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In hoping to find peace, these two moms have come to understand and respect one another.","times_shared":" 753,574  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/9_11_healing_the_mothers_who_found_forgiveness_friendship.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, global issues, parenting, politics, terrorism","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/9_11_healing_the_mothers_who_found_forgiveness_friendship\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A dance in a hurricane of paper, wind and light","author":"Aakash Odedra","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"Choreographer Aakash Odedra is dyslexic and has always felt that his best expression comes through movement. \u201cMurmur\u201d is his ode to that experience, teaming up with co-creators Lewis Major and Ars Electronica Futurelab. Watch him spin his way through the center of a storm, as pages of books take flight all around him.","times_shared":" 760,718  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aakash_odedra_a_dance_in_a_hurricane_of_paper_wind_and_light.html","tags":"TED, talks, dance, music, performance","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aakash_odedra_a_dance_in_a_hurricane_of_paper_wind_and_light\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"America's native prisoners of war","author":"Aaron Huey","ddate":" Sep 2010 ","description":"Aaron 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.","times_shared":" 1,198,934  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aaron_huey.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, culture, history, photography, poverty","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aaron_huey\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Visualizing ourselves ... with crowd-sourced data","author":"Aaron Koblin","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Artist 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.","times_shared":" 1,367,296  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aaron_koblin.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, arts, collaboration, data, design, technology, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aaron_koblin\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Making sense of a visible quantum object","author":"Aaron O'Connell","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Physicists are used to the idea that subatomic particles behave according to the bizarre rules of quantum mechanics, completely different to human-scale objects. In a breakthrough experiment, Aaron O'Connell has blurred that distinction by creating an object that is visible to the unaided eye, but provably in two places at the same time. In this talk he suggests an intriguing way of thinking about the result.","times_shared":" 1,201,102  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aaron_o_connell_making_sense_of_a_visible_quantum_object.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, philosophy, physics, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aaron_o_connell_making_sense_of_a_visible_quantum_object\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"New video technology that reveals an object's hidden properties","author":"Abe Davis","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Subtle motion happens around us all the time, including tiny vibrations caused by sound. New technology shows that we can pick up on these vibrations and actually re-create sound and conversations just from a video of a seemingly still object. But now Abe Davis takes it one step further: Watch him demo software that lets anyone interact with these hidden properties, just from a simple video.","times_shared":" 1,277,103  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/abe_davis_new_video_technology_that_reveals_an_object_s_hidden_properties.html","tags":"TED, talks, computers, software, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/abe_davis_new_video_technology_that_reveals_an_object_s_hidden_properties\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Life in the \"digital now\"","author":"Abha Dawesar","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"One year ago, Abha Dawesar was living in blacked-out Manhattan post-Sandy, scrounging for power to connect. As a novelist, she was struck by this metaphor: Have our lives now become fixated on the drive to digitally connect, while we miss out on what's real?","times_shared":" 1,160,516  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/abha_dawesar_life_in_the_digital_now.html","tags":"TED, talks, communication, culture, entertainment, storytelling, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/abha_dawesar_life_in_the_digital_now\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Building US-China relations ... by banjo","author":"Abigail Washburn","ddate":" Feb 2012 ","description":"TED 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.","times_shared":" 946,741  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/abigail_washburn_building_us_china_relations_by_banjo.html","tags":"TED, talks, Asia, TED Conference, TED Fellows, china, culture, entertainment, music, world cultures","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/abigail_washburn_building_us_china_relations_by_banjo\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A doctor's touch","author":"Abraham Verghese","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Modern medicine is in danger of losing a powerful, old-fashioned tool: human touch. Physician and writer Abraham Verghese describes our strange new world where patients are merely data points, and calls for a return to the traditional one-on-one physical exam.","times_shared":" 1,230,400  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/abraham_verghese_a_doctor_s_touch.html","tags":"TED, talks, communication, culture, health, health care, medicine, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/abraham_verghese_a_doctor_s_touch\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How I turned a deadly plant into a thriving business","author":"Achenyo Idachaba","ddate":" May 2015 ","description":"The water hyacinth may look like a harmless, even beautiful flowering plant \u2014 but it's actually an invasive aquatic weed that clogs waterways, stopping trade, interrupting schooling and disrupting everyday life. In this scourge, green entrepreneur Achenyo Idachaba saw opportunity. Follow her journey as she turns weeds into woven wonders.","times_shared":" 1,562,360  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/achenyo_idachaba_how_i_turned_a_deadly_plant_into_a_thriving_business.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, agriculture, botany, business, creativity, environment, green, innovation, materials, nature, potential, product design, sustainability, water, women in business","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/achenyo_idachaba_how_i_turned_a_deadly_plant_into_a_thriving_business\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My journey from Marine to actor","author":"Adam Driver","ddate":" Nov 2015 ","description":"Before he fought in the galactic battles of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Adam Driver was a United States Marine with 1\/1 Weapons Company. He tells the story of how and why he became a Marine, the complex transition from soldier to civilian \u2014 and Arts in the Armed Forces, his nonprofit that brings theater to the military. Because, as he says: \"Self-expression is just as valuable a tool as a rifle on your shoulder.