through several moving stories, and proposes a new, more attainable definition for the word.\n", "title": "\nReconnecting with compassion\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/krista_tippett_reconnecting_with_compassion", "views": 581932, "related_tags": ["/topics/charter+for+compassion", "/topics/compassion", "/topics/faith", "/topics/religion", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Krista Tippett", "related_videos": ["/talks/imam_feisal_abdul_rauf", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/karen_armstrong_makes_her_ted_prize_wish_the_charter_for_compassion", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/robert_thurman_on_compassion"]},
{"description": "\nPhyllis Rodriguez and Aicha el-Wafi have a powerful friendship born of unthinkable loss. Rodriguez' son was killed in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001; el-Wafi's son Zacarias Moussaoui was convicted of a role in those attacks and is serving a life sentence. In hoping to find peace, these two moms have come to understand and respect one another.\n", "title": "\nThe mothers who found forgiveness, friendship\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/9_11_healing_the_mothers_who_found_forgiveness_friendship", "views": 733263, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/parenting", "/topics/politics", "/topics/terrorism"], "speaker": "Aicha el-Wafi + Phyllis Rodriguez", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/inge_missmahl_brings_peace_to_the_minds_of_afghanistan", "/talks/bobby_ghosh_why_global_jihad_is_losing", "/talks/sarah_kaminsky", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming"]},
{"description": "\nWhen Joshua Prager was 19, a devastating bus accident left him a hemiplegic. He returned to Israel twenty years later to find the driver who turned his world upside down. In this mesmerizing tale of their meeting, Prager probes deep questions of nature, nurture, self-deception and identity.\n", "title": "\nIn search of the man who broke my neck\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_prager_in_search_for_the_man_who_broke_my_neck", "views": 1149135, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/anthropology", "/topics/disability", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/writing"], "speaker": "Joshua Prager", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/giles_duley_when_a_reporter_becomes_the_story", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/hyeonseo_lee_my_escape_from_north_korea", "/talks/alberto_cairo_there_are_no_scraps_of_men", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nWhy is 'x' the symbol for an unknown? In this short and funny talk, Terry Moore gives the surprising answer.\n", "title": "\nWhy is 'x' the unknown?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/terry_moore_why_is_x_the_unknown", "views": 2899041, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/history", "/topics/language", "/topics/math"], "speaker": "Terry Moore", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/scott_kim_takes_apart_the_art_of_puzzles", "/talks/jean_baptiste_michel_the_mathematics_of_history", "/talks/jennifer_8_lee_looks_for_general_tso", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nTech columnist David Pogue shares 10 simple, clever tips for computer, web, smartphone and camera users. And yes, you may know a few of these already \u2014 but there's probably at least one you don't.\n", "title": "\n10 top time-saving tech tips\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_pogue_10_top_time_saving_tech_tips", "views": 4487701, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "David Pogue", "related_videos": ["/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web", "/talks/ryan_merkley_online_video_annotated_remixed_and_popped", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_pogue_on_cool_phone_tricks", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nYou use paper towels to dry your hands every day, but chances are, you're doing it wrong. In this enlightening and funny short talk, Joe Smith reveals the trick to perfect paper towel technique.\n", "title": "\nHow to use a paper towel\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/joe_smith_how_to_use_a_paper_towel", "views": 2874683, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/green", "/topics/hack", "/topics/humor", "/topics/materials", "/topics/simplicity"], "speaker": "Joe Smith", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/nalini_nadkani_on_conserving_the_canopy", "/talks/willie_smits_restores_a_rainforest", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/terry_moore_how_to_tie_your_shoes"]},
{"description": "\nIn this short talk, Arianna Huffington shares a small idea that can awaken much bigger ones: the power of a good night's sleep. Instead of bragging about our sleep deficits, she urges us to shut our eyes and see the big picture: We can sleep our way to increased productivity and happiness \u2014 and smarter decision-making.\n", "title": "\nHow to succeed? Get more sleep\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/arianna_huffington_how_to_succeed_get_more_sleep", "views": 3417065, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/productivity"], "speaker": "Arianna Huffington", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nIn the deep, dark ocean, many sea creatures make their own light for hunting, mating and self-defense. Bioluminescence expert Edith Widder was one of the first to film this glimmering world. At TED2011, she brings some of her glowing friends onstage, and shows more astonishing footage of glowing undersea life.\n", "title": "\nThe weird, wonderful world of bioluminescence\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/edith_widder_the_weird_and_wonderful_world_of_bioluminescence", "views": 1059043, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/biology", "/topics/deextinction", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/photography", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Edith Widder", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/richard_pyle_dives_the_twilight_zone", "/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments", "/talks/mike_degruy_hooked_by_octopus", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nWhen she was 19, Amy Purdy lost both her legs below the knee. And now ... she's a pro snowboarder (and a killer competitor on \"Dancing with the Stars\"!). In this powerful talk, she shows us how to draw inspiration from life's obstacles.\n", "title": "\nLiving beyond limits\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_purdy_living_beyond_limits", "views": 1226870, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/illness", "/topics/personal+growth", "/topics/prosthetics"], "speaker": "Amy Purdy", "related_videos": ["/talks/nick_bostrom_on_our_biggest_problems", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/stacey_kramer_the_best_gift_i_ever_survived", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/david_hoffman_on_losing_everything"]},
{"description": "\nScott Dinsmore quit a job that made him miserable, and spent the next four years wondering how to find work that was joyful and meaningful. He shares what he learned in this deceptively simple talk about finding out what matters to you \u2014 and then getting started doing it.\n", "title": "\nHow to find work you love\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/scott_dinsmore_how_to_find_work_you_love", "views": 2834360, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/business", "/topics/entrepreneur", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Scott Dinsmore", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/maya_penn_meet_a_young_entrepreneur_cartoonist_designer_activist", "/talks/dan_ariely_what_makes_us_feel_good_about_our_work", "/talks/barry_schwartz_the_way_we_think_about_work_is_broken", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhat do you want to be when you grow up? Well, if you're not sure you want to do just one thing for the rest of your life, you're not alone. In this illuminating talk, writer and artist Emilie Wapnick describes the kind of people she calls \"multipotentialites\" \u2014 who have a range of interests and jobs over one lifetime. Are you one?\n", "title": "\nWhy some of us don't have one true calling\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/emilie_wapnick_why_some_of_us_don_t_have_one_true_calling", "views": 2294526, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/curiosity", "/topics/education", "/topics/identity", "/topics/personal+growth", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Emilie Wapnick", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/julie_burstein_4_lessons_in_creativity", "/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen_at_work", "/talks/scott_dinsmore_how_to_find_work_you_love", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nIn art school, Phil Hansen developed an unruly tremor in his hand that kept him from creating the pointillist drawings he loved. Hansen was devastated, floating without a sense of purpose. Until a neurologist made a simple suggestion: embrace this limitation ... and transcend it.\n", "title": "\nEmbrace the shake\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/phil_hansen_embrace_the_shake", "views": 1923182, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/disability"], "speaker": "Phil Hansen", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jay_silver_hack_a_banana_make_a_keyboard", "/talks/theo_jansen_creates_new_creatures", "/talks/shea_hembrey_how_i_became_100_artists", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nWhy do we ever stop playing and creating? With charm and humor, celebrated Korean author Young-ha Kim invokes the world's greatest artists to urge you to unleash your inner child \u2014 the artist who wanted to play forever. (Filmed at TEDxSeoul.)\n", "title": "\nBe an artist, right now!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/young_ha_kim_be_an_artist_right_now", "views": 1622482, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/writing"], "speaker": "Young-ha Kim", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/adora_svitak", "/talks/amy_tan_on_creativity", "/talks/chip_kidd_designing_books_is_no_laughing_matter_ok_it_is", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nIs your school or workplace divided into \"creatives\" versus practical people? Yet surely, David Kelley suggests, creativity is not the domain of only a chosen few. Telling stories from his legendary design career and his own life, he offers ways to build the confidence to create... (From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.)\n", "title": "\nHow to build your creative confidence\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_kelley_how_to_build_your_creative_confidence", "views": 3476737, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/fear", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "David Kelley", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dan_phillips_creative_houses_from_reclaimed_stuff", "/talks/david_kelley_on_human_centered_design", "/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nRemember the days you struggled just to make a yo-yo spin, and if you were really fancy, to \u201cwalk the dog\u201d? You ain\u2019t seen nothin\u2019 yet. Japanese yo-yo world champion BLACK tells the inspiring story of finding his life's passion, and gives an awesome performance that will make you want to pull your yo-yo back out of the closet. \n", "title": "\nMy journey to yo-yo mastery\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/black_my_journey_to_yo_yo_mastery", "views": 4155202, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/dance", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/performance", "/topics/toy"], "speaker": "BLACK", "related_videos": ["/talks/kaki_king_a_musical_escape_into_a_world_of_light_and_color", "/talks/the_lxd_in_the_internet_age_dance_evolves", "/talks/quixotic_fusion_dancing_with_light", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life", "/talks/sirena_huang_dazzles_on_violin", "/talks/nicole_paris_and_ed_cage_a_beatboxing_lesson_from_a_father_daughter_duo"]},
{"description": "\nIn this fun, short talk from TEDYouth, lexicographer Erin McKean encourages \u2014 nay, cheerleads \u2014 her audience to create new words when the existing ones won\u2019t quite do. She lists out 6 ways to make new words in English, from compounding to \u201cverbing,\u201d in order to make language better at expressing what we mean, and to create more ways for us to understand one another.\n", "title": "\nGo ahead, make up new words!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/erin_mckean_go_ahead_make_up_new_words", "views": 1328819, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedyouth", "/topics/communication", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/language"], "speaker": "Erin McKean", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/anne_curzan_what_makes_a_word_real", "/talks/james_geary_metaphorically_speaking", "/talks/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionary", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nCharlie Todd causes bizarre, hilarious, and unexpected public scenes: Seventy synchronized dancers in storefront windows, \"ghostbusters\" running through the New York Public Library, and the annual no-pants subway ride. His group, Improv Everywhere, uses these scenes to bring people together.\n", "title": "\nThe shared experience of absurdity\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/charlie_todd_the_shared_experience_of_absurdity", "views": 2550564, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/comedy", "/topics/community", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment"], "speaker": "Charlie Todd", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jamil_abu_wardeh_bringing_comedy_to_the_axis_of_evil", "/talks/gel_gotta_share", "/talks/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nAt the INK Conference, Arvind Gupta shares simple yet stunning plans for turning trash into seriously entertaining, well-designed toys that kids can build themselves \u2014 while learning basic principles of science and design. \n", "title": "\nTurning trash into toys for learning\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/arvind_gupta_turning_trash_into_toys_for_learning", "views": 1185145, "related_tags": ["/topics/design", "/topics/education", "/topics/play", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology", "/topics/toy"], "speaker": "Arvind Gupta", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/arthur_benjamin_does_mathemagic", "/talks/john_hunter_on_the_world_peace_game", "/talks/clifford_stoll_on_everything", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nUsing examples from birdsong, the natural lilt of emphatic language and even a cooking pan lid, singer-songwriter and TED Fellow Meklit Hadero shows how the everyday soundscape, even silence, makes music. \"The world is alive with musical expression,\" she says. \"We are already immersed.\"\n", "title": "\nThe unexpected beauty of everyday sounds\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/meklit_hadero_the_unexpected_beauty_of_everyday_sounds", "views": 773616, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/art", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/culture", "/topics/language", "/topics/music", "/topics/nature", "/topics/sound"], "speaker": "Meklit Hadero", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/honor_harger_a_history_of_the_universe_in_sound", "/talks/bernie_krause_the_voice_of_the_natural_world", "/talks/bill_t_jones_the_dancer_the_singer_the_cellist_and_a_moment_of_creative_magic", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhy can't two slices of pizza be used as a slide clicker? Why shouldn't you make music with ketchup? In this charming talk, inventor Jay Silver talks about the urge to play with the world around you. He shares some of his messiest inventions, and demos MaKey MaKey, a kit for hacking everyday objects.\n", "title": "\nHack a banana, make a keyboard!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jay_silver_hack_a_banana_make_a_keyboard", "views": 1190874, "related_tags": ["/topics/creativity", "/topics/invention", "/topics/technology", "/topics/toy"], "speaker": "Jay Silver", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/skylar_tibbits_the_emergence_of_4d_printing", "/talks/catarina_mota_play_with_smart_materials", "/talks/ayah_bdeir_building_blocks_that_blink_beep_and_teach", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn Libya, Zahra' Langhi was part of the \"days of rage\" movement that helped topple the dictator Gaddafi. But \u2014 then what? In their first elections, Libyans tried an innovative slate of candidates, the \"zipper ballot,\" that ensured equal representation from men and women of both sides. Yet the same gridlocked politics of dominance and exclusion won out. What Libya needs now, Langhi suggests, is collaboration, not competition; compassion, not rage. \n", "title": "\nWhy Libya's revolution didn't work \u2014 and what might\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/zahra_langhi_why_libya_s_revolution_didn_t_work_and_what_might", "views": 505788, "related_tags": ["/topics/compassion", "/topics/democracy", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/politics", "/topics/women"], "speaker": "Zahra' Langhi", "related_videos": ["/talks/karen_armstrong_makes_her_ted_prize_wish_the_charter_for_compassion", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jonathan_haidt_how_common_threats_can_make_common_political_ground", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/halla_tomasdottir"]},
{"description": "\nAs a democratic revolution led by tech-empowered young people sweeps the Arab world, Wadah Khanfar, the head of Al Jazeera, shares a profoundly optimistic view of what's happening in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and beyond \u2014 at this powerful moment when people realized they could step out of their houses and ask for change.\n", "title": "\nA historic moment in the Arab world\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/wadah_khanfar_a_historic_moment_in_the_arab_world", "views": 872334, "related_tags": ["/topics/egypt", "/topics/middle+east", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/iraq", "/topics/media", "/topics/politics", "/topics/protests", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Wadah Khanfar", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/george_ayittey_on_cheetahs_vs_hippos", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nA free press \u2014 papers, magazines, radio, TV, blogs \u2014 is the backbone of any true democracy (and a vital watchdog on business). Sasa Vucinic, a journalist from Belgrade, talks about his new fund, which supports media by selling \"free press bonds.\"\n", "title": "\nWhy we should invest in a free press\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sasa_vucinic_invests_in_free_press", "views": 363595, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/investment", "/topics/media", "/topics/philanthropy"], "speaker": "Sasa Vucinic", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_invests_in_ending_poverty", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/peter_gabriel_fights_injustice_with_video", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jeff_skoll_makes_movies_that_make_change"]},
{"description": "\nHow do you deal with a bully without becoming a thug? In this wise and soulful talk, peace activist Scilla Elworthy maps out the skills we need \u2014 as nations and individuals \u2014 to fight extreme force without using force in return.\u00a0To answer the question of why and how nonviolence works, she\u00a0evokes historical heroes \u2014\u00a0Aung San Suu Kyi, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela \u2014 and the personal philosophies that powered their peaceful protests.\n", "title": "\nFighting with nonviolence\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/scilla_elworthy_fighting_with_non_violence", "views": 1064803, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/activism", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/peace", "/topics/terrorism", "/topics/violence", "/topics/war"], "speaker": "Scilla Elworthy", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/emiliano_salinas_a_civil_response_to_violence", "/talks/jeremy_gilley_one_day_of_peace", "/talks/julia_bacha"]},
{"description": "\nPeople-powered resistance: can it work? Srdja Popovic led the nonviolent movement that took down Milosevic in Serbia in 2000; he lays out the plans, skills and tools that a people-powered movement needs \u2014 from nonviolent tactics to a sense of humor.\n", "title": "\nHow to topple a dictator\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/srdja_popovic_how_to_topple_a_dictator", "views": 209317, "related_tags": ["/topics/egypt", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/activism", "/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/politics", "/topics/protests"], "speaker": "Srdja Popovic", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/edward_snowden_here_s_how_we_take_back_the_internet", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/wael_ghonim_inside_the_egyptian_revolution", "/talks/julia_bacha"]},
{"description": "\nNgozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former finance minister of Nigeria, sums up four days of intense discussion on aid versus trade on the closing day of TEDGlobal 2007, and shares a personal story explaining her own commitment to this cause. \n", "title": "\nAid versus trade\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ngozi_okonjo_iweala_on_aid_versus_trade", "views": 425131, "related_tags": ["/topics/development", "/topics/economics", "/topics/entrepreneur", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/investment", "/topics/philanthropy", "/topics/women", "/topics/women+in+business"], "speaker": "Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala", "related_videos": ["/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_invests_in_ending_poverty", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/andrew_mwenda_takes_a_new_look_at_africa", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion"]},
{"description": "\nGhanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes a torrent of controlled anger toward corrupt leaders in Africa \u2014 and calls on the \u201cCheetah generation\u201d to take back the continent. \n", "title": "\nAfrica's cheetahs versus hippos\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/george_ayittey_on_cheetahs_vs_hippos", "views": 559706, "related_tags": ["/topics/africa", "/topics/business", "/topics/development", "/topics/economics", "/topics/entrepreneur", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/philanthropy", "/topics/politics"], "speaker": "George Ayittey", "related_videos": ["/talks/ngozi_okonjo_iweala_on_aid_versus_trade", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/andrew_mwenda_takes_a_new_look_at_africa", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_on_patient_capitalism", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nArt historian Bahia Shehab has long been fascinated with the Arabic script for \u2018no.\u2019 When revolution swept through Egypt in 2011, she began spraying the image in the streets saying no to dictators, no to military rule and no to violence.\n", "title": "\nA thousand times no\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bahia_shehab_a_thousand_times_no", "views": 941741, "related_tags": ["/topics/egypt", "/topics/middle+east", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/arts", "/topics/protests", "/topics/world+cultures"], "speaker": "Bahia Shehab", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/wael_ghonim_inside_the_egyptian_revolution", "/talks/wadah_khanfar_a_historic_moment_in_the_arab_world", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nWael Ghonim is the Google executive who helped jumpstart Egypt's democratic revolution ... with a Facebook page memorializing a victim of the regime's violence. Speaking at TEDxCairo, he tells the inside story of the past two months, when everyday Egyptians showed that \"the power of the people is stronger than the people in power.\"\n", "title": "\nInside the Egyptian revolution\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/wael_ghonim_inside_the_egyptian_revolution", "views": 824946, "related_tags": ["/topics/egypt", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/democracy", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/politics", "/topics/protests", "/topics/social+change"], "speaker": "Wael Ghonim", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/wadah_khanfar_a_historic_moment_in_the_arab_world"]},
{"description": "\nAfter he swam the North Pole, Lewis Pugh vowed never to take another cold-water dip. Then he heard of Lake Imja in the Himalayas, created by recent glacial melting, and Lake Pumori, a body of water at an altitude of 5300 m on Everest \u2014 and so began a journey that would teach him a radical new way to approach swimming and think about climate change.\n", "title": "\nMy mind-shifting Everest swim\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/lewis_pugh_s_mind_shifting_mt_everest_swim", "views": 965168, "related_tags": ["/topics/activism", "/topics/adventure", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/science", "/topics/sports"], "speaker": "Lewis Pugh", "related_videos": ["/talks/al_gore_warns_on_latest_climate_trends", "/talks/lewis_pugh_swims_the_north_pole", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/ben_saunders_skis_to_the_north_pole"]},
{"description": "\nIn Lebanon there is one gunshot a year that isn\u2019t part of a scene of routine violence: The opening sound of the Beirut International Marathon. In a moving talk, marathon founder May El-Khalil explains why she believed a 26.2-mile running event could bring together a country divided for decades by politics and religion, even if for one day a year.\n", "title": "\nMaking peace is a marathon\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/may_el_khalil_making_peace_is_a_marathon", "views": 5110423, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/sports", "/topics/violence", "/topics/war"], "speaker": "May El-Khalil ", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jeremy_gilley_one_day_of_peace", "/talks/jehane_noujaim_inspires_a_global_day_of_film", "/talks/julia_bacha"]},
{"description": "\nCross-country skier Janine Shepherd hoped for an Olympic medal \u2014 until she was hit by a truck during a training bike ride. She shares a powerful story about the human potential for recovery. Her message: you are not your body, and giving up old dreams can allow new ones to soar.\n", "title": "\nA broken body isn't a broken person\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/janine_shepherd_a_broken_body_isn_t_a_broken_person", "views": 1196163, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/body+language", "/topics/health", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/identity", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Janine Shepherd", "related_videos": ["/talks/ed_gavagan_a_story_about_knots_and_surgeons", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/aimee_mullins_the_opportunity_of_adversity", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/jane_mcgonigal_the_game_that_can_give_you_10_extra_years_of_life"]},
{"description": "\nThe tale of a major global cultural phenomenon: Cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle describes the spectacular arrival of fast-paced 20-20 cricket as it parallels the rise of modern India. He traces the game from its sleepy English roots to the current world of celebrity owners and million-dollar player contracts.\n", "title": "\nThe rise of cricket, the rise of India\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/harsha_bhogle_the_rise_of_cricket_the_rise_of_india", "views": 487619, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/india", "/topics/sports"], "speaker": "Harsha Bhogle", "related_videos": ["/talks/asher_hasan_s_message_of_peace_from_pakistan", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/charles_leadbeater_on_innovation", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/hans_rosling_asia_s_rise_how_and_when"]},
{"description": "\nChristopher McDougall explores the mysteries of the human desire to run. How did running help early humans survive \u2014 and what urges from our ancient ancestors spur us on today? McDougall tells the story of the marathoner with a heart of gold, the unlikely ultra-runner, and the hidden tribe in Mexico that runs to live.\n", "title": "\nAre we born to run?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_mcdougall_are_we_born_to_run", "views": 2126027, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/health", "/topics/journalism", "/topics/science", "/topics/sports"], "speaker": "Christopher McDougall", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/hugh_herr_the_new_bionics_that_let_us_run_climb_and_dance", "/talks/louise_leakey_digs_for_humanity_s_origins", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/david_epstein_are_athletes_really_getting_faster_better_stronger"]},
{"description": "\nIn this TED archive video from 1998, paralympic sprinter Aimee Mullins talks about her record-setting career as a runner, and about the amazing carbon-fiber prosthetic legs (then a prototype) that helped her cross the finish line.\n", "title": "\nChanging my legs - and my mindset\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/aimee_mullins_on_running", "views": 892178, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/beauty", "/topics/body+language", "/topics/design", "/topics/prosthetics", "/topics/sports", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Aimee Mullins", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/aimee_mullins_the_opportunity_of_adversity", "/talks/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_aesthetics", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/dean_kamen_previews_a_new_prosthetic_arm"]},
{"description": "\nTennis legend Billie Jean King isn't just a pioneer of women's tennis \u2014 she's a pioneer for women getting paid. In this freewheeling conversation, she talks about identity, the role of sports in social justice and the famous Battle of the Sexes match against Bobby Riggs.\n", "title": "\nThis tennis icon paved the way for women in sports\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/billie_jean_king_this_tennis_icon_paved_the_way_for_women_in_sports", "views": 806308, "related_tags": ["/topics/lgbt", "/topics/feminism", "/topics/inequality", "/topics/interview", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/sports", "/topics/women"], "speaker": "Billie Jean King", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/elizabeth_nyamayaro_an_invitation_to_men_who_want_a_better_world_for_women", "/talks/may_el_khalil_making_peace_is_a_marathon", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jimmy_carter_why_i_believe_the_mistreatment_of_women_is_the_number_one_human_rights_abuse"]},
{"description": "\nIn the pitch-black night, stung by jellyfish, choking on salt water, singing to herself, hallucinating \u2026 Diana Nyad just kept on swimming. And that's how she finally achieved her lifetime goal as an athlete: an extreme 100-mile swim from Cuba to Florida \u2014 at age 64. Hear her story.\n", "title": "\nNever, ever give up\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/diana_nyad_never_ever_give_up", "views": 3423073, "related_tags": ["/topics/aging", "/topics/culture", "/topics/extreme+sports", "/topics/goal-setting"], "speaker": "Diana Nyad", "related_videos": ["/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/diana_nyad_extreme_swimming_with_the_world_s_most_dangerous_jellyfish", "/talks/jane_fonda_life_s_third_act", "/talks/ben_saunders_skis_to_the_north_pole", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nFour-star general Stanley McChrystal shares what he learned about leadership over his decades in the military. How can you build a sense of shared purpose among people of many ages and skill sets? By listening and learning \u2014 and addressing the possibility of failure.\n", "title": "\nListen, learn ... then lead\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/stanley_mcchrystal", "views": 1990519, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/iraq", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/peace", "/topics/war"], "speaker": "Stanley McChrystal", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/thomas_barnett_draws_a_new_map_for_peace", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nDavid Logan talks about the five kinds of tribes that humans naturally form \u2014 in schools, workplaces, even the driver's license bureau. By understanding our shared tribal tendencies, we can help lead each other to become better individuals.\n", "title": "\nTribal leadership\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_logan_on_tribal_leadership", "views": 1217017, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/business", "/topics/communication", "/topics/culture", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/society"], "speaker": "David Logan", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/seth_godin_on_the_tribes_we_lead", "/talks/jared_diamond_on_why_societies_collapse", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nThe world is full of leadership programs, but the best way to learn how to lead might be right under your nose. In this clear, candid talk, Roselinde Torres describes 25 years observing truly great leaders at work, and shares the three simple but crucial questions would-be company chiefs need to ask to thrive in the future.\n", "title": "\nWhat it takes to be a great leader\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/roselinde_torres_what_it_takes_to_be_a_great_leader", "views": 2770100, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/motivation", "/topics/women+in+business"], "speaker": "Roselinde Torres", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement", "/talks/margaret_heffernan_dare_to_disagree", "/talks/fields_wicker_miurin_learning_from_leadership_s_missing_manual", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming"]},
{"description": "\nWe have all changed someone\u2019s life \u2014 usually without even realizing it. In this funny talk, Drew Dudley calls on all of us to celebrate leadership as the everyday act of improving each other\u2019s lives.\n", "title": "\nEveryday leadership\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/drew_dudley_everyday_leadership", "views": 2242528, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/community", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/life", "/topics/motivation"], "speaker": "Drew Dudley", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/natalie_warne_being_young_and_making_an_impact", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/howard_rheingold_on_collaboration", "/talks/daniel_goleman_on_compassion", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nAn orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word. In this charming talk, Itay Talgam demonstrates the unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, illustrating crucial lessons for all leaders. \n", "title": "\nLead like the great conductors\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors", "views": 2495349, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/conducting", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/music", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/society"], "speaker": "Itay Talgam", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_logan_on_tribal_leadership", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion", "/talks/john_wooden_on_the_difference_between_winning_and_success"]},
{"description": "\nLeadership doesn't have a user's manual, but Fields Wicker-Miurin says stories of remarkable, local leaders are the next best thing. At a TED salon in London, she shares three.\n", "title": "\nLearning from leadership's missing manual\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/fields_wicker_miurin_learning_from_leadership_s_missing_manual", "views": 745421, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/environment", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/politics", "/topics/women+in+business"], "speaker": "Fields Wicker-Miurin", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors"]},
{"description": "\nSimon Sinek has a simple but powerful model for inspirational leadership \u2014 starting with a golden circle and the question \"Why?\" His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers ...\n", "title": "\nHow great leaders inspire action\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action", "views": 25615452, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/business", "/topics/entrepreneur", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/success"], "speaker": "Simon Sinek", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/simon_sinek_why_good_leaders_make_you_feel_safe", "/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nAs a young girl, photojournalist and TED Fellow Kitra Cahana dreamed about running away from home to live freely on the road. Now as an adult and self-proclaimed vagabond, she follows modern nomads into their homes \u2014 boxcars, bus stops, parking lots, rest stop bathrooms \u2014 giving a glimpse into a culture on the margins.\n", "title": "\nA glimpse of life on the road\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kitra_cahana_stories_of_the_homeless_and_hidden", "views": 1306748, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/art", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/journalism", "/topics/photography", "/topics/travel", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "Kitra Cahana", "related_videos": ["/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/iwan_baan_ingenious_homes_in_unexpected_places", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures", "/talks/becky_blanton_the_year_i_was_homeless"]},
{"description": "\nAccepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish: that his images \u2014 stunning landscapes that document humanity's impact on the world \u2014 help persuade millions to join a global conversation on sustainability.\n", "title": "\nMy wish: Manufactured landscapes and green education\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/edward_burtynsky_on_manufactured_landscapes", "views": 731161, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+prize", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/cities", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/environment", "/topics/photography", "/topics/pollution", "/topics/social+change"], "speaker": "Edward Burtynsky", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/chris_jordan_pictures_some_shocking_stats", "/talks/james_nachtwey_s_searing_pictures_of_war"]},
{"description": "\nTaryn Simon exhibits her startling take on photography \u2014 to reveal worlds and people we would never see otherwise. She shares two projects: one documents otherworldly locations typically kept secret from the public, the other involves haunting portraits of men convicted for crimes they did not commit.\n", "title": "\nPhotographs of secret sites\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/taryn_simon_photographs_secret_sites", "views": 1314181, "related_tags": ["/topics/adventure", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/culture", "/topics/curiosity", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "Taryn Simon", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_griffin_on_how_photography_connects", "/talks/kristen_ashburn_s_heart_rending_pictures_of_aids", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/james_nachtwey_s_searing_pictures_of_war"]},
{"description": "\nAccepting his 2007 TED Prize, war photographer James Nachtwey shows his life\u2019s work and asks TED to help him continue telling the story with innovative, exciting uses of news photography in the digital era. \n", "title": "\nMy wish: Let my photographs bear witness\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/james_nachtwey_s_searing_pictures_of_war", "views": 989149, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/activism", "/topics/arts", "/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/media", "/topics/photography", "/topics/poverty", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "James Nachtwey", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/chris_jordan_pictures_some_shocking_stats", "/talks/edward_burtynsky_on_manufactured_landscapes", "/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures"]},
{"description": "\nRyan Lobo has traveled the world, taking photographs that tell stories of unusual human lives. In this haunting talk, he reframes controversial subjects with empathy, so that we see the pain of a Liberian war criminal, the quiet strength of UN women peacekeepers and the perseverance of Delhi's underappreciated firefighters.\n", "title": "\nPhotographing the hidden story\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ryan_lobo_through_the_lens_of_compassion", "views": 516165, "related_tags": ["/topics/asia", "/topics/art", "/topics/humanity", "/topics/photography", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/third+world", "/topics/war"], "speaker": "Ryan Lobo", "related_videos": ["/talks/david_griffin_on_how_photography_connects", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/david_gruber_glow_in_the_dark_sharks_and_other_stunning_sea_creatures", "/talks/rick_smolan_tells_the_story_of_a_girl", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/james_nachtwey_s_searing_pictures_of_war"]},
{"description": "\nAaron Huey's effort to photograph poverty in America led him to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the struggle of the native Lakota people \u2014 appalling, and largely ignored \u2014 compelled him to refocus. Five years of work later, his haunting photos intertwine with a shocking history lesson.\n", "title": "\nAmerica's native prisoners of war\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/aaron_huey", "views": 1165938, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/culture", "/topics/history", "/topics/photography", "/topics/poverty"], "speaker": "Aaron Huey", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/mia_birdsong_the_story_we_tell_about_poverty_isn_t_true", "/talks/gary_haugen_the_hidden_reason_for_poverty_the_world_needs_to_address_now", "/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures"]},
{"description": "\nFor the past two years, photographer Lisa Kristine has traveled the world, documenting the unbearably harsh realities of modern-day slavery. She shares hauntingly beautiful images \u2014 miners in the Congo, brick layers in Nepal \u2014 illuminating the plight of the 27 million souls enslaved worldwide. (Filmed at TEDxMaui)\n", "title": "\nPhotos that bear witness to modern slavery\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_kristine_glimpses_of_modern_day_slavery", "views": 2280831, "related_tags": ["/topics/slavery", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "Lisa Kristine", "related_videos": ["/talks/kevin_bales_how_to_combat_modern_slavery", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/sunitha_krishnan_tedindia", "/talks/aaron_huey"]},
{"description": "\nHow can we begin to address the global, insidious problem of climate change \u2014 a problem that\u2019s too big for any one country to solve? Economist Nicholas Stern lays out a plan, presented to the UN\u2019s Climate Summit in 2014, showing how the world\u2019s countries can work together on climate. It\u2019s a big vision for cooperation, with a payoff that goes far beyond averting disaster. He asks: How can we use this crisis to spur better lives for all?\n", "title": "\nThe state of the climate \u2014 and what we might do about it\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/lord_nicholas_stern_the_state_of_the_climate_and_what_we_might_do_about_it", "views": 706054, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/economics", "/topics/global+issues"], "speaker": "Nicholas Stern", "related_videos": ["/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/james_hansen_why_i_must_speak_out_about_climate_change", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/vicki_arroyo_let_s_prepare_for_our_new_climate", "/talks/gavin_schmidt_the_emergent_patterns_of_climate_change"]},
{"description": "\nIn 4 minutes, atmospheric chemist Rachel Pike provides a glimpse of the massive scientific effort behind the bold headlines on climate change, with her team \u2014 one of thousands who contributed \u2014 taking a risky flight over the rainforest in pursuit of data on a key molecule.\n", "title": "\nThe science behind a climate headline\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline", "views": 415379, "related_tags": ["/topics/chemistry", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/environment", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/science", "/topics/weather"], "speaker": "Rachel Pike", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/al_gore_warns_on_latest_climate_trends", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/kary_mullis_next_gen_cure_for_killer_infections", "/talks/al_gore_s_new_thinking_on_the_climate_crisis"]},