\" Followed by a spirited performance of Marco Ramirez's \"I am not Batman\" by Jesse J. Perez and Matt Johnson. (Adult language)","times_shared":" 633,485  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adam_driver_why_i_bring_theater_to_the_military.html","tags":"TED, talks, arts, collaboration, communication, entertainment, film, language, military, performance, performance art, theater, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adam_driver_my_journey_from_marine_to_actor\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A prosecutor's vision for a better justice system","author":"Adam Foss","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"When a kid commits a crime, the US justice system has a choice: prosecute to the full extent of the law, or take a step back and ask if saddling young people with criminal records is the right thing to do every time. In this searching talk, Adam Foss, a prosecutor with the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office in Boston, makes his case for a reformed justice system that replaces wrath with opportunity, changing people's lives for the better instead of ruining them.","times_shared":" 1,169,914  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adam_foss_a_prosecutor_s_vision_for_a_better_justice_system.html","tags":"TED, talks, Criminal Justice, big problems, choice, compassion, decision-making, education, government, inequality, law, leadership, policy, race, social change, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adam_foss_a_prosecutor_s_vision_for_a_better_justice_system\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The surprising habits of original thinkers","author":"Adam Grant","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"How do creative people come up with great ideas? Organizational psychologist Adam Grant studies \"originals\": thinkers who dream up new ideas and take action to put them into the world. In this talk, learn three unexpected habits of originals \u2014 including embracing failure. \"The greatest originals are the ones who fail the most, because they're the ones who try the most,\" Grant says. \"You need a lot of bad ideas in order to get a few good ones.\"","times_shared":" 3,208,943  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adam_grant_the_surprising_habits_of_original_thinkers.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, creativity, curiosity, decision-making, exploration, failure, innovation, invention, leadership, motivation, personal growth, potential, success, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adam_grant_the_surprising_habits_of_original_thinkers\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A mobile fridge for vaccines","author":"Adam Grosser","ddate":" Feb 2007 ","description":"Adam Grosser talks about a project to build a refrigerator that works without electricity \u2014 to bring the vital tool to villages and clinics worldwide. Tweaking some old technology, he's come up with a system that works.","times_shared":" 819,445  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adam_grosser_and_his_sustainable_fridge.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, Vaccines, design, food, global issues, invention, medicine, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adam_grosser_and_his_sustainable_fridge\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"After your final status update","author":"Adam Ostrow","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Many 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?","times_shared":" 1,079,645  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adam_ostrow_after_your_final_status_update.html","tags":"TED, talks, consciousness, culture, self, social change, social media, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adam_ostrow_after_your_final_status_update\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to engineer a viral music video","author":"Adam Sadowsky","ddate":" Apr 2010 ","description":"The band OK Go dreamed up the idea of a massive Rube Goldberg machine for their next music video \u2014 and Adam Sadowsky's team was charged with building it. He tells the story of the effort and engineering behind their labyrinthine creation that quickly became the YouTube sensation \"This Too Shall Pass.\"","times_shared":" 1,009,894  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adam_sadowsky_engineers_a_viral_music_video.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, arts, engineering, entertainment, music, physics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adam_sadowsky_engineers_a_viral_music_video\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My obsession with objects and the stories they tell","author":"Adam Savage","ddate":" Dec 2008 ","description":"Adam Savage talks about his fascination with the dodo bird, and how it led him on a strange and surprising double quest. It's an entertaining adventure through the mind of a creative obsessive.","times_shared":" 1,519,470  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adam_savage_s_obsessions.html","tags":"TED, talks, animals, art, birds, creativity, entertainment, exploration, film, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adam_savage_s_obsessions\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why I fell in love with monster prime numbers","author":"Adam Spencer","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"They're millions of digits long, and it takes an army of mathematicians and machines to hunt them down \u2014 what's not to love about monster primes? Adam Spencer, comedian and lifelong math geek, shares his passion for these odd numbers, and for the mysterious magic of math.","times_shared":" 1,866,702  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adam_spencer_why_i_fell_in_love_with_monster_prime_numbers.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, humor, math","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adam_spencer_why_i_fell_in_love_with_monster_prime_numbers\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A taboo-free way to talk about periods","author":"Aditi Gupta","ddate":" May 2015 ","description":"It's true: talking about menstruation makes many people uncomfortable. And that taboo has consequences: in India, three out of every 10 girls don't even know what menstruation is at the time of their first period, and restrictive customs related to periods inflict psychological damage on young girls. Growing up with this taboo herself, Aditi Gupta knew she wanted to help girls, parents and teachers talk about periods comfortably and without shame. She shares how she did it.","times_shared":" 1,010,818  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aditi_gupta_a_taboo_free_way_to_talk_about_periods.html","tags":"TED, talks, activism, books, children, communication, education, family, health, parenting, visualizations, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aditi_gupta_a_taboo_free_way_to_talk_about_periods\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A second opinion on developmental disorders","author":"Aditi Shankardass","ddate":" Nov 2009 ","description":"Developmental disorders in children are typically diagnosed by observing behavior, but Aditi Shankardass suggests we should be looking directly at brains. She explains how one EEG technique has revealed mistaken diagnoses and transformed children's lives.","times_shared":" 912,060  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aditi_shankardass_a_second_opinion_on_learning_disorders.html","tags":"TED, talks, children, medicine, neurology, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aditi_shankardass_a_second_opinion_on_learning_disorders\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What adults can learn from kids","author":"Adora Svitak","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Child 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.","times_shared":" 4,314,116  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adora_svitak.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, children, creativity, education, intelligence","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/adora_svitak\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A modern take on piano, violin, cello","author":"Ahn Trio","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"The 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.","times_shared":" 694,233  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ahn_trio_a_modern_take_on_piano_violin_cello.html","tags":"TED, talks, arts, entertainment, live music","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ahn_trio_a_modern_take_on_piano_violin_cello\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Changing my legs - and my mindset","author":"Aimee Mullins","ddate":" Feb 1998 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 925,453  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aimee_mullins_on_running.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, beauty, body language, design, prosthetics, sports, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aimee_mullins_on_running\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My 12 pairs of legs","author":"Aimee Mullins","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Athlete, 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.","times_shared":" 3,179,118  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_aesthetics.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, activism, design, fashion, future, prosthetics, sports, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_aesthetics\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The opportunity of adversity","author":"Aimee Mullins","ddate":" Oct 2009 ","description":"The thesaurus might equate \"disabled\" with synonyms like \"useless\" and \"mutilated,\" but ground-breaking runner Aimee Mullins is out to redefine the word. Defying these associations, she shows how adversity \u2014 in her case, being born without shinbones \u2014 actually opens the door for human potential.","times_shared":" 1,881,362  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aimee_mullins_the_opportunity_of_adversity.html","tags":"TED, talks, activism, happiness, health, prosthetics, social change, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aimee_mullins_the_opportunity_of_adversity\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A word game to communicate in any language","author":"Ajit Narayanan","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"While working with kids who have trouble speaking, Ajit Narayanan sketched out a way to think about language in pictures, to relate words and concepts in \"maps.\" The idea now powers the FreeSpeech app, which can help nonverbal people communicate.","times_shared":" 1,192,610  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ajit_narayanan_a_word_game_to_communicate_in_any_language.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, disability, language, speech, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ajit_narayanan_a_word_game_to_communicate_in_any_language\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How healthy living nearly killed me","author":"AJ Jacobs","ddate":" Oct 2011 ","description":"For 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.","times_shared":" 1,298,537  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aj_jacobs_how_healthy_living_nearly_killed_me.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, entertainment, health, humor, self","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aj_jacobs_how_healthy_living_nearly_killed_me\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The world's largest family reunion \u2026 we're all invited!","author":"AJ Jacobs","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"You may not know it yet, but AJ Jacobs is probably your cousin (many, many times removed). Using genealogy websites, he\u2019s been following the unexpected links that make us all, however distantly, related. His goal: to throw the world\u2019s largest family reunion. See you there?","times_shared":" 1,048,231  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aj_jacobs_the_world_s_largest_family_reunion_we_re_all_invited.html","tags":"TED, talks, entertainment, family, genetics, history, humanity, humor","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aj_jacobs_the_world_s_largest_family_reunion_we_re_all_invited\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What my religion really says about women","author":"Alaa Murabit","ddate":" May 2015 ","description":"Strong faith is a core part of Alaa Murabit's identity \u2014 but when she moved from Canada to Libya as a young woman, she was surprised how the tenets of Islam were used to severely limit women's rights, independence and ability to lead. She wondered: Was this really religious doctrine? With humor, passion and a refreshingly rebellious spirt, she shares how she found examples of female leaders across the history of her faith \u2014 and how she speaks up for women using verses from the Koran.","times_shared":" 1,696,936  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alaa_murabit_what_my_religion_really_says_about_women.html","tags":"TED, talks, gender, peace, religion, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alaa_murabit_what_my_religion_really_says_about_women\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Atheism 2.0","author":"Alain de Botton","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"What 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.","times_shared":" 1,844,526  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alain_de_botton_atheism_2_0.html","tags":"TED, talks, atheism, culture, philosophy, religion","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alain_de_botton_atheism_2_0\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A kinder, gentler philosophy of success","author":"Alain de Botton","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Alain 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.","times_shared":" 4,756,859  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, philosophy, success, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"I leapt from the stratosphere. Here's how I did it","author":"Alan Eustace","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"On 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.","times_shared":" 1,329,367  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alan_eustace_i_leapt_from_the_stratosphere_here_s_how_i_did_it.html","tags":"TED, talks, astronomy, exploration, innovation, invention, physics, science, space","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alan_eustace_i_leapt_from_the_stratosphere_here_s_how_i_did_it\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A powerful idea about ideas","author":"Alan Kay","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"With all the intensity and brilliance for which he is known, Alan Kay envisions better techniques for teaching kids by using computers to illustrate experience in ways -\u2013 mathematically and scientifically \u2014 that only computers can.","times_shared":" 725,594  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alan_kay_shares_a_powerful_idea_about_ideas.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, children, collaboration, computers, design, education, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alan_kay_shares_a_powerful_idea_about_ideas\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The potential of regenerative medicine","author":"Alan Russell","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"Alan 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.","times_shared":" 1,285,408  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alan_russell_on_regenerating_our_bodies.html","tags":"TED, talks, Bioethics, cancer, design, health, health care, medicine, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alan_russell_on_regenerating_our_bodies\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Let's simplify legal jargon!","author":"Alan Siegel","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Tax 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.","times_shared":" 799,122  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alan_siegel_let_s_simplify_legal_jargon.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, language, law, simplicity","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alan_siegel_let_s_simplify_legal_jargon\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Architecture for the people by the people","author":"Alastair Parvin","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"Designer Alastair Parvin presents a simple but provocative idea: what if, instead of architects creating buildings for those who can afford to commission them, regular citizens could design and build their own houses? The concept is at the heart of WikiHouse, an open source construction kit that means just about anyone can build a house, anywhere.","times_shared":" 1,296,749  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alastair_parvin_architecture_for_the_people_by_the_people.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, architecture, design, infrastructure, open-source","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alastair_parvin_architecture_for_the_people_by_the_people\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"There are no scraps of men","author":"Alberto Cairo","ddate":" Nov 2011 ","description":"Alberto 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.","times_shared":" 728,537  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alberto_cairo_there_are_no_scraps_of_men.