{"description": "\nClimate change is unfair. While rich countries can fight against rising oceans and dying farm fields, poor people around the world are already having their lives upended \u2014 and their human rights threatened \u2014 by killer storms, starvation and the loss of their own lands. Mary Robinson asks us to join the movement for worldwide climate justice.\n", "title": "\nWhy climate change is a threat to human rights\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mary_robinson_why_climate_change_is_a_threat_to_human_rights", "views": 858621, "related_tags": ["/topics/climate+change", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/humanity", "/topics/inequality", "/topics/leadership"], "speaker": "Mary Robinson", "related_videos": ["/talks/topher_white_what_can_save_the_rainforest_your_used_cell_phone", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/gavin_schmidt_the_emergent_patterns_of_climate_change", "/talks/rachel_pike_the_science_behind_a_climate_headline"]},
{"description": "\nGiven $50 billion to spend, which would you solve first, AIDS or global warming? Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg comes up with surprising answers.\n", "title": "\nGlobal priorities bigger than climate change\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bjorn_lomborg_sets_global_priorities", "views": 1229324, "related_tags": ["/topics/aids", "/topics/africa", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/choice", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/culture", "/topics/disaster+relief", "/topics/economics", "/topics/environment", "/topics/future"], "speaker": "Bjorn Lomborg", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen", "/talks/emily_oster_flips_our_thinking_on_aids_in_africa", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/alisa_miller_shares_the_news_about_the_news"]},
{"description": "\nEmily Oster re-examines the stats on AIDS in Africa from an economic perspective and reaches a stunning conclusion: Everything we know about the spread of HIV on the continent is wrong.\n", "title": "\nFlip your thinking on AIDS in Africa\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/emily_oster_flips_our_thinking_on_aids_in_africa", "views": 730401, "related_tags": ["/topics/aids", "/topics/africa", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/economics", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/health", "/topics/science", "/topics/statistics"], "speaker": "Emily Oster", "related_videos": ["/talks/steven_levitt_analyzes_crack_economics", "/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/peter_donnelly_shows_how_stats_fool_juries", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nPsychologist Elizabeth Loftus studies memories. More precisely, she studies false memories, when people either remember things that didn't happen or remember them differently from the way they really were. It's more common than you might think, and Loftus shares some startling stories and statistics \u2014 and raises some important ethical questions.\n", "title": "\nHow reliable is your memory?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_the_fiction_of_memory", "views": 2702591, "related_tags": ["/topics/memory", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Elizabeth Loftus", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/scott_fraser_the_problem_with_eyewitness_testimony", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions", "/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do"]},
{"description": "\nTerry Moore found out he'd been tying his shoes the wrong way his whole life. In the spirit of TED, he takes the stage to share a better way. (Historical note: This was the very first 3-minute audience talk given from the TED stage, in 2005.)\n", "title": "\nHow to tie your shoes\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/terry_moore_how_to_tie_your_shoes", "views": 5483789, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/demo", "/topics/entertainment"], "speaker": "Terry Moore", "related_videos": ["/talks/siegfried_woldhek_shows_how_he_found_the_true_face_of_leonardo", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/johnny_lee_demos_wii_remote_hacks", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nTalking at the US State Department this summer, Hans Rosling uses his fascinating data-bubble software to burst myths about the developing world. Look for new analysis on China and the post-bailout world, mixed with classic data shows.\n", "title": "\nLet my dataset change your mindset\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_at_state", "views": 1203555, "related_tags": ["/topics/development", "/topics/education", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/presentation", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Hans Rosling", "related_videos": ["/talks/stewart_brand_proclaims_4_environmental_heresies", "/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/paul_collier_s_new_rules_for_rebuilding_a_broken_nation"]},
{"description": "\nStress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.\n", "title": "\nHow to make stress your friend\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend", "views": 10193350, "related_tags": ["/topics/body+language", "/topics/health", "/topics/psychology"], "speaker": "Kelly McGonigal", "related_videos": ["/talks/larry_brilliant_makes_the_case_for_optimism", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/jane_mcgonigal_the_game_that_can_give_you_10_extra_years_of_life"]},
{"description": "\n\u201cDesertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert,\u201d begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And it's happening to about two-thirds of the world\u2019s grasslands, accelerating climate change and causing traditional grazing societies to descend into social chaos. Savory has devoted his life to stopping it. He now believes \u2014 and his work so far shows \u2014 that a surprising factor can protect grasslands and even reclaim degraded land that was once desert.\n", "title": "\nHow to fight desertification and reverse climate change\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_reverse_climate_change", "views": 3428642, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/agriculture", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/green"], "speaker": "Allan Savory", "related_videos": ["/talks/jill_heinerth_the_mysterious_world_of_underwater_caves", "/talks/achenyo_idachaba_how_i_turned_a_deadly_plant_into_a_thriving_business", "/talks/pam_warhurst_how_we_can_eat_our_landscapes", "/talks/cary_fowler_one_seed_at_a_time_protecting_the_future_of_food", "/talks/marcel_dicke_why_not_eat_insects", "/talks/jill_farrant_how_we_can_make_crops_survive_without_water"]},
{"description": "\nWe live in a world run by algorithms, computer programs that make decisions or solve problems for us. In this riveting, funny talk, Kevin Slavin shows how modern algorithms determine stock prices, espionage tactics, even the movies you watch. But, he asks: If we depend on complex algorithms to manage our daily decisions \u2014 when do we start to lose control?\n", "title": "\nHow algorithms shape our world\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_slavin_how_algorithms_shape_our_world", "views": 3445871, "related_tags": ["/topics/complexity", "/topics/computers", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Kevin Slavin", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/eric_berlow_how_complexity_leads_to_simplicity", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nLorrie Faith Cranor studied thousands of real passwords to figure out the surprising, very common mistakes that users \u2014 and secured sites \u2014 make to compromise security. And how, you may ask, did she study thousands of real passwords without compromising the security of any users? That's a story in itself. It's secret data worth knowing, especially if your password is 123456 ... \n", "title": "\nWhat\u2019s wrong with your pa$$w0rd?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/lorrie_faith_cranor_what_s_wrong_with_your_pa_w0rd", "views": 1343285, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/business", "/topics/communication", "/topics/hack", "/topics/privacy", "/topics/security", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Lorrie Faith Cranor", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/bruce_schneier", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/avi_rubin_all_your_devices_can_be_hacked", "/talks/alessandro_acquisti_why_privacy_matters", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nCybercrime expert Mikko Hypponen talks us through three types of online attack on our privacy and data \u2014 and only two are considered crimes. \"Do we blindly trust any future government? Because any right we give away, we give away for good.\"\n", "title": "\nThree types of online attack\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mikko_hypponen_three_types_of_online_attack", "views": 884732, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/crime", "/topics/data", "/topics/politics", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Mikko Hypponen", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity", "/talks/mikko_hypponen_fighting_viruses_defending_the_net", "/talks/alexis_ohanian_how_to_make_a_splash_in_social_media", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nAfter he ended up on a watch list by accident, Hasan Elahi was advised by his local FBI agents to let them know when he was traveling. He did that and more ... much more.\n", "title": "\nFBI, here I am!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/hasan_elahi", "views": 743528, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/data", "/topics/security", "/topics/war", "/topics/web"], "speaker": "Hasan Elahi", "related_videos": ["/talks/loretta_napoleoni_the_intricate_economics_of_terrorism", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/bruce_schneier", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/jonathan_harris_tells_the_web_s_secret_stories", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nThe line between public and private has blurred in the past decade, both online and in real life, and Alessandro Acquisti is here to explain what this means and why it matters. In this thought-provoking, slightly chilling talk, he shares details of recent and ongoing research \u2014 including a project that shows how easy it is to match a photograph of a stranger with their sensitive personal information.\n", "title": "\nWhat will a future without secrets look like?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/alessandro_acquisti_why_privacy_matters", "views": 1171867, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/policy", "/topics/privacy", "/topics/social+media", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Alessandro Acquisti", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/juan_enriquez_how_to_think_about_digital_tattoos", "/talks/james_surowiecki_on_the_turning_point_for_social_media", "/talks/seth_godin_on_the_tribes_we_lead", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nEvery day there are news reports of new health advice, but how can you know if they're right? Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence can be distorted, from the blindingly obvious nutrition claims to the very subtle tricks of the pharmaceutical industry.\n", "title": "\nBattling bad science\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_battling_bad_science", "views": 1901722, "related_tags": ["/topics/data", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/illness", "/topics/illusion", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Ben Goldacre", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/michael_specter_the_danger_of_science_denial", "/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things", "/talks/eric_mead_the_magic_of_the_placebo", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nRecent events have highlighted, underlined and bolded the fact that the United States is performing blanket surveillance on any foreigner whose data passes through an American entity \u2014 whether they are suspected of wrongdoing or not. This means that, essentially, every international user of the internet is being watched, says Mikko Hypponen. An important rant, wrapped with a plea: to find alternative solutions to using American companies for the world's information needs.\n", "title": "\nHow the NSA betrayed the world's trust \u2014 time to act\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mikko_hypponen_how_the_nsa_betrayed_the_world_s_trust_time_to_act", "views": 1429634, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/computers", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/security", "/topics/technology", "/topics/terrorism"], "speaker": "Mikko Hypponen", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/mikko_hypponen_three_types_of_online_attack", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/alessandro_acquisti_why_privacy_matters", "/talks/james_lyne_everyday_cybercrime_and_what_you_can_do_about_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhat kind of data is your cell phone company collecting? Malte Spitz wasn\u2019t too worried when he asked his operator in Germany to share information stored about him. Multiple unanswered requests and a lawsuit later, Spitz received 35,830 lines of code \u2014 a detailed, nearly minute-by-minute account of half a year of his life.\n", "title": "\nYour phone company is watching\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/malte_spitz_your_phone_company_is_watching", "views": 1502522, "related_tags": ["/topics/europe", "/topics/data", "/topics/technology", "/topics/telecom"], "speaker": "Malte Spitz", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jan_chipchase_on_our_mobile_phones", "/talks/roger_mcnamee_six_ways_to_save_the_internet", "/talks/hasan_elahi", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nWhat do you think of people in poverty? Maybe what Jessica Jackley once did: \"they\" need \"our\" help, in the form of a few coins in a jar. The co-founder of Kiva.org talks about how her attitude changed \u2014 and how her work with microloans has brought new power to people who live on a few dollars a day.\n", "title": "\nPoverty, money \u2014 and love\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jessica_jackley_poverty_money_and_love", "views": 1256151, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/entrepreneur", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/poverty", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/women+in+business"], "speaker": "Jessica Jackley", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/iqbal_quadir_says_mobiles_fight_poverty", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nHIV is a serious problem in the DR Congo, and aid agencies have flooded the country with free and cheap condoms. But few people are using them. Why? \"Reformed marketer\" Amy Lockwood offers a surprising answer that upends a traditional model of philanthropy. (Some NSFW images.)\n", "title": "\nSelling condoms in the Congo\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_lockwood_selling_condoms_in_the_congo", "views": 764554, "related_tags": ["/topics/africa", "/topics/business", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/marketing", "/topics/philanthropy"], "speaker": "Amy Lockwood", "related_videos": ["/talks/corneille_ewango_is_a_hero_of_the_congo_forest", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_a_third_way_to_think_about_aid", "/talks/melinda_french_gates_what_nonprofits_can_learn_from_coca_cola", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nJacqueline Novogratz shares stories of how \"patient capital\" can bring sustainable jobs, goods, services \u2014 and dignity \u2014 to the world's poorest.\n", "title": "\nPatient capitalism\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_on_patient_capitalism", "views": 663065, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/development", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/investment", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/philanthropy", "/topics/poverty", "/topics/women", "/topics/women+in+business"], "speaker": "Jacqueline Novogratz", "related_videos": ["/talks/ngozi_okonjo_iweala_on_doing_business_in_africa", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion", "/talks/sasa_vucinic_invests_in_free_press"]},
{"description": "\nAt his carpet company, Ray Anderson has increased sales and doubled profits while turning the traditional \"take / make / waste\" industrial system on its head. In a gentle, understated way, he shares a powerful vision for sustainable commerce.\n", "title": "\nThe business logic of sustainability\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_anderson_on_the_business_logic_of_sustainability", "views": 763740, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/design", "/topics/environment", "/topics/green", "/topics/materials", "/topics/poetry", "/topics/sustainability", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Ray Anderson", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design", "/talks/al_gore_warns_on_latest_climate_trends", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/john_doerr_sees_salvation_and_profit_in_greentech", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nThe big blue buildings of Ikea have sprouted solar panels and wind turbines; inside, shelves are stocked with LED lighting and recycled cotton. Why? Because as Steve Howard puts it: \u201cSustainability has gone from a nice-to-do to a must-do.\u201d Howard, the chief sustainability officer at the furniture megastore, talks about his quest to sell eco-friendly materials and practices \u2014 both internally and to worldwide customers \u2014 and lays a challenge for other global giants.\n", "title": "\nLet's go all-in on selling sustainability\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_howard_let_s_go_all_in_on_selling_sustainability", "views": 939487, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/sustainability"], "speaker": "Steve Howard", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/pam_warhurst_how_we_can_eat_our_landscapes", "/talks/bjarke_ingels_hedonistic_sustainability", "/talks/jason_clay_how_big_brands_can_save_biodiversity", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nActivist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend \u2014 not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charities for their big goals and big accomplishments (even if that comes with big expenses). In this bold talk, he says: Let's change the way we think about changing the world.\n", "title": "\nThe way we think about charity is dead wrong\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pallotta_the_way_we_think_about_charity_is_dead_wrong", "views": 3763754, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/philanthropy"], "speaker": "Dan Pallotta", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/sasha_dichter", "/talks/ngozi_okonjo_iweala_on_aid_versus_trade", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/melinda_french_gates_what_nonprofits_can_learn_from_coca_cola"]},
{"description": "\nMelinda Gates makes a provocative case: What can nonprofits learn from mega-corporations like Coca-Cola, whose global network of marketers and distributors ensures that every remote village wants \u2014 and can get \u2014 an ice-cold Coke? Maybe this model could work for distributing health care, vaccinations, sanitation, even condoms ... \n", "title": "\nWhat nonprofits can learn from Coca-Cola\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/melinda_french_gates_what_nonprofits_can_learn_from_coca_cola", "views": 1070104, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/business", "/topics/development", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/philanthropy", "/topics/sanitation"], "speaker": "Melinda Gates", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/hans_rosling_the_good_news_of_the_decade", "/talks/bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/mechai_viravaidya_how_mr_condom_made_thailand_a_better_place", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhy do we turn to nonprofits, NGOs and governments to solve society's biggest problems? Michael Porter admits he's biased, as a business school professor, but he wants you to hear his case for letting business try to solve massive problems like climate change and access to water. Why? Because when business solves a problem, it makes a profit \u2014 which lets that solution grow.\n", "title": "\nThe case for letting business solve social problems\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_porter_why_business_can_be_good_at_solving_social_problems", "views": 1294055, "related_tags": ["/topics/debate", "/topics/big+problems", "/topics/business", "/topics/social+change"], "speaker": "Michael Porter", "related_videos": ["/talks/bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/wingham_rowan_a_new_kind_of_job_market", "/talks/michael_sandel_why_we_shouldn_t_trust_markets_with_our_civic_life"]},
{"description": "\nYou might not expect the chief operating officer of a major global corporation to look too far beyond either the balance sheet or the bottom line. But Harish Manwani, COO of Unilever, makes a passionate argument that doing so to include value, purpose and sustainability in top-level decision-making is not just savvy, it's the only way to run a 21st century business responsibly.\n", "title": "\nProfit\u2019s not always the point\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/harish_manwani_profit_s_not_always_the_point", "views": 1344742, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/sustainability"], "speaker": "Harish Manwani", "related_videos": ["/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/rachel_botsman_the_case_for_collaborative_consumption", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_on_patient_capitalism", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali", "/talks/van_jones_the_economic_injustice_of_plastic"]},
{"description": "\nAs the world's cities undergo explosive growth, inequality is intensifying. Wealthy neighborhoods and impoverished slums grow side by side, the gap between them widening. In this eye-opening talk, architect Teddy Cruz asks us to rethink urban development from the bottom up. Sharing lessons from the slums of Tijuana, Cruz explores the creative intelligence of the city's residents and offers a fresh perspective on what we can learn from places of scarcity.\n", "title": "\nHow architectural innovations migrate across borders\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/teddy_cruz_how_architectural_innovations_migrate_across_borders", "views": 651823, "related_tags": ["/topics/architecture", "/topics/cities", "/topics/design"], "speaker": "Teddy Cruz", "related_videos": ["/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/robert_neuwirth_the_power_of_the_informal_economy", "/talks/alex_steffen", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/chrystia_freeland_the_rise_of_the_new_global_super_rich"]},
{"description": "\n\"An advanced city is not one where even the poor use cars, but rather one where even the rich use public transport,\" argues Enrique Pe\u00f1alosa. In this spirited talk, the mayor of Bogot\u00e1 shares some of the tactics he used to change the transportation dynamic in the Colombian capital... and suggests ways to think about building smart cities of the future.\n", "title": "\nWhy buses represent democracy in action\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/enrique_penalosa_why_buses_represent_democracy_in_action", "views": 806930, "related_tags": ["/topics/latin+america", "/topics/cities", "/topics/design", "/topics/sustainability"], "speaker": "Enrique Pe\u00f1alosa", "related_videos": ["/talks/robert_neuwirth_on_our_shadow_cities", "/talks/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/robert_hammond_building_a_park_in_the_sky", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nAuthor and activist Isabel Allende discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism \u2014 and, of course, passion \u2014 in this talk.\n", "title": "\nTales of passion\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion", "views": 3371045, "related_tags": ["/topics/latin+america", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/love", "/topics/parenting", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/women", "/topics/world+cultures"], "speaker": "Isabel Allende", "related_videos": ["/talks/eve_ensler_on_security", "/talks/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/amy_tan_on_creativity", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nEconomics PhD Sebasti\u00e3o Salgado only took up photography in his 30s, but the discipline became an obsession. His years-long projects beautifully capture the human side of a global story that all too often involves death, destruction or decay. Here, he tells a deeply personal story of the craft that nearly killed him, and shows breathtaking images from his latest work, Genesis, which documents the world's forgotten people and places. \n", "title": "\nThe silent drama of photography\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sebastiao_salgado_the_silent_drama_of_photography", "views": 1354551, "related_tags": ["/topics/brazil", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/activism", "/topics/arts", "/topics/environment", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "Sebasti\u00e3o Salgado", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/kristen_ashburn_s_heart_rending_pictures_of_aids", "/talks/lisa_kristine_glimpses_of_modern_day_slavery", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/edward_burtynsky_on_manufactured_landscapes"]},
{"description": "\nBiologist Juliana Machado Ferreira, a TED Senior Fellow, talks about her work helping to save birds and other animals stolen from the wild in Brazil. Once these animals are seized from smugglers, she asks, then what?\n", "title": "\nThe fight to end rare-animal trafficking in Brazil\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/juliana_machado_ferreira", "views": 291520, "related_tags": ["/topics/brazil", "/topics/latin+america", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/activism", "/topics/biodiversity", "/topics/biology", "/topics/birds", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Juliana Machado Ferreira", "related_videos": ["/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/michael_archer_how_we_ll_resurrect_the_gastric_brooding_frog_the_tasmanian_tiger", "/talks/stewart_brand_the_dawn_of_de_extinction_are_you_ready"]},
{"description": "\nVik Muniz makes art from pretty much anything, be it shredded paper, wire, clouds or diamonds. Here he describes the thinking behind his work and takes us on a tour of his incredible images.\n", "title": "\nArt with wire, sugar, chocolate and string\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/vik_muniz_makes_art_with_wire_sugar", "views": 951736, "related_tags": ["/topics/brazil", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/illusion"], "speaker": "Vik Muniz", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/theo_jansen_creates_new_creatures", "/talks/arthur_ganson_makes_moving_sculpture", "/talks/al_seckel_says_our_brains_are_mis_wired", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nEduardo Paes is the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, a sprawling, complicated, beautiful city of 6.5 million. He shares four big ideas about leading Rio \u2014 and all cities \u2014 into the future, including bold (and do-able) infrastructure upgrades and how to make a city \"smarter.\"\n", "title": "\nThe 4 commandments of cities\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/eduardo_paes_the_4_commandments_of_cities", "views": 779474, "related_tags": ["/topics/brazil", "/topics/latin+america", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+prize", "/topics/cities", "/topics/technology", "/topics/urban+planning"], "speaker": "Eduardo Paes", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/robert_neuwirth_on_our_shadow_cities", "/talks/cameron_sinclair_on_open_source_architecture", "/talks/jaime_lerner_sings_of_the_city", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nLoretta Napoleoni details her rare opportunity to talk to the secretive Italian Red Brigades \u2014 an experience that sparked a lifelong interest in terrorism. She gives a behind-the-scenes look at its complex economics, revealing a surprising connection between money laundering and the US Patriot Act. \n", "title": "\nThe intricate economics of terrorism\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/loretta_napoleoni_the_intricate_economics_of_terrorism", "views": 515530, "related_tags": ["/topics/corruption", "/topics/economics", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/money", "/topics/terrorism"], "speaker": "Loretta Napoleoni", "related_videos": ["/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/jason_mccue_terrorism_is_a_failed_brand", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/ian_goldin_navigating_our_global_future", "/talks/bjorn_lomborg_sets_global_priorities"]},
{"description": "\nYour mobile phone, computer and game console have a bloody past \u2014 tied to tantalum mining, which funds the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Drawing on his personal story, activist and refugee Bandi Mbubi gives a stirring call to action. (Filmed at TEDxExeter.)\r\n\n", "title": "\nDemand a fair trade cell phone\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bandi_mbubi_demand_a_fair_trade_cell_phone", "views": 543221, "related_tags": ["/topics/africa", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/technology", "/topics/war"], "speaker": "Bandi Mbubi", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ngozi_okonjo_iweala_on_doing_business_in_africa", "/talks/malte_spitz_your_phone_company_is_watching", "/talks/george_ayittey_on_cheetahs_vs_hippos", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nSome of the world's most baffling social problems, says Peter Eigen, can be traced to systematic, pervasive government corruption, hand-in-glove with global companies. In his talk, Eigen describes the thrilling counter-attack led by his organization, Transparency International.\n", "title": "\nHow to expose the corrupt\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_eigen_how_to_expose_the_corrupt", "views": 637121, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/corruption", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/money", "/topics/politics"], "speaker": "Peter Eigen", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ngozi_okonjo_iweala_on_doing_business_in_africa", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/george_ayittey_on_cheetahs_vs_hippos", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhen the son of the president of a desperately poor country starts buying mansions and sportscars on an official monthly salary of $7,000, Charmian Gooch suggests, corruption is probably somewhere in the picture. In a blistering, eye-opening talk (with several specific examples), she details how global corruption trackers follow the money \u2014 to some surprisingly familiar faces.\n", "title": "\nMeet global corruption's hidden players\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/charmian_gooch_meet_global_corruption_s_hidden_players", "views": 1430870, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+prize", "/topics/business", "/topics/corruption", "/topics/energy", "/topics/global+issues"], "speaker": "Charmian Gooch", "related_videos": ["/talks/loretta_napoleoni_the_intricate_economics_of_terrorism", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/peter_eigen_how_to_expose_the_corrupt", "/talks/charmian_gooch_my_wish_to_launch_a_new_era_of_openness_in_business"]},
{"description": "\nAt TEDGlobal U, Cameron Sinclair shows the unreported cost of real estate megaprojects gone bust: thousands of migrant construction laborers left stranded and penniless. To his fellow architects, he says there is only one ethical response.\n", "title": "\nThe refugees of boom-and-bust\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_sinclair_the_refugees_of_boom_and_bust", "views": 376431, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/cities", "/topics/design", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Cameron Sinclair", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/cameron_sinclair_on_open_source_architecture", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nThere is a corruption at the heart of American politics, caused by the dependence of Congressional candidates on funding from the tiniest percentage of citizens. That's the argument at the core of this blistering talk by legal scholar Lawrence Lessig. With rapid-fire visuals, he shows how the funding process weakens the Republic in the most fundamental way, and issues a rallying bipartisan cry that will resonate with many in the U.S. and beyond.\n", "title": "\nWe the People, and the Republic we must reclaim\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_the_republic_we_must_reclaim", "views": 1339788, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/corruption", "/topics/democracy", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/government", "/topics/law", "/topics/politics"], "speaker": "Lawrence Lessig", "related_videos": ["/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/afra_raymond_three_myths_about_corruption", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/rory_stewart_how_to_rebuild_democracy"]},
{"description": "\nOur leaders need to be held accountable, says journalist Heather Brooke. And she should know: Brooke uncovered the British Parliamentary financial expenses that led to a major political scandal in 2009. She urges us to ask our leaders questions through platforms like Freedom of Information requests \u2014 and to finally get some answers.\n", "title": "\nMy battle to expose government corruption\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/heather_brooke_my_battle_to_expose_government_corruption", "views": 869530, "related_tags": ["/topics/corruption", "/topics/culture", "/topics/democracy", "/topics/journalism", "/topics/news", "/topics/politics"], "speaker": "Heather Brooke", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/yanis_varoufakis_capitalism_will_eat_democracy_unless_we_speak_up", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/paul_lewis_crowdsourcing_the_news", "/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind", "/talks/peter_eigen_how_to_expose_the_corrupt"]},
{"description": "\nHow do we make sure that development and aid money actually goes to the people who most need it? Sanjay Pradhan of the World Bank Institute lays out three guidelines to help relief efforts make the most impact \u2014 while curbing corruption. One key: connecting the players who are working to change broken systems with the data they need. \n", "title": "\nHow open data is changing international aid\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sanjay_pradhan_how_open_data_is_changing_international_aid", "views": 448407, "related_tags": ["/topics/development", "/topics/global+issues"], "speaker": "Sanjay Pradhan", "related_videos": ["/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/ashraf_ghani_on_rebuilding_broken_states", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/iqbal_quadir_says_mobiles_fight_poverty", "/talks/robert_neuwirth_the_power_of_the_informal_economy", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
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{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better", "http://www.ted.com/talks/dave_isay_everyone_around_you_has_a_story_the_world_needs_to_hear", "http://www.ted.com/talks/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ernesto_sirolli_want_to_help_someone_shut_up_and_listen", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ethan_zuckerman", "http://www.ted.com/talks/evan_williams_on_listening_to_twitter_users", "http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_harbisson_i_listen_to_color", "http://www.ted.com/talks/stanley_mcchrystal", "http://www.ted.com/talks/honor_harger_a_history_of_the_universe_in_sound"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/92/listen_up", "title": "\nTalks to help you be a better listener\n"},
{"description": "\nBill Gross has founded a lot of startups, and incubated many others \u2014 and he got curious about why some succeeded and others failed. So he gathered data from hundreds of companies, his own and other people's, and ranked each company on five key factors. He found one factor that stands out from the others \u2014 and surprised even him.\n", "title": "\nThe single biggest reason why startups succeed\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gross_the_single_biggest_reason_why_startups_succeed", "views": 2287413, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Bill Gross", "related_videos": ["/talks/margaret_heffernan_the_dangers_of_willful_blindness", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/rainer_strack_the_surprising_workforce_crisis_of_2030_and_how_to_start_solving_it_now", "/talks/ricardo_semler_radical_wisdom_for_a_company_a_school_a_life", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/taylor_wilson_yup_i_built_a_nuclear_fusion_reactor", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jack_andraka_a_promising_test_for_pancreatic_cancer_from_a_teenager", "http://www.ted.com/talks/memory_banda_a_warrior_s_cry_against_child_marriage", "http://www.ted.com/talks/sirena_huang_dazzles_on_violin", "http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_turere_a_peace_treaty_with_the_lions", "http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_suarez_a_12_year_old_app_developer", "http://www.ted.com/talks/beau_lotto_amy_o_toole_science_is_for_everyone_kids_included", "http://www.ted.com/talks/sleepy_man_banjo_boys_bluegrass_virtuosity_from_new_jersey", "http://www.ted.com/talks/william_kamkwamba_how_i_harnessed_the_wind", "http://www.ted.com/talks/tavi_gevinson_a_teen_just_trying_to_figure_it_out", "http://www.ted.com/talks/award_winning_teen_age_science_in_action", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_lin_improvs_piano_magic", "http://www.ted.com/talks/two_young_scientists_break_down_plastics_with_bacteria", "http://www.ted.com/talks/adora_svitak"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/129/ted_under_20", "title": "\nTalks by brilliant kids and teens\n"},
{"description": "\nDebra Jarvis had worked as a hospital chaplain for nearly 30 years when she was diagnosed with cancer. And she learned quite a bit as a patient. In a witty, daring talk, she explains how the identity of \u201ccancer survivor\u201d can feel static. She asks us all to claim our hardest experiences, while giving ourselves room to grow and evolve.\n", "title": "\nYes, I survived cancer. But that doesn't define me\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/debra_jarvis_yes_i_survived_cancer_but_that_doesn_t_define_me", "views": 840068, "related_tags": ["/topics/cancer", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/identity"], "speaker": "Debra Jarvis", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/ananda_shankar_jayant_fights_cancer_with_a_dance", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/tania_simoncelli_should_you_be_able_to_patent_a_human_gene", "/talks/jorge_soto_the_future_of_early_cancer_detection", "/talks/andrew_solomon_how_the_worst_moments_in_our_lives_make_us_who_we_are"]},
{"description": "\nForget the latest disease in the news: Cardiovascular disease kills more people than everything else combined \u2014 and it\u2019s mostly preventable. Dr. Dean Ornish explains how changing our eating habits can save lives.\n", "title": "\nThe killer American diet that's sweeping the planet\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dean_ornish_on_the_world_s_killer_diet", "views": 1931461, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/disease", "/topics/food", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/health", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/obesity", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Dean Ornish", "related_videos": ["/talks/mark_bittman_on_what_s_wrong_with_what_we_eat", "/talks/ann_cooper_talks_school_lunches", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/alisa_miller_shares_the_news_about_the_news"]},
{"description": "\nArtist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move \u2014 and even survive \u2014 on their own.\n", "title": "\nMy creations, a new form of life\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/theo_jansen_creates_new_creatures", "views": 3706442, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/animals", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/biomechanics", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/demo", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Theo Jansen", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/vik_muniz_makes_art_with_wire_sugar", "/talks/janet_echelman", "/talks/arthur_ganson_makes_moving_sculpture", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn some parts of the world, half of the women lack basic reading and writing skills. The reasons vary, but in many cases, literacy isn't valued by fathers, husbands, even mothers. Photographer and TED Fellow Laura Boushnak traveled to countries including Yemen, Egypt and Tunisia to highlight brave women \u2014 schoolgirls, political activists, 60-year-old moms \u2014 who are fighting the statistics.\n", "title": "\nFor these women, reading is a daring act\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/laura_boushnak_for_these_women_reading_is_a_daring_act", "views": 707565, "related_tags": ["/topics/islam", "/topics/middle+east", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/education", "/topics/feminism", "/topics/photography", "/topics/women"], "speaker": "Laura Boushnak", "related_videos": ["/talks/ziauddin_yousafzai_my_daughter_malala", "/talks/shabana_basij_rasikh_dare_to_educate_afghan_girls", "/talks/david_gruber_glow_in_the_dark_sharks_and_other_stunning_sea_creatures", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/kakenya_ntaiya_a_girl_who_demanded_school"]},
{"description": "\nJason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn't a good place to do it. He calls out the two main offenders (call them the M&Ms) and offers three suggestions to make the workplace actually work.\n", "title": "\nWhy work doesn't happen at work\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen_at_work", "views": 4132728, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/business", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/technology", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Jason Fried", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/nilofer_merchant_got_a_meeting_take_a_walk", "/talks/tom_wujec_build_a_tower", "/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nIn this touching talk, Ash Beckham offers a fresh approach to empathy and openness. It starts with understanding that everyone, at some point in their life, has experienced hardship. The only way out, says Beckham, is to open the door and step out of your closet. \n", "title": "\n We're all hiding something. Let's find the courage to open up\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ash_beckham_we_re_all_hiding_something_let_s_find_the_courage_to_open_up", "views": 2374717, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/culture", "/topics/empathy", "/topics/happiness"], "speaker": "Ash Beckham", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/pico_iyer_where_is_home", "/talks/sally_kohn_let_s_try_emotional_correctness", "/talks/sam_richards_a_radical_experiment_in_empathy", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\n\"The human voice: mysterious, spontaneous, primal.\" With these words, soprano Claron McFadden invites us to explore the mysteries of breathing and singing, as she performs the intriguing modern song \"Aria,\" by John Cage.\n", "title": "\nSinging the primal mystery\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/claron_mcfadden_singing_the_primal_mystery", "views": 364228, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/music"], "speaker": "Claron McFadden", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/vishal_vaid_s_hypnotic_song", "/talks/meklit_hadero_the_unexpected_beauty_of_everyday_sounds", "/talks/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nMost 12-year-olds love playing videogames \u2014 but Thomas Suarez taught himself how to create them. After developing iPhone apps like \"Bustin Jeiber,\" a whack-a-mole game, he is now using his skills to help other kids become developers.\n", "title": "\nA 12-year-old app developer\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_suarez_a_12_year_old_app_developer", "views": 4083050, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/education", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/technology", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "Thomas Suarez", "related_videos": ["/talks/ali_carr_chellman_gaming_to_re_engage_boys_in_learning", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/birke_baehr_what_s_wrong_with_our_food_system", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world"]},
{"description": "\nAlexa Meade takes an innovative approach to art. Not for her a life of sketching and stretching canvases. Instead, she selects a topic and then paints it\u2014literally. She covers everything in a scene\u2014people, chairs, food, you name it\u2014in a mask of paint that mimics what's below it. In this eye-opening talk Meade shows off photographs of some of the more outlandish results, and shares a new project involving people, paint and milk. \n", "title": "\nYour body is my canvas\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/alexa_meade", "views": 2435149, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design"], "speaker": "Alexa Meade", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/alison_jackson_looks_at_celebrity", "/talks/marco_tempest_the_magic_of_truth_and_lies_on_ipods", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/sunni_brown"]},