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, disability, global issues, poverty, prosthetics, storytelling, war, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alberto_cairo_there_are_no_scraps_of_men\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"This is what enduring love looks like ","author":"Alec Soth + Stacey Baker","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Stacey Baker has always been obsessed with how couples meet. When she asked photographer Alec Soth to help her explore this topic, they found themselves at the world\u2019s largest speed-dating event, held in Las Vegas on Valentine\u2019s Day, and at the largest retirement community in Nevada \u2014 with Soth taking portraits of pairs in each locale. Between these two extremes, they unwound a beautiful through-line of how a couple goes from meeting to creating a life together. (This talk was part of a TED2015 session curated by Pop-Up Magazine: popupmagazine.com or @popupmag on Twitter.)","times_shared":" 1,521,535  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alec_soth_stacey_baker_this_is_what_enduring_love_looks_like.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, love, photography","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alec_soth_stacey_baker_this_is_what_enduring_love_looks_like\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My architectural philosophy? Bring the community into the process","author":"Alejandro Aravena","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"When 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.","times_shared":" 1,349,840  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alejandro_aravena_my_architectural_philosophy_bring_the_community_into_the_process.html","tags":"TED, talks, architecture, cities, design, infrastructure","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alejandro_aravena_my_architectural_philosophy_bring_the_community_into_the_process\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Let's bridge the digital divide!","author":"Aleph Molinari","ddate":" Aug 2011 ","description":"Five billion people can\u2019t use the Internet. Aleph Molinari empowers digitally excluded people, by giving them access to computers and sharing the know-how to use them.","times_shared":" 98,784  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aleph_molinari_let_s_bridge_the_digital_divide.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, education, global issues, poverty, technology","transcript_url":""},{"title":"It\u2019s our city. Let\u2019s fix it","author":"Alessandra Orofino","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"Too 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.\"","times_shared":" 667,907  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alessandra_orofino_it_s_our_city_let_s_fix_it.html","tags":"TED, talks, cities, community, politics, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alessandra_orofino_it_s_our_city_let_s_fix_it\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What will a future without secrets look like?","author":"Alessandro Acquisti","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"The 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.","times_shared":" 1,198,083  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alessandro_acquisti_why_privacy_matters.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, policy, privacy, social media, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alessandro_acquisti_why_privacy_matters\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Our refugee system is failing. Here's how we can fix it","author":"Alexander Betts","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"A million refugees arrived in Europe this year, says Alexander Betts, and \"our response, frankly, has been pathetic.\" Betts studies forced migration, the impossible choice for families between the camps, urban poverty and dangerous illegal journeys to safety. In this insightful talk, he offers four ways to change the way we treat refugees, so they can make an immediate contribution to their new homes. \"There's nothing inevitable about refugees being a cost,\" Betts says. \"They're human beings with skills, talents, aspirations, with the ability to make contributions \u2014 if we let them.\"","times_shared":" 600,837  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alexander_betts_our_refugee_system_is_failing_here_s_how_we_can_fix_it.html","tags":"TED, talks, Europe, Middle East, big problems, disaster relief, economics, failure, fear, future, global issues, government, policy, politics, potential, refugees, security, social change","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alexander_betts_our_refugee_system_is_failing_here_s_how_we_can_fix_it\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Conception to birth \u2014 visualized","author":"Alexander Tsiaras","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"Image-maker Alexander Tsiaras shares a powerful medical visualization, showing human development from conception to birth and beyond. (Some graphic images.)","times_shared":" 5,663,548  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alexander_tsiaras_conception_to_birth_visualized.html","tags":"TED, talks, design, medical research, science, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alexander_tsiaras_conception_to_birth_visualized\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Your body is my canvas","author":"Alexa Meade","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"Alexa 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. ","times_shared":" 2,515,293  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alexa_meade.html","tags":"TED, talks, arts, creativity, design","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alexa_meade\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to make a splash in social media","author":"Alexis Ohanian","ddate":" Nov 2009 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 1,886,380  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alexis_ohanian_how_to_make_a_splash_in_social_media.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, animals, business, culture, entertainment, entrepreneur, oceans, web","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alexis_ohanian_how_to_make_a_splash_in_social_media\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A futuristic vision of the age of holograms","author":"Alex Kipman","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"Explore a speculative digital world without screens in this fanciful demo, a mix of near reality and far-future possibility. Wearing the HoloLens headset, Alex Kipman demos his vision for bringing 3D holograms into the real world, enhancing our perceptions so that we can touch and feel digital content. Featuring Q&A with TED's Helen Walters.","times_shared":" 1,445,181  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alex_kipman_the_dawn_of_the_age_of_holograms.html","tags":"TED, talks, NASA, communication, computers, creativity, design, engineering, exploration, future, innovation, interface design, invention, microsoft, potential, prediction, product design, technology, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alex_kipman_the_dawn_of_the_age_of_holograms\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How behavioral science can lower your energy bill","author":"Alex Laskey","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"What's a proven way to lower your energy costs? Would you believe: learning what your neighbor pays. Alex Laskey shows how a quirk of human behavior can make us all better, wiser energy users, with lower bills to prove it.","times_shared":" 1,025,367  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alex_laskey_how_behavioral_science_can_lower_your_energy_bill.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, behavioral economics, energy, psychology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alex_laskey_how_behavioral_science_can_lower_your_energy_bill\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The shareable future of cities","author":"Alex Steffen","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"How can cities help save the future? Alex Steffen shows some cool neighborhood-based green projects that expand our access to things we want and need \u2014 while reducing the time we spend in cars.","times_shared":" 954,520  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alex_steffen.html","tags":"TED, talks, architecture, cities, collaboration, design, energy, environment, green, infrastructure, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alex_steffen\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The route to a sustainable future","author":"Alex Steffen","ddate":" Jul 2005 ","description":"Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanity\u2019s ecological footprint is incredibly vital now, as the western consumer lifestyle spreads to developing countries.","times_shared":" 1,218,179  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alex_steffen_sees_a_sustainable_future.html","tags":"TED, talks, alternative energy, business, cities, collaboration, culture, design, environment, global issues, invention, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alex_steffen_sees_a_sustainable_future\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How ideas trump crises","author":"Alex Tabarrok","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"The \"dismal science\" truly shines in this optimistic talk, as economist Alex Tabarrok argues free trade and globalization are shaping our once-divided world into a community of idea-sharing more healthy, happy and prosperous than anyone's predictions.","times_shared":" 682,579  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alex_tabarrok_foresees_economic_growth.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, china, cities, culture, economics, future, global issues, happiness, health, history","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alex_tabarrok_foresees_economic_growth\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A new equation for intelligence","author":"Alex Wissner-Gross","ddate":" Nov 2013 ","description":"Is there an equation for intelligence? Yes. It\u2019s F = T \u2207 S\u03c4. In a fascinating and informative talk, physicist and computer scientist Alex Wissner-Gross explains what in the world that means. (Filmed at TEDxBeaconStreet.)","times_shared":" 1,881,799  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alex_wissner_gross_a_new_equation_for_intelligence.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, intelligence, mind, physics, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alex_wissner_gross_a_new_equation_for_intelligence\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Climate change is happening. Here's how we adapt","author":"Alice Bows-Larkin","ddate":" Jun 2015 ","description":"Imagine the hottest day you've ever experienced. Now imagine it's six, 10 or 12 degrees hotter. According to climate researcher Alice Bows-Larkin, that's the type of future in store for us if we don't significantly cut our greenhouse gas emissions now. She suggests that it's time we do things differently\u2014a whole system change, in fact\u2014and seriously consider trading economic growth for climate stability.","times_shared":" 1,076,602  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alice_bows_larkin_we_re_too_late_to_prevent_climate_change_here_s_how_we_adapt.html","tags":"TED, talks, climate change, energy, green, infrastructure, policy, pollution, science, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alice_bows_larkin_we_re_too_late_to_prevent_climate_change_here_s_how_we_adapt\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Is anatomy destiny?","author":"Alice Dreger","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"Alice Dreger works with people at the edge of anatomy, such as conjoined twins and intersexed people. In her observation, it's often a fuzzy line between male and female, among other anatomical distinctions. Which brings up a huge question: Why do we let our anatomy determine our fate?","times_shared":" 998,234  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alice_dreger_is_anatomy_destiny.html","tags":"TED, talks, Gender spectrum, TEDx, culture, gender, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alice_dreger_is_anatomy_destiny\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How we're priming some kids for college \u2014 and others for prison","author":"Alice Goffman","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"In the United States, two institutions guide teenagers on the journey to adulthood: college and prison. Sociologist Alice Goffman spent six years in a troubled Philadelphia neighborhood and saw first-hand how teenagers of African-American and Latino backgrounds are funneled down the path to prison \u2014 sometimes starting with relatively minor infractions. In an impassioned talk she asks, \u201cWhy are we offering only handcuffs and jail time?\u201d","times_shared":" 1,317,879  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alice_goffman_college_or_prison_two_destinies_one_blatant_injustice.html","tags":"TED, talks, crime, culture, inequality, prison, race, violence","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alice_goffman_college_or_prison_two_destinies_one_blatant_injustice\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Pirates, nurses and other rebel designers","author":"Alice Rawsthorn","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"In this ode to design renegades, Alice Rawsthorn highlights the work of unlikely heroes, from Blackbeard to Florence Nightingale. Drawing a line from these bold thinkers to some early modern visionaries like Buckminster Fuller, Rawsthorn shows how the greatest designers are often the most rebellious.","times_shared":" 623,805  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alice_rawsthorn_pirates_nurses_and_other_rebel_designers.html","tags":"TED, talks, communication, design, future, history, innovation, journalism, product design, public health, sanitation","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alice_rawsthorn_pirates_nurses_and_other_rebel_designers\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How the news distorts our worldview","author":"Alisa Miller","ddate":" Mar 2008 ","description":"Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, talks about why \u2014 though we want to know more about the world than ever \u2014 the media is actually showing us less. Eye-opening stats and graphs.","times_shared":" 1,559,926  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alisa_miller_shares_the_news_about_the_news.html","tags":"TED, talks, Google, TED Conference, business, economics, entertainment, global issues, media, news","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alisa_miller_shares_the_news_about_the_news\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What do babies think?","author":"Alison Gopnik","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"\"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.","times_shared":" 2,451,628  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alison_gopnik_what_do_babies_think.html","tags":"TED, talks, brain, children, culture, education, psychology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alison_gopnik_what_do_babies_think\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"An unusual glimpse at celebrity","author":"Alison Jackson","ddate":" Jul 2005 ","description":"By making photographs that seem to show our favorite celebs (Diana, Elton John) doing what we really, secretly, want to see them doing, Alison Jackson explores our desire to get personal with celebs. Contains graphic images.","times_shared":" 638,118  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alison_jackson_looks_at_celebrity.html","tags":"TED, talks, art, arts, culture, entertainment, photography","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alison_jackson_looks_at_celebrity\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"There\u2019s a better way to die, and architecture can help","author":"Alison Killing","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"In this short, provocative talk, architect Alison Killing looks at buildings where death and dying happen \u2014 cemeteries, hospitals, homes. The way we die is changing, and the way we build for dying ... well, maybe that should too. It's a surprisingly fascinating look at a hidden aspect of our cities, and our lives.","times_shared":" 1,139,495  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alison_killing_there_s_a_better_way_to_die_and_architecture_can_help.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, architecture, cities, death, design","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alison_killing_there_s_a_better_way_to_die_and_architecture_can_help\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What happens when a city runs out of room for its dead","author":"Alison Killing","ddate":" Nov 2014 ","description":"\"If you want to go out and start your own cemetery\" in the UK, says Alison Killing, \"you kind of can.\" She thinks a lot about where we die and are buried \u2014 and in this talk, the architect and TED Fellow offers an eye-opening economic and social perspective on an overlooked feature of our towns and cities: the cemetery. Speaking specifically to UK laws, she unpacks the fascinating, sometimes funny, often contradictory laws about where you can be buried.","times_shared":" 1,323,352  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alison_killing_what_happens_when_a_city_runs_out_of_room_for_its_dead.