{"description": "\nFirst, Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies \u2014 in a trick that works via podcast too. Then he involves the audience in some jaw-dropping (and even a bit dangerous) feats of brain magic.\n", "title": "\nBrain magic\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/keith_barry_does_brain_magic", "views": 10665137, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/brain", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/illusion", "/topics/magic"], "speaker": "Keith Barry", "related_videos": ["/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sebastian_wernicke_how_to_use_data_to_make_a_hit_tv_show", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life"]},
{"description": "\nJR, a semi-anonymous French street artist, uses his camera to show the world its true face, by pasting photos of the human face across massive canvases. At TED2011, he makes his audacious TED Prize wish: to use art to turn the world inside out. Learn more about his work and learn how you can join in at insideoutproject.net.\n", "title": "\nMy wish: Use art to turn the world inside out\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jr_s_ted_prize_wish_use_art_to_turn_the_world_inside_out", "views": 2428822, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+prize", "/topics/activism", "/topics/arts", "/topics/community", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "JR", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/james_nachtwey_s_searing_pictures_of_war", "/talks/jr_one_year_of_turning_the_world_inside_out", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jehane_noujaim_inspires_a_global_day_of_film"]},
{"description": "\nIn 2007, Paul Rothemund gave TED a short summary of his specialty, DNA folding. Now he lays out in clear, abundant detail the immense promise of this field \u2014 to create tiny machines that assemble themselves.\n", "title": "\nDNA folding, in detail\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_rothemund_details_dna_folding", "views": 432038, "related_tags": ["/topics/dna", "/topics/macarthur+grant", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/nanoscale", "/topics/physics", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Paul Rothemund", "related_videos": ["/talks/craig_venter_is_on_the_verge_of_creating_synthetic_life", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_bolinsky_animates_a_cell", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/james_watson_on_how_he_discovered_dna"]},
{"description": "\n\"If I should have a daughter, instead of Mom, she's gonna call me Point B ... \" began spoken word poet Sarah Kay, in a talk that inspired two standing ovations at TED2011. She tells the story of her metamorphosis \u2014 from a wide-eyed teenager soaking in verse at New York's Bowery Poetry Club to a teacher connecting kids with the power of self-expression through Project V.O.I.C.E. \u2014 and gives two breathtaking performances of \"B\" and \"Hiroshima.\"\n", "title": "\nIf I should have a daughter ...\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_kay_if_i_should_have_a_daughter", "views": 8836195, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/performance", "/topics/poetry", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Sarah Kay", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life", "/talks/rives_a_museum_of_4_o_clock_in_the_morning", "/talks/lee_mokobe_a_powerful_poem_about_what_it_feels_like_to_be_transgender", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/suheir_hammad_poems_of_war_peace_women_power"]},
{"description": "\nSarah Jones changes personas with the simplest of wardrobe swaps. In a laugh-out-loud improvisation, she invites 11 \"friends\" from the future on stage\u2014from a fast-talking Latina to an outspoken police officer\u2014to ask them questions supplied by the TED2014 audience. \r\n\n", "title": "\nWhat does the future hold? 11 characters offer quirky answers\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jones_what_does_the_future_hold_11_characters_offer_quirky_answers", "views": 1359526, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/future", "/topics/humor", "/topics/performance", "/topics/theater"], "speaker": "Sarah Jones", "related_videos": ["/talks/anna_deavere_smith_s_american_character", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/sarah_jones_as_a_one_woman_global_village", "/talks/reggie_watts_disorients_you_in_the_most_entertaining_way", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nArtist-technologist Honor Harger listens to the weird and wonderful noises of stars and planets and pulsars. In her work, she tracks the radio waves emitted by ancient celestial objects and turns them into sound, including \"the oldest song you will ever hear,\" the sound of cosmic rays left over from the Big Bang.\n", "title": "\nA history of the universe in sound\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/honor_harger_a_history_of_the_universe_in_sound", "views": 843116, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/astronomy", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/physics", "/topics/sound", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Honor Harger", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/evan_grant_cymatics", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/janna_levin_the_sound_the_universe_makes", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nArtist Neil Harbisson was born completely color blind, but these days a device attached to his head turns color into audible frequencies. Instead of seeing a world in grayscale, Harbisson can hear a symphony of color \u2014 and yes, even listen to faces and paintings.\n", "title": "\nI listen to color\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_harbisson_i_listen_to_color", "views": 2066033, "related_tags": ["/topics/senses", "/topics/art", "/topics/cyborg", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/music", "/topics/prosthetics", "/topics/sound", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Neil Harbisson", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now", "/talks/aparna_rao_high_tech_art_with_a_sense_of_humor", "/talks/scott_summit_beautiful_artificial_limbs", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nOnce it's created, plastic (almost) never dies. While in 12th grade Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao went in search of a new bacteria to biodegrade plastic \u2014 specifically by breaking down phthalates, a harmful plasticizer. They found an answer surprisingly close to home.\n", "title": "\nTwo young scientists break down plastics with bacteria\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/two_young_scientists_break_down_plastics_with_bacteria", "views": 1016625, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/bacteria", "/topics/biology", "/topics/plastic", "/topics/pollution", "/topics/science", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/capt_charles_moore_on_the_seas_of_plastic", "/talks/dianna_cohen_tough_truths_about_plastic_pollution", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/mike_biddle", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nPianist and composer Jennifer Lin gives a magical performance, talks about the process of creativity and improvises a moving solo piece based on a random sequence of notes.\n", "title": "\nImprovising on piano, aged 14\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_lin_improvs_piano_magic", "views": 1520783, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance", "/topics/piano", "/topics/wunderkind"], "speaker": "Jennifer Lin", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/joey_alexander_an_11_year_old_prodigy_performs_old_school_jazz", "/talks/daria_van_den_bercken_why_i_take_the_piano_on_the_road_and_in_the_air", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/stefon_harris_there_are_no_mistakes_on_the_bandstand"]},
{"description": "\nIn 2011 three young women swept the top prizes of the first Google Science Fair. Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose and Naomi Shah describe their extraordinary projects \u2014 and their route to a passion for science.\n", "title": "\nAward-winning teenage science in action\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/award_winning_teen_age_science_in_action", "views": 836853, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/cancer", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/pollution", "/topics/science", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "Lauren Hodge", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/natalie_warne_being_young_and_making_an_impact", "/talks/thomas_suarez_a_12_year_old_app_developer", "/talks/eva_vertes_looks_to_the_future_of_medicine", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nAt age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family's home. Now at 22, William Kamkwamba, who speaks at TED, here, for the second time, shares in his own words the moving tale of invention that changed his life.\n", "title": "\nHow I harnessed the wind\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/william_kamkwamba_how_i_harnessed_the_wind", "views": 1881119, "related_tags": ["/topics/africa", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/energy", "/topics/invention", "/topics/poverty"], "speaker": "William Kamkwamba", "related_videos": ["/talks/william_kamkwamba_on_building_a_windmill", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nAll under the age of 16, brothers Jonny, Robbie and Tommy Mizzone are from New Jersey, a US state that's better known for the rock of Bruce Springsteen than the bluegrass of Earl Scruggs. Nonetheless, the siblings began performing bluegrass covers, as well as their own compositions, at a young age. Here, they play three dazzling songs in three different keys, passing the lead back and forth from fiddle to banjo to guitar.\n", "title": "\nBluegrass virtuosity from ... New Jersey?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sleepy_man_banjo_boys_bluegrass_virtuosity_from_new_jersey", "views": 3303045, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/children", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance", "/topics/wunderkind"], "speaker": "Sleepy Man Banjo Boys", "related_videos": ["/talks/teenaged_boy_wonders_play_bluegrass", "/talks/aomawa_shields_how_we_ll_find_life_on_other_planets", "/talks/jennifer_lin_improvs_piano_magic", "/talks/sirena_huang_dazzles_on_violin", "/talks/tim_harford_how_messy_problems_can_inspire_creativity", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life"]},
{"description": "\nViolinist Sirena Huang gives a technically brilliant and emotionally nuanced performance. In a charming interlude, the 11-year-old praises the timeless design of her instrument. \n", "title": "\nAn 11-year-old's magical violin\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sirena_huang_dazzles_on_violin", "views": 2370433, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance", "/topics/violin", "/topics/wunderkind"], "speaker": "Sirena Huang", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/robert_gupta_and_joshua_roman_duet_on_passacaglia", "/talks/joey_alexander_an_11_year_old_prodigy_performs_old_school_jazz", "/talks/bill_t_jones_the_dancer_the_singer_the_cellist_and_a_moment_of_creative_magic", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nSure, the web connects the globe, but most of us end up hearing mainly from people just like ourselves. Blogger and technologist Ethan Zuckerman wants to help share the stories of the whole wide world. He talks about clever strategies to open up your Twitter world and read the news in languages you don't even know.\n", "title": "\nListening to global voices\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ethan_zuckerman", "views": 604104, "related_tags": ["/topics/communication", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/language", "/topics/news", "/topics/technology", "/topics/web"], "speaker": "Ethan Zuckerman", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/alisa_miller_shares_the_news_about_the_news", "/talks/jay_walker_on_the_world_s_english_mania", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/erik_hersman_on_reporting_crisis_via_texting"]},
{"description": "\nWhen most well-intentioned aid workers hear of a problem they think they can fix, they go to work. This, Ernesto Sirolli suggests, is na\u00efve. In this funny and impassioned talk, he proposes that the first step is to listen to the people you're trying to help, and tap into their own entrepreneurial spirit. His advice on what works will help any entrepreneur.\n", "title": "\nWant to help someone? Shut up and listen!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ernesto_sirolli_want_to_help_someone_shut_up_and_listen", "views": 2461437, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/business", "/topics/development", "/topics/global+issues"], "speaker": "Ernesto Sirolli", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_damberger_what_happens_when_an_ngo_admits_failure", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_on_patient_capitalism", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/cat_laine_engineering_a_better_life_for_all"]},
{"description": "\nIn this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit your eardrums.\n", "title": "\nHow to truly listen\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen", "views": 3470488, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance"], "speaker": "Evelyn Glennie", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/tod_machover_and_dan_ellsey_play_new_music", "/talks/pamelia_kurstin_plays_the_theremin", "/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, \"We are losing our listening.\" In this short, fascinating talk, Treasure shares five ways to re-tune your ears for conscious listening \u2014 to other people and the world around you.\n", "title": "\n5 ways to listen better\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better", "views": 3447632, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/culture", "/topics/sound"], "speaker": "Julian Treasure", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/julian_treasure_shh_sound_health_in_8_steps", "/talks/pamelia_kurstin_plays_the_theremin", "/talks/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nPrompted by the Encyclopaedia Britannica ending its print publication, performance poet Rives resurrects a game from his childhood. Speaking at the TEDxSummit in Doha, Rives takes us on a charming tour through random (and less random) bits of human knowledge: from Chimborazo, the farthest point from the center of the Earth, to Ham the Astrochimp, the first chimpanzee in outer space.\n", "title": "\nReinventing the encyclopedia game\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rives_reinventing_the_encyclopedia_game", "views": 674256, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/science", "/topics/web", "/topics/wikipedia"], "speaker": "Rives", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/rives_on_4_a_m", "/talks/rives_remixes_ted2006", "/talks/ze_frank_are_you_human", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nArtist Kate Hartman uses wearable electronics to explore how we communicate, with ourselves and with the world. In this quirky and thought-provoking talk, she shows the \"Talk to Yourself Hat\", the \"Inflatable Heart\", the \"Glacier Embracing Suit\", and other unexpected devices.\n", "title": "\nThe art of wearable communication\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kate_hartman_the_art_of_wearable_communication", "views": 812365, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/communication", "/topics/culture", "/topics/glacier"], "speaker": "Kate Hartman", "related_videos": ["/talks/wael_ghonim_let_s_design_social_media_that_drives_real_change", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/bonnie_bassler_on_how_bacteria_communicate", "/talks/camille_seaman_haunting_photos_of_ice", "/talks/shea_hembrey_how_i_became_100_artists", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nFor a full year, AJ Jacobs followed every piece of health advice he could \u2014 from applying sunscreen by the shot glass to wearing a bicycle helmet while shopping. Onstage at TEDMED, he shares the surprising things he learned.\n", "title": "\nHow healthy living nearly killed me\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/aj_jacobs_how_healthy_living_nearly_killed_me", "views": 1265190, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/health", "/topics/humor", "/topics/self"], "speaker": "AJ Jacobs", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/a_j_jacobs_year_of_living_biblically", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\n\"Secrets can take many forms \u2014 they can be shocking, or silly, or soulful.\" Frank Warren, the founder of PostSecret.com, shares some of the half-million secrets that strangers have mailed him on postcards.\n", "title": "\nHalf a million secrets\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/frank_warren_half_a_million_secrets", "views": 2760486, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/memory", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Frank Warren", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ben_dunlap_talks_about_a_passionate_life", "/talks/jd_schramm", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/jonathan_harris_tells_the_web_s_secret_stories"]},
{"description": "\nPhilosopher-comedian Emily Levine talks (hilariously) about science, math, society and the way everything connects. She's a brilliant trickster, poking holes in our fixed ideas and bringing hidden truths to light. Settle in and let her ping your brain.\n", "title": "\nA theory of everything\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/emily_levine_s_theory_of_everything", "views": 1673276, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/cognitive+science", "/topics/comedy", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/humor", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Emily Levine", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\n\"Puppets always have to try to be alive,\" says Adrian Kohler of the Handspring Puppet Company, a gloriously ambitious troupe of human and wooden actors. Beginning with the tale of a hyena's subtle paw, puppeteers Kohler and Basil Jones build to the story of their latest astonishment: the wonderfully life-like Joey, the War Horse, who trots (and gallops) convincingly onto the TED stage.\n", "title": "\nThe genius puppetry behind War Horse\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/handpring_puppet_co_the_genius_puppetry_behind_war_horse", "views": 1375813, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/animals", "/topics/arts", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/theater"], "speaker": "Handspring Puppet Company", "related_videos": ["/talks/beverly_dereck_joubert_life_lessons_from_big_cats", "/talks/the_lxd_in_the_internet_age_dance_evolves", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/miwa_matreyek_s_glorious_visions", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn a zippy demo at TED U, AnnMarie Thomas shows how two different kinds of homemade play dough can be used to demonstrate electrical properties \u2014 by lighting up LEDs, spinning motors, and turning little kids into circuit designers.\n", "title": "\nHands-on science with squishy circuits\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/annmarie_thomas_squishy_circuits", "views": 759899, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/education", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology", "/topics/toy"], "speaker": "AnnMarie Thomas", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/clifford_stoll_on_everything", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nFifteen-year-old Tavi Gevinson had a hard time finding strong female, teenage role models \u2014 so she built a space where they could find each other. At TEDxTeen, she illustrates how the conversations on sites like Rookie, her wildly popular web magazine for and by teen girls, are putting a new, unapologetically uncertain and richly complex face on modern feminism.\n", "title": "\nA teen just trying to figure it out\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/tavi_gevinson_a_teen_just_trying_to_figure_it_out", "views": 1181965, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/fashion", "/topics/feminism", "/topics/identity", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "Tavi Gevinson", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/natalie_warne_being_young_and_making_an_impact", "/talks/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture", "/talks/courtney_martin_reinventing_feminism", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhat do science and play have in common? Neuroscientist Beau Lotto thinks all people (kids included) should participate in science and, through the process of discovery, change perceptions. He's seconded by 12-year-old Amy O'Toole, who, along with 25 of her classmates, published the first peer-reviewed article by schoolchildren, about the Blackawton bees project. It starts: \"Once upon a time ... \"\n", "title": "\nScience is for everyone, kids included\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/beau_lotto_amy_o_toole_science_is_for_everyone_kids_included", "views": 1096013, "related_tags": ["/topics/bees", "/topics/biology", "/topics/children", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/insects", "/topics/science", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "Beau Lotto", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/thomas_suarez_a_12_year_old_app_developer", "/talks/award_winning_teen_age_science_in_action", "/talks/e_o_wilson_advice_to_young_scientists", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nThe LXD (the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers) electrify the TED2010 stage with an emerging global street-dance culture, revved up by the Internet. In a preview of Jon Chu\u2019s upcoming Web series, this astonishing troupe show off their superpowers.\n", "title": "\nIn the Internet age, dance evolves ...\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/the_lxd_in_the_internet_age_dance_evolves", "views": 2541815, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/dance", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/gaming"], "speaker": "The LXD", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/pilobolus_perform_symbiosis", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nIt's relatively easy to imagine a new medicine, a better cure for some disease. The hard part, though, is testing it, and that can delay promising new cures for years. In this well-explained talk, Geraldine Hamilton shows how her lab creates organs and body parts on a chip, simple structures with all the pieces essential to testing new medications \u2014 even custom cures for one specific person. (Filmed at TEDxBoston)\n", "title": "\nBody parts on a chip\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/geraldine_hamilton_body_parts_on_a_chip", "views": 1389450, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/biology", "/topics/illness", "/topics/medical+research"], "speaker": "Geraldine Hamilton", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/susan_solomon_the_promise_of_research_with_stem_cells", "/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/frederick_balagadde_bio_lab_on_a_microchip"]},
{"description": "\nMedical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell.\n", "title": "\nVisualizing the wonder of a living cell\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_bolinsky_animates_a_cell", "views": 1527456, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/film", "/topics/health", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology", "/topics/visualizations"], "speaker": "David Bolinsky", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/paul_rothemund_details_dna_folding", "/talks/james_watson_on_how_he_discovered_dna"]},
{"description": "\nPhysicist Brian Greene explains superstring theory, the idea that minscule strands of energy vibrating in 11 dimensions create every particle and force in the universe.\n", "title": "\nMaking sense of string theory\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/brian_greene_on_string_theory", "views": 3556057, "related_tags": ["/topics/string+theory", "/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/physics", "/topics/science", "/topics/universe"], "speaker": "Brian Greene", "related_videos": ["/talks/patricia_burchat_leads_a_search_for_dark_energy", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/brian_cox_on_cern_s_supercollider", "/talks/garrett_lisi_on_his_theory_of_everything", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nWe have no ways to directly observe molecules and what they do \u2014 but Drew Berry wants to change that. He demos his scientifically accurate (and entertaining!) animations that help researchers see unseeable processes within our own cells.\n", "title": "\nAnimations of unseeable biology\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/drew_berry_animations_of_unseeable_biology", "views": 1132358, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/arts", "/topics/biology", "/topics/science", "/topics/visualizations"], "speaker": "Drew Berry", "related_videos": ["/talks/christopher_decharms_scans_the_brain_in_real_time", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_bolinsky_animates_a_cell", "/talks/carolyn_porco_flies_us_to_saturn", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nMark Shaw demos Ultra-Ever Dry, a liquid-repellent coating that acts as an astonishingly powerful shield against water and water-based materials. At the nano level, the spray covers a surface with an umbrella of air so that water bounces right off. Watch for an exciting two-minute kicker.\n", "title": "\nOne very dry demo\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_shaw_one_very_dry_demo", "views": 1367498, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/demo", "/topics/invention", "/topics/nanoscale", "/topics/technology", "/topics/water"], "speaker": "Mark Shaw", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/erik_schlangen_a_self_healing_asphalt", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/ludwick_marishane_a_bath_without_water"]},
{"description": "\nAs E.O. Wilson accepts his 2007 TED Prize, he makes a plea on behalf of all creatures that we learn more about our biosphere \u2014 and build a networked encyclopedia of all the world's knowledge about life.\n", "title": "\nMy wish: Build the Encyclopedia of Life\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/e_o_wilson_on_saving_life_on_earth", "views": 1101223, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+prize", "/topics/ants", "/topics/biodiversity", "/topics/biology", "/topics/biosphere", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/insects", "/topics/nature", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "E.O. Wilson", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos", "/talks/corneille_ewango_is_a_hero_of_the_congo_forest", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/jane_goodall_at_tedglobal_07"]},
{"description": "\nWillard Wigan tells the story of how a difficult and lonely childhood drove him to discover his unique ability \u2014 to create art so tiny that it can't be seen with the naked eye. His slideshow of figures, as seen through a microscope, can only be described as mind-boggling. \n", "title": "\nHold your breath for micro-sculpture\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/willard_wigan_hold_your_breath_for_micro_sculpture", "views": 575127, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/education"], "speaker": "Willard Wigan", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/theo_jansen_creates_new_creatures", "/talks/golan_levin_ted2009", "/talks/vik_muniz_makes_art_with_wire_sugar", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nEcologist Deborah Gordon studies ants wherever she can find them \u2014 in the desert, in the tropics, in her kitchen ... In this fascinating talk, she explains her obsession with insects most of us would happily swat away without a second thought. She argues that ant life provides a useful model for learning about many other topics, including disease, technology and the human brain.\n", "title": "\nWhat ants teach us about the brain, cancer and the Internet\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/deborah_gordon_what_ants_teach_us_about_the_brain_cancer_and_the_internet", "views": 1271911, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ants", "/topics/insects", "/topics/nature", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Deborah Gordon", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/marla_spivak_why_bees_are_disappearing", "/talks/michael_dickinson_how_a_fly_flies", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/rachel_sussman_the_world_s_oldest_living_things"]},
{"description": "\nGames like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how.\n", "title": "\nGaming can make a better world\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world", "views": 4083354, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/computers", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/gaming", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/play"], "speaker": "Jane McGonigal", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/will_wright_makes_toys_that_make_worlds", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jane_mcgonigal_the_game_that_can_give_you_10_extra_years_of_life", "/talks/jane_mcgonigal_massively_multi_player_thumb_wrestling", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhen photographed under a 3D microscope, grains of sand appear like colorful pieces of candy and the stamens in a flower become like fantastical spires at an amusement park. Gary Greenberg reveals the thrilling details of the micro world.\n", "title": "\nThe beautiful nano details of our world\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/gary_greenberg_the_beautiful_nano_details_of_our_world", "views": 924491, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/bees", "/topics/nature", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "Gary Greenberg", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos", "/talks/edward_burtynsky_photographs_the_landscape_of_oil", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/nick_veasey_exposing_the_invisible_1"]},
{"description": "\nBill Gates hopes to solve some of the world's biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy. In a passionate and, yes, funny 18 minutes, he asks us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them. (And see the Q&A on the TED Blog.)\n", "title": "\nMosquitos, malaria and education\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_unplugged", "views": 2464789, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/education", "/topics/health", "/topics/illness", "/topics/insects", "/topics/philanthropy", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Bill Gates", "related_videos": ["/talks/nathan_wolfe_hunts_for_the_next_aids", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/larry_brilliant_wants_to_stop_pandemics", "/talks/bjorn_lomborg_sets_global_priorities"]},
{"description": "\nWe know the negative images of Africa \u2014 famine and disease, conflict and corruption. But, says Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, there's another, less-told story happening in many African nations: one of reform, economic growth and business opportunity.\n", "title": "\nWant to help Africa? Do business here\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ngozi_okonjo_iweala_on_doing_business_in_africa", "views": 737725, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/corruption", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/investment", "/topics/women", "/topics/women+in+business"], "speaker": "Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala", "related_videos": ["/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_invests_in_ending_poverty", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/elene_gabre_madhin_on_ethiopian_economics", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nTech enthusiast Kevin Kelly asks \"What does technology want?\" and discovers that its movement toward ubiquity and complexity is much like the evolution of life.\n", "title": "\nHow technology evolves\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_kelly_on_how_technology_evolves", "views": 1146930, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/choice", "/topics/culture", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/future", "/topics/history", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Kevin Kelly", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jan_chipchase_on_our_mobile_phones", "/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will_transform_us"]},
{"description": "\nOutside.in's Steven Johnson says the Web is like a city: built by many people, completely controlled by no one, intricately interconnected and yet functioning as many independent parts. While disaster strikes in one place, elsewhere, life goes on. \n", "title": "\nThe Web as a city\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_johnson_on_the_web_as_a_city", "views": 241494, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/cities", "/topics/communication", "/topics/community", "/topics/design", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/politics", "/topics/web"], "speaker": "Steven Johnson", "related_videos": ["/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web", "/talks/howard_rheingold_on_collaboration", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/chris_anderson_of_wired_on_tech_s_long_tail", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nBiochemist Kary Mullis talks about the basis of modern science: the experiment. Sharing tales from the 17th century and from his own backyard-rocketry days, Mullis celebrates the curiosity, inspiration and rigor of good science in all its forms.\n", "title": "\nPlay! Experiment! Discover!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kary_mullis_on_what_scientists_do", "views": 474633, "related_tags": ["/topics/dna", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/biology", "/topics/curiosity", "/topics/history", "/topics/microbiology", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Kary Mullis", "related_videos": ["/talks/freeman_dyson_says_let_s_look_for_life_in_the_outer_solar_system", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/clifford_stoll_on_everything", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/philippe_starck_thinks_deep_on_design", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nThe ceramics designer Eva Zeisel looks back on a 75-year career. What keeps her work as fresh today (her latest line debuted in 2008) as in 1926? Her sense of play and beauty, and her drive for adventure. Listen for stories from a rich, colorful life.\n", "title": "\nThe playful search for beauty\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/eva_zeisel_on_the_playful_search_for_beauty", "views": 398389, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/play", "/topics/politics"], "speaker": "Eva Zeisel", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/reuben_margolin_sculpting_waves_in_wood_and_time", "/talks/anna_deavere_smith_s_american_character", "/talks/neil_macgregor_2600_years_of_history_in_one_object", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nFrom deep in the TED archive, Danny Hillis outlines an intriguing theory of how and why technological change seems to be accelerating, by linking it to the very evolution of life itself. The presentation techniques he uses may look dated, but the ideas are as relevant as ever.\n", "title": "\nBack to the future (of 1994)\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/danny_hillis_back_to_the_future_of_1994", "views": 541447, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/future", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Danny Hillis", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/martin_rees_asks_is_this_our_final_century", "/talks/danny_hillis_two_frontiers_of_cancer_treatment", "/talks/nicholas_negroponte_in_1984_makes_5_predictions", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nBefore he was a legend, architect Frank Gehry takes a whistlestop tour of his early work, from his house in Venice Beach to the American Center in Paris, which was under construction (and much on his mind) when he gave this talk.\n", "title": "\nMy days as a young rebel\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/frank_gehry_as_a_young_rebel", "views": 548409, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/design", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Frank Gehry", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/joshua_prince_ramus_on_seattle_s_library", "/talks/frank_gehry_asks_then_what", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/thom_mayne_on_architecture_as_connection", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWith surprising accuracy, Nicholas Negroponte predicts what will happen with CD-ROMs, web interfaces, service kiosks, the touchscreen interface of the iPhone and his own One Laptop per Child project.\n", "title": "\n5 predictions, from 1984\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_in_1984_makes_5_predictions", "views": 879620, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/demo", "/topics/design", "/topics/education", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/future", "/topics/interface+design", "/topics/media", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Nicholas Negroponte", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/nicholas_negroponte_on_one_laptop_per_child_two_years_on", "/talks/kevin_kelly_on_how_technology_evolves", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will_transform_us"]},
{"description": "\nIn this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes \u2014 a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) \u2014 and what his often death-defying work means to him. Warning: do NOT try this at home.\n", "title": "\nHow I held my breath for 17 minutes\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_blaine_how_i_held_my_breath_for_17_min", "views": 10926582, "related_tags": ["/topics/biology", "/topics/magic", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/performance"], "speaker": "David Blaine", "related_videos": ["/talks/arthur_benjamin_does_mathemagic", "/talks/lennart_green_does_close_up_card_magic", "/talks/keith_barry_does_brain_magic", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nOn any given day we're lied to from 10 to 200 times, and the clues to detect those lie can be subtle and counter-intuitive. Pamela Meyer, author of Liespotting, shows the manners and \"hotspots\" used by those trained to recognize deception \u2014 and she argues honesty is a value worth preserving.\n", "title": "\nHow to spot a liar\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/pamela_meyer_how_to_spot_a_liar", "views": 12554663, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/science", "/topics/society"], "speaker": "Pamela Meyer", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/helen_fisher_tells_us_why_we_love_cheat", "/talks/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/michael_shermer_the_pattern_behind_self_deception", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nIn a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated.\n", "title": "\nThe power of introverts\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts", "views": 13110225, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/culture", "/topics/psychology"], "speaker": "Susan Cain", "related_videos": ["/talks/thandie_newton_embracing_otherness_embracing_myself", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability", "/talks/carl_honore_praises_slowness", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming"]},
{"description": "\nCareer analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't: Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories \u2014 and maybe, a way forward.\n", "title": "\nThe puzzle of motivation\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation", "views": 15096723, "related_tags": ["/topics/brain", "/topics/business", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/motivation", "/topics/science", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Dan Pink", "related_videos": ["/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions", "/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success", "/talks/dan_gilbert_researches_happiness"]},
{"description": "\nAt TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data \u2014 including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper \"laptop.\" In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.\n", "title": "\nThe thrilling potential of SixthSense technology\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology", "views": 14495843, "related_tags": ["/topics/demo", "/topics/design", "/topics/open-source", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Pranav Mistry", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nColin Robertson had 3 minutes on the TED stage to tell the world about his solar-powered crowdsourced health care solution. And then...\n", "title": "\nA TED speaker's worst nightmare\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/a_ted_speaker_s_worst_nightmare", "views": 2737155, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/performance", "/topics/performance+art"], "speaker": "Colin Robertson", "related_videos": ["/talks/marina_abramovic_an_art_made_of_trust_vulnerability_and_connection", "/talks/charlie_todd_the_shared_experience_of_absurdity", "/talks/anna_deavere_smith_s_american_character", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life", "/talks/gel_gotta_share", "/talks/nicole_paris_and_ed_cage_a_beatboxing_lesson_from_a_father_daughter_duo"]},
{"description": "\nMycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu viruses. \n", "title": "\n6 ways mushrooms can save the world\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world", "views": 3399079, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/biology", "/topics/design", "/topics/food", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/pollution", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Paul Stamets", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ron_eglash_on_african_fractals", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs", "/talks/michael_pollan_gives_a_plant_s_eye_view"]},
{"description": "\nRussell Foster is a circadian neuroscientist: He studies the sleep cycles of the brain. And he asks: What do we know about sleep? Not a lot, it turns out, for something we do with one-third of our lives. In this talk, Foster shares three popular theories about why we sleep, busts some myths about how much sleep we need at different ages \u2014 and hints at some bold new uses of sleep as a predictor of mental health.\n", "title": "\nWhy do we sleep?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/russell_foster_why_do_we_sleep", "views": 5634153, "related_tags": ["/topics/health", "/topics/mental+health", "/topics/neuroscience", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Russell Foster", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jessa_gamble_how_to_sleep", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/arianna_huffington_how_to_succeed_get_more_sleep", "/talks/oliver_sacks_what_hallucination_reveals_about_our_minds"]},
{"description": "\nPoet Rives does 8 minutes of lyrical origami, folding history into a series of coincidences surrounding that most surreal of hours, 4 o'clock in the morning. \n", "title": "\nThe 4 a.m. mystery\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rives_on_4_a_m", "views": 2957154, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/poetry", "/topics/spoken+word"], "speaker": "Rives", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things", "/talks/ze_frank_s_nerdcore_comedy", "/talks/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nHamish Jolly, an ocean swimmer in Australia, wanted a wetsuit that would deter a curious shark from mistaking him for a potential source of nourishment. (Which, statistically, is rare, but certainly a fate worth avoiding.) Working with a team of scientists, he and his friends came up with a fresh approach \u2014 not a shark cage, not a suit of chain-mail, but a sleek suit that taps our growing understanding of shark vision. \n", "title": "\nA shark-deterrent wetsuit (and it's not what you think)\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/hamish_jolly_a_shark_deterrent_wetsuit_and_it_s_not_what_you_think", "views": 2301781, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/biomimicry", "/topics/design", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/sports"], "speaker": "Hamish Jolly", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jim_toomey_learning_from_sherman_the_shark", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs", "/talks/simon_berrow_how_do_you_save_a_shark_you_know_nothing_about", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nCameron Russell admits she won \u201ca genetic lottery\u201d: she's tall, pretty and an underwear model. But don't judge her by her looks. In this fearless talk, she takes a wry look at the industry that had her looking highly seductive at barely 16 years old. \n", "title": "\nLooks aren't everything. Believe me, I'm a model.\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_russell_looks_aren_t_everything_believe_me_i_m_a_model", "views": 13237054, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/beauty", "/topics/culture", "/topics/fashion", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "Cameron Russell", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/tavi_gevinson_a_teen_just_trying_to_figure_it_out", "/talks/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_aesthetics", "/talks/isaac_mizrahi_on_fashion_and_creativity", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWe believe we should work hard in order to be happy, but could we be thinking about things backwards? In this fast-moving and very funny talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that, actually, happiness inspires us to be more productive.\n", "title": "\nThe happy secret to better work\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work", "views": 12684207, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/business", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Shawn Achor", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy", "/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nIn a highly entertaining performance, beatboxer Tom Thum slings beats, comedy and a mouthful of instrumental impersonations into 11 minutes of creativity and fun that will make you smile.\n", "title": "\nThe orchestra in my mouth\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/tom_thum_the_orchestra_in_my_mouth", "views": 3307292, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music"], "speaker": "Tom Thum", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/onyx_ashanti_this_is_beatjazz", "/talks/the_cockroach_beatbox", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/naturally_7_jams_fly_baby_with_an_orchestra_of_vocals"]},
{"description": "\nWhy is there something instead of nothing? In other words: Why does the universe exist (and why are we in it)? Philosopher and writer Jim Holt follows this question toward three possible answers. Or four. Or none.\n", "title": "\nWhy does the universe exist?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jim_holt_why_does_the_universe_exist", "views": 2208735, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/philosophy"], "speaker": "Jim Holt", "related_videos": ["/talks/emily_levine_s_theory_of_everything", "/talks/nick_bostrom_what_happens_when_our_computers_get_smarter_than_we_are", "/talks/jennifer_doudna_we_can_now_edit_our_dna_but_let_s_do_it_wisely", "/talks/ricardo_semler_radical_wisdom_for_a_company_a_school_a_life", "/talks/julian_baggini_is_there_a_real_you", "/talks/david_chalmers_how_do_you_explain_consciousness"]},
{"description": "\nThe world turns on symmetry \u2014 from the spin of subatomic particles to the dizzying beauty of an arabesque. But there's more to it than meets the eye. Here, Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy offers a glimpse of the invisible numbers that marry all symmetrical objects.\n", "title": "\nSymmetry, reality's riddle\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/marcus_du_sautoy_symmetry_reality_s_riddle", "views": 905064, "related_tags": ["/topics/architecture", "/topics/art", "/topics/beauty", "/topics/math", "/topics/physics", "/topics/universe"], "speaker": "Marcus du Sautoy", "related_videos": ["/talks/david_gruber_glow_in_the_dark_sharks_and_other_stunning_sea_creatures", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/garrett_lisi_on_his_theory_of_everything", "/talks/ron_eglash_on_african_fractals", "/talks/murray_gell_mann_on_beauty_and_truth_in_physics"]},
{"description": "\nHow do you read a two-thousand-year-old manuscript that has been erased, cut up, written on and painted over? With a powerful particle accelerator, of course! Ancient books curator William Noel tells the fascinating story behind the Archimedes palimpsest, a Byzantine prayer book containing previously-unknown original writings from ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes and others.\n", "title": "\nRevealing the lost codex of Archimedes\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/william_noel_revealing_the_lost_codex_of_archimedes", "views": 880258, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/ancient+world", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/books", "/topics/history", "/topics/library", "/topics/museums", "/topics/open-source"], "speaker": "William Noel", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ben_kacyra_ancient_wonders_captured_in_3d", "/talks/brewster_kahle_builds_a_free_digital_library", "/talks/neil_macgregor_2600_years_of_history_in_one_object", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nJ.J. Abrams traces his love for the unseen mystery \u2013- a passion that\u2019s evident in his films and TV shows, including Lost, Star Trek and the upcoming Star Wars VII \u2014 back to its magical beginnings.\n", "title": "\nThe mystery box\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/j_j_abrams_mystery_box", "views": 3096913, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/film", "/topics/humor", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "J.J. Abrams", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/amy_tan_on_creativity", "/talks/philippe_starck_thinks_deep_on_design", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/jeff_skoll_makes_movies_that_make_change"]},
{"description": "\nWhy do people feel so miserable and disengaged at work? Because today's businesses are increasingly and dizzyingly complex \u2014 and traditional pillars of management are obsolete, says Yves Morieux. So, he says, it falls to individual employees to navigate the rabbit's warren of interdependencies. In this energetic talk, Morieux offers six rules for \"smart simplicity.\" (Rule One: Understand what your colleagues actually do.)\n", "title": "\nAs work gets more complex, 6 rules to simplify\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/yves_morieux_as_work_gets_more_complex_6_rules_to_simplify", "views": 2706840, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/productivity", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Yves Morieux", "related_videos": ["/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen_at_work", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work", "/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/tania_simoncelli_should_you_be_able_to_patent_a_human_gene"]},
{"description": "\n\"We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't,\" says poet and teacher Clint Smith. A short, powerful piece from the heart, about finding the courage to speak up against ignorance and injustice.\n", "title": "\nThe danger of silence\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/clint_smith_the_danger_of_silence", "views": 3023774, "related_tags": ["/topics/poetry", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/spoken+word"], "speaker": "Clint Smith", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/put_the_financial_aid_in_the_bag", "/talks/shane_koyczan_to_this_day_for_the_bullied_and_beautiful", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/lemon_andersen_performs_please_don_t_take_my_air_jordans"]},
{"description": "\nIn this delightful talk, philosopher Yann Dall\u2019Aglio explores the universal search for tenderness and connection in a world that's ever more focused on the individual. As it turns out, it's easier than you think. A wise and witty reflection on the state of love in the modern age. (Filmed at TEDxParis.)\n", "title": "\nLove \u2014 you're doing it wrong\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/yann_dall_aglio_love_you_re_doing_it_wrong", "views": 3229065, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/culture", "/topics/love", "/topics/philosophy"], "speaker": "Yann Dall'Aglio", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jenna_mccarthy_what_you_don_t_know_about_marriage", "/talks/amy_webb_how_i_hacked_online_dating", "/talks/helen_fisher_studies_the_brain_in_love", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nHave you ever wondered: Am I a human being? Ze Frank suggests a series of simple questions that will determine this. Please relax and follow the prompts. Let's begin \u2026 \n", "title": "\nAre you human?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ze_frank_are_you_human", "views": 3392872, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/comedy", "/topics/community", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/humanity", "/topics/humor", "/topics/performance"], "speaker": "Ze Frank", "related_videos": ["/talks/questions_no_one_knows_the_answers_to", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/ze_frank_s_web_playroom", "/talks/ze_frank_s_nerdcore_comedy", "/talks/ole_scheeren_why_great_architecture_should_tell_a_story", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nWhen fashion model Geena Rocero first saw a photo of herself in a bikini, \"I thought ... you have arrived!\" As she reveals, that\u2019s because she was born with the gender assignment \u201cboy.\u201d In this moving talk, Rocero tells the story of becoming who she always knew she was.\n", "title": "\nWhy I must come out\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/geena_rocero_why_i_must_come_out", "views": 2832089, "related_tags": ["/topics/lgbt", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/transgender", "/topics/activism", "/topics/beauty", "/topics/fashion", "/topics/gender", "/topics/identity", "/topics/inequality"], "speaker": "Geena Rocero", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/cameron_russell_looks_aren_t_everything_believe_me_i_m_a_model", "/talks/io_tillett_wright_fifty_shades_of_gay", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/alice_dreger_is_anatomy_destiny", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine"]},
{"description": "\nJamila Lyiscott is a \u201ctri-tongued orator;\u201d in her powerful spoken-word essay \u201cBroken English,\u201d she celebrates \u2014 and challenges \u2014 the three distinct flavors of English she speaks with her friends, in the classroom and with her parents. As she explores the complicated history and present-day identity that each language represents, she unpacks what it means to be \u201carticulate.\u201d\n", "title": "\n3 ways to speak English\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jamila_lyiscott_3_ways_to_speak_english", "views": 3345075, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/language", "/topics/race", "/topics/spoken+word"], "speaker": "Jamila Lyiscott", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mellody_hobson_color_blind_or_color_brave", "/talks/sarah_kay_if_i_should_have_a_daughter", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nHere's a talk that could literally change your life. Which career should I pursue? Should I break up \u2014 or get married?! Where should I live? Big decisions like these can be agonizingly difficult. But that's because we think about them the wrong way, says philosopher Ruth Chang. She offers a powerful new framework for shaping who we truly are.\n", "title": "\nHow to make hard choices \n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ruth_chang_how_to_make_hard_choices", "views": 3978433, "related_tags": ["/topics/choice", "/topics/decision-making", "/topics/philosophy"], "speaker": "Ruth Chang", "related_videos": ["/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/regina_hartley_why_the_best_hire_might_not_have_the_perfect_resume", "/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice", "/talks/sebastian_wernicke_how_to_use_data_to_make_a_hit_tv_show", "/talks/kathryn_schulz_don_t_regret_regret", "/talks/dan_gilbert_researches_happiness"]},
{"description": "\nWhat makes a great leader? Management theorist Simon Sinek suggests, it\u2019s someone who makes their employees feel secure, who draws staffers into a circle of trust. But creating trust and safety \u2014 especially in an uneven economy \u2014 means taking on big responsibility.\n", "title": "\nWhy good leaders make you feel safe\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_why_good_leaders_make_you_feel_safe", "views": 4371418, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/military", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Simon Sinek", "related_videos": ["/talks/margaret_heffernan_dare_to_disagree", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/tania_simoncelli_should_you_be_able_to_patent_a_human_gene", "/talks/drew_dudley_everyday_leadership"]},
{"description": "\nHave you ever felt like you're talking, but nobody is listening? Here's Julian Treasure to help. In this useful talk, the sound expert demonstrates the how-to's of powerful speaking \u2014 from some handy vocal exercises to tips on how to speak with empathy. A talk that might help the world sound more beautiful.\n", "title": "\nHow to speak so that people want to listen\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_so_that_people_want_to_listen", "views": 10463515, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/sound", "/topics/speech"], "speaker": "Julian Treasure", "related_videos": ["/talks/neil_harbisson_i_listen_to_color", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better", "/talks/julian_treasure_shh_sound_health_in_8_steps", "/talks/christine_sun_kim_the_enchanting_music_of_sign_language", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nWe live in a world of unseeable beauty, so subtle and delicate that it is imperceptible to the human eye. To bring this invisible world to light, filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg bends the boundaries of time and space with high-speed cameras, time lapses and microscopes. At TED2014, he shares highlights from his latest project, a 3D film titled \"Mysteries of the Unseen World,\" which slows down, speeds up, and magnifies the astonishing wonders of nature.\n", "title": "\n Hidden miracles of the natural world\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/louie_schwartzberg_hidden_miracles_of_the_natural_world", "views": 5823328, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/bacteria", "/topics/film", "/topics/insects", "/topics/nanoscale", "/topics/nature", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "Louie Schwartzberg", "related_videos": ["/talks/louie_schwartzberg_nature_beauty_gratitude", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/edith_widder_the_weird_and_wonderful_world_of_bioluminescence", "/talks/gary_greenberg_the_beautiful_nano_details_of_our_world"]},
{"description": "\n\"I have cerebral palsy. I shake all the time,\" Maysoon Zayid announces at the beginning of this exhilarating, hilarious talk. (Really, it's hilarious.) \"I'm like Shakira meets Muhammad Ali.\" With grace and wit, the Arab-American comedian takes us on a whistle-stop tour of her adventures as an actress, stand-up comic, philanthropist and advocate for the disabled.\n", "title": "\nI got 99 problems ... palsy is just one\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/maysoon_zayid_i_got_99_problems_palsy_is_just_one", "views": 7415917, "related_tags": ["/topics/comedy", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/women"], "speaker": "Maysoon Zayid", "related_videos": ["/talks/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email", "/talks/aomawa_shields_how_we_ll_find_life_on_other_planets", "/talks/ze_frank_s_nerdcore_comedy", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life", "/talks/julia_sweeney_has_the_talk", "/talks/maz_jobrani_a_saudi_an_indian_and_an_iranian_walk_into_a_qatari_bar"]},
{"description": "\nBeware: Rives has a contagious obsession with 4 a.m. At TED2007, the poet shared what was then a minor fixation with a time that kept popping up everywhere. After the talk, emails starting pouring in with an avalanche of hilarious references\u2014from the cover of \"Crochet Today!\" magazine to the opening scene of \"The Metamorphosis.\" A lyrical peek into his Museum of Four in the Morning, which overflows with treasures.\n", "title": "\nThe Museum of Four in the Morning\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rives_a_museum_of_4_o_clock_in_the_morning", "views": 1533511, "related_tags": ["/topics/entertainment", "/topics/humor", "/topics/online+video", "/topics/spoken+word", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Rives", "related_videos": ["/talks/rives_on_4_a_m", "/talks/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email", "/talks/sarah_jones_what_does_the_future_hold_11_characters_offer_quirky_answers", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/reggie_watts_disorients_you_in_the_most_entertaining_way", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life"]},
{"description": "\nWhat happens when two monkeys are paid unequally? Fairness, reciprocity, empathy, cooperation \u2014 caring about the well-being of others seems like a very human trait. But Frans de Waal shares some surprising videos of behavioral tests, on primates and other mammals, that show how many of these moral traits all of us share.\n", "title": "\nMoral behavior in animals\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/frans_de_waal_do_animals_have_morals", "views": 2912372, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/animals", "/topics/community", "/topics/monkeys", "/topics/morality", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Frans de Waal", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nHere's a TED first: an animated Socratic dialog! In a time when irrationality seems to rule both politics and culture, has reasoned thinking finally lost its power? Watch as psychologist Steven Pinker is gradually, brilliantly persuaded by philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein that reason is actually the key driver of human moral progress, even if its effect sometimes takes generations to unfold. The dialog was recorded live at TED, and animated, in incredible, often hilarious, detail by Cognitive.\n", "title": "\nThe long reach of reason\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_and_rebecca_newberger_goldstein_the_long_reach_of_reason", "views": 841375, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/brain", "/topics/culture", "/topics/philosophy"], "speaker": "Steven Pinker", "related_videos": ["/talks/questions_no_one_knows_the_answers_to", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/john_lloyd_an_animated_tour_of_the_invisible", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence"]},
{"description": "\nMost people instinctively avoid conflict, but as Margaret Heffernan shows us, good disagreement is central to progress. She illustrates (sometimes counterintuitively) how the best partners aren\u2019t echo chambers \u2014 and how great research teams, relationships and businesses allow people to deeply disagree.\n", "title": "\nDare to disagree\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_heffernan_dare_to_disagree", "views": 2629670, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/women+in+business"], "speaker": "Margaret Heffernan", "related_videos": ["/talks/margaret_heffernan_the_dangers_of_willful_blindness", "/talks/kathryn_schulz_on_being_wrong", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/tania_simoncelli_should_you_be_able_to_patent_a_human_gene", "/talks/margaret_heffernan_why_it_s_time_to_forget_the_pecking_order_at_work"]},
{"description": "\nImagine a country where girls must sneak out to go to school, with deadly consequences if they get caught learning. This was Afghanistan under the Taliban, and traces of that danger remain today. 22-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh runs a school for girls in Afghanistan. She celebrates the power of a family's decision to believe in their daughters \u2014 and tells the story of one brave father who stood up to local threats. (Filmed at TEDxWomen)\n", "title": "\nDare to educate Afghan girls\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/shabana_basij_rasikh_dare_to_educate_afghan_girls", "views": 826102, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/education", "/topics/feminism", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/women", "/topics/yesallwomen"], "speaker": "Shabana Basij-Rasikh", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ashraf_ghani_on_rebuilding_broken_states", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_a_champion", "/talks/leymah_gbowee_unlock_the_intelligence_passion_greatness_of_girls", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nArtist Dianna Cohen shares some tough truths about plastic pollution in the ocean and in our lives \u2014 and some thoughts on how to free ourselves from the plastic gyre.\n", "title": "\nTough truths about plastic pollution\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dianna_cohen_tough_truths_about_plastic_pollution", "views": 598917, "related_tags": ["/topics/consumerism", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/green", "/topics/mission+blue", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/plastic"], "speaker": "Dianna Cohen", "related_videos": ["/talks/capt_charles_moore_on_the_seas_of_plastic", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/chris_jordan_pictures_some_shocking_stats", "/talks/van_jones_the_economic_injustice_of_plastic", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nA skyrocketing demand for food means that agriculture has become the largest driver of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental destruction. Jonathan Foley shows why we desperately need to begin \"terraculture\" \u2014 farming for the whole planet.\n", "title": "\nThe other inconvenient truth\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_foley_the_other_inconvenient_truth", "views": 618349, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/agriculture", "/topics/environment", "/topics/global+issues"], "speaker": "Jonathan Foley", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/marcel_dicke_why_not_eat_insects", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jared_diamond_on_why_societies_collapse", "/talks/al_gore_on_averting_climate_crisis", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nUsing three iPods like magical props, Marco Tempest spins a clever, surprisingly heartfelt meditation on truth and lies, art and emotion. \n", "title": "\nThe magic of truth and lies (and iPods)\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/marco_tempest_the_magic_of_truth_and_lies_on_ipods", "views": 5273898, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/illusion", "/topics/magic", "/topics/music", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Marco Tempest", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/lennart_green_does_close_up_card_magic", "/talks/keith_barry_does_brain_magic", "/talks/golan_levin_ted2009", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nAt TED2009, Al Gore presents updated slides from around the globe to make the case that worrying climate trends are even worse than scientists predicted, and to make clear his stance on \"clean coal.\"\n", "title": "\nWhat comes after An Inconvenient Truth?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_warns_on_latest_climate_trends", "views": 711059, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/alternative+energy", "/topics/biosphere", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/energy", "/topics/environment", "/topics/presentation", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Al Gore", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/shai_agassi_on_electric_cars", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/al_gore_on_averting_climate_crisis", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/al_gore_s_new_thinking_on_the_climate_crisis"]},
{"description": "\nArmed with a sense of humor and laypeople's terms, Nobel winner Murray Gell-Mann drops some knowledge on TEDsters about particle physics, asking questions like, Are elegant equations more likely to be right than inelegant ones? \n", "title": "\nBeauty, truth and ... physics?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/murray_gell_mann_on_beauty_and_truth_in_physics", "views": 1070662, "related_tags": ["/topics/string+theory", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/physics", "/topics/science", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Murray Gell-Mann", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/brian_cox_on_cern_s_supercollider", "/talks/david_deutsch_on_our_place_in_the_cosmos", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/james_watson_on_how_he_discovered_dna"]},
{"description": "\nWhat we think of as 3D printing, says Joseph DeSimone, is really just 2D printing over and over ... slowly. Onstage at TED2015, he unveils a bold new technique \u2014 inspired, yes, by Terminator 2 \u2014 that's 25 to 100 times faster, and creates smooth, strong parts. Could it finally help to fulfill the tremendous promise of 3D printing?\n", "title": "\nWhat if 3D printing was 100x faster?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/joe_desimone_what_if_3d_printing_was_25x_faster", "views": 2037829, "related_tags": ["/topics/demo", "/topics/design", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Joseph DeSimone", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/skylar_tibbits_the_emergence_of_4d_printing", "/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney", "/talks/klaus_stadlmann_the_world_s_smallest_3d_printer", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn a lively show, mathemagician Arthur Benjamin races a team of calculators to figure out 3-digit squares, solves another massive mental equation and guesses a few birthdays. How does he do it? He\u2019ll tell you.\n", "title": "\nA performance of \"Mathemagic\"\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/arthur_benjamin_does_mathemagic", "views": 7621800, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/education", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/magic", "/topics/math", "/topics/performance"], "speaker": "Arthur Benjamin", "related_videos": ["/talks/lennart_green_does_close_up_card_magic", "/talks/keith_barry_does_brain_magic", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali", "/talks/al_seckel_says_our_brains_are_mis_wired", "/talks/aomawa_shields_how_we_ll_find_life_on_other_planets"]},
{"description": "\nHugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, robotic prosthetics inspired by nature's own designs. Herr lost both legs in a climbing accident 30 years ago; now, as the head of the MIT Media Lab\u2019s Biomechatronics group, he shows his incredible technology in a talk that's both technical and deeply personal \u2014 with the help of ballroom dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis, who lost her left leg in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, and performs again for the first time on the TED stage.\n", "title": "\nThe new bionics that let us run, climb and dance\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/hugh_herr_the_new_bionics_that_let_us_run_climb_and_dance", "views": 5318975, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/dance", "/topics/exoskeleton", "/topics/prosthetics", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Hugh Herr", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/todd_kuiken_a_prosthetic_arm_that_feels", "/talks/janine_shepherd_a_broken_body_isn_t_a_broken_person", "/talks/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_aesthetics", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nNilofer Merchant suggests a small idea that just might have a big impact on your life and health: Next time you have a one-on-one meeting, make it into a \"walking meeting\" \u2014 and let ideas flow while you walk and talk.\n", "title": "\nGot a meeting? Take a walk\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/nilofer_merchant_got_a_meeting_take_a_walk", "views": 2158943, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/communication", "/topics/health"], "speaker": "Nilofer Merchant", "related_videos": ["/talks/cameron_herold_let_s_raise_kids_to_be_entrepreneurs", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/arianna_huffington_how_to_succeed_get_more_sleep", "/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together"]},
{"description": "\nStacey Kramer offers a moving, personal, 3-minute parable that shows how an unwanted experience \u2014 frightening, traumatic, costly \u2014 can turn out to be a priceless gift.\n", "title": "\nThe best gift I ever survived\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/stacey_kramer_the_best_gift_i_ever_survived", "views": 2867360, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/cancer", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/personal+growth", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Stacey Kramer", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/randy_pausch_really_achieving_your_childhood_dreams", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nRives tells a typographical fairy tale that's short and bittersweet ;)\n", "title": "\nA story of mixed emoticons\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rives_tells_a_story_of_mixed_emoticons", "views": 1416628, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/humor", "/topics/love", "/topics/media", "/topics/poetry", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Rives", "related_videos": ["/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/stew_says_black_men_ski", "/talks/rives_controls_the_internet", "/talks/nora_york_sings_what_i_want", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nThe place that travel writer Pico Iyer would most like to go? Nowhere. In a counterintuitive and lyrical meditation, Iyer takes a look at the incredible insight that comes with taking time for stillness. In our world of constant movement and distraction, he teases out strategies we all can use to take back a few minutes out of every day, or a few days out of every season. It\u2019s the talk for anyone who feels overwhelmed by the demands for our world.\n", "title": "\nThe art of stillness\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/pico_iyer_the_art_of_stillness", "views": 2014361, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+books", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/meditation", "/topics/mindfulness", "/topics/peace", "/topics/productivity", "/topics/travel"], "speaker": "Pico Iyer", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness", "/talks/andy_puddicombe_all_it_takes_is_10_mindful_minutes", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/pico_iyer_where_is_home", "/talks/melvin_russell_i_love_being_a_police_officer_but_we_need_reform", "/talks/ole_scheeren_why_great_architecture_should_tell_a_story"]},
{"description": "\n\u201cThe world needs you, badly,\u201d begins celebrated biologist E.O. Wilson in his letter to a young scientist. Previewing his upcoming book, he gives advice collected from a lifetime of experience \u2014 reminding us that wonder and creativity are the center of the scientific life. (Filmed at TEDMED.)\n", "title": "\nAdvice to young scientists\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/e_o_wilson_advice_to_young_scientists", "views": 885401, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+prize", "/topics/education", "/topics/failure", "/topics/math", "/topics/science", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/student", "/topics/success", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "E.O. Wilson", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/taylor_wilson_yup_i_built_a_nuclear_fusion_reactor", "/talks/beeban_kidron_the_shared_wonder_of_film", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/dave_eggers_makes_his_ted_prize_wish_once_upon_a_school", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nFifty-three years ago, James A. White Sr. joined the US Air Force. But as an African American man, he had to go to shocking lengths to find a place for his young family to live nearby. He tells this powerful story about the lived experience of \"everyday racism\" \u2014 and how it echoes today in the way he's had to teach his grandchildren to interact with police. \n", "title": "\nThe little problem I had renting a house\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/james_a_white_sr_the_little_problem_i_had_renting_a_house", "views": 1149674, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/inequality", "/topics/race", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/society"], "speaker": "James A. White Sr.", "related_videos": ["/talks/nate_silver_on_race_and_politics", "/talks/verna_myers_how_to_overcome_our_biases_walk_boldly_toward_them", "/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nRita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, \"They don't pay me to like the kids.\" Her response: \"Kids don't learn from people they don\u2019t like.\u2019\u201d A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.\n", "title": "\nEvery kid needs a champion\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_a_champion", "views": 5307589, "related_tags": ["/topics/children", "/topics/education", "/topics/motivation"], "speaker": "Rita F. Pierson", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/stephen_ritz_a_teacher_growing_green_in_the_south_bronx", "/talks/tyler_dewitt_hey_science_teachers_make_it_fun", "/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity"]},
{"description": "\nPakistani educator Ziauddin Yousafzai reminds the world of a simple truth that many don\u2019t want to hear: Women and men deserve equal opportunities for education, autonomy, an independent identity. He tells stories from his own life and the life of his daughter, Malala, who was shot by the Taliban in 2012 simply for daring to go to school. \"Why is my daughter so strong?\u201d Yousafzai asks. \u201cBecause I didn\u2019t clip her wings.\"\n", "title": "\nMy daughter, Malala\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ziauddin_yousafzai_my_daughter_malala", "views": 1712797, "related_tags": ["/topics/education", "/topics/family", "/topics/feminism", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/women", "/topics/yesallwomen"], "speaker": "Ziauddin Yousafzai", "related_videos": ["/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/leymah_gbowee_unlock_the_intelligence_passion_greatness_of_girls", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/manal_al_sharif_a_saudi_woman_who_dared_to_drive", "/talks/kakenya_ntaiya_a_girl_who_demanded_school"]},
{"description": "\nYou've never seen buildings like this. The stunning bamboo homes built by Elora Hardy and her team in Bali twist, curve and surprise at every turn. They defy convention because the bamboo itself is so enigmatic. No two poles of bamboo are alike, so every home, bridge and bathroom is exquisitely unique. In this beautiful, immersive talk, she shares the potential of bamboo, as both a sustainable resource and a spark for the imagination. \"We have had to invent our own rules,\" she says.\n", "title": "\nMagical houses, made of bamboo\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/elora_hardy_magical_houses_made_of_bamboo", "views": 2301483, "related_tags": ["/topics/architecture", "/topics/design", "/topics/sustainability"], "speaker": "Elora Hardy", "related_videos": ["/talks/john_hardy_my_green_school_dream", "/talks/marc_kushner_why_the_buildings_of_the_future_will_be_shaped_by_you", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nMorgana Bailey has been hiding her true self for 16 years. In a brave talk, she utters four words that might not seem like a big deal to some, but to her have been paralyzing. Why speak up? Because she\u2019s realized that her silence has personal, professional and societal consequences. In front of an audience of her co-workers, she reflects on what it means to fear the judgment of others, and how it makes us judge ourselves.\n", "title": "\nThe danger of hiding who you are\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/morgana_bailey_the_danger_of_hiding_who_you_are", "views": 2316736, "related_tags": ["/topics/lgbt", "/topics/business", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Morgana Bailey", "related_videos": ["/talks/io_tillett_wright_fifty_shades_of_gay", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/lz_granderson_the_myth_of_the_gay_agenda"]},
{"description": "\nYou're not at your best when you're stressed. In fact, your brain has evolved over millennia to release cortisol in stressful situations, inhibiting rational, logical thinking but potentially helping you survive, say, being attacked by a lion. Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin thinks there's a way to avoid making critical mistakes in stressful situations, when your thinking becomes clouded \u2014 the pre-mortem. \"We all are going to fail now and then,\" he says. \"The idea is to think ahead to what those failures might be.\"\n", "title": "\nHow to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_levitin_how_to_stay_calm_when_you_know_you_ll_be_stressed", "views": 3422798, "related_tags": ["/topics/brain", "/topics/cognitive+science", "/topics/health", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/memory", "/topics/mental+health", "/topics/neuroscience"], "speaker": "Daniel Levitin", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/david_anderson_your_brain_is_more_than_a_bag_of_chemicals", "/talks/sandrine_thuret_you_can_grow_new_brain_cells_here_s_how"]},
{"description": "\nSome of us learn best in the classroom, and some of us ... well, we don't. But we still love to learn \u2014 we just need to find the way that works for us. In this charming, personal talk, author John Green shares the community of learning that he found in online video.\n", "title": "\nThe nerd's guide to learning everything online\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/john_green_the_nerd_s_guide_to_learning_everything_online", "views": 2528614, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/community", "/topics/education", "/topics/online+video"], "speaker": "John Green", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education", "/talks/chris_anderson_how_web_video_powers_global_innovation", "/talks/kevin_allocca_why_videos_go_viral", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nAt the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? For many, it\u2019s simply comfort, respect, love. BJ Miller is a palliative care physician at Zen Hospice Project who thinks deeply about how to create a dignified, graceful end of life for his patients. Take the time to savor this moving talk, which asks big questions about how we think on death and honor life.\n", "title": "\nWhat really matters at the end of life\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bj_miller_what_really_matters_at_the_end_of_life", "views": 3029817, "related_tags": ["/topics/death", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/health", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/life", "/topics/medicine"], "speaker": "BJ Miller", "related_videos": ["/talks/amanda_bennett_a_heroic_narrative_for_letting_go", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/stephen_cave_the_4_stories_we_tell_ourselves_about_death", "/talks/alison_killing_there_s_a_better_way_to_die_and_architecture_can_help"]},
{"description": "\nWe'll go to the doctor when we feel flu-ish or a nagging pain. So why don\u2019t we see a health professional when we feel emotional pain: guilt, loss, loneliness? Too many of us deal with common psychological-health issues on our own, says Guy Winch. But we don\u2019t have to. He makes a compelling case to practice emotional hygiene \u2014 taking care of our emotions, our minds, with the same diligence we take care of our bodies.\n", "title": "\nWhy we all need to practice emotional first aid\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/guy_winch_the_case_for_emotional_hygiene", "views": 3159960, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/health", "/topics/mental+health", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/self"], "speaker": "Guy Winch", "related_videos": ["/talks/esther_perel_the_secret_to_desire_in_a_long_term_relationship", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are"]},
{"description": "\nFinding the right mate is no cakewalk \u2014 but is it even mathematically likely? In a charming talk, mathematician Hannah Fry shows patterns in how we look for love, and gives her top three tips (verified by math!) for finding that special someone.\n", "title": "\nThe mathematics of love\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/hannah_fry_the_mathematics_of_love", "views": 3393426, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+books", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/love", "/topics/math", "/topics/statistics"], "speaker": "Hannah Fry", "related_videos": ["/talks/esther_perel_the_secret_to_desire_in_a_long_term_relationship", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/hannah_fry_is_life_really_that_complex", "/talks/amy_webb_how_i_hacked_online_dating", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nAll of us want to invent that game-changing product, launch that successful company, write that best-selling book. And yet so few of us actually do it. TED Fellow and Brazilian entrepreneur Bel Pesce breaks down five easy-to-believe myths that ensure your dream projects will never come to fruition.\n", "title": "\n5 ways to kill your dreams\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bel_pesce_5_ways_to_kill_your_dreams", "views": 3819152, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/entrepreneur", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/life"], "speaker": "Bel Pesce", "related_videos": ["/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action", "/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/larry_smith_why_you_will_fail_to_have_a_great_career", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhat really causes addiction \u2014 to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder why we treat addicts the way we do \u2014 and if there might be a better way. As he shares in this deeply personal talk, his questions took him around the world, and unearthed some surprising and hopeful ways of thinking about an age-old problem.\n", "title": "\nEverything you think you know about addiction is wrong\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong", "views": 4194926, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/policy", "/topics/society"], "speaker": "Johann Hari", "related_videos": ["/talks/ethan_nadelmann_why_we_need_to_end_the_war_on_drugs", "/talks/simon_anholt_which_country_does_the_most_good_for_the_world", "/talks/diana_laufenberg_3_ways_to_teach", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine"]},
{"description": "\nInfidelity is the ultimate betrayal. But does it have to be? Relationship therapist Esther Perel examines why people cheat, and unpacks why affairs are so traumatic: because they threaten our emotional security. In infidelity, she sees something unexpected \u2014 an expression of longing and loss. A must-watch for anyone who has ever cheated or been cheated on, or who simply wants a new framework for understanding relationships.\n", "title": "\nRethinking infidelity ... a talk for anyone who has ever loved\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/esther_perel_rethinking_infidelity_a_talk_for_anyone_who_has_ever_loved", "views": 4542309, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/love", "/topics/relationships", "/topics/sex"], "speaker": "Esther Perel", "related_videos": ["/talks/esther_perel_the_secret_to_desire_in_a_long_term_relationship", "/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/yann_dall_aglio_love_you_re_doing_it_wrong", "/talks/helen_fisher_tells_us_why_we_love_cheat", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
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{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_kay_if_i_should_have_a_daughter", "http://www.ted.com/talks/shane_koyczan_to_this_day_for_the_bullied_and_beautiful", "http://www.ted.com/talks/rives_on_4_a_m", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jamila_lyiscott_3_ways_to_speak_english", "http://www.ted.com/talks/anna_deavere_smith_s_american_character", "http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jones_as_a_one_woman_global_village", "http://www.ted.com/talks/suheir_hammad_poems_of_war_peace_women_power", "http://www.ted.com/talks/marco_tempest_the_electric_rise_and_fall_of_nikola_tesla", "http://www.ted.com/talks/carmen_agra_deedy_spins_stories"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/87/spoken_word_fireworks", "title": "\nSpoken-word fireworks\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion", "http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_gupta_and_joshua_roman_duet_on_passacaglia", "http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_tilson_thomas_music_and_emotion_through_time", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_lin_improvs_piano_magic", "http://www.ted.com/talks/maya_beiser_s_and_her_cello_s", "http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_paravicini_and_adam_ockelford_in_the_key_of_genius", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ji_hae_park_the_violin_and_my_dark_night_of_the_soul", "http://www.ted.com/talks/daria_van_den_bercken_why_i_take_the_piano_on_the_road_and_in_the_air", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ahn_trio_a_modern_take_on_piano_violin_cello", "http://www.ted.com/talks/charles_hazlewood"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/302/for_classical_music_lovers", "title": "\nFor classical music lovers\n"},
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{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/seth_godin_on_sliced_bread", "http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates", "http://www.ted.com/talks/wael_ghonim_inside_the_egyptian_revolution", "http://www.ted.com/talks/sheryl_sandberg_why_we_have_too_few_women_leaders", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity", "http://www.ted.com/talks/sanjay_pradhan_how_open_data_is_changing_international_aid", "http://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_hawking_asks_big_questions_about_the_universe", "http://www.ted.com/talks/melinda_gates_let_s_put_birth_control_back_on_the_agenda"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/53/bono_8_talks_that_give_me_hop", "title": "\nBono: 8 talks that give me hope\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/jae_rhim_lee", "http://www.ted.com/talks/suzanne_lee_grow_your_own_clothes", "http://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_armstrong_architecture_that_repairs_itself", "http://www.ted.com/talks/brenda_brathwaite_gaming_for_understanding", "http://www.ted.com/talks/aaron_huey", "http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_whitacre_a_virtual_choir_2_000_voices_strong"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/57/bj%C3%B6rk_6_talks_that_are_music", "title": "\nBj\u00f6rk: 6 talks that are music to my ears\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jr_s_ted_prize_wish_use_art_to_turn_the_world_inside_out", "http://www.ted.com/talks/apollo_robbins_the_art_of_misdirection", "http://www.ted.com/talks/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_aesthetics", "http://www.ted.com/talks/charity_tilleman_dick_singing_after_a_double_lung_transplant", "http://www.ted.com/talks/dave_eggers_makes_his_ted_prize_wish_once_upon_a_school", "http://www.ted.com/talks/irwin_redlener_warns_of_nuclear_terrorism"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/145/david_blaine_my_favorite_talk", "title": "\nDavid Blaine: My favorite talks\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/pamelia_kurstin_plays_the_theremin", "http://www.ted.com/talks/joey_alexander_an_11_year_old_prodigy_performs_old_school_jazz", "http://www.ted.com/talks/kaki_king_rocks_out_to_pink_noise", "http://www.ted.com/talks/usman_riaz_and_preston_reed_a_young_guitarist_meets_his_hero", "http://www.ted.com/talks/natalie_macmaster_fiddles_in_reel_time", "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_holt_plays_mountain_music", "http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_gupta_and_joshua_roman_duet_on_passacaglia", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ahn_trio_a_modern_take_on_piano_violin_cello", "http://www.ted.com/talks/sivamani_rhythm_is_everything_everywhere", "http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_dolby_and_rachelle_garniez"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/18/virtuosos", "title": "\nLive music, onstage at TED\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/juan_enriquez_shares_mindboggling_new_science", "http://www.ted.com/talks/amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now", "http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_rees_asks_is_this_our_final_century", "http://www.ted.com/talks/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging", "http://www.ted.com/talks/stewart_brand_on_the_long_now", "http://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jones_what_does_the_future_hold_11_characters_offer_quirky_answers", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ray_kurzweil_get_ready_for_hybrid_thinking", "http://www.ted.com/talks/sebastian_thrun_google_s_driverless_car", "http://www.ted.com/talks/fei_fei_li_how_we_re_teaching_computers_to_understand_pictures", "http://www.ted.com/talks/nick_bostrom_what_happens_when_our_computers_get_smarter_than_we_are", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ian_goldin_navigating_our_global_future", "http://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_negroponte_in_1984_makes_5_predictions"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/85/what_does_the_future_look_like", "title": "\nWhat does the future look like?\n"},
{"description": "\nVincent Moon travels the world with a backpack and a camera, filming astonishing music and ritual the world rarely sees \u2014 from a powerful Sufi ritual in Chechnya to an ayahuasca journey in Peru. He hopes his films can help people see their own cultures in a new way, to make young people say: \"Whoa, my grandfather is as cool as Beyonc\u00e9.\" Followed by a mesmerizing performance by jazz icon Nan\u00e1 Vasconcelos.\n", "title": "\nHidden music rituals around the world\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/vincent_moon_and_nana_vasconcelos_the_world_s_hidden_music_rituals", "views": 881249, "related_tags": ["/topics/film", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music"], "speaker": "Vincent Moon", "related_videos": ["/talks/mac_barnett_why_a_good_book_is_a_secret_door", "/talks/jenni_chang_and_lisa_dazols_this_is_what_lgbt_life_is_like_around_the_world", "/talks/mark_ronson_how_sampling_transformed_music", "/talks/reggie_watts_disorients_you_in_the_most_entertaining_way", "/talks/tim_harford_how_messy_problems_can_inspire_creativity", "/talks/nicole_paris_and_ed_cage_a_beatboxing_lesson_from_a_father_daughter_duo"]},
{"description": "\nPlenty of good things are done in the name of religion, and plenty of bad things too. But what is religion, exactly \u2014 is it good or bad, in and of itself? Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah offers a generous, surprising view.\n", "title": "\nIs religion good or bad? (This is a trick question)\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kwame_anthony_appiah_is_religion_good_or_bad_this_is_a_trick_question", "views": 1389479, "related_tags": ["/topics/atheism", "/topics/faith", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/religion"], "speaker": "Kwame Anthony Appiah", "related_videos": ["/talks/dan_dennett_s_response_to_rick_warren", "/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness", "/talks/karen_armstrong_makes_her_ted_prize_wish_the_charter_for_compassion", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nThroughout human evolution, multiple versions of humans co-existed. Could we be mid-upgrade now? Juan Enriquez sweeps across time and space to bring us to the present moment \u2014 and shows how technology is revealing evidence that suggests rapid evolution may be under way.\n", "title": "\nWill our kids be a different species?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/juan_enriquez_will_our_kids_be_a_different_species", "views": 1687767, "related_tags": ["/topics/bioethics", "/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/brain", "/topics/culture", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/genetics", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Juan Enriquez", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/gregory_stock_to_upgrade_is_human", "/talks/juan_enriquez_shares_mindboggling_new_science", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/sandrine_thuret_you_can_grow_new_brain_cells_here_s_how"]},
{"description": "\nThe founder of Sirius XM satellite radio, Martine Rothblatt now heads up a drug company that makes life-saving medicines for rare diseases (including one drug that saved her own daughter's life). Meanwhile she is working to preserve the consciousness of the woman she loves in a digital file ... and a companion robot. In an onstage conversation with TED's Chris Anderson, Rothblatt shares her powerful story of love, identity, creativity, and limitless possibility.\n", "title": "\nMy daughter, my wife, our robot, and the quest for immortality\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/martine_rothblatt_my_daughter_my_wife_our_robot_and_the_quest_for_immortality", "views": 1074467, "related_tags": ["/topics/gender+spectrum", "/topics/transgender", "/topics/biotech", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/identity", "/topics/love", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/robots", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Martine Rothblatt", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/io_tillett_wright_fifty_shades_of_gay", "/talks/ray_kurzweil_get_ready_for_hybrid_thinking", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/david_hanson_robots_that_relate_to_you", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nMegan Washington is one of Australia's premier singer/songwriters. And, since childhood, she has had a stutter. In this bold and personal talk, she reveals how she copes with this speech impediment\u2014from avoiding the letter combination \u201cst\u201d to tricking her brain by changing her words at the last minute to, yes, singing the things she has to say rather than speaking them.\r\n\n", "title": "\nWhy I live in mortal dread of public speaking\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/megan_washington_why_i_live_in_mortal_dread_of_public_speaking", "views": 1409513, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/disability", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/media", "/topics/music", "/topics/speech"], "speaker": "Megan Washington", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/joe_kowan_how_i_beat_stage_fright", "/talks/imogen_heap_wait", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/roger_ebert_remaking_my_voice"]},
{"description": "\nEven a death-defying magician has to start somewhere. High-wire artist Philippe Petit takes you on an intimate journey from his first card trick at age 6 to his tightrope walk between the Twin Towers.\n", "title": "\nThe journey across the high wire\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/philippe_petit_the_journey_across_the_high_wire", "views": 556144, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/magic", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Philippe Petit", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/marco_tempest_a_magical_tale_with_augmented_reality", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/david_blaine_how_i_held_my_breath_for_17_min", "/talks/pilobolus_perform_symbiosis", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nWhat can economists learn from linguists? Behavioral economist Keith Chen introduces a fascinating pattern from his research: that languages without a concept for the future \u2014 \"It rain tomorrow,\" instead of \"It will rain tomorrow\" \u2014 correlate strongly with high savings rates.\n", "title": "\nCould your language affect your ability to save money?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/keith_chen_could_your_language_affect_your_ability_to_save_money", "views": 1455228, "related_tags": ["/topics/behavioral+economics", "/topics/business", "/topics/data", "/topics/economics", "/topics/language"], "speaker": "Keith Chen", "related_videos": ["/talks/yanis_varoufakis_capitalism_will_eat_democracy_unless_we_speak_up", "/talks/hans_rosling_religions_and_babies", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/steven_pinker_on_language_and_thought", "/talks/mark_pagel_how_language_transformed_humanity"]},
{"description": "\nIn this unmissable look at the magic of comics, Scott McCloud bends the presentation format into a cartoon-like experience, where colorful diversions whiz through childhood fascinations and imagined futures that our eyes can hear and touch.\n", "title": "\nThe visual magic of comics\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/scott_mccloud_on_comics", "views": 876431, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/books", "/topics/children", "/topics/computers", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/future", "/topics/history"], "speaker": "Scott McCloud", "related_videos": ["/talks/david_macaulay_s_rome_antics", "/talks/kevin_kelly_on_the_next_5_000_days_of_the_web", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ze_frank_s_nerdcore_comedy", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nPhotographer Rick Smolan tells the unforgettable story of a young Amerasian girl, a fateful photograph, and an adoption saga with a twist.\n", "title": "\nThe story of a girl\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rick_smolan_tells_the_story_of_a_girl", "views": 1009051, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/children", "/topics/family", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/media", "/topics/photography", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Rick Smolan", "related_videos": ["/talks/david_griffin_on_how_photography_connects", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/chris_jordan_pictures_some_shocking_stats", "/talks/phil_borges_on_endangered_cultures", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nStoryteller Carmen Agra Deedy spins a funny, wise and luminous tale of parents and kids, starring her Cuban mother. Settle in and enjoy the ride \u2014 Mama's driving!\n", "title": "\nOnce upon a time, my mother ...\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/carmen_agra_deedy_spins_stories", "views": 546733, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/children", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/memory", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Carmen Agra Deedy", "related_videos": ["/talks/aomawa_shields_how_we_ll_find_life_on_other_planets", "/talks/anna_deavere_smith_s_american_character", "/talks/julia_sweeney_on_letting_go_of_god", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/rives_controls_the_internet", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life"]},
{"description": "\nConductor Charles Hazlewood talks about the role of trust in musical leadership \u2014 then shows how it works, as he conducts the Scottish Ensemble onstage. He also shares clips from two musical projects: the opera \"U-Carmen eKhayelitsha\" and the ParaOrchestra.\n", "title": "\nTrusting the ensemble\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/charles_hazlewood", "views": 463790, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/conducting", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/music"], "speaker": "Charles Hazlewood", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/tod_machover_and_dan_ellsey_play_new_music", "/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors", "/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nKaki King, the first female on Rolling Stone's \"guitar god\" list, rocks out to a full live set at TED2008, including her breakout single, \"Playing with Pink Noise.\" Jaw-dropping virtuosity meets a guitar technique that truly stands out.\n", "title": "\nPlaying \"Pink Noise\" on guitar\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kaki_king_rocks_out_to_pink_noise", "views": 921705, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/guitar", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance", "/topics/singer"], "speaker": "Kaki King", "related_videos": ["/talks/raul_midon_plays_all_the_answers_and_tembererana", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/nellie_mckay_sings_clonie_1", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/natalie_macmaster_fiddles_in_reel_time"]},
{"description": "\nContraception. The topic has become controversial in recent years. But should it be? Melinda Gates believes that many of the world's social change issues depend on ensuring that women are able to control their rate of having kids. In this significant talk at TEDxChange, she makes the case for the world to re-examine an issue she intends to lend her voice to for the next decade.\n", "title": "\nLet's put birth control back on the agenda\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/melinda_gates_let_s_put_birth_control_back_on_the_agenda", "views": 1066169, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/population", "/topics/sex"], "speaker": "Melinda Gates", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/elizabeth_pisani_sex_drugs_and_hiv_let_s_get_rational_1", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/mechai_viravaidya_how_mr_condom_made_thailand_a_better_place", "/talks/bill_and_melinda_gates_why_giving_away_our_wealth_has_been_the_most_satisfying_thing_we_ve_done"]},
{"description": "\nIn a moving and madly viral video last year, composer Eric Whitacre led a virtual choir of singers from around the world. He talks through the creative challenges of making music powered by YouTube, and unveils the first 2 minutes of his new work, \"Sleep,\" with a video choir of 2,052. The full piece premiered a few weeks later (yes, on YouTube!).\n", "title": "\nA virtual choir 2,000 voices strong\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/eric_whitacre_a_virtual_choir_2_000_voices_strong", "views": 3168311, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/conducting", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/music", "/topics/online+video"], "speaker": "Eric Whitacre", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/chris_anderson_how_web_video_powers_global_innovation", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/adam_sadowsky_engineers_a_viral_music_video", "/talks/naturally_7_jams_fly_baby_with_an_orchestra_of_vocals", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nThe face of nuclear terror has changed since the Cold War, but disaster-medicine expert Irwin Redlener reminds us the threat is still real. He looks at some of history's farcical countermeasures and offers practical advice on how to survive an attack.\n", "title": "\nHow to survive a nuclear attack\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/irwin_redlener_warns_of_nuclear_terrorism", "views": 576438, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/history", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/technology", "/topics/war"], "speaker": "Irwin Redlener", "related_videos": ["/talks/thomas_barnett_draws_a_new_map_for_peace", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/stephen_petranek_counts_down_to_armageddon", "/talks/cameron_sinclair_on_open_source_architecture"]},
{"description": "\nFeaturing the vocals and mischievous bell-playing of accordionist and singer Rachelle Garniez, the TED House Band \u2014 led by Thomas Dolby on keyboard \u2014 delivers this delightful rendition of the Edith Piaf standard \"La Vie en Rose.\"\n", "title": "\n\"La Vie en Rose\"\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_dolby_and_rachelle_garniez", "views": 397704, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance"], "speaker": "Thomas Dolby", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jill_sobule_sings_to_al_gore", "/talks/rives_remixes_ted2006", "/talks/ze_frank_s_nerdcore_comedy", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nAs globalization and technological advances bring us hurtling towards a new integrated future, Ian Goldin warns that not all people may benefit equally. But, he says, if we can recognize this danger, we might yet realize the possibility of improved life for everyone.\n", "title": "\nNavigating our global future\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ian_goldin_navigating_our_global_future", "views": 986379, "related_tags": ["/topics/development", "/topics/economics", "/topics/future", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/inequality", "/topics/technology", "/topics/third+world"], "speaker": "Ian Goldin", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/bjorn_lomborg_sets_global_priorities", "/talks/martin_rees_asks_is_this_our_final_century", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/stephen_petranek_counts_down_to_armageddon"]},
{"description": "\nSpeaking as both an astronomer and \"a concerned member of the human race,\" Sir Martin Rees examines our planet and its future from a cosmic perspective. He urges action to prevent dark consequences from our scientific and technological development.\n", "title": "\nIs this our final century?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_rees_asks_is_this_our_final_century", "views": 1872082, "related_tags": ["/topics/astronomy", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/complexity", "/topics/cosmos", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/science", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/technology", "/topics/time", "/topics/universe"], "speaker": "Martin Rees", "related_videos": ["/talks/jared_diamond_on_why_societies_collapse", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/robert_wright_on_optimism", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/stephen_petranek_counts_down_to_armageddon"]},
{"description": "\nTechnology is evolving us, says Amber Case, as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens. We now rely on \"external brains\" (cell phones and computers) to communicate, remember, even live out secondary lives. But will these machines ultimately connect or conquer us? Case offers surprising insight into our cyborg selves.\n", "title": "\nWe are all cyborgs now\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now", "views": 1325918, "related_tags": ["/topics/anthropology", "/topics/computers", "/topics/culture", "/topics/cyborg", "/topics/future", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Amber Case", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/david_hanson_robots_that_relate_to_you", "/talks/kevin_kelly_on_how_technology_evolves", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will_transform_us"]},
{"description": "\nPercussionist Sivamani delivers one of TED's liveliest and most inventive performances yet. He uses traditional Western and Eastern instruments to create a rhythmic tour de force, along with a tub of water, corrugated metal, spoons, luggage, our stage props and even a little audience participation.\n", "title": "\nRhythm is everything, everywhere\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/sivamani_rhythm_is_everything_everywhere", "views": 502168, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance"], "speaker": "Sivamani", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/vishal_vaid_s_hypnotic_song", "/talks/emmanuel_jal_the_music_of_a_war_child", "/talks/naturally_7_jams_fly_baby_with_an_orchestra_of_vocals", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nFolk musician and storyteller David Holt plays the banjo and shares photographs and old wisdom from the Appalachian Mountains. He also demonstrates some unusual instruments like the mouth bow \u2014 and a surprising electric drum kit he calls \"thunderwear.\"\n", "title": "\nThe joyful tradition of mountain music\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_holt_plays_mountain_music", "views": 442326, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/invention", "/topics/music", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "David Holt", "related_videos": ["/talks/stewart_brand_on_squatter_cities", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/natalie_macmaster_and_donnell_leahy_play_the_cape_breton_fiddle", "/talks/nellie_mckay_sings_the_dog_song"]},
{"description": "\nViolinist Natalie MacMaster and TED Musical Director Thomas Dolby play Dolby\u2019s original song \u201cBlue Is a River\u201d in this ethereal duet \u2014 with a little dancing.\n", "title": "\nCape Breton fiddling in reel time\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/natalie_macmaster_fiddles_in_reel_time", "views": 647108, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/history", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance", "/topics/violin"], "speaker": "Natalie MacMaster", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ethel_performs_blue_room", "/talks/sirena_huang_dazzles_on_violin", "/talks/tim_harford_how_messy_problems_can_inspire_creativity", "/talks/nellie_mckay_sings_feminists_and_if_i_had_you", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nUsman Riaz is a 21-year-old whiz at the percussive guitar, a style he learned to play by watching his heroes on YouTube. The TED Fellow plays onstage at TEDGlobal 2012 \u2014 followed by a jawdropping solo from the master of percussive guitar, Preston Reed. And watch these two guitarists take on a very spur-of-the-moment improv.\n", "title": "\nA young guitarist meets his hero\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/usman_riaz_and_preston_reed_a_young_guitarist_meets_his_hero", "views": 2320377, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music"], "speaker": "Preston Reed", "related_videos": ["/talks/vusi_mahlasela_s_encore_at_tedglobal2007", "/talks/raul_midon_plays_all_the_answers_and_tembererana", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life", "/talks/kaki_king_rocks_out_to_pink_noise", "/talks/tim_harford_how_messy_problems_can_inspire_creativity", "/talks/aomawa_shields_how_we_ll_find_life_on_other_planets"]},
{"description": "\nVirtuoso Pamelia Kurstin performs and discusses her theremin, the not-just-for-sci-fi electronic instrument that is played without being touched. Songs include \"Autumn Leaves,\" \"Lush Life\" and David Mash\u2019s \"Listen, Words Are Gone.\"\n", "title": "\nThe untouchable music of the theremin\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/pamelia_kurstin_plays_the_theremin", "views": 1427276, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Pamelia Kurstin", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/bruno_bowden_folds_while_rufus_cappadocia_plays", "/talks/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/natalie_macmaster_fiddles_in_reel_time"]},
{"description": "\nYou'll never sing again, said her doctor. But in a story from the very edge of medical possibility, operatic soprano Charity Tillemann-Dick tells a double story of survival \u2014 of her body, from a double lung transplant, and of her spirit, fueled by an unwavering will to sing. A powerful story from TEDMED 2010.\n", "title": "\nSinging after a double lung transplant\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/charity_tilleman_dick_singing_after_a_double_lung_transplant", "views": 477934, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/music", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Charity Tillemann-Dick", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/brian_goldman_doctors_make_mistakes_can_we_talk_about_that", "/talks/anthony_atala_growing_organs_engineering_tissue", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/atul_gawande_how_do_we_heal_medicine"]},
{"description": "\nAthlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs \u2014 she's got a dozen amazing pairs \u2014 and the superpowers they grant her: speed, beauty, an extra 6 inches of height ... Quite simply, she redefines what the body can be.\n", "title": "\nMy 12 pairs of legs\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_aesthetics", "views": 3106413, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/activism", "/topics/design", "/topics/fashion", "/topics/future", "/topics/prosthetics", "/topics/sports", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Aimee Mullins", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/aimee_mullins_on_running", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/isaac_mizrahi_on_fashion_and_creativity", "/talks/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nHailed as the greatest pickpocket in the world, Apollo Robbins studies the quirks of human behavior as he steals your watch. In a hilarious demonstration, Robbins samples the buffet of the TEDGlobal 2013 audience, showing how the flaws in our perception make it possible to swipe a wallet and leave it on its owner\u2019s shoulder while they remain clueless.\n", "title": "\nThe art of misdirection\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/apollo_robbins_the_art_of_misdirection", "views": 10194889, "related_tags": ["/topics/crime", "/topics/entertainment"], "speaker": "Apollo Robbins", "related_videos": ["/talks/black_my_journey_to_yo_yo_mastery", "/talks/beau_lotto_optical_illusions_show_how_we_see", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life", "/talks/melvin_russell_i_love_being_a_police_officer_but_we_need_reform", "/talks/marc_goodman_a_vision_of_crimes_in_the_future", "/talks/nicole_paris_and_ed_cage_a_beatboxing_lesson_from_a_father_daughter_duo"]},
{"description": "\nIt's never easy to get across the magnitude of complex tragedies \u2014 so when Brenda Romero's daughter came home from school asking about slavery, she did what she does for a living \u2014 she designed a game. She describes the surprising effectiveness of this game, and others, in helping the player really understand the story.\n", "title": "\nGaming for understanding\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/brenda_brathwaite_gaming_for_understanding", "views": 443082, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/gaming", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/history", "/topics/social+change"], "speaker": "Brenda Romero", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/steve_keil_a_manifesto_for_play_for_bulgaria_and_beyond", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/john_hunter_on_the_world_peace_game", "/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world"]},
{"description": "\nVenice is sinking. To save it, Rachel Armstrong says we need to outgrow architecture made of inert materials and, well, make architecture that grows itself. She proposes a not-quite-alive material that does its own repairs and sequesters carbon, too.\n", "title": "\nArchitecture that repairs itself?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_armstrong_architecture_that_repairs_itself", "views": 914964, "related_tags": ["/topics/architecture", "/topics/art", "/topics/biology", "/topics/design", "/topics/development", "/topics/life", "/topics/science", "/topics/sustainability", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Rachel Armstrong", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/bjarke_ingels_3_warp_speed_architecture_tales", "/talks/ron_eglash_on_african_fractals", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/juan_enriquez_wants_to_grow_energy"]},
{"description": "\nHere's a powerful provocation from artist Jae Rhim Lee. Can we commit our bodies to a cleaner, greener Earth, even after death? Naturally \u2014 using a special burial suit seeded with pollution-gobbling mushrooms. Yes, this just might be the strangest TEDTalk you'll ever see ...\n", "title": "\nMy mushroom burial suit\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jae_rhim_lee", "views": 1264992, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/arts", "/topics/death", "/topics/design", "/topics/green", "/topics/invention"], "speaker": "Jae Rhim Lee", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/aaron_koblin", "/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will_transform_us"]},
{"description": "\nThe music industry has sometimes struggled to find its feet in the digital world. In this lovely talk, TED Fellow Ryan Holladay tells us why he is experimenting with what he describes as \"location-aware music.\" This programming and musical feat involves hundreds of geotagged segments of sounds that only play when a listener is physically nearby. (Filmed at TED@BCG.)\n", "title": "\nTo hear this music you have to be there. Literally\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ryan_holladay_to_hear_this_music_you_have_to_be_there_literally", "views": 1226949, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/music", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Ryan Holladay", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/aaron_koblin", "/talks/amanda_palmer_the_art_of_asking", "/talks/reggie_watts_disorients_you_in_the_most_entertaining_way", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nMark Applebaum writes music that breaks the rules in fantastic ways, composing a concerto for a florist and crafting a musical instrument from junk and found objects. This quirky talk might just inspire you to shake up the \u201crules\u201d of your own creative work. (Filmed at TEDxStanford.)\n", "title": "\nThe mad scientist of music\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_applebaum_the_mad_scientist_of_music", "views": 1829783, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/art", "/topics/composing", "/topics/music"], "speaker": "Mark Applebaum", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/claron_mcfadden_singing_the_primal_mystery", "/talks/adam_sadowsky_engineers_a_viral_music_video", "/talks/aparna_rao_high_tech_art_with_a_sense_of_humor", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nAs his career grew, David Byrne went from playing CBGB to Carnegie Hall. He asks: Does the venue make the music? From outdoor drumming to Wagnerian operas to arena rock, he explores how context has pushed musical innovation.\n", "title": "\nHow architecture helped music evolve\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_byrne_how_architecture_helped_music_evolve", "views": 1098244, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/arts", "/topics/future", "/topics/history", "/topics/music"], "speaker": "David Byrne", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/robert_gupta", "/talks/herbie_hancock_s_all_star_set", "/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nTED Fellow Abigail Washburn wanted to be a lawyer improving US-China relations \u2014 until she picked up a banjo. She tells a moving story of the remarkable connections she's formed touring across the United States and China while playing that banjo and singing in Chinese.\n", "title": "\nBuilding US-China relations ... by banjo\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/abigail_washburn_building_us_china_relations_by_banjo", "views": 935052, "related_tags": ["/topics/asia", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/china", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/music", "/topics/world+cultures"], "speaker": "Abigail Washburn", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/yang_lan", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/natalie_macmaster_fiddles_in_reel_time", "/talks/a_choir_as_big_as_the_internet", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nReady to dance in your seat? Drummer Clayton Cameron breaks down different genres of music\u2014from R&B to Latin to pop\u2014by their beats. A talk that proves hip hop and jazz aren't cooler than math\u2014they simply rely on it.\n", "title": "\nA-rhythm-etic. The math behind the beats\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/clayton_cameron_a_rhythm_etic_the_math_behind_the_beats", "views": 1253832, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedyouth", "/topics/math", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance"], "speaker": "Clayton Cameron", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/jill_heinerth_the_mysterious_world_of_underwater_caves", "/talks/arthur_benjamin_does_mathemagic", "/talks/conrad_wolfram_teaching_kids_real_math_with_computers", "/talks/reggie_watts_disorients_you_in_the_most_entertaining_way", "/talks/tim_harford_how_messy_problems_can_inspire_creativity"]},
{"description": "\nSampling isn't about \"hijacking nostalgia wholesale,\" says Mark Ronson. It's about inserting yourself into the narrative of a song while also pushing that story forward. In this mind-blowingly original talk, watch the DJ scramble 15 TED Talks into an audio-visual omelette, and trace the evolution of \"La Di Da Di,\" Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick's 1984 hit that has been reimagined for every generation since. \r\n\n", "title": "\nHow sampling transformed music\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_ronson_how_sampling_transformed_music", "views": 2511593, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance"], "speaker": "Mark Ronson", "related_videos": ["/talks/kirby_ferguson_embrace_the_remix", "/talks/kaki_king_a_musical_escape_into_a_world_of_light_and_color", "/talks/sarah_jones_what_does_the_future_hold_11_characters_offer_quirky_answers", "/talks/reggie_watts_disorients_you_in_the_most_entertaining_way", "/talks/tim_harford_how_messy_problems_can_inspire_creativity", "/talks/nicole_paris_and_ed_cage_a_beatboxing_lesson_from_a_father_daughter_duo"]},
{"description": "\nThe three Ahn sisters (cellist Maria, pianist Lucia, violinist Angella) breathe new life into the piano trio with their passionate musicmaking. At TEDWomen, they start with the bright and poppy \"Skylife,\" by David Balakrishnan, then play a gorgeous, slinky version of \"Oblivion,\" by Astor Piazzolla.\n", "title": "\nA modern take on piano, violin, cello\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ahn_trio_a_modern_take_on_piano_violin_cello", "views": 679309, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/live+music"], "speaker": "Ahn Trio", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/ethel_performs_blue_room", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nPianist Daria van den Bercken fell in love with the baroque keyboard music of George Frideric Handel. Now, she aims to ignite this passion in others. In this talk, she plays us through the emotional roller coaster of his music \u2014 while sailing with her piano through the air, driving it down the street, and of course playing on the stage.\n", "title": "\nWhy I take the piano on the road \u2026 and in the air\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/daria_van_den_bercken_why_i_take_the_piano_on_the_road_and_in_the_air", "views": 844729, "related_tags": ["/topics/music", "/topics/piano"], "speaker": "Daria van den Bercken", "related_videos": ["/talks/kaki_king_a_musical_escape_into_a_world_of_light_and_color", "/talks/sleepy_man_banjo_boys_bluegrass_virtuosity_from_new_jersey", "/talks/john_walker_re_creates_great_performances", "/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion", "/talks/tim_harford_how_messy_problems_can_inspire_creativity", "/talks/nicole_paris_and_ed_cage_a_beatboxing_lesson_from_a_father_daughter_duo"]},
{"description": "\nIn her quest to become a world-famous violinist, Ji-Hae Park fell into a severe depression. Only music was able to lift her out again \u2014 showing her that her goal needn\u2019t be to play lofty concert halls, but instead to bring the wonder of the instrument to as many people as possible.\n", "title": "\nThe violin, and my dark night of the soul\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ji_hae_park_the_violin_and_my_dark_night_of_the_soul", "views": 2107697, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance"], "speaker": "Ji-Hae Park", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/robert_gupta_between_music_and_medicine", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/sirena_huang_dazzles_on_violin", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/andrew_bird_s_one_man_orchestra_of_the_imagination"]},
{"description": "\nBorn three and a half months prematurely, Derek Paravicini is blind and has severe autism. But with perfect pitch, innate talent and a lot of practice, he became an acclaimed concert pianist by the age of 10. Here, his longtime piano teacher, Adam Ockelford, explains his student\u2019s unique relationship to music, while Paravicini shows how he has ripped up the \"Chopsticks\" rule book. (Filmed at TEDxWarwick.)\n", "title": "\nIn the key of genius\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_paravicini_and_adam_ockelford_in_the_key_of_genius", "views": 1340957, "related_tags": ["/topics/autism+spectrum+disorder", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/disability", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music"], "speaker": "Derek Paravicini", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/john_walker_re_creates_great_performances", "/talks/jennifer_lin_improvs_piano_magic", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/faith_jegede_what_i_ve_learned_from_my_autistic_brothers"]},
{"description": "\nCellist Maya Beiser plays a gorgeous eight-part modern etude with seven copies of herself, and segues into a meditative music/video hybrid \u2014 using tech to create endless possibilities for transformative sound. Music is Steve Reich's \"Cello Counterpoint,\" with video from Bill Morrison, then David Lang's \"World to Come,\" with video by Irit Batsry.\n", "title": "\nA cello with many voices\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/maya_beiser_s_and_her_cello_s", "views": 882123, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Maya Beiser", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/onyx_ashanti_this_is_beatjazz", "/talks/ethel_performs_blue_room", "/talks/bruno_bowden_folds_while_rufus_cappadocia_plays", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn this epic overview, Michael Tilson Thomas traces the development of classical music through the development of written notation, the record, and the re-mix.\n", "title": "\nMusic and emotion through time\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_tilson_thomas_music_and_emotion_through_time", "views": 1062450, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/history", "/topics/music"], "speaker": "Michael Tilson Thomas", "related_videos": ["/talks/julian_treasure_the_4_ways_sound_affects_us", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/neil_macgregor_2600_years_of_history_in_one_object", "/talks/david_byrne_how_architecture_helped_music_evolve", "/talks/tim_harford_how_messy_problems_can_inspire_creativity", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nIt's a master class in collaboration as violinist Robert Gupta and cellist Joshua Roman perform Halvorsen's \"Passacaglia\" for violin and viola. Roman takes the viola part on his Stradivarius cello. It's powerful to watch the two musicians connect moment to moment (and recover from a mid-performance hiccup). The two are both TED Fellows, and their deep connection powers this sparkling duet. \n", "title": "\nOn violin and cello, \"Passacaglia\"\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_gupta_and_joshua_roman_duet_on_passacaglia", "views": 670767, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/live+music"], "speaker": "Robert Gupta", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/robert_gupta", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/bruno_bowden_folds_while_rufus_cappadocia_plays", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nBenjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it \u2014 and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections.\n", "title": "\nThe transformative power of classical music\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion", "views": 7572615, "related_tags": ["/topics/buddhism", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/conducting", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music"], "speaker": "Benjamin Zander", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/jennifer_lin_improvs_piano_magic", "/talks/sirena_huang_dazzles_on_violin", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen"]},
{"description": "\nCombining projection mapping and a pop-up book, Marco Tempest tells the visually arresting story of Nikola Tesla \u2014 called \u201cthe greatest geek who ever lived\u201d \u2014 from his triumphant invention of alternating current to his penniless last days.\n", "title": "\nThe electric rise and fall of Nikola Tesla\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/marco_tempest_the_electric_rise_and_fall_of_nikola_tesla", "views": 1617433, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/science", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Marco Tempest", "related_videos": ["/talks/frank_warren_half_a_million_secrets", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/marco_tempest_the_magic_of_truth_and_lies_on_ipods", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/aaron_o_connell_making_sense_of_a_visible_quantum_object", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nPoet Suheir Hammad performs two spine-tingling spoken-word pieces: \"What I Will\" and \"break (clustered)\" \u2014 meditations on war and peace, on women and power. Wait for the astonishing line: \"Do not fear what has blown up. If you must, fear the unexploded.\"\n", "title": "\nPoems of war, peace, women, power\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/suheir_hammad_poems_of_war_peace_women_power", "views": 515026, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/poetry", "/topics/war", "/topics/women"], "speaker": "Suheir Hammad", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nWriter and actor Anna Deavere Smith gives life to author Studs Terkel, convict Paulette Jenkins, a Korean shopkeeper and a bull rider, excerpts from her solo show \"On the Road: A Search for American Character.\"\n", "title": "\nFour American characters\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/anna_deavere_smith_s_american_character", "views": 841449, "related_tags": ["/topics/macarthur+grant", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/united+states", "/topics/arts", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/history", "/topics/interview", "/topics/performance", "/topics/performance+art", "/topics/race", "/topics/sports", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/theater"], "speaker": "Anna Deavere Smith", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/julia_sweeney_on_letting_go_of_god", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression", "/talks/rives_controls_the_internet"]},
{"description": "\nOn January 8, 2011, Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot in the head while meeting constituents in her home town of Tucson, Arizona. Her husband, the astronaut Mark Kelly, immediately flew to be by her side. In this emotional conversation with Pat Mitchell, the pair describe their lives both before and after the accident \u2014 and describe their views on responsible gun ownership.\n", "title": "\nBe passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/gabby_giffords_and_mark_kelly_be_passionate_be_courageous_be_your_best", "views": 974719, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/politics", "/topics/violence"], "speaker": "Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly", "related_videos": ["/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight", "/talks/yanis_varoufakis_capitalism_will_eat_democracy_unless_we_speak_up", "/talks/wael_ghonim_let_s_design_social_media_that_drives_real_change", "/talks/melvin_russell_i_love_being_a_police_officer_but_we_need_reform", "/talks/barry_schwartz_using_our_practical_wisdom", "/talks/ed_gavagan_a_story_about_knots_and_surgeons"]},
{"description": "\nA refugee now living in the US, Joseph Kim tells the story of his life in North Korea during the famine years. He's begun to create a new life \u2014 but he still searches for the family he lost.\n", "title": "\nThe family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained.\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/joseph_kim_the_family_i_lost_in_north_korea_and_the_family_i_gained", "views": 1626103, "related_tags": ["/topics/family", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/politics"], "speaker": "Joseph Kim", "related_videos": ["/talks/sophal_ear_escaping_the_khmer_rouge", "/talks/tan_le_my_immigration_story", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/hyeonseo_lee_my_escape_from_north_korea", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nOne day, Ed Gavagan was sitting on the subway, watching two young med students practicing their knots. And a powerful memory washed over him \u2014 of one shocking moment that changed his life forever. An unforgettable story of crime, skill and gratitude.\n", "title": "\nA story about knots and surgeons\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ed_gavagan_a_story_about_knots_and_surgeons", "views": 825631, "related_tags": ["/topics/new+york", "/topics/crime", "/topics/medicine", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/violence"], "speaker": "Ed Gavagan", "related_videos": ["/talks/anna_deavere_smith_s_american_character", "/talks/e_o_wilson_advice_to_young_scientists", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/david_hoffman_on_losing_everything"]},
{"description": "\nEven when our lives appear fine from the outside, locked within can be a world of quiet suffering, leading some to the decision to end their life. At TEDYou, JD Schramm asks us to break the silence surrounding suicide and suicide attempts, and to create much-needed resources to help people who reclaim their life after escaping death. Resources: http://t.co/wsNrY9C\n", "title": "\nBreak the silence for suicide attempt survivors\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jd_schramm", "views": 1465045, "related_tags": ["/topics/communication", "/topics/culture", "/topics/depression", "/topics/mental+health", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/suicide"], "speaker": "JD Schramm", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/sherwin_nuland_on_electroshock_therapy", "/talks/sherwin_nuland_on_hope", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/joel_burns_tells_gay_teens_it_gets_better", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn 2010, technologist Tan Le took the TEDGlobal stage to demo a powerful new interface. But now, at TEDxWomen, she tells a very personal story: the story of her family \u2014 mother, grandmother and sister \u2014 fleeing Vietnam and building a new life.\n", "title": "\nMy immigration story\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_my_immigration_story", "views": 876337, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/family", "/topics/immigration", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Tan Le", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/tan_le_a_headset_that_reads_your_brainwaves", "/talks/stacey_kramer_the_best_gift_i_ever_survived", "/talks/alberto_cairo_there_are_no_scraps_of_men", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nAlberto Cairo's clinics in Afghanistan used to close down during active fighting. Now, they stay open. In this powerful talk, Cairo tells the moving story of why \u2014 and how he found humanity and dignity in the midst of war.\n", "title": "\nThere are no scraps of men\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/alberto_cairo_there_are_no_scraps_of_men", "views": 700599, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/disability", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/poverty", "/topics/prosthetics", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/war", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Alberto Cairo", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dean_kamen_the_emotion_behind_invention", "/talks/hugh_herr_the_new_bionics_that_let_us_run_climb_and_dance", "/talks/inge_missmahl_brings_peace_to_the_minds_of_afghanistan", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nActor Thandie Newton tells the story of finding her \"otherness\" \u2014 first, as a child growing up in two distinct cultures, and then as an actor playing with many different selves. A warm, wise talk, fresh from stage at TEDGlobal 2011.\n", "title": "\nEmbracing otherness, embracing myself\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/thandie_newton_embracing_otherness_embracing_myself", "views": 2062312, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/self"], "speaker": "Thandie Newton", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability", "/talks/anna_deavere_smith_s_american_character", "/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nFor many years Sergeant Kevin Briggs had a dark, unusual, at times strangely rewarding job: He patrolled the southern end of San Francisco\u2019s Golden Gate Bridge, a popular site for suicide attempts. In a sobering, deeply personal talk Briggs shares stories from those he\u2019s spoken \u2014 and listened \u2014 to standing on the edge of life. He gives a powerful piece of advice to those with loved ones who might be contemplating suicide.\n", "title": "\nThe bridge between suicide and life\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_briggs_the_bridge_between_suicide_and_life", "views": 2134524, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/depression", "/topics/mental+health", "/topics/suicide"], "speaker": "Kevin Briggs", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/kevin_breel_confessions_of_a_depressed_comic", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/jd_schramm", "/talks/andrew_solomon_depression_the_secret_we_share", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nAs a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee thought her country was \u201cthe best on the planet.\u201d It wasn't until the famine of the 90s that she began to wonder. She escaped the country at 14, to begin a life in hiding, as a refugee in China. Hers is a harrowing, personal tale of survival and hope \u2014 and a powerful reminder of those who face constant danger, even when the border is far behind. \n", "title": "\nMy escape from North Korea\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/hyeonseo_lee_my_escape_from_north_korea", "views": 4952862, "related_tags": ["/topics/asia", "/topics/culture", "/topics/family", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/politics"], "speaker": "Hyeonseo Lee", "related_videos": ["/talks/sophal_ear_escaping_the_khmer_rouge", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/leslie_t_chang_the_voices_of_china_s_workers", "/talks/joseph_kim_the_family_i_lost_in_north_korea_and_the_family_i_gained"]},
{"description": "\nListening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel what others feel. Elif Shafak builds on this simple idea to argue that fiction can overcome identity politics.\n", "title": "\nThe politics of fiction\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction", "views": 1532189, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/novel", "/topics/politics", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/women"], "speaker": "Elif Shafak", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/chris_abani_on_the_stories_of_africa", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story", "/talks/yanis_varoufakis_capitalism_will_eat_democracy_unless_we_speak_up", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nFilmmaker Andrew Stanton (\"Toy Story,\" \"WALL-E\") shares what he knows about storytelling \u2014 starting at the end and working back to the beginning. Contains graphic language ... (Note: this talk is not available for download.)\n", "title": "\nThe clues to a great story\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_stanton_the_clues_to_a_great_story", "views": 2048459, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/film", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Andrew Stanton", "related_videos": ["/talks/james_cameron_before_avatar_a_curious_boy", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/shekhar_kapur_we_are_the_stories_we_tell_ourselves", "/talks/j_j_abrams_mystery_box", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nOur lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice \u2014 and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.\n", "title": "\nThe danger of a single story\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story", "views": 9935198, "related_tags": ["/topics/africa", "/topics/books", "/topics/culture", "/topics/identity", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/writing"], "speaker": "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/chris_abani_on_the_stories_of_africa", "/talks/ngozi_okonjo_iweala_on_doing_business_in_africa", "/talks/andrew_mwenda_takes_a_new_look_at_africa", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nWhich of the following is awesome: your lunch or the Great Pyramid of Giza? Comedian Jill Shargaa sounds a hilarious call for us to save the word \"awesome\" for things that truly inspire awe.\n", "title": "\nPlease, please, people. Let's put the 'awe' back in 'awesome'\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_shargaa_please_please_people_let_s_put_the_awe_back_in_awesome", "views": 1366329, "related_tags": ["/topics/comedy", "/topics/humor", "/topics/language"], "speaker": "Jill Shargaa", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/anne_curzan_what_makes_a_word_real", "/talks/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email", "/talks/jane_fonda_and_lily_tomlin_a_hilarious_celebration_of_lifelong_female_friendship", "/talks/rives_a_museum_of_4_o_clock_in_the_morning", "/talks/reggie_watts_disorients_you_in_the_most_entertaining_way"]},
{"description": "\nTax forms, credit agreements, healthcare legislation: They're crammed with gobbledygook, says Alan Siegel, and incomprehensibly long. He calls for a simple, sensible redesign \u2014 and plain English \u2014 to make legal paperwork intelligible to the rest of us.\n", "title": "\nLet's simplify legal jargon!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/alan_siegel_let_s_simplify_legal_jargon", "views": 762328, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/language", "/topics/law", "/topics/simplicity"], "speaker": "Alan Siegel", "related_videos": ["/talks/philip_howard", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/tania_simoncelli_should_you_be_able_to_patent_a_human_gene"]},
{"description": "\n\"We're all going to die \u2014 and poems can help us live with that.\" In a charming and funny talk, literary critic Stephen Burt takes us on a lyrical journey with some of his favorite poets, all the way down to a line break and back up to the human urge to imagine. \n", "title": "\nWhy people need poetry\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_burt_why_people_need_poetry", "views": 975877, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/language", "/topics/poetry"], "speaker": "Stephen Burt", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/c_k_williams_reads_poetry_of_youth_and_age", "/talks/james_geary_metaphorically_speaking", "/talks/billy_collins_everyday_moments_caught_in_time", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nIs the beloved paper dictionary doomed to extinction? In this infectiously exuberant talk, leading lexicographer Erin McKean looks at the many ways today's print dictionary is poised for transformation.\n", "title": "\nThe joy of lexicography\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionary", "views": 851835, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/books", "/topics/culture", "/topics/education", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/language"], "speaker": "Erin McKean", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/rives_on_4_a_m", "/talks/murray_gell_mann_on_beauty_and_truth_in_physics", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali", "/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nDoes texting mean the death of good writing skills? John McWhorter posits that there\u2019s much more to texting \u2014 linguistically, culturally \u2014 than it seems, and it\u2019s all good news. \n", "title": "\nTxtng is killing language. JK!!!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/john_mcwhorter_txtng_is_killing_language_jk", "views": 1622301, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/language", "/topics/sociology", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "John McWhorter", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/anne_curzan_what_makes_a_word_real", "/talks/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionary", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/steven_pinker_on_language_and_thought", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nIn an exclusive preview of his book The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language and how it expresses what goes on in our minds \u2014 and how the words we choose communicate much more than we realize.\n", "title": "\nWhat our language habits reveal\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_language_and_thought", "views": 1700516, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/culture", "/topics/language", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Steven Pinker", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/murray_gell_mann_on_the_ancestor_of_language", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures", "/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence"]},
{"description": "\nWhat is jealousy? What drives it, and why do we secretly love it? No study has ever been able to capture its \"loneliness, longevity, grim thrill\" \u2014 that is, says Parul Sehgal, except for fiction. In an eloquent meditation she scours pages from literature to show how jealousy is not so different from a quest for knowledge.\n", "title": "\nAn ode to envy\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/parul_sehgal_an_ode_to_envy", "views": 1923437, "related_tags": ["/topics/books", "/topics/culture", "/topics/literature", "/topics/love", "/topics/relationships", "/topics/sex", "/topics/writing"], "speaker": "Parul Sehgal", "related_videos": ["/talks/esther_perel_the_secret_to_desire_in_a_long_term_relationship", "/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/lisa_bu_how_books_can_open_your_mind", "/talks/helen_fisher_studies_the_brain_in_love", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nOne could argue that slang words like \u2018hangry,\u2019 \u2018defriend\u2019 and \u2018adorkable\u2019 fill crucial meaning gaps in the English language, even if they don't appear in the dictionary. After all, who actually decides which words make it into those pages? Language historian Anne Curzan gives a charming look at the humans behind dictionaries, and the choices they make.\n", "title": "\nWhat makes a word \"real\"?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/anne_curzan_what_makes_a_word_real", "views": 1350468, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/culture", "/topics/language"], "speaker": "Anne Curzan", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/what_we_learned_from_5_million_books", "/talks/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionary", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/suzanne_talhouk_don_t_kill_your_language"]},
{"description": "\nSinger-songwriter Dawn Landes tells the story of Tori Murden McClure, who dreamed of rowing across the Atlantic in a small boat \u2014 but whose dream was almost capsized by waves the size of a seven-story building. Through video, story and song, Landes imagines the mindset of a woman alone in the midst of the vast ocean. (This talk was part of a session at TED2015 guest-curated by Pop-Up Magazine: popupmagazine.com or @popupmag on Twitter.)\n", "title": "\nA song for my hero, the woman who rowed into a hurricane\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dawn_landes_a_song_for_my_hero_the_woman_who_rowed_into_a_hurricane", "views": 1020478, "related_tags": ["/topics/adventure", "/topics/music"], "speaker": "Dawn Landes", "related_videos": ["/talks/jill_heinerth_the_mysterious_world_of_underwater_caves", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/sophie_hunger_plays_songs_of_secrets_city_lights", "/talks/david_gruber_glow_in_the_dark_sharks_and_other_stunning_sea_creatures", "/talks/nora_york_sings_what_i_want", "/talks/roz_savage_why_i_m_rowing_across_the_pacific"]},
{"description": "\nIn a brilliantly tongue-in-cheek analysis, Sebastian Wernicke turns the tools of statistical analysis on TEDTalks, to come up with a metric for creating \"the optimum TEDTalk\" based on user ratings. How do you rate it? \"Jaw-dropping\"? \"Unconvincing\"? Or just plain \"Funny\"?\n", "title": "\nLies, damned lies and statistics (about TEDTalks)\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/lies_damned_lies_and_statistics_about_tedtalks", "views": 2014438, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/comedy", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/statistics"], "speaker": "Sebastian Wernicke", "related_videos": ["/talks/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email", "/talks/yossi_vardi_fights_local_warming", "/talks/jane_fonda_and_lily_tomlin_a_hilarious_celebration_of_lifelong_female_friendship", "/talks/rives_remixes_ted2006", "/talks/vik_muniz_makes_art_with_wire_sugar", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life"]},
{"description": "\nMelissa Marshall brings a message to all scientists (from non-scientists): We're fascinated by what you're doing. So tell us about it \u2014 in a way we can understand. In just 4 minutes, she shares powerful tips on presenting complex scientific ideas to a general audience.\r\n\n", "title": "\nTalk nerdy to me\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/melissa_marshall_talk_nerdy_to_me", "views": 1722773, "related_tags": ["/topics/communication", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Melissa Marshall", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/mena_trott_tours_her_blog_world", "/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are", "/talks/john_hodgman_design_explained", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nHumanity's fine-tuned sense of fear served us well as a young species, giving us laser focus to avoid being eaten by competing beasts. But it's less wonderful when that same visceral, body-hijacking sense of fear kicks in in front of 20 folk-music fans at a Tuesday night open-mic. Palms sweat, hands shake, vision blurs, and the brain says RUN: it's stage fright. In this charming, tuneful little talk, Joe Kowan talks about how he conquered it.\n", "title": "\nHow I beat stage fright\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/joe_kowan_how_i_beat_stage_fright", "views": 2059732, "related_tags": ["/topics/communication", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/fear"], "speaker": "Joe Kowan", "related_videos": ["/talks/wael_ghonim_let_s_design_social_media_that_drives_real_change", "/talks/ji_hae_park_the_violin_and_my_dark_night_of_the_soul", "/talks/maysoon_zayid_i_got_99_problems_palsy_is_just_one", "/talks/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life", "/talks/phil_hansen_embrace_the_shake"]},
{"description": "\n\"I was the mystery of an anatomy, a question asked but not answered,\" says poet Lee Mokobe, a TED Fellow, in this gripping and poetic exploration of identity and transition. It's a thoughtful reflection on bodies, and the meanings poured into them.\n", "title": "\nA powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/lee_mokobe_a_powerful_poem_about_what_it_feels_like_to_be_transgender", "views": 930048, "related_tags": ["/topics/gender+spectrum", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/transgender", "/topics/gender", "/topics/poetry", "/topics/spoken+word"], "speaker": "Lee Mokobe", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/io_tillett_wright_fifty_shades_of_gay", "/talks/malcolm_london_high_school_training_ground", "/talks/jamila_lyiscott_3_ways_to_speak_english", "/talks/alison_killing_what_happens_when_a_city_runs_out_of_room_for_its_dead", "/talks/aomawa_shields_how_we_ll_find_life_on_other_planets"]},
{"description": "\nArtist iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2,000 people who consider themselves somewhere on the LGBTQ spectrum and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are? Most people, it turns out, consider themselves to exist in the gray areas of sexuality, not 100% gay or straight. Which presents a real problem when it comes to discrimination: Where do you draw the line? (Filmed at TEDxWomen.)\n", "title": "\nFifty shades of gay\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/io_tillett_wright_fifty_shades_of_gay", "views": 2365739, "related_tags": ["/topics/gender+spectrum", "/topics/lgbt", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/transgender", "/topics/united+states", "/topics/gender", "/topics/identity", "/topics/inequality", "/topics/photography", "/topics/relationships"], "speaker": "iO Tillett Wright", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/diane_j_savino_the_case_for_same_sex_marriage", "/talks/joel_burns_tells_gay_teens_it_gets_better", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/lz_granderson_the_myth_of_the_gay_agenda", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nPeople want to be religious, says scholar Karen Armstrong; we should help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help build a Charter for Compassion \u2014 to restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.\n", "title": "\nMy wish: The Charter for Compassion\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/karen_armstrong_makes_her_ted_prize_wish_the_charter_for_compassion", "views": 1120853, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+prize", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/faith", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/politics", "/topics/religion"], "speaker": "Karen Armstrong", "related_videos": ["/talks/bob_thurman_says_we_can_be_buddhas", "/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_invests_in_ending_poverty", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nStewart Brand works on the Clock of the Long Now, a timepiece that counts down the next 10,000 years. It's a beautiful project that asks us to think about the far, far future. Here, he discusses a tricky side problem with the Clock: Where can we put it? \n", "title": "\nThe Long Now\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/stewart_brand_on_the_long_now", "views": 222235, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/art", "/topics/design", "/topics/future", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Stewart Brand", "related_videos": ["/talks/stewart_brand_on_squatter_cities", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/kevin_kelly_on_how_technology_evolves", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/ray_kurzweil_on_how_technology_will_transform_us"]},
{"description": "\nThe public is losing faith in democracy, says British MP Rory Stewart. Iraq and Afghanistan\u2019s new democracies are deeply corrupt; meanwhile, 84 percent of people in Britain say politics is broken. In this important talk, Stewart sounds a call to action to rebuild democracy, starting with recognizing why democracy is important \u2014 not as a tool, but as an ideal.\n", "title": "\nWhy democracy matters\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rory_stewart_how_to_rebuild_democracy", "views": 788177, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/corruption", "/topics/democracy", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/government", "/topics/politics", "/topics/society", "/topics/state-building"], "speaker": "Rory Stewart", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/carne_ross_an_independent_diplomat", "/talks/fields_wicker_miurin_learning_from_leadership_s_missing_manual", "/talks/david_cameron", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine"]},
{"description": "\nCo-creator of the philanthropic FEED bags, Ellen Gustafson says hunger and obesity are two sides of the same coin. In her talk, she launches The 30 Project \u2014 a way to change how we farm and eat in the next 30 years, and solve the global food inequalities behind both epidemics.\n", "title": "\nObesity + hunger = 1 global food issue\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ellen_gustafson_obesity_hunger_1_global_food_issue", "views": 608977, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/food", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/health", "/topics/obesity", "/topics/social+change"], "speaker": "Ellen Gustafson", "related_videos": ["/talks/ann_cooper_talks_school_lunches", "/talks/dan_barber_how_i_fell_in_love_with_a_fish", "/talks/jamie_oliver", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nJournalist Misha Glenny spent several years in a courageous investigation of organized crime networks worldwide, which have grown to an estimated 15% of the global economy. From the Russian mafia, to giant drug cartels, his sources include not just intelligence and law enforcement officials but criminal insiders.\n", "title": "\nHow global crime networks work\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/misha_glenny_investigates_global_crime_networks", "views": 756903, "related_tags": ["/topics/adventure", "/topics/crime", "/topics/economics", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/writing"], "speaker": "Misha Glenny", "related_videos": ["/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_on_an_escape_from_poverty", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion", "/talks/bjorn_lomborg_sets_global_priorities"]},
{"description": "\nWhen Lesley Hazleton was writing a biography of Muhammad, she was struck by something: The night he received the revelation of the Koran, according to early accounts, his first reaction was doubt, awe, even fear. And yet this experience became the bedrock of his belief. Hazleton calls for a new appreciation of doubt and questioning as the foundation of faith \u2014 and an end to fundamentalism of all kinds.\n", "title": "\nThe doubt essential to faith\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/lesley_hazleton_the_doubt_essential_to_faith", "views": 1212871, "related_tags": ["/topics/islam", "/topics/culture", "/topics/faith", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/peace", "/topics/religion"], "speaker": "Lesley Hazleton", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/margaret_heffernan_dare_to_disagree", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/lesley_hazelton_on_reading_the_koran", "/talks/mustafa_akyol_faith_versus_tradition_in_islam"]},
{"description": "\nIt's an unexpected side effect of globalization: problems that once would have stayed local\u2014say, a bank lending out too much money\u2014now have consequences worldwide. But still, countries operate independently, as if alone on the planet. Policy advisor Simon Anholt has dreamed up an unusual scale to get governments thinking outwardly: The Good Country Index. In a riveting and funny talk, he answers the question, \"Which country does the most good?\" The answer may surprise you (especially if you live in the US or China).\r\n\n", "title": "\nWhich country does the most good for the world?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_anholt_which_country_does_the_most_good_for_the_world", "views": 2205697, "related_tags": ["/topics/foreign+policy", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/government", "/topics/policy", "/topics/statistics"], "speaker": "Simon Anholt", "related_videos": ["/talks/bjorn_lomborg_sets_global_priorities", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/sonia_shah_3_reasons_we_still_haven_t_gotten_rid_of_malaria"]},
{"description": "\nPaddy Ashdown believes we are living in a moment in history where power is changing in ways it never has before. In a spellbinding talk he outlines the three major global shifts that he sees coming.\n", "title": "\nThe global power shift\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/paddy_ashdown_the_global_power_shift", "views": 900779, "related_tags": ["/topics/europe", "/topics/foreign+policy", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/politics", "/topics/world+cultures"], "speaker": "Paddy Ashdown", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/rory_stewart_time_to_end_the_war_in_afghanistan", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/madeleine_albright_on_being_a_woman_and_a_diplomat", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/parag_khanna_maps_the_future_of_countries"]},
{"description": "\nJames Glattfelder studies complexity: how an interconnected system \u2014 say, a swarm of birds \u2014 is more than the sum of its parts. And complexity theory, it turns out, can reveal a lot about how the economy works. Glattfelder shares a groundbreaking study of how control flows through the global economy, and how concentration of power in the hands of a shockingly small number leaves us all vulnerable. (Filmed at TEDxZurich.)\n", "title": "\nWho controls the world?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/james_b_glattfelder_who_controls_the_world", "views": 2304398, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/business", "/topics/complexity", "/topics/data", "/topics/economics", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/inequality"], "speaker": "James B. Glattfelder", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/eric_berlow_how_complexity_leads_to_simplicity", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/richard_wilkinson", "/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization"]},
{"description": "\nRichard Dawkins urges all atheists to openly state their position \u2014 and to fight the incursion of the church into politics and science. A fiery, funny, powerful talk.\n", "title": "\nMilitant atheism\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_dawkins_on_militant_atheism", "views": 3958679, "related_tags": ["/topics/god", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/atheism", "/topics/culture", "/topics/politics", "/topics/religion", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Richard Dawkins", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dan_dennett_s_response_to_rick_warren", "/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things", "/talks/julia_sweeney_on_letting_go_of_god", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nJournalist Mustafa Akyol talks about the way that some local cultural practices (such as the seclusion of women) have become linked, in the popular mind, to the articles of faith of Islam. Has the world's general idea of the Islamic faith focused too much on tradition, and not enough on core beliefs?\n", "title": "\nFaith versus tradition in Islam\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mustafa_akyol_faith_versus_tradition_in_islam", "views": 997725, "related_tags": ["/topics/egypt", "/topics/islam", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/culture", "/topics/democracy", "/topics/religion"], "speaker": "Mustafa Akyol", "related_videos": ["/talks/naif_al_mutawa_superheroes_inspired_by_islam", "/talks/jamil_abu_wardeh_bringing_comedy_to_the_axis_of_evil", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/manal_al_sharif_a_saudi_woman_who_dared_to_drive", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nSpeaking at TED in 1998, Rev. Billy Graham marvels at technology's power to improve lives and change the world \u2014 but says the end of evil, suffering and death will come only after the world accepts Christ. A legendary talk from TED's archives.\n", "title": "\nOn technology and faith\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/billy_graham_on_technology_faith_and_suffering", "views": 1331049, "related_tags": ["/topics/christianity", "/topics/god", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/death", "/topics/faith", "/topics/religion", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Billy Graham", "related_videos": ["/talks/bob_thurman_says_we_can_be_buddhas", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/tom_honey_on_god_and_the_tsunami", "/talks/rick_warren_on_a_life_of_purpose", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nWhat aspects of religion should atheists (respectfully) adopt? Alain de Botton suggests a \"religion for atheists\" \u2014 call it Atheism 2.0 \u2014 that incorporates religious forms and traditions to satisfy our human need for connection, ritual and transcendence.\n", "title": "\nAtheism 2.0\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/alain_de_botton_atheism_2_0", "views": 1769428, "related_tags": ["/topics/atheism", "/topics/culture", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/religion"], "speaker": "Alain de Botton", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dan_dennett_s_response_to_rick_warren", "/talks/karen_armstrong_makes_her_ted_prize_wish_the_charter_for_compassion", "/talks/chelsea_shields_how_i_m_working_for_change_inside_my_church", "/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nLesley Hazleton sat down one day to read the Koran. And what she found \u2014 as a non-Muslim, a self-identified \"tourist\" in the Islamic holy book \u2014 wasn't what she expected. With serious scholarship and warm humor, Hazleton shares the grace, flexibility and mystery she found, in this myth-debunking talk.\n", "title": "\nOn reading the Koran\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/lesley_hazelton_on_reading_the_koran", "views": 1636703, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/journalism", "/topics/religion"], "speaker": "Lesley Hazleton", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/wade_davis_on_the_worldwide_web_of_belief_and_ritual", "/talks/lesley_hazleton_the_doubt_essential_to_faith", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/mustafa_akyol_faith_versus_tradition_in_islam"]},
{"description": "\nPhilosopher Dan Dennett calls for religion \u2014 all religion \u2014 to be taught in schools, so we can understand its nature as a natural phenomenon. Then he takes on The Purpose-Driven Life, disputing its claim that, to be moral, one must deny evolution.\n", "title": "\nLet's teach religion \u2014 all religion \u2014 in schools\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_dennett_s_response_to_rick_warren", "views": 2221943, "related_tags": ["/topics/god", "/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/atheism", "/topics/brain", "/topics/cognitive+science", "/topics/consciousness", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/religion"], "speaker": "Dan Dennett", "related_videos": ["/talks/karen_armstrong_makes_her_ted_prize_wish_the_charter_for_compassion", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/kwame_anthony_appiah_is_religion_good_or_bad_this_is_a_trick_question", "/talks/rick_warren_on_a_life_of_purpose", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nPastor Rick Warren, author of The Purpose-Driven Life, reflects on his own crisis of purpose in the wake of his book's wild success. He explains his belief that God's intention is for each of us to use our talents and influence to do good.\n", "title": "\nA life of purpose\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rick_warren_on_a_life_of_purpose", "views": 2560751, "related_tags": ["/topics/christianity", "/topics/god", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/motivation", "/topics/philanthropy", "/topics/religion"], "speaker": "Rick Warren", "related_videos": ["/talks/imam_feisal_abdul_rauf", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dan_dennett_s_response_to_rick_warren", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/kwame_anthony_appiah_is_religion_good_or_bad_this_is_a_trick_question"]},
{"description": "\nJulia Sweeney (God Said, \"Ha!\") performs the first 15 minutes of her 2006 solo show Letting Go of God. When two young Mormon missionaries knock on her door one day, it touches off a quest to completely rethink her own beliefs.\n", "title": "\nLetting go of God\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/julia_sweeney_on_letting_go_of_god", "views": 3422788, "related_tags": ["/topics/christianity", "/topics/god", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/atheism", "/topics/comedy", "/topics/culture", "/topics/performance", "/topics/religion", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Julia Sweeney", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dan_dennett_s_response_to_rick_warren", "/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/julia_sweeney_has_the_talk", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nRachel Sussman shows photographs of the world's oldest continuously living organisms \u2014 from 2,000-year-old brain coral off Tobago's coast to an \"underground forest\" in South Africa that has lived since before the dawn of agriculture.\n", "title": "\nThe world's oldest living things\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_sussman_the_world_s_oldest_living_things", "views": 1227599, "related_tags": ["/topics/biodiversity", "/topics/biology", "/topics/environment", "/topics/life", "/topics/nature", "/topics/photography", "/topics/trees"], "speaker": "Rachel Sussman", "related_videos": ["/talks/david_griffin_on_how_photography_connects", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/edward_burtynsky_on_manufactured_landscapes"]},
{"description": "\nExplorer Ben Saunders wants you to go outside! Not because it\u2019s always pleasant and happy, but because that\u2019s where the meat of life is, \u201cthe juice that we can suck out of our hours and days.\u201d Saunders\u2019 next outdoor excursion? To try to be the first in the world to walk from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back again.\n", "title": "\nWhy bother leaving the house?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ben_saunders_why_bother_leaving_the_house", "views": 1662357, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/extreme+sports", "/topics/personal+growth", "/topics/potential", "/topics/sports", "/topics/travel"], "speaker": "Ben Saunders", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/diana_nyad_extreme_swimming_with_the_world_s_most_dangerous_jellyfish", "/talks/ueli_gegenschatz_extreme_wingsuit_jumping", "/talks/ben_saunders_skis_to_the_north_pole", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nMore and more people worldwide are living in countries not considered their own. Writer Pico Iyer \u2014 who himself has three or four \u201corigins\u201d \u2014 meditates on the meaning of home, the joy of traveling and the serenity of standing still. \n", "title": "\nWhere is home?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/pico_iyer_where_is_home", "views": 2565129, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/travel", "/topics/world+cultures", "/topics/writing"], "speaker": "Pico Iyer", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/lakshmi_pratury_on_letter_writing", "/talks/carl_honore_praises_slowness", "/talks/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nAt TED2012, filmmaker Karen Bass shares some of the astonishing nature footage she's shot for the BBC and National Geographic \u2014 including brand-new, previously unseen footage of the tube-lipped nectar bat, who feeds in a rather unusual way \u2026\n", "title": "\nUnseen footage, untamed nature\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/karen_bass_unseen_footage_untamed_nature", "views": 618644, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/animals", "/topics/film", "/topics/nature", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Karen Bass", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/beverly_dereck_joubert_life_lessons_from_big_cats", "/talks/yann_arthus_bertrand_captures_fragile_earth_in_wide_angle", "/talks/mike_degruy_hooked_by_octopus", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nDavid Macaulay relives the winding and sometimes surreal journey toward the completion of Rome Antics, his illustrated homage to the historic city.\n", "title": "\nAn illustrated journey through Rome\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_macaulay_s_rome_antics", "views": 601940, "related_tags": ["/topics/macarthur+grant", "/topics/ancient+world", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/books", "/topics/cities", "/topics/communication", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/humor"], "speaker": "David Macaulay", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/amy_tan_on_creativity", "/talks/maira_kalman_the_illustrated_woman", "/talks/stefan_sagmeister_shares_happy_design", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\n\"Anything that is worth pursuing is going to require us to suffer, just a little bit,\" says surf photographer Chris Burkard, as he explains his obsession with the coldest, choppiest, most isolated beaches on earth. With jawdropping photos and stories of places few humans have ever seen \u2014 much less surfed \u2014 he draws us into his \"personal crusade against the mundane.\"\n", "title": "\nThe joy of surfing in ice-cold water\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_burkard_the_joy_of_surfing_in_ice_cold_water", "views": 1494767, "related_tags": ["/topics/creativity", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/photography", "/topics/travel"], "speaker": "Chris Burkard", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/brian_skerry_reveals_ocean_s_glory_and_horror", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/paul_nicklen_tales_of_ice_bound_wonderlands", "/talks/sebastiao_salgado_the_silent_drama_of_photography", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nCharles Leadbeater went looking for radical new forms of education \u2014 and found them in the slums of Rio and Kibera, where some of the world's poorest kids are finding transformative new ways to learn. And this informal, disruptive new kind of school, he says, is what all schools need to become.\n", "title": "\nEducation innovation in the slums\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/charles_leadbeater_on_education", "views": 701553, "related_tags": ["/topics/cities", "/topics/education", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/innovation"], "speaker": "Charles Leadbeater", "related_videos": ["/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/charles_leadbeater_on_innovation", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nMae Jemison is an astronaut, a doctor, an art collector, a dancer ... Telling stories from her own education and from her time in space, she calls on educators to teach both the arts and sciences, both intuition and logic, as one \u2014 to create bold thinkers.\n", "title": "\nTeach arts and sciences together\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mae_jemison_on_teaching_arts_and_sciences_together", "views": 590360, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/dance", "/topics/education", "/topics/future", "/topics/science", "/topics/space", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Mae Jemison", "related_videos": ["/talks/john_maeda_how_art_technology_and_design_inform_creative_leaders", "/talks/mitch_resnick_let_s_teach_kids_to_code", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nKakenya Ntaiya made a deal with her father: She would undergo the traditional Maasai rite of passage of female circumcision if he would let her go to high school. Ntaiya tells the fearless story of continuing on to college, and of working with her village elders to build a school for girls in her community. It\u2019s the educational journey of one that altered the destiny of 125 young women. (Filmed at TEDxMidAtlantic.)\n", "title": "\nA girl who demanded school\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kakenya_ntaiya_a_girl_who_demanded_school", "views": 2330826, "related_tags": ["/topics/africa", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/activism", "/topics/development", "/topics/education", "/topics/feminism", "/topics/women", "/topics/yesallwomen"], "speaker": "Kakenya Ntaiya", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/shabana_basij_rasikh_dare_to_educate_afghan_girls", "/talks/kavita_ramdas_radical_women_embracing_tradition", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/leymah_gbowee_unlock_the_intelligence_passion_greatness_of_girls", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nJose Antonio Abreu is the charismatic founder of a youth orchestra system that has transformed thousands of kids' lives in Venezuela. Here he shares his amazing story and unveils a TED Prize wish that could have a big impact in the US and beyond.\n", "title": "\nThe El Sistema music revolution\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jose_abreu_on_kids_transformed_by_music", "views": 864147, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/conducting", "/topics/culture", "/topics/education", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/music", "/topics/philanthropy", "/topics/poverty"], "speaker": "Jose Antonio Abreu", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/astonishing_performance_by_a_venezuelan_youth_orchestra_1", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali", "/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion", "/talks/sirena_huang_dazzles_on_violin", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\n\"Babies and young children are like the R&D division of the human species,\" says psychologist Alison Gopnik. Her research explores the sophisticated intelligence-gathering and decision-making that babies are really doing when they play.\n", "title": "\nWhat do babies think?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/alison_gopnik_what_do_babies_think", "views": 2342647, "related_tags": ["/topics/brain", "/topics/children", "/topics/culture", "/topics/education", "/topics/psychology"], "speaker": "Alison Gopnik", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies", "/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/rebecca_saxe_how_brains_make_moral_judgments"]},
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{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_tilson_thomas_music_and_emotion_through_time", "http://www.ted.com/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors", "http://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion", "http://www.ted.com/talks/maya_beiser_s_and_her_cello_s", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jose_abreu_on_kids_transformed_by_music", "http://www.ted.com/talks/astonishing_performance_by_a_venezuelan_youth_orchestra_1", "http://www.ted.com/talks/tod_machover_and_dan_ellsey_play_new_music", "http://www.ted.com/talks/charles_hazlewood", "http://www.ted.com/talks/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ge_wang_the_diy_orchestra_of_the_future"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/79/maestros_if_you_please", "title": "\nMaestros, if you please ... !\n"},
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{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/brian_dettmer_old_books_reborn_as_intricate_art", "http://www.ted.com/talks/alexa_meade", "http://www.ted.com/talks/meklit_hadero_the_unexpected_beauty_of_everyday_sounds", "http://www.ted.com/talks/liu_bolin_the_invisible_man", "http://www.ted.com/talks/nathalie_miebach", "http://www.ted.com/talks/dustin_yellin_a_journey_through_the_mind_of_an_artist", "http://www.ted.com/talks/vik_muniz_makes_art_with_wire_sugar"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/327/art_made_of_unusual_stuff", "title": "\nArt made of unusual stuff\n"},
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{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/reggie_watts_disorients_you_in_the_most_entertaining_way", "http://www.ted.com/talks/bruno_maisonnier_dance_tiny_robots", "http://www.ted.com/talks/quixotic_fusion_dancing_with_light", "http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_harbisson_i_listen_to_color", "http://www.ted.com/talks/kaki_king_a_musical_escape_into_a_world_of_light_and_color", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jae_rhim_lee", "http://www.ted.com/talks/pilobolus_perform_symbiosis", "http://www.ted.com/talks/fabian_oefner_psychedelic_science", "http://www.ted.com/talks/alexa_meade", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ze_frank_are_you_human"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/205/9_trippy_ted_talks", "title": "\n10 trippy TED Talks\n"},
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{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/liz_diller_a_giant_bubble_for_debate", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jake_barton_the_museum_of_you", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life", "http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_p_campbell_weaving_narratives_in_museum_galleries", "http://www.ted.com/talks/paola_antonelli_why_i_brought_pacman_to_moma", "http://www.ted.com/talks/amit_sood_building_a_museum_of_museums_on_the_web", "http://www.ted.com/talks/rives_a_museum_of_4_o_clock_in_the_morning"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/161/a_trip_to_the_museum", "title": "\nA trip to the museum\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_ronson_how_sampling_transformed_music", "http://www.ted.com/talks/kirby_ferguson_embrace_the_remix", "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_pogue_on_the_music_wars", "http://www.ted.com/talks/amanda_palmer_the_art_of_asking", "http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex", "http://www.ted.com/talks/meklit_hadero_the_unexpected_beauty_of_everyday_sounds", "http://www.ted.com/talks/lessig_nyed", "http://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture", "http://www.ted.com/talks/rives_remixes_ted2006"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/156/the_remix", "title": "\nThe Remix\n"},
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{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/beau_lotto_optical_illusions_show_how_we_see", "http://www.ted.com/talks/keith_barry_does_brain_magic", "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_kwong_two_nerdy_obsessions_meet_and_it_s_magic", "http://www.ted.com/talks/aparna_rao_art_that_craves_your_attention", "http://www.ted.com/talks/arthur_benjamin_does_mathemagic", "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_blaine_how_i_held_my_breath_for_17_min", "http://www.ted.com/talks/al_seckel_says_our_brains_are_mis_wired", "http://www.ted.com/talks/marco_tempest_the_magic_of_truth_and_lies_on_ipods", "http://www.ted.com/talks/lennart_green_does_close_up_card_magic", "http://www.ted.com/talks/shilo_shiv_suleman_using_tech_to_enable_dreaming"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/71/can_you_believe_your_eyes", "title": "\nCan you believe your eyes?\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/denis_dutton_a_darwinian_theory_of_beauty", "http://www.ted.com/talks/william_noel_revealing_the_lost_codex_of_archimedes", "http://www.ted.com/talks/maurizio_seracini_the_secret_lives_of_paintings", "http://www.ted.com/talks/siegfried_woldhek_shows_how_he_found_the_true_face_of_leonardo", "http://www.ted.com/talks/paola_antonelli_treats_design_as_art", "http://www.ted.com/talks/tracy_chevalier_finding_the_story_inside_the_painting", "http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_macgregor_2600_years_of_history_in_one_object", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ursus_wehrli_tidies_up_art", "http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_bloom_the_origins_of_pleasure", "http://www.ted.com/talks/luke_syson_how_i_learned_to_stop_worrying_and_love_useless_art", "http://www.ted.com/talks/marisa_fick_jordan_shares_the_wonder_of_zulu_wire_art", "http://www.ted.com/talks/eva_zeisel_on_the_playful_search_for_beauty"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/61/objects_of_desire", "title": "\nObjects of desire\n"},
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{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/amanda_burden_how_public_spaces_make_cities_work", "http://www.ted.com/talks/theaster_gates_how_to_revive_a_neighborhood_with_imagination_beauty_and_art", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ole_scheeren_why_great_architecture_should_tell_a_story", "http://www.ted.com/talks/alessandra_orofino_it_s_our_city_let_s_fix_it", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jaime_lerner_sings_of_the_city", "http://www.ted.com/talks/moshe_safdie_how_to_reinvent_the_apartment_building", "http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_speck_the_walkable_city", "http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/326/how_to_revive_a_city", "title": "\nHow to revive a city\n"},
{"talks": ["http://www.ted.com/talks/elora_hardy_magical_houses_made_of_bamboo", "http://www.ted.com/talks/moshe_safdie_how_to_reinvent_the_apartment_building", "http://www.ted.com/talks/mitchell_joachim_don_t_build_your_home_grow_it", "http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_phillips_creative_houses_from_reclaimed_stuff", "http://www.ted.com/talks/bjarke_ingels_3_warp_speed_architecture_tales"], "url": "http://www.ted.com/playlists/266/don_t_you_wish_you_lived_here", "title": "\nAmazing, creative homes\n"},
{"description": "\nEvery seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh their creative outlook. He explains the often overlooked value of time off and shows the innovative projects inspired by his time in Bali.\n", "title": "\nThe power of time off\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_the_power_of_time_off", "views": 2545502, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/adventure", "/topics/art", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Stefan Sagmeister", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow", "/talks/stefan_sagmeister_on_what_he_has_learned", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/stefan_sagmeister_shares_happy_design", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nGe Wang makes computer music, but it isn\u2019t all about coded bleeps and blips. With the Stanford Laptop Orchestra, he creates new instruments out of unexpected materials\u2014like an Ikea bowl\u2014that allow musicians to play music that\u2019s both beautiful and expressive. \r\n\n", "title": "\nThe DIY orchestra of the future\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ge_wang_the_diy_orchestra_of_the_future", "views": 1107370, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/music", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Ge Wang", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mark_applebaum_the_mad_scientist_of_music", "/talks/reggie_watts_disorients_you_in_the_most_entertaining_way", "/talks/aparna_rao_high_tech_art_with_a_sense_of_humor", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhen asked to build housing for 100 families in Chile ten years ago, Alejandro Aravena looked to an unusual inspiration: the wisdom of favelas and slums. Rather than building a large building with small units, he built flexible half-homes that each family could expand on. It was a complex problem, but with a simple solution \u2014 one that he arrived at by working with the families themselves. With a chalkboard and beautiful images of his designs, Aravena walks us through three projects where clever rethinking led to beautiful design with great benefit.\n", "title": "\nMy architectural philosophy? Bring the community into the process\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/alejandro_aravena_my_architectural_philosophy_bring_the_community_into_the_process", "views": 1239356, "related_tags": ["/topics/architecture", "/topics/cities", "/topics/design"], "speaker": "Alejandro Aravena", "related_videos": ["/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/rachel_armstrong_architecture_that_repairs_itself", "/talks/moshe_safdie_how_to_reinvent_the_apartment_building", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/liz_diller_plays_with_architecture"]},
{"description": "\nThe photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin knows the power of photography to connect us to our world. In a talk filled with glorious images, he talks about how we all use photos to tell our stories.\n", "title": "\nHow photography connects us\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_griffin_on_how_photography_connects", "views": 915162, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/animals", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/photography", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "David Griffin", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos", "/talks/wade_davis_on_the_worldwide_web_of_belief_and_ritual", "/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nRenowned classical Indian dancer Ananda Shankar Jayant was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. She tells her personal story of not only facing the disease but dancing through it, and gives a performance revealing the metaphor of strength that helped her do it. \n", "title": "\nFighting cancer with dance\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ananda_shankar_jayant_fights_cancer_with_a_dance", "views": 533573, "related_tags": ["/topics/cancer", "/topics/dance", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance", "/topics/personal+growth", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Ananda Shankar Jayant", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/william_li", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/mallika_sarabhai", "/talks/david_agus_a_new_strategy_in_the_war_on_cancer", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nDustin Yellin makes mesmerizing artwork that tells complex, myth-inspired stories. How did he develop his style? In this disarming talk, he shares the journey of an artist \u2014 starting from age 8 \u2014 and his idiosyncratic way of thinking and seeing. Follow the path that leads him up to his latest major work (or two).\n", "title": "\nA journey through the mind of an artist\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dustin_yellin_a_journey_through_the_mind_of_an_artist", "views": 1163191, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/creativity"], "speaker": "Dustin Yellin", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/reuben_margolin_sculpting_waves_in_wood_and_time", "/talks/dan_phillips_creative_houses_from_reclaimed_stuff", "/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nImagine being able to see artwork in the greatest museums around the world without leaving your chair. Driven by his passion for art, Amit Sood tells the story of how he developed Art Project to let people do just that.\n", "title": "\nBuilding a museum of museums on the web\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/amit_sood_building_a_museum_of_museums_on_the_web", "views": 547396, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/design", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Amit Sood", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/vik_muniz_makes_art_with_wire_sugar", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/ursus_wehrli_tidies_up_art", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nA genre unto herself, Kaki King fuses the ancient tradition of working with one's hands with digital technology, projection-mapping imagery onto her guitar in her groundbreaking multimedia work \"The Neck Is a Bridge to the Body.\" Using her guitar's neck like a keyboard, she plays an intricate melody as she takes the audience on a musical journey of light and sound. She calls it \"guitar as paintbrush.\"\n", "title": "\nA musical escape into a world of light and color\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/kaki_king_a_musical_escape_into_a_world_of_light_and_color", "views": 1029098, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/guitar", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance"], "speaker": "Kaki King", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/teitur_home_is_a_song_i_ve_always_remembered", "/talks/ji_hae_park_the_violin_and_my_dark_night_of_the_soul", "/talks/kaki_king_rocks_out_to_pink_noise", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nImagine if you could surf Facebook ... from the Middle Ages. Well, it may not be as far off as it sounds. In a fun and interesting talk, researcher and engineer Frederic Kaplan shows off the Venice Time Machine, a project to digitize 80 kilometers of books to create a historical and geographical simulation of Venice across 1000 years. (Filmed at TEDxCaFoscariU.)\n", "title": "\nHow to build an information time machine\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/frederic_kaplan_how_i_built_an_information_time_machine", "views": 1139108, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/books", "/topics/computers", "/topics/history", "/topics/library", "/topics/map", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Frederic Kaplan", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/what_we_learned_from_5_million_books", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/brewster_kahle_builds_a_free_digital_library", "/talks/blaise_aguera", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhen the Museum of Modern Art's senior curator of architecture and design announced the acquisition of 14 video games in 2012, \"all hell broke loose.\" In this far-ranging, entertaining, and deeply insightful talk, Paola Antonelli explains why she's delighted to challenge preconceived ideas about art and galleries, and describes her burning wish to help establish a broader understanding of design.\n", "title": "\nWhy I brought Pac-Man to MoMA\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/paola_antonelli_why_i_brought_pacman_to_moma", "views": 868690, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/design", "/topics/gaming", "/topics/museums"], "speaker": "Paola Antonelli", "related_videos": ["/talks/aaron_koblin", "/talks/golan_levin_on_software_as_art", "/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/will_wright_makes_toys_that_make_worlds", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nRives recaps the most memorable moments of TED2006 in the free-spirited rhyming verse of a fantastical mockingbird lullaby.\n", "title": "\nA mockingbird remix of TED2006\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rives_remixes_ted2006", "views": 602352, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/memory", "/topics/performance", "/topics/poetry", "/topics/spoken+word", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Rives", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/rives_on_4_a_m", "/talks/ze_frank_are_you_human", "/talks/lee_mokobe_a_powerful_poem_about_what_it_feels_like_to_be_transgender", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nCopyright law's grip on film, music and software barely touches the fashion industry ... and fashion benefits in both innovation and sales, says Johanna Blakley. In her talk, she talks about what all creative industries can learn from fashion's free culture.\n", "title": "\nLessons from fashion's free culture\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture", "views": 941909, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/business", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/fashion", "/topics/law", "/topics/media"], "speaker": "Johanna Blakley", "related_videos": ["/talks/yochai_benkler_on_the_new_open_source_economics", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/clay_shirky_on_institutions_versus_collaboration"]},
{"description": "\nHas our technology \u2014 our cell phones and iPods and cameras \u2014 stopped us from dreaming? Young artist Shilo Shiv Suleman says no, as she demos \"Khoya,\" her new storybook for iPad, which floats us through a magical world in 7 minutes of pure creativity.\n", "title": "\nUsing tech to enable dreaming\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/shilo_shiv_suleman_using_tech_to_enable_dreaming", "views": 549532, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/creativity"], "speaker": "Shilo Shiv Suleman", "related_videos": ["/talks/joe_sabia_the_technology_of_storytelling", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_matas", "/talks/rives_tells_a_story_of_mixed_emoticons", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn this short, image-packed talk, Marisa Fick-Jordan talks about how a village of traditional Zulu wire weavers built a worldwide market for their dazzling work.\n", "title": "\nThe wonder of Zulu wire art\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/marisa_fick_jordan_shares_the_wonder_of_zulu_wire_art", "views": 248127, "related_tags": ["/topics/africa", "/topics/art", "/topics/business", "/topics/design"], "speaker": "Marisa Fick-Jordan", "related_videos": ["/talks/eve_ensler_on_happiness_in_body_and_soul", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/ngozi_okonjo_iweala_on_doing_business_in_africa", "/talks/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nJehane Noujaim unveils her 2006 TED Prize wish: to bring the world together for one day a year through the power of film.\n", "title": "\nMy wish: A global day of film\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jehane_noujaim_inspires_a_global_day_of_film", "views": 346376, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+prize", "/topics/arts", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/film", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/peace", "/topics/social+change", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Jehane Noujaim", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/chris_milk_how_virtual_reality_can_create_the_ultimate_empathy_machine", "/talks/shekhar_kapur_we_are_the_stories_we_tell_ourselves", "/talks/beeban_kidron_the_shared_wonder_of_film", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine"]},
{"description": "\nIn 1967, Moshe Safdie reimagined the monolithic apartment building, creating \u201cHabitat \u201967,\u201d which gave each unit an unprecedented sense of openness. Nearly 50 years later, he believes the need for this type of building is greater than ever. In this short talk, Safdie surveys a range of projects that do away with the high-rise and let light permeate into densely-packed cities.\n", "title": "\nHow to reinvent the apartment building\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/moshe_safdie_how_to_reinvent_the_apartment_building", "views": 1414590, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/cities", "/topics/design"], "speaker": "Moshe Safdie", "related_videos": ["/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_suburbia", "/talks/kamal_meattle_on_how_to_grow_your_own_fresh_air", "/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/ron_eglash_on_african_fractals", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nDanish architect Bjarke Ingels rockets through photo/video-mingled stories of his eco-flashy designs. His buildings not only look like nature \u2014 they act like nature: blocking the wind, collecting solar energy \u2014 and creating stunning views.\n", "title": "\n3 warp-speed architecture tales\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bjarke_ingels_3_warp_speed_architecture_tales", "views": 1888607, "related_tags": ["/topics/architecture", "/topics/cities", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/environment", "/topics/green"], "speaker": "Bjarke Ingels", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/daniel_libeskind_s_17_words_of_architectural_inspiration", "/talks/frank_gehry_asks_then_what", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/liz_diller_plays_with_architecture"]},
{"description": "\nIn this funny and inspiring talk, Dan Phillips tours us through a dozen homes he's built in Texas using recycled and reclaimed materials in wildly creative ways. Brilliant, low-tech design details will refresh your own drive to make more with less.\n", "title": "\nCreative houses from reclaimed stuff\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_phillips_creative_houses_from_reclaimed_stuff", "views": 953812, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/cities", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/green", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Dan Phillips", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/young_ha_kim_be_an_artist_right_now", "/talks/haas_hahn_how_painting_can_transform_communities", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/elora_hardy_magical_houses_made_of_bamboo"]},
{"description": "\nToo often, people feel checked out of politics \u2014 even at the level of their own city. But urban activist Alessandra Orofino thinks that can change, using a mix of tech and old-fashioned human connection. Sharing examples from her hometown of Rio, she says: \"It is up to us to decide whether we want schools or parking lots, recycling projects or construction sites, cars or buses, loneliness or solidarity.\"\n", "title": "\nIt\u2019s our city. Let\u2019s fix it\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/alessandra_orofino_it_s_our_city_let_s_fix_it", "views": 650574, "related_tags": ["/topics/cities", "/topics/community", "/topics/politics", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Alessandra Orofino", "related_videos": ["/talks/benjamin_barber_why_mayors_should_rule_the_world", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/pia_mancini_how_to_upgrade_democracy_for_the_internet_era", "/talks/drew_dudley_everyday_leadership", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nFor architect Ole Scheeren, the people who live and work inside a building are as much a part of that building as concrete, steel and glass. He asks: Can architecture be about collaboration and storytelling instead of the isolation and hierarchy of a typical skyscraper? Visit five of Scheeren's buildings \u2014 from a twisted tower in China to a floating cinema in the ocean in Thailand \u2014 and learn the stories behind them.\n", "title": "\nWhy great architecture should tell a story\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ole_scheeren_why_great_architecture_should_tell_a_story", "views": 1147370, "related_tags": ["/topics/architecture", "/topics/cities", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/community", "/topics/cooperation", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/development", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/environment", "/topics/industrial+design", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/productivity", "/topics/technology", "/topics/urban", "/topics/urban+planning", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Ole Scheeren", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/alejandro_aravena_my_architectural_philosophy_bring_the_community_into_the_process", "/talks/marc_kushner_why_the_buildings_of_the_future_will_be_shaped_by_you", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/elora_hardy_magical_houses_made_of_bamboo"]},
{"description": "\nTheaster Gates, a potter by training and a social activist by calling, wanted to do something about the sorry state of his neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. So he did, transforming abandoned buildings to create community hubs that connect and inspire those who still live there (and draw in those who don't). In this passionate talk, Gates describes his efforts to build a \"miniature Versailles\" in Chicago, and he shares his fervent belief that culture can be a catalyst for social transformation in any city, anywhere.\n", "title": "\nHow to revive a neighborhood: with imagination, beauty and art\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/theaster_gates_how_to_revive_a_neighborhood_with_imagination_beauty_and_art", "views": 856042, "related_tags": ["/topics/architecture", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/cities", "/topics/design", "/topics/environment", "/topics/urban+planning"], "speaker": "Theaster Gates", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/alessandra_orofino_it_s_our_city_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/amanda_burden_how_public_spaces_make_cities_work", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nZambia-born filmmaker Franco Sacchi tours us through Nollywood, Nigeria's booming film industry (the world's 3rd largest). Guerrilla filmmaking and brilliance under pressure from crews that can shoot a full-length feature in a week.\n", "title": "\nA tour of Nollywood, Nigeria's booming film industry\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/franco_sacchi_on_nollywood", "views": 201071, "related_tags": ["/topics/africa", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/film", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/media", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Franco Sacchi", "related_videos": ["/talks/newton_aduaka_tells_the_story_of_ezra", "/talks/chris_abani_on_the_stories_of_africa", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/j_j_abrams_mystery_box", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nNine days before TED2008, filmmaker David Hoffman lost almost everything he owned in a fire that destroyed his home, office and 30 years of passionate collecting. He looks back at a life that's been wiped clean in an instant \u2014 and looks forward.\n", "title": "\nWhat happens when you lose everything\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_hoffman_on_losing_everything", "views": 746894, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/film", "/topics/library", "/topics/personal+growth", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "David Hoffman", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/lakshmi_pratury_on_letter_writing", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/laura_trice_suggests_we_all_say_thank_you", "/talks/carl_honore_praises_slowness"]},
{"description": "\nFilmmaker Deborah Scranton talks about and shows clips from her documentary The War Tapes, which puts cameras in the hands of soldiers fighting in Iraq. \n", "title": "\nAn Iraq war movie crowd-sourced from soldiers\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/deborah_scranton_on_her_war_tapes", "views": 443497, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/film", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/technology", "/topics/war"], "speaker": "Deborah Scranton", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/newton_aduaka_tells_the_story_of_ezra", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/james_nachtwey_s_searing_pictures_of_war", "/talks/jeff_skoll_makes_movies_that_make_change"]},
{"description": "\nWhere does creative inspiration spring from? At TEDIndia, Hollywood/Bollywood director Shekhar Kapur (\"Elizabeth,\" \"Mr. India\") pinpoints his source of creativity: sheer, utter panic. He shares a powerful way to unleash your inner storyteller.\n", "title": "\nWe are the stories we tell ourselves\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/shekhar_kapur_we_are_the_stories_we_tell_ourselves", "views": 677602, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/film"], "speaker": "Shekhar Kapur", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/tim_brown_on_creativity_and_play", "/talks/isaac_mizrahi_on_fashion_and_creativity", "/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nEd Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that allowed his team to digitally create the older versions of Brad Pitt's face for \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.\"\n", "title": "\nHow Benjamin Button got his face\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ed_ulbrich_shows_how_benjamin_button_got_his_face", "views": 860377, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/aging", "/topics/arts", "/topics/business", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/film", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Ed Ulbrich", "related_videos": ["/talks/james_cameron_before_avatar_a_curious_boy", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/j_j_abrams_mystery_box", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/jehane_noujaim_inspires_a_global_day_of_film"]},
{"description": "\nJames Cameron's big-budget (and even bigger-grossing) films create unreal worlds all their own. In this personal talk, he reveals his childhood fascination with the fantastic \u2014 from reading science fiction to deep-sea diving \u2014 and how it ultimately drove the success of his blockbuster hits \"Aliens,\" \"The Terminator,\" \"Titanic\" and \"Avatar.\"\n", "title": "\nBefore Avatar ... a curious boy\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/james_cameron_before_avatar_a_curious_boy", "views": 1730496, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/adventure", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/film", "/topics/nature", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/submarine", "/topics/technology", "/topics/writing"], "speaker": "James Cameron", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/deborah_scranton_on_her_war_tapes", "/talks/ed_ulbrich_shows_how_benjamin_button_got_his_face", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sylvia_earle_s_ted_prize_wish_to_protect_our_oceans", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nMovies have the power to create a shared narrative experience and to shape memories and worldviews. British film director Beeban Kidron invokes iconic film scenes \u2014 from Miracle in Milan to Boyz n the Hood \u2014 as she shows how her group FILMCLUB shares great films with kids.\n", "title": "\nThe shared wonder of film\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/beeban_kidron_the_shared_wonder_of_film", "views": 711446, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/children", "/topics/culture", "/topics/education", "/topics/film", "/topics/storytelling", "/topics/youth"], "speaker": "Beeban Kidron", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/dave_eggers_makes_his_ted_prize_wish_once_upon_a_school", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali", "/talks/jehane_noujaim_inspires_a_global_day_of_film"]},
{"description": "\nShowing spectacular clips from productions such as Frida, The Tempest and The Lion King, director Julie Taymor describes a life spent immersed in theater and the movies. Filmed right as controversy over her Broadway production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark was at its peak, she candidly describes the tensions inherent within her creative process, as she strives both to capture the essence of a story\u2014and produce images and experiences unlike anything else.\n", "title": "\nSpider-Man, The Lion King and life on the creative edge\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/julie_taymor_spider_man_the_lion_king_and_life_on_the_creative_edge", "views": 905217, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/fear", "/topics/film", "/topics/theater"], "speaker": "Julie Taymor", "related_videos": ["/talks/james_cameron_before_avatar_a_curious_boy", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/handpring_puppet_co_the_genius_puppetry_behind_war_horse", "/talks/don_levy_a_cinematic_journey_through_visual_effects", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nRob Legato creates movie effects so good they (sometimes) trump the real thing. In this warm and funny talk, he shares his vision for enhancing reality on-screen in movies like Apollo 13, Titanic and Hugo.\n", "title": "\nThe art of creating awe\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rob_legato_the_art_of_creating_awe", "views": 1839250, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/culture", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/film", "/topics/history"], "speaker": "Rob Legato", "related_videos": ["/talks/james_cameron_before_avatar_a_curious_boy", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/andrew_stanton_the_clues_to_a_great_story", "/talks/j_j_abrams_mystery_box", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nLuke Syson was a curator of Renaissance art, of transcendent paintings of saints and solemn Italian ladies \u2014 serious art. And then he changed jobs, and inherited the Met's collection of ceramics \u2014 pretty, frilly, \"useless\" candlesticks and vases. He didn't like it. He didn't get it. Until one day \u2026 (Filmed at TEDxMet.)\n", "title": "\nHow I learned to stop worrying and love \"useless\" art\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/luke_syson_how_i_learned_to_stop_worrying_and_love_useless_art", "views": 1057081, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/design", "/topics/history", "/topics/museums"], "speaker": "Luke Syson", "related_videos": ["/talks/william_noel_revealing_the_lost_codex_of_archimedes", "/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/thomas_p_campbell_weaving_narratives_in_museum_galleries", "/talks/neil_macgregor_2600_years_of_history_in_one_object", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nWhy do we like an original painting better than a forgery? Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that human beings are essentialists \u2014 that our beliefs about the history of an object change how we experience it, not simply as an illusion, but as a deep feature of what pleasure (and pain) is.\n", "title": "\nThe origins of pleasure\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_bloom_the_origins_of_pleasure", "views": 1821991, "related_tags": ["/topics/happiness", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Paul Bloom", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/adam_savage_s_obsessions", "/talks/denis_dutton_a_darwinian_theory_of_beauty", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/neil_pasricha_the_3_a_s_of_awesome"]},
{"description": "\nUrsus Wehrli shares his vision for a cleaner, more organized, tidier form of art \u2014 by deconstructing the paintings of modern masters into their component pieces, sorted by color and size.\n", "title": "\nTidying up art\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/ursus_wehrli_tidies_up_art", "views": 1197488, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/humor", "/topics/performance", "/topics/simplicity"], "speaker": "Ursus Wehrli", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/maira_kalman_the_illustrated_woman", "/talks/ze_frank_s_nerdcore_comedy", "/talks/chris_jordan_pictures_some_shocking_stats", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nA clay cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script, damaged and broken, the Cyrus Cylinder is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and multi-culturalism. In this enthralling talk Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, traces 2600 years of Middle Eastern history through this single object.\n", "title": "\n2600 years of history in one object\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/neil_macgregor_2600_years_of_history_in_one_object", "views": 850160, "related_tags": ["/topics/culture", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/history", "/topics/world+cultures"], "speaker": "Neil MacGregor", "related_videos": ["/talks/paddy_ashdown_the_global_power_shift", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/david_christian_big_history", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/parag_khanna_maps_the_future_of_countries"]},
{"description": "\nWhen Tracy Chevalier looks at paintings, she imagines the stories behind them: How did the painter meet his model? What would explain that look in her eye? Why is that man \u2026 blushing? She shares three stories inspired by portraits, including the one that led to her best-selling novel \"Girl With a Pearl Earring.\"\r\n\n", "title": "\nFinding the story inside the painting\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/tracy_chevalier_finding_the_story_inside_the_painting", "views": 1048684, "related_tags": ["/topics/arts", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/history", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Tracy Chevalier", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion", "/talks/beeban_kidron_the_shared_wonder_of_film", "/talks/andrew_stanton_the_clues_to_a_great_story", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nMona Lisa is one of the best-known faces on the planet. But would you recognize an image of Leonardo da Vinci? Illustrator Siegfried Woldhek uses some thoughtful image-analysis techniques to find what he believes is the true face of Leonardo.\n", "title": "\nThe search for the true face of Leonardo\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/siegfried_woldhek_shows_how_he_found_the_true_face_of_leonardo", "views": 1120489, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/demo", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/history", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Siegfried Woldhek", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/vik_muniz_makes_art_with_wire_sugar", "/talks/ursus_wehrli_tidies_up_art", "/talks/arthur_ganson_makes_moving_sculpture", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nArt history is far from set in stone. Engineer Maurizio Seracini spent 30 years searching for Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s lost fresco \u201cThe Battle of Anghiari,\u201d and in the process discovered that many paintings have layers of history hidden underneath. Should they be part of the viewing experience too?\n", "title": "\nThe secret lives of paintings\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/maurizio_seracini_the_secret_lives_of_paintings", "views": 676205, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Maurizio Seracini", "related_videos": ["/talks/siegfried_woldhek_shows_how_he_found_the_true_face_of_leonardo", "/talks/william_noel_revealing_the_lost_codex_of_archimedes", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/adam_savage_s_obsessions", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nTED collaborates with animator Andrew Park to illustrate Denis Dutton's provocative theory on beauty \u2014 that art, music and other beautiful things, far from being simply \"in the eye of the beholder,\" are a core part of human nature with deep evolutionary origins. \n", "title": "\nA Darwinian theory of beauty\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/denis_dutton_a_darwinian_theory_of_beauty", "views": 1838595, "related_tags": ["/topics/senses", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/beauty", "/topics/brain", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/society"], "speaker": "Denis Dutton", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/steven_pinker_on_language_and_thought", "/talks/richard_seymour_how_beauty_feels", "/talks/mark_pagel_how_language_transformed_humanity"]},
{"description": "\nLike your uncle at a family party, the rumpled Swedish doctor Lennart Green says, \"Pick a card, any card.\" But what he does with those cards is pure magic \u2014 flabbergasting, lightning-fast, how-does-he-do-it? magic.\n", "title": "\nClose-up card magic with a twist\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/lennart_green_does_close_up_card_magic", "views": 3494246, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/humor", "/topics/illusion", "/topics/magic"], "speaker": "Lennart Green", "related_videos": ["/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things", "/talks/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email", "/talks/jane_fonda_and_lily_tomlin_a_hilarious_celebration_of_lifelong_female_friendship", "/talks/keith_barry_does_brain_magic", "/talks/al_seckel_says_our_brains_are_mis_wired", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life"]},
{"description": "\nAl Seckel, a cognitive neuroscientist, explores the perceptual illusions that fool our brains. Loads of eye tricks help him prove that not only are we easily fooled, we kind of like it.\n", "title": "\nVisual illusions that show how we (mis)think\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/al_seckel_says_our_brains_are_mis_wired", "views": 1700322, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/brain", "/topics/cognitive+science", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/illusion", "/topics/psychology"], "speaker": "Al Seckel", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things", "/talks/keith_barry_does_brain_magic", "/talks/vik_muniz_makes_art_with_wire_sugar", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nDavid Kwong is a magician who makes crossword puzzles \u2014 in other words, a pretty nerdy guy. And for his next trick ... \n", "title": "\nTwo nerdy obsessions meet \u2014 and it's magic\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_kwong_two_nerdy_obsessions_meet_and_it_s_magic", "views": 1557213, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/magic"], "speaker": "David Kwong", "related_videos": ["/talks/marco_tempest_the_electric_rise_and_fall_of_nikola_tesla", "/talks/arthur_benjamin_the_magic_of_fibonacci_numbers", "/talks/arthur_benjamin_does_mathemagic", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life", "/talks/joey_alexander_an_11_year_old_prodigy_performs_old_school_jazz", "/talks/nicole_paris_and_ed_cage_a_beatboxing_lesson_from_a_father_daughter_duo"]},
{"description": "\nBeau Lotto's color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can't normally see: how your brain works. This fun, first-hand look at your own versatile sense of sight reveals how evolution tints your perception of what's really out there.\n", "title": "\nOptical illusions show how we see\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/beau_lotto_optical_illusions_show_how_we_see", "views": 4443752, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/brain", "/topics/consciousness", "/topics/mind", "/topics/psychology", "/topics/science", "/topics/visualizations"], "speaker": "Beau Lotto", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/keith_barry_does_brain_magic", "/talks/al_seckel_says_our_brains_are_mis_wired", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/dan_dennett_on_our_consciousness"]},
{"description": "\nIn this charming talk, artist Aparna Rao shows us her latest work: cool, cartoony sculptures (with neat robotic tricks underneath them) that play with your perception \u2014 and crave your attention. Take a few minutes to simply be delighted.\n", "title": "\nArt that craves your attention\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/aparna_rao_art_that_craves_your_attention", "views": 986329, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/art", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/interface+design"], "speaker": "Aparna Rao", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/vik_muniz_makes_art_with_wire_sugar", "/talks/arthur_ganson_makes_moving_sculpture", "/talks/aparna_rao_high_tech_art_with_a_sense_of_humor", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nAuthor and illustrator Maira Kalman talks about her life and work, from her covers for The New Yorker to her books for children and grown-ups. She is as wonderful, as wise and as deliciously off-kilter in person as she is on paper.\n", "title": "\nThe illustrated woman\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/maira_kalman_the_illustrated_woman", "views": 575055, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/children", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/happiness"], "speaker": "Maira Kalman", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/john_maeda_on_the_simple_life", "/talks/eva_zeisel_on_the_playful_search_for_beauty", "/talks/isaac_mizrahi_on_fashion_and_creativity", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nHow do you stage an international art show with work from 100 different artists? If you're Shea Hembrey, you invent all of the artists and artwork yourself \u2014 from large-scale outdoor installations to tiny paintings drawn with a single-haired brush. Watch this funny, mind-bending talk to see the explosion of creativity and diversity of skills a single artist is capable of.\n", "title": "\nHow I became 100 artists\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/shea_hembrey_how_i_became_100_artists", "views": 1379551, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Shea Hembrey", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/tom_shannon_the_painter_and_the_pendulum", "/talks/vik_muniz_makes_art_with_wire_sugar", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nWith scissors and paper, artist B\u00e9atrice Coron creates intricate worlds, cities and countries, heavens and hells. Striding onstage in a glorious cape cut from Tyvek, she describes her creative process and the way her stories develop from snips and slices.\n", "title": "\nStories cut from paper\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/beatrice_coron_stories_cut_from_paper", "views": 884665, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "B\u00e9atrice Coron", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos", "/talks/ben_dunlap_talks_about_a_passionate_life", "/talks/amy_tan_on_creativity", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nWith endearing honesty and vulnerability, Raghava KK tells the colorful tale of how art has taken his life to new places, and how life experiences in turn have driven his multiple reincarnations as an artist \u2014 from cartoonist to painter, media darling to social outcast, and son to father.\n", "title": "\nMy 5 lives as an artist\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/raghava_kk_five_lives_of_an_artist", "views": 612127, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment"], "speaker": "Raghava KK", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/raghava_kk_what_s_your_200_year_plan", "/talks/vik_muniz_makes_art_with_wire_sugar", "/talks/raghava_kk_shake_up_your_story", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nStreet artist JR made a wish in 2011: Join me in a worldwide photo project to show the world its true face. One year after making his TED Prize wish, he shows how giant posters of human faces, pasted in public, are connecting communities, making change, and turning the world inside out. \n", "title": "\nOne year of turning the world inside out\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jr_one_year_of_turning_the_world_inside_out", "views": 1011212, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+prize", "/topics/arts", "/topics/community", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "JR", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_griffin_on_how_photography_connects", "/talks/david_gruber_glow_in_the_dark_sharks_and_other_stunning_sea_creatures", "/talks/jr_s_ted_prize_wish_use_art_to_turn_the_world_inside_out", "/talks/aaron_huey"]},
{"description": "\nFormer \"young Republican\" Larry Lessig talks about what Democrats can learn about copyright from their opposite party, considered more conservative. A surprising lens on remix culture. \n", "title": "\nRe-examining the remix\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/lessig_nyed", "views": 373263, "related_tags": ["/topics/internet", "/topics/tedx", "/topics/law", "/topics/music", "/topics/online+video", "/topics/technology", "/topics/web"], "speaker": "Lawrence Lessig", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity", "/talks/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nNew York Times tech columnist David Pogue performs a satirical mini-medley about iTunes and the downloading wars, borrowing a few notes from Sonny and Cher and the Village People. \n", "title": "\nThe music wars\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_pogue_on_the_music_wars", "views": 507516, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/humor", "/topics/music", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "David Pogue", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/anand_agarawala_demos_his_bumptop_desktop", "/talks/david_pogue_says_simplicity_sells", "/talks/blaise_aguera_y_arcas_demos_photosynth", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nAs the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Thomas P. Campbell thinks deeply about curating\u2014not just selecting art objects, but placing them in a setting where the public can learn their stories. With glorious images, he shows how his curation philosophy works for displaying medieval tapestries\u2014and for the over-the-top fashion/art of Alexander McQueen. (From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.)\n", "title": "\nWeaving narratives in museum galleries\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_p_campbell_weaving_narratives_in_museum_galleries", "views": 587556, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/museums"], "speaker": "Thomas P. Campbell", "related_videos": ["/talks/william_noel_revealing_the_lost_codex_of_archimedes", "/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos", "/talks/amit_sood_building_a_museum_of_museums_on_the_web", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life", "/talks/nicole_paris_and_ed_cage_a_beatboxing_lesson_from_a_father_daughter_duo", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nFor sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor, the ocean is more than a muse \u2014 it's an exhibition space and museum. Taylor creates sculptures of human forms and mundane life on land and sinks them to the ocean floor, where they are subsumed by the sea and transformed from lifeless stone into vibrant habitats for corals, crustaceans and other creatures. The result: Enigmatic, haunting and colorful commentaries about our transient existence, the sacredness of the ocean and its breathtaking power of regeneration.\n", "title": "\nAn underwater art museum, teeming with life\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life", "views": 960062, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/biosphere", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/fish", "/topics/life", "/topics/mission+blue", "/topics/nature", "/topics/oceans", "/topics/water"], "speaker": "Jason deCaires Taylor", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/asha_de_vos_why_you_should_care_about_whale_poo", "/talks/kristen_marhaver_how_we_re_growing_baby_corals_to_rebuild_reefs", "/talks/dustin_yellin_a_journey_through_the_mind_of_an_artist", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nA third of the world watched live as the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11, 2001; a third more heard about it within 24 hours. (Do you remember where you were?) So exhibits at the soon-to-open 9/11 Memorial Museum will reflect the diversity of the world's experiences of that day. In a moving talk, designer Jake Barton gives a peek at some of those installations, as well as several other projects that aim to make the observer an active participant in the exhibit.\n", "title": "\nThe museum of you\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jake_barton_the_museum_of_you", "views": 740155, "related_tags": ["/topics/collaboration", "/topics/design", "/topics/museums"], "speaker": "Jake Barton", "related_videos": ["/talks/aaron_koblin", "/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/moshe_safdie_on_building_uniqueness", "/talks/thomas_p_campbell_weaving_narratives_in_museum_galleries", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nHow do you make a great public space inside a not-so-great building? Liz Diller shares the story of creating a welcoming, lighthearted \u2014 even, dare we say it, sexy \u2014 addition to the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC. (From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.)\n", "title": "\nA new museum wing ... in a giant bubble\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/liz_diller_a_giant_bubble_for_debate", "views": 618902, "related_tags": ["/topics/architecture", "/topics/cities", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/museums"], "speaker": "Liz Diller", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/magnus_larsson_turning_dunes_into_architecture", "/talks/liz_diller_plays_with_architecture", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/thomas_heatherwick"]},
{"description": "\nGolan Levin, an artist and engineer, uses modern tools \u2014 robotics, new software, cognitive research \u2014 to make artworks that surprise and delight. Watch as sounds become shapes, bodies create paintings, and a curious eye looks back at the curious viewer.\n", "title": "\nArt that looks back at you\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/golan_levin_ted2009", "views": 743166, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/poetry", "/topics/software", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Golan Levin", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/golan_levin_on_software_as_art", "/talks/vik_muniz_makes_art_with_wire_sugar", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/jonathan_harris_tells_the_web_s_secret_stories"]},
{"description": "\nThere's a place in France where the robots do a dance. And that place is TEDxConcorde, where Bruno Maisonnier of Aldebaran Robotics choreographs a troupe of tiny humanoid Nao robots through a surprisingly emotive performance.\n", "title": "\nDance, tiny robots!\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bruno_maisonnier_dance_tiny_robots", "views": 1103815, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/robots"], "speaker": "Bruno Maisonnier", "related_videos": ["/talks/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/hod_lipson_builds_self_aware_robots", "/talks/rodney_brooks_on_robots", "/talks/catherine_mohr_surgery_s_past_present_and_robotic_future", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nReggie Watts\u2019 beats defy boxes. Unplug your logic board and watch as he blends poetry and crosses musical genres in this larger-than-life performance.\n", "title": "\nBeats that defy boxes\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/reggie_watts_disorients_you_in_the_most_entertaining_way", "views": 7004329, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/humor", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance", "/topics/poetry"], "speaker": "Reggie Watts", "related_videos": ["/talks/oscar_schwartz_can_a_computer_write_poetry", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/onyx_ashanti_this_is_beatjazz", "/talks/james_burchfield_plays_invisible_turntables", "/talks/naturally_7_jams_fly_baby_with_an_orchestra_of_vocals", "/talks/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel"]},
{"description": "\nIn this engrossing EG talk, architect Liz Diller shares her firm DS+R's more unusual work, including the Blur Building, whose walls are made of fog, and the revamped Alice Tully Hall, which is wrapped in glowing wooden skin.\n", "title": "\nThe Blur Building and other tech-empowered architecture\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/liz_diller_plays_with_architecture", "views": 494646, "related_tags": ["/topics/architecture", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/cities", "/topics/design", "/topics/theater"], "speaker": "Liz Diller", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/joshua_prince_ramus_on_seattle_s_library", "/talks/moshe_safdie_on_building_uniqueness", "/talks/thom_mayne_on_architecture_as_connection", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nFor the last 12 years, Carter Emmart has been coordinating the efforts of scientists, artists and programmers to build a complete 3D visualization of our known universe. He demos this stunning tour and explains how it's being shared with facilities around the world.\r\n\n", "title": "\nA 3D atlas of the universe\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/carter_emmart_demos_a_3d_atlas_of_the_universe", "views": 1515427, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/astronomy", "/topics/science", "/topics/space", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Carter Emmart", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/carolyn_porco_flies_us_to_saturn", "/talks/carolyn_porco_could_a_saturn_moon_harbor_life", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/george_smoot_on_the_design_of_the_universe", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nNature photographer Frans Lanting uses vibrant images to take us deep into the animal world. In this short, visual talk he calls for us to reconnect with other earthly creatures, and to shed the metaphorical skins that separate us from each other.\n", "title": "\nPhotos that give voice to the animal kingdom\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/frans_lanting_photos_that_give_voice_to_the_animal_kingdom", "views": 1279950, "related_tags": ["/topics/animals", "/topics/nature", "/topics/photography"], "speaker": "Frans Lanting", "related_videos": ["/talks/louie_schwartzberg_nature_beauty_gratitude", "/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit", "/talks/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments", "/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander"]},
{"description": "\nCan a person disappear in plain sight? That\u2019s the question Liu Bolin\u2018s remarkable work seems to ask. The Beijing-based artist is sometimes called \u201cThe Invisible Man\u201d because in nearly all his art, Bolin is front and center \u2014 and completely unseen. He aims to draw attention to social and political issues by dissolving into the background.\n", "title": "\nThe invisible man\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/liu_bolin_the_invisible_man", "views": 1204335, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/china", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/identity", "/topics/photography", "/topics/politics"], "speaker": "Liu Bolin", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/alison_jackson_looks_at_celebrity", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/rob_legato_the_art_of_creating_awe", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/abigail_washburn_building_us_china_relations_by_banjo"]},
{"description": "\nWhat do you do with an outdated encyclopedia in the information age? With X-Acto knives and an eye for a good remix, artist Brian Dettmer makes beautiful, unexpected sculptures that breathe new life into old books.\n", "title": "\nOld books reborn as art\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/brian_dettmer_old_books_reborn_as_intricate_art", "views": 1024025, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedyouth", "/topics/art", "/topics/books", "/topics/creativity"], "speaker": "Brian Dettmer", "related_videos": ["/talks/doris_kim_sung_metal_that_breathes", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/willard_wigan_hold_your_breath_for_micro_sculpture", "/talks/aparna_rao_high_tech_art_with_a_sense_of_humor", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nWe all use our body on a daily basis, and yet few of us think about our physicality the way Wayne McGregor does. He demonstrates how a choreographer communicates ideas to an audience, working with two dancers to build phrases of dance, live and unscripted, on the TEDGlobal stage.\n", "title": "\nA choreographer's creative process in real time\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/wayne_mcgregor_a_choreographer_s_creative_process_in_real_time", "views": 759736, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/dance"], "speaker": "Wayne McGregor", "related_videos": ["/talks/michael_moschen_juggles_rhythm_and_motion", "/talks/john_bohannon_dance_vs_powerpoint_a_modest_proposal", "/talks/nicole_paris_and_ed_cage_a_beatboxing_lesson_from_a_father_daughter_duo", "/talks/mallika_sarabhai", "/talks/danit_peleg_forget_shopping_soon_you_ll_download_your_new_clothes", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life"]},
{"description": "\nInstead of a boring slide deck at your next presentation, how about bringing in a troupe of dancers? That's science writer John Bohannon's \"modest proposal\" in this spellbinding choreographed talk. He makes his case by example, in collaboration with dancers from Black Label Movement.\n", "title": "\nDance vs. powerpoint, a modest proposal\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/john_bohannon_dance_vs_powerpoint_a_modest_proposal", "views": 426441, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/biology", "/topics/dance", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/physics", "/topics/presentation", "/topics/science", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "John Bohannon", "related_videos": ["/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement", "/talks/sarah_kay_if_i_should_have_a_daughter", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/sunni_brown"]},
{"description": "\nLegendary dance choreographer Bill T. Jones and TED Fellows Joshua Roman and Somi didn't know exactly what was going to happen when they took the stage at TED2015. They just knew they wanted to offer the audience an opportunity to witness creative collaboration in action. The result: An improvised piece they call \"The Red Circle and the Blue Curtain,\" so extraordinary it had to be shared ...\n", "title": "\nThe dancer, the singer, the cellist ... and a moment of creative magic\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_t_jones_the_dancer_the_singer_the_cellist_and_a_moment_of_creative_magic", "views": 1062737, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/dance", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music", "/topics/performance"], "speaker": "Joshua Roman", "related_videos": ["/talks/wayne_mcgregor_a_choreographer_s_creative_process_in_real_time", "/talks/mallika_sarabhai", "/talks/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life", "/talks/kenichi_ebina_s_magic_moves", "/talks/tim_harford_how_messy_problems_can_inspire_creativity", "/talks/aomawa_shields_how_we_ll_find_life_on_other_planets"]},
{"description": "\nQuixotic Fusion is an ensemble of artists that brings together aerial acrobatics, dance, theater, film, music and visual fx. Watch as they perform three transporting dance pieces at TED2012.\n", "title": "\nDancing with light\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/quixotic_fusion_dancing_with_light", "views": 1223617, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/culture", "/topics/dance", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Quixotic Fusion", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/the_lxd_in_the_internet_age_dance_evolves", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/john_bohannon_dance_vs_powerpoint_a_modest_proposal", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/pilobolus_perform_symbiosis"]},
{"description": "\nTwo Pilobolus dancers perform \"Symbiosis.\" Does it trace the birth of a relationship? Or the co-evolution of symbiotic species? Music: \"God Music,\" George Crumb; \"Fratres,\" Arvo Part; \"Morango\u2026Almost a Tango,\" Thomas Oboe Lee.\n", "title": "\nA dance of \"Symbiosis\"\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/pilobolus_perform_symbiosis", "views": 2753272, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/arts", "/topics/dance", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/nature", "/topics/performance", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Pilobolus", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos", "/talks/raul_midon_plays_all_the_answers_and_tembererana", "/talks/anna_deavere_smith_s_american_character", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nIn this stunning slideshow, celebrated nature photographer Frans Lanting presents The LIFE Project, a poetic collection of photographs that tell the story of our planet, from its eruptive beginnings to its present diversity. Soundtrack by Philip Glass.\n", "title": "\nThe story of life in photographs\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos", "views": 1277592, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/animals", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/design", "/topics/evolution", "/topics/fish", "/topics/nature", "/topics/photography", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Frans Lanting", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_griffin_on_how_photography_connects", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/david_bolinsky_animates_a_cell", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures"]},
{"description": "\nTod Machover of MIT's Media Lab is devoted to extending musical expression to everyone, from virtuosos to amateurs, and in the most diverse forms, from opera to video games. He and composer Dan Ellsey shed light on what's next. \n", "title": "\nInventing instruments that unlock new music\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/tod_machover_and_dan_ellsey_play_new_music", "views": 438845, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/demo", "/topics/design", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/health+care", "/topics/live+music", "/topics/music", "/topics/technology", "/topics/writing"], "speaker": "Tod Machover", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/pamelia_kurstin_plays_the_theremin", "/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion", "/talks/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nThe Teresa Carre\u00f1o Youth Orchestra contains the best high school musicians from Venezuela's life-changing music program, El Sistema. Led here by Gustavo Dudamel, they play Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10, 2nd movement, and Arturo M\u00e1rquez' Danz\u00f3n No. 2.\n", "title": "\nEl Sistema's top youth orchestra\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/astonishing_performance_by_a_venezuelan_youth_orchestra_1", "views": 1832168, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+prize", "/topics/arts", "/topics/children", "/topics/conducting", "/topics/culture", "/topics/education", "/topics/entertainment", "/topics/music"], "speaker": "Gustavo Dudamel and the Teresa Carre\u00f1o Youth Orchestra", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jennifer_lin_improvs_piano_magic", "/talks/jose_abreu_on_kids_transformed_by_music", "/talks/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali", "/talks/sirena_huang_dazzles_on_violin", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nAn epidemic of bad, inefficient, overcrowded meetings is plaguing the world\u2019s businesses \u2014 and making workers miserable. David Grady has some ideas on how to stop it.\n", "title": "\nHow to save the world (or at least yourself) from bad meetings\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_grady_how_to_save_the_world_or_at_least_yourself_from_bad_meetings", "views": 1781144, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/communication", "/topics/productivity", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "David Grady", "related_videos": ["/talks/yanis_varoufakis_capitalism_will_eat_democracy_unless_we_speak_up", "/talks/anne_marie_slaughter_can_we_all_have_it_all", "/talks/jason_fried_why_work_doesn_t_happen_at_work", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow"]},
{"description": "\nOrganizations are often run according to \u201cthe superchicken model,\u201d where the value is placed on star employees who outperform others. And yet, this isn\u2019t what drives the most high-achieving teams. Business leader Margaret Heffernan observes that it is social cohesion \u2014 built every coffee break, every time one team member asks another for help \u2014 that leads over time to great results. It's a radical rethink of what drives us to do our best work, and what it means to be a leader. Because as Heffernan points out: \u201cCompanies don\u2019t have ideas. Only people do.\u201d\n", "title": "\nWhy it's time to forget the pecking order at work\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_heffernan_why_it_s_time_to_forget_the_pecking_order_at_work", "views": 1574481, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+books", "/topics/business", "/topics/leadership", "/topics/life", "/topics/work"], "speaker": "Margaret Heffernan", "related_videos": ["/talks/margaret_heffernan_dare_to_disagree", "/talks/simon_sinek_why_good_leaders_make_you_feel_safe", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/tania_simoncelli_should_you_be_able_to_patent_a_human_gene", "/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success"]},
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{"description": "\nIt may seem that big problems require big solutions, but ad man Rory Sutherland says many flashy, expensive fixes are just obscuring better, simpler answers. To illustrate, he uses behavioral economics and hilarious examples.\n", "title": "\nSweat the small stuff\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_sweat_the_small_stuff", "views": 948014, "related_tags": ["/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/economics", "/topics/engineering", "/topics/motivation", "/topics/politics", "/topics/simplicity"], "speaker": "Rory Sutherland", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/alan_siegel_let_s_simplify_legal_jargon", "/talks/esther_duflo_social_experiments_to_fight_poverty", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nBatch to batch, crust to crust ... In tribute to the beloved staple food, baking master Peter Reinhart reflects on the cordial couplings (wheat and yeast, starch and heat) that give us our daily bread. Try not to eat a slice.\n", "title": "\nThe art and craft of bread\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_reinhart_on_bread", "views": 717952, "related_tags": ["/topics/art", "/topics/books", "/topics/chemistry", "/topics/food", "/topics/life", "/topics/love", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Peter Reinhart", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/mark_bittman_on_what_s_wrong_with_what_we_eat", "/talks/dan_barber_s_surprising_foie_gras_parable", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus"]},
{"description": "\nInk that conducts electricity; a window that turns from clear to opaque at the flip of a switch; a jelly that makes music. All this stuff exists, and Catarina Mota says: It's time to play with it. Mota leads us on a tour of surprising and cool new materials, and suggests that the way we'll figure out what they're good for is to experiment, tinker and have fun.\n", "title": "\nPlay with smart materials\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/catarina_mota_play_with_smart_materials", "views": 990997, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Catarina Mota", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/massimo_banzi_how_arduino_is_open_sourcing_imagination", "/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids", "/talks/fiorenzo_omenetto_silk_the_ancient_material_of_the_future", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nMIT researcher Skylar Tibbits works on self-assembly \u2014 the idea that instead of building something (a chair, a skyscraper), we can create materials that build themselves, much the way a strand of DNA zips itself together. It's a big concept at early stages; Tibbits shows us three in-the-lab projects that hint at what a self-assembling future might look like.\n", "title": "\nCan we make things that make themselves?\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/skylar_tibbits_can_we_make_things_that_make_themselves", "views": 893502, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/design", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Skylar Tibbits", "related_videos": ["/talks/paul_rothemund_casts_a_spell_with_dna", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/hod_lipson_builds_self_aware_robots", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/neil_gershenfeld_on_fab_labs"]},
{"description": "\nGever Tulley uses engaging photos and footage to demonstrate the valuable lessons kids learn at his Tinkering School. When given tools, materials and guidance, these young imaginations run wild and creative problem-solving takes over to build unique boats, bridges and even a roller coaster!\n", "title": "\nLife lessons through tinkering\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action", "views": 1032661, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/children", "/topics/development", "/topics/education", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/invention"], "speaker": "Gever Tulley", "related_videos": ["/talks/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids", "/talks/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it", "/talks/arthur_benjamin_s_formula_for_changing_math_education", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nDesigner Philippe Starck \u2014 with no pretty slides to show \u2014 spends 18 minutes reaching for the very roots of the question \"Why design?\" Listen carefully for one perfect mantra for all of us, genius or not.\n", "title": "\nDesign and destiny\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/philippe_starck_thinks_deep_on_design", "views": 1588050, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/design", "/topics/humanity", "/topics/humor", "/topics/philosophy", "/topics/storytelling"], "speaker": "Philippe Starck", "related_videos": ["/talks/ross_lovegrove_shares_organic_designs", "/talks/isaac_mizrahi_on_fashion_and_creativity", "/talks/stefan_sagmeister_shares_happy_design", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nAs human beings, we get used to \"the way things are\" really fast. But for designers, the way things are is an opportunity ... Could things be better? How? In this funny, breezy talk, the man behind the iPod and the Nest thermostat shares some of his tips for noticing \u2014 and driving \u2014 change.\n", "title": "\nThe first secret of design is ... noticing\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/tony_fadell_the_first_secret_of_design_is_noticing", "views": 1395392, "related_tags": ["/topics/design", "/topics/product+design", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Tony Fadell", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/amy_smith_shares_simple_lifesaving_design", "/talks/brenda_laurel_on_making_games_for_girls", "/talks/aparna_rao_high_tech_art_with_a_sense_of_humor", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nGreat design is a never-ending journey of discovery \u2014 for which it helps to pack a healthy sense of humor. Sociologist and surfer-turned-designer David Carson walks through a gorgeous (and often quite funny) slide deck of his work and found images.\n", "title": "\nDesign and discovery\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/david_carson_on_design", "views": 672158, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/design", "/topics/exploration", "/topics/humor", "/topics/photography", "/topics/typography"], "speaker": "David Carson", "related_videos": ["/talks/stefan_sagmeister_on_what_he_has_learned", "/talks/matthew_carter_my_life_in_typefaces", "/talks/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon", "/talks/marian_bantjes_intricate_beauty_by_design", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn graphic design, Marian Bantjes says, throwing your individuality into a project is heresy. She explains how she built her career doing just that, bringing her signature delicate illustrations to storefronts, valentines and even genetic diagrams.\n", "title": "\nIntricate beauty by design\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/marian_bantjes_intricate_beauty_by_design", "views": 589767, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/design", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/typography"], "speaker": "Marian Bantjes", "related_videos": ["/talks/eva_zeisel_on_the_playful_search_for_beauty", "/talks/don_norman_on_design_and_emotion", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/stefan_sagmeister_shares_happy_design", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nFrom the TED archives: The legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser dives deep into a new painting inspired by Piero della Francesca. From here, he muses on what makes a convincing poster, by breaking down an idea and making it new.\n", "title": "\nUsing design to make ideas new\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/milton_glaser_on_using_design_to_make_ideas_new", "views": 340698, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/communication", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/education"], "speaker": "Milton Glaser", "related_videos": ["/talks/david_macaulay_s_rome_antics", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_kelley_on_human_centered_design", "/talks/stefan_sagmeister_shares_happy_design", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nThe legendary design team Charles and Ray Eames made films, houses and classic midcentury modern furniture. Eames Demetrios, their grandson, shows rarely seen films and archival footage in a lively, loving tribute to their creative process.\n", "title": "\nThe design genius of Charles + Ray Eames\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/the_design_genius_of_charles_and_ray_eames", "views": 518984, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/children", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design", "/topics/film", "/topics/product+design"], "speaker": "Eames Demetrios", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/david_hoffman_shares_his_sputnik_mania", "/talks/niels_diffrient_rethinks_the_way_we_sit_at_work", "/talks/mathieu_lehanneur_demos_science_inspired_design", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nGraphic designer Stefan Sagmeister takes the audience on a whimsical journey through moments of his life that made him happy \u2014 and notes how many of these moments have to do with good design.\n", "title": "\nHappiness by design\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_shares_happy_design", "views": 1555690, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+brain+trust", "/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/arts", "/topics/design", "/topics/happiness", "/topics/typography"], "speaker": "Stefan Sagmeister", "related_videos": ["/talks/stefan_sagmeister_on_what_he_has_learned", "/talks/john_maeda_on_the_simple_life", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/maira_kalman_the_illustrated_woman", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nThe MIT Media Lab's John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring down to basics.\n", "title": "\nDesigning for simplicity\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/john_maeda_on_the_simple_life", "views": 1027433, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/art", "/topics/design", "/topics/simplicity", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "John Maeda", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/amy_smith_shares_simple_lifesaving_design", "/talks/david_pogue_says_simplicity_sells", "/talks/george_whitesides_toward_a_science_of_simplicity", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nA future more beautiful? Architect Thomas Heatherwick shows five recent projects featuring ingenious bio-inspired designs. Some are remakes of the ordinary: a bus, a bridge, a power station ... And one is an extraordinary pavilion, the Seed Cathedral, a celebration of growth and light.\n", "title": "\nBuilding the Seed Cathedral\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/thomas_heatherwick", "views": 1447753, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/arts", "/topics/creativity", "/topics/design"], "speaker": "Thomas Heatherwick", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/jonathan_drori_why_we_re_storing_billions_of_seeds", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nIn a short, funny, data-packed talk at TED U, Catherine Mohr walks through all the geeky decisions she made when building a green new house \u2014 looking at real energy numbers, not hype. What choices matter most? Not the ones you think.\n", "title": "\nThe tradeoffs of building green\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/catherine_mohr_builds_green", "views": 696477, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/business", "/topics/culture", "/topics/green", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Catherine Mohr", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/catherine_mohr_surgery_s_past_present_and_robotic_future", "/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nOur bodies and homes are covered in microbes \u2014 some good for us, some bad for us. As we learn more about the germs and microbes who share our living spaces, TED Fellow Jessica Green asks: Can we design buildings that encourage happy, healthy microbial environments?\n", "title": "\nWe're covered in germs. Let's design for that.\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/jessica_green_good_germs_make_healthy_buildings", "views": 888321, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/ted+fellows", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/biodiversity", "/topics/biology", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/design", "/topics/science"], "speaker": "Jessica Green", "related_videos": ["/talks/paul_ewald_asks_can_we_domesticate_germs", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/jessica_green_are_we_filtering_the_wrong_microbes", "/talks/jonathan_eisen_meet_your_microbes", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/jocelyne_bloch_the_brain_may_be_able_to_repair_itself_with_help"]},
{"description": "\nModern buildings with floor-to-ceiling windows give spectacular views, but they require a lot of energy to cool. Doris Kim Sung works with thermo-bimetals, smart materials that act more like human skin, dynamically and responsively, and can shade a room from sun and self-ventilate.\n", "title": "\nMetal that breathes\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/doris_kim_sung_metal_that_breathes", "views": 1084806, "related_tags": ["/topics/tedx", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/art", "/topics/climate+change", "/topics/design", "/topics/invention", "/topics/materials", "/topics/sustainability", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Doris Kim Sung", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/dan_phillips_creative_houses_from_reclaimed_stuff", "/talks/bjarke_ingels_hedonistic_sustainability", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/michael_hansmeyer_building_unimaginable_shapes", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nBecause of poor acoustics, students in classrooms miss 50 percent of what their teachers say and patients in hospitals have trouble sleeping because they continually feel stressed. Julian Treasure sounds a call to action for designers to pay attention to the \u201cinvisible architecture\u201d of sound.\n", "title": "\nWhy architects need to use their ears\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_why_architects_need_to_use_their_ears", "views": 1092210, "related_tags": ["/topics/senses", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/design", "/topics/sound"], "speaker": "Julian Treasure", "related_videos": ["/talks/neil_harbisson_i_listen_to_color", "/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better", "/talks/honor_harger_a_history_of_the_universe_in_sound", "/talks/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nArchitecture student Magnus Larsson details his bold plan to transform the harsh Sahara desert using bacteria and a surprising construction material: the sand itself.\n", "title": "\nTurning dunes into architecture\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/magnus_larsson_turning_dunes_into_architecture", "views": 613548, "related_tags": ["/topics/africa", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/bacteria", "/topics/biology", "/topics/design", "/topics/sustainability", "/topics/water"], "speaker": "Magnus Larsson", "related_videos": ["/talks/ross_lovegrove_shares_organic_designs", "/talks/janine_benyus_biomimicry_in_action", "/talks/rachel_armstrong_architecture_that_repairs_itself", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/pardis_sabeti_how_we_ll_fight_the_next_deadly_virus", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nAccepting his 2006 TED Prize, Cameron Sinclair demonstrates how passionate designers and architects can respond to world housing crises. He unveils his TED Prize wish for a network to improve global living standards through collaborative design.\n", "title": "\nMy wish: A call for open-source architecture\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_sinclair_on_open_source_architecture", "views": 1087130, "related_tags": ["/topics/activism", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/disaster+relief", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/invention", "/topics/open-source", "/topics/philanthropy"], "speaker": "Cameron Sinclair", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/marc_kushner_why_the_buildings_of_the_future_will_be_shaped_by_you", "/talks/alastair_parvin_architecture_for_the_people_by_the_people", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine", "/talks/thom_mayne_on_architecture_as_connection"]},
{"description": "\nArchitect Joshua Prince-Ramus takes the audience on dazzling, dizzying virtual tours of three recent projects: the Central Library in Seattle, the Museum Plaza in Louisville and the Charles Wyly Theater in Dallas.\n", "title": "\nBehind the design of Seattle's library\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_prince_ramus_on_seattle_s_library", "views": 806455, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/architecture", "/topics/arts", "/topics/collaboration", "/topics/culture", "/topics/design", "/topics/library"], "speaker": "Joshua Prince-Ramus", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/joshua_prince_ramus_building_a_theater_that_remakes_itself", "/talks/marc_kushner_why_the_buildings_of_the_future_will_be_shaped_by_you", "/talks/moshe_safdie_how_to_reinvent_the_apartment_building", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nMost of us want to do the right thing when it comes to the environment. But things aren\u2019t as simple as opting for the paper bag, says sustainability strategist Leyla Acaroglu. A bold call for us to let go of tightly-held green myths and think bigger in order to create systems and products that ease strain on the planet.\r\n\n", "title": "\nPaper beats plastic? How to rethink environmental folklore\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/leyla_acaroglu_paper_beats_plastic_how_to_rethink_environmental_folklore", "views": 1101505, "related_tags": ["/topics/ted+conference", "/topics/design", "/topics/green", "/topics/sustainability"], "speaker": "Leyla Acaroglu", "related_videos": ["/talks/david_kelley_on_human_centered_design", "/talks/william_mcdonough_on_cradle_to_cradle_design", "/talks/steve_howard_let_s_go_all_in_on_selling_sustainability", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers"]},
{"description": "\nWith wisdom and wit, Anupam Mishra talks about the amazing feats of engineering built centuries ago by the people of India's Golden Desert to harvest water. These ancient aqueducts and stepwells are still used today \u2014 and are often superior to modern water megaprojects.\n", "title": "\nThe ancient ingenuity of water harvesting\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/anupam_mishra_the_ancient_ingenuity_of_water_harvesting", "views": 744850, "related_tags": ["/topics/architecture", "/topics/design", "/topics/environment", "/topics/history", "/topics/india", "/topics/innovation", "/topics/photography", "/topics/sustainability", "/topics/water"], "speaker": "Anupam Mishra", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures", "/talks/eric_sanderson_pictures_new_york_before_the_city", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it", "/talks/tom_wujec_demos_the_13th_century_astrolabe"]},
{"description": "\nLess than 10% of plastic trash is recycled \u2014 compared to almost 90% of metals \u2014 because of the massively complicated problem of finding and sorting the different kinds. Frustrated by this waste, Mike Biddle has developed a cheap and incredibly energy efficient plant that can, and does, recycle any kind of plastic.\n", "title": "\nWe can recycle plastic\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_biddle", "views": 899935, "related_tags": ["/topics/business", "/topics/global+issues", "/topics/green", "/topics/plastic", "/topics/technology"], "speaker": "Mike Biddle", "related_videos": ["/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/capt_charles_moore_on_the_seas_of_plastic", "/talks/dianna_cohen_tough_truths_about_plastic_pollution", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/van_jones_the_economic_injustice_of_plastic", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]},
{"description": "\nHow can architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? By learning from nature. Michael Pawlyn describes three habits of nature that could transform architecture and society: radical resource efficiency, closed loops, and drawing energy from the sun.\n", "title": "\nUsing nature's genius in architecture\n", "url": "http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pawlyn_using_nature_s_genius_in_architecture", "views": 1466282, "related_tags": ["/topics/architecture", "/topics/arts", "/topics/biomimicry", "/topics/design", "/topics/sustainability"], "speaker": "Michael Pawlyn", "related_videos": ["/talks/ross_lovegrove_shares_organic_designs", "/talks/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts", "/talks/janine_benyus_biomimicry_in_action", "/talks/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming", "/talks/amory_lovins_on_winning_the_oil_endgame", "/talks/sean_follmer_shape_shifting_tech_will_change_work_as_we_know_it"]}]