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, TEDx, aging, architecture, cities, death, design, humanity","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alison_killing_what_happens_when_a_city_runs_out_of_room_for_its_dead\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How I learned to communicate my inner life with Asperger's","author":"Alix Generous","ddate":" Jun 2015 ","description":"Alix Generous is a young woman with a million and one ideas \u2014 she's done award-winning science, helped develop new technology and tells a darn good joke (you'll see). She has Asperger's, a form of autistic spectrum disorder that can impair the basic social skills required for communication, and she's worked hard for years to learn how to share her thoughts with the world. In this funny, personal talk, she shares her story \u2014 and her vision for tools to help more people communicate their big ideas.","times_shared":" 1,354,602  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alix_generous_how_i_learned_to_communicate_my_inner_life_with_asperger_s.html","tags":"TED, talks, Autism spectrum disorder, communication, empathy, neuroscience, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alix_generous_how_i_learned_to_communicate_my_inner_life_with_asperger_s\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Gaming to re-engage boys in learning","author":"Ali Carr-Chellman","ddate":" Oct 2010 ","description":"In her talk, Ali Carr-Chellman pinpoints three reasons boys are tuning out of school in droves, and lays out her bold plan to re-engage them: bringing their culture into the classroom, with new rules that let boys be boys, and video games that teach as well as entertain.","times_shared":" 874,342  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ali_carr_chellman_gaming_to_re_engage_boys_in_learning.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, bullying, children, education, gaming, psychology, technology, violence","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ali_carr_chellman_gaming_to_re_engage_boys_in_learning\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The discovery that could rewrite physics","author":"Allan Adams","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"On March 17, 2014, a group of physicists announced a thrilling discovery: the \u201csmoking gun\u201d data for the idea of an inflationary universe, a clue to the Big Bang. For non-physicists, what does it mean? TED asked Allan Adams to briefly explain the results, in this improvised talk illustrated by Randall Munroe of xkcd.","times_shared":" 1,623,141  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/allan_adams_the_discovery_that_could_rewrite_physics.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, astronomy, big bang, physics, space, time, universe","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/allan_adams_the_discovery_that_could_rewrite_physics\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What the discovery of gravitational waves means","author":"Allan Adams","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"More than a billion years ago, two black holes in a distant galaxy locked into a spiral, falling inexorably toward each other, and collided. \"All that energy was pumped into the fabric of time and space itself,\" says theoretical physicist Allan Adams, \"making the universe explode in roiling waves of gravity.\" About 25 years ago, a group of scientists built a giant laser detector called LIGO to search for these kinds of waves, which had been predicted but never observed. In this mind-bending talk, Adams breaks down what happened when, in September 2015, LIGO detected an unthinkably small anomaly, leading to one of the most exciting discoveries in the history of physics.","times_shared":" 1,526,455  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/allan_adams_what_the_discovery_of_gravitational_waves_means.html","tags":"TED, talks, astronomy, cosmos, curiosity, exploration, nature, physics, science, space, technology, universe","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/allan_adams_what_the_discovery_of_gravitational_waves_means\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A map of the brain","author":"Allan Jones","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"How can we begin to understand the way the brain works? The same way we begin to understand a city: by making a map. In this visually stunning talk, Allan Jones shows how his team is mapping which genes are turned on in each tiny region, and how it all connects up.","times_shared":" 942,015  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/allan_jones_a_map_of_the_brain.html","tags":"TED, talks, brain, disease, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/allan_jones_a_map_of_the_brain\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to get (a new) hip","author":"Allison Hunt","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"When Allison Hunt found out that she needed a new hip \u2014 and that Canada\u2019s national health care system would require her to spend nearly 2 years on a waiting list (and in pain) \u2014 she took matters into her own hands.","times_shared":" 507,959  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/allison_hunt_gets_a_new_hip.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, culture, health care, marketing, medicine","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/allison_hunt_gets_a_new_hip\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Art of substance and absence","author":"Alwar Balasubramaniam","ddate":" Nov 2009 ","description":"Alwar Balasubramaniam's sculpture plays with time, shape, shadow, perspective: four tricky sensations that can reveal \u2014 or conceal \u2014 what's really out there. At TEDIndia, the artist shows slides of his extraordinary installations.","times_shared":" 413,463  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alwar_balasubramaniam_sculpture_of_substance_and_absence.html","tags":"TED, talks, art, arts, design, entertainment, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alwar_balasubramaniam_sculpture_of_substance_and_absence\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why medicine often has dangerous side effects for women","author":"Alyson McGregor","ddate":" Sep 2014 ","description":"You might not know this: Many of the medicines we take \u2014 common drugs like Ambien and everyday aspirin \u2014 were only ever tested on men. And the unknown side effects for women can be dangerous, even deadly. Alyson McGregor studies the differences between male and female patients; in this fascinating talk she explains how the male model became our framework for medical research ... and what women and men need to ask their doctors to get the right care for their bodies.","times_shared":" 1,274,309  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alyson_mcgregor_why_medicine_often_has_dangerous_side_effects_for_women.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, disease, health, health care, heart health, medical research, medicine, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/alyson_mcgregor_why_medicine_often_has_dangerous_side_effects_for_women\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Averting the climate crisis","author":"Al Gore","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"With the same humor and humanity he exuded in An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore spells out 15 ways that individuals can address climate change immediately, from buying a hybrid to inventing a new, hotter \"brand name\" for global warming.","times_shared":" 3,061,450  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/al_gore_on_averting_climate_crisis.html","tags":"TED, talks, alternative energy, cars, climate change, culture, environment, global issues, politics, science, sustainability, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/al_gore_on_averting_climate_crisis\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"New thinking on the climate crisis","author":"Al Gore","ddate":" Mar 2008 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 1,599,508  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/al_gore_s_new_thinking_on_the_climate_crisis.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, activism, climate change, global issues, politics, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/al_gore_s_new_thinking_on_the_climate_crisis\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The case for optimism on climate change","author":"Al Gore","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"Why is Al Gore optimistic about climate change? In this spirited talk, Gore asks three powerful questions about the man-made forces threatening to destroy our planet \u2014 and the solutions we're designing to combat them. (Featuring Q&A with TED Curator Chris Anderson)","times_shared":" 1,278,497  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/al_gore_the_case_for_optimism_on_climate_change.html","tags":"TED, talks, alternative energy, climate change, energy, science, weather","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/al_gore_the_case_for_optimism_on_climate_change\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What comes after An Inconvenient Truth?","author":"Al Gore","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"At 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.\"","times_shared":" 727,684  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/al_gore_warns_on_latest_climate_trends.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, alternative energy, biosphere, climate change, energy, environment, presentation, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/al_gore_warns_on_latest_climate_trends\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Visual illusions that show how we (mis)think","author":"Al Seckel","ddate":" Feb 2004 ","description":"Al 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.","times_shared":" 1,790,210  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/al_seckel_says_our_brains_are_mis_wired.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, arts, brain, cognitive science, culture, design, illusion, psychology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/al_seckel_says_our_brains_are_mis_wired\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Sex needs a new metaphor. Here's one ...","author":"Al Vernacchio","ddate":" Mar 2012 ","description":"For some reason, says educator Al Vernacchio, the metaphors for talking about sex in the US all come from baseball \u2014 scoring, getting to first base, etc. The problem is, this frames sex as a competition, with a winner and a loser. Instead, he suggests a new metaphor, one that's more about shared pleasure, discussion and agreement, fulfillment and enjoyment. Let's talk about \u2026 pizza.","times_shared":" 1,614,943  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/al_vernacchio_sex_needs_a_new_metaphor_here_s_one.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, culture, food, sex","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/al_vernacchio_sex_needs_a_new_metaphor_here_s_one\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"We need a heroic narrative for death","author":"Amanda Bennett","ddate":" Apr 2013 ","description":"Amanda Bennett and her husband were passionate and full of life all throughout their lives together \u2014 and up until the final days, too. Bennett gives a sweet yet powerful talk on why, for the loved ones of the dying, having hope for a happy ending shouldn't warrant a diagnosis of \"denial.\" She calls for a more heroic narrative for death \u2014 to match the ones we have in life.","times_shared":" 895,872  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amanda_bennett_a_heroic_narrative_for_letting_go.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, death, health care, life","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amanda_bennett_a_heroic_narrative_for_letting_go\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How public spaces make cities work","author":"Amanda Burden","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"More 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.","times_shared":" 930,298  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amanda_burden_how_public_spaces_make_cities_work.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, architecture, cities","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amanda_burden_how_public_spaces_make_cities_work\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"We are all cyborgs now","author":"Amber Case","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"Technology 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.","times_shared":" 1,355,210  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now.html","tags":"TED, talks, anthropology, computers, culture, cyborg, future, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Humble plants that hide surprising secrets","author":"Ameenah Gurib-Fakim","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"In this intriguing talk, biologist Ameenah Gurib-Fakim introduces us to rare plant species from isolated islands and regions of Africa. Meet the shape-shifting benjoin; the baume de l'ile plate, which might offer a new treatment for asthma; and the iconic baobab tree, which could hold the key to the future of food. Plus: monkey apples.","times_shared":" 894,378  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ameenah_gurib_fakim_humble_plants_that_hide_surprising_secrets.html","tags":"TED, talks, Planets, biodiversity, biology, nature","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ameenah_gurib_fakim_humble_plants_that_hide_surprising_secrets\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why I put myself in danger to tell the stories of Gaza","author":"Ameera Harouda","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"When Ameera Harouda hears the sounds of bombs or shells, she heads straight towards them. \"I want to be there first because these stories should be told,\" says Gaza's first female \"fixer,\" a role that allows her to guide journalists into chaotic, war zone scenarios in her home country, which she still loves despite its terrible situation. Find out what motivates Harouda to give a voice to Gaza's human suffering in this unforgettable talk.","times_shared":" 614,678  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ameera_harouda_why_i_put_myself_in_danger_to_tell_the_stories_of_gaza.html","tags":"TED, talks, choice, communication, fear, film, journalism, media, poverty, security, violence, war, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ameera_harouda_why_i_put_myself_in_danger_to_tell_the_stories_of_gaza\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Building a museum of museums on the web","author":"Amit Sood","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Imagine 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.","times_shared":" 566,135  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amit_sood_building_a_museum_of_museums_on_the_web.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, art, arts, design, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amit_sood_building_a_museum_of_museums_on_the_web\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Every piece of art you've ever wanted to see \u2014 up close and searchable","author":"Amit Sood","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"What does a cultural Big Bang look like? For Amit Sood, director of Google's Cultural Institute and Art Project, it's an online platform where anyone can explore the world's greatest collections of art and artifacts in vivid, lifelike detail. Join Sood and Google artist in residence Cyril Diagne in a mind-bending demo of experiments from the Cultural Institute and glimpse the exciting future of accessibility to arts and culture.","times_shared":" 200,269  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amit_sood_every_piece_of_art_you_ve_ever_wanted_to_see_up_close_and_searchable.html","tags":"TED, talks, Google, Internet, arts, beauty, big bang, collaboration, computers, culture, data, exploration, future, history, innovation, library, machine learning, museums, painting, society, software, technology, visualizations, world cultures","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amit_sood_every_piece_of_art_you_ve_ever_wanted_to_see_up_close_and_searchable\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A 40-year plan for energy","author":"Amory Lovins","ddate":" Mar 2012 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 1,066,337  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amory_lovins_a_50_year_plan_for_energy.html","tags":"TED, talks, alternative energy, energy, politics, science, solar energy, technology, wind energy","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amory_lovins_a_50_year_plan_for_energy\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Winning the oil endgame","author":"Amory Lovins","ddate":" Feb 2005 ","description":"In this energizing talk, Amory Lovins lays out his simple plan for weaning the US off oil and revitalizing the economy.","times_shared":" 750,285  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amory_lovins_on_winning_the_oil_endgame.html","tags":"TED, talks, MacArthur grant, TED Conference, business, economics, energy, environment, green, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amory_lovins_on_winning_the_oil_endgame\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Selling condoms in the Congo","author":"Amy Lockwood","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"HIV 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.)","times_shared":" 782,781  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amy_lockwood_selling_condoms_in_the_congo.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, business, global issues, marketing, philanthropy","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amy_lockwood_selling_condoms_in_the_congo\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Living beyond limits","author":"Amy Purdy","ddate":" May 2011 ","description":"When 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.","times_shared":" 1,328,187  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amy_purdy_living_beyond_limits.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, entertainment, happiness, illness, personal growth, prosthetics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amy_purdy_living_beyond_limits\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Simple designs to save a life","author":"Amy Smith","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"Fumes 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.","times_shared":" 1,236,335  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amy_smith_shares_simple_lifesaving_design.html","tags":"TED, talks, MacArthur grant, TED Conference, alternative energy, design, engineering, global issues, industrial design, invention, simplicity","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amy_smith_shares_simple_lifesaving_design\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Where does creativity hide?","author":"Amy Tan","ddate":" Feb 2008 ","description":"Novelist Amy Tan digs deep into the creative process, looking for hints of how hers evolved.","times_shared":" 2,209,424  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amy_tan_on_creativity.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, arts, culture, entertainment, storytelling, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amy_tan_on_creativity\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How I hacked online dating","author":"Amy Webb","ddate":" Apr 2013 ","description":"Amy 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.","times_shared":" 4,825,459  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amy_webb_how_i_hacked_online_dating.html","tags":"TED, talks, algorithm, culture, data, love, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/amy_webb_how_i_hacked_online_dating\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Fighting cancer with dance","author":"Ananda Shankar Jayant","ddate":" Nov 2009 ","description":"Renowned 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. ","times_shared":" 551,118  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ananda_shankar_jayant_fights_cancer_with_a_dance.html","tags":"TED, talks, cancer, dance, music, performance, personal growth, storytelling","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ananda_shankar_jayant_fights_cancer_with_a_dance\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Rethink the desktop with BumpTop","author":"Anand Agarawala","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"Anand Agarawala presents BumpTop, a user interface that takes the usual desktop metaphor to a glorious, 3-D extreme, transforming file navigation into a freewheeling playground of crumpled documents and clipping-covered \"walls.\"","times_shared":" 1,357,957  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anand_agarawala_demos_his_bumptop_desktop.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, demo, interface design, software, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anand_agarawala_demos_his_bumptop_desktop\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided","author":"Anand Giridharadas","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Ten 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.","times_shared":" 1,132,444  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anand_giridharadas_a_tale_of_two_americas_and_the_mini_mart_where_they_collided.html","tags":"TED, talks, crime, history, immigration, inequality, storytelling","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anand_giridharadas_a_tale_of_two_americas_and_the_mini_mart_where_they_collided\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The first 21 days of a bee\u2019s life","author":"Anand Varma","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"We\u2019ve heard that bees are disappearing. But what is making bee colonies so vulnerable? Photographer Anand Varma raised bees in his backyard \u2014 in front of a camera \u2014 to get an up close view. This project, for National Geographic, gives a lyrical glimpse into a beehive, and reveals one of the biggest threats to its health, a mite that preys on baby bees in their first 21 days of life. With footage set to music from Rob Moose and the Magik*Magik Orchestra, Varma shows the problem ... and what\u2019s being done to solve it. (This talk was part of a session at TED2015 guest-curated by Pop-Up Magazine: popupmagazine.com or @popupmag on Twitter.)","times_shared":" 2,011,606  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anand_varma_a_thrilling_look_at_the_first_21_days_of_a_bee_s_life.html","tags":"TED, talks, bees, nature, photography","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anand_varma_a_thrilling_look_at_the_first_21_days_of_a_bee_s_life\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why massive open online courses (still) matter","author":"Anant Agarwal","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"2013 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.","times_shared":" 911,122  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anant_agarwal_why_massively_open_online_courses_still_matter.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, TED Conference, education, teaching, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anant_agarwal_why_massively_open_online_courses_still_matter\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Fighters and mourners of the Ukrainian revolution","author":"Anastasia Taylor-Lind","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"\u201cMen fight wars, and women mourn them,\u201d says documentary photographer Anastasia Taylor-Lind. With stark, arresting images from the Maidan protests in Ukraine, the TED Fellow shows us intimate faces from the revolution. A grim and beautiful talk.","times_shared":" 669,246  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anastasia_taylor_lind_fighters_and_mourners_of_the_ukrainian_revolution.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, photography, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anastasia_taylor_lind_fighters_and_mourners_of_the_ukrainian_revolution\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How I named, shamed and jailed","author":"Anas Aremeyaw Anas","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"Journalist 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.","times_shared":" 1,350,550  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anas_aremeyaw_anas_how_i_named_shamed_and_jailed.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, TED Conference, corruption, crime, global issues, journalism","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anas_aremeyaw_anas_how_i_named_shamed_and_jailed\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Two nameless bodies washed up on the beach. Here are their stories","author":"Anders Fjellberg","ddate":" Sep 2015 ","description":"When two bodies wearing identical wetsuits washed ashore in Norway and the Netherlands, journalist Anders Fjellberg and photographer Tomm Christiansen started a search to answer the question: who were these people? What they found and reported in Norway\u2019s \u201cDagbladet\u201d is that everybody has a name, everybody has a story and everybody is someone.","times_shared":" 1,083,635  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anders_fjellberg_two_nameless_bodies_washed_up_on_the_beach_here_are_their_stories.html","tags":"TED, talks, Europe, Middle East, death, global issues, identity, journalism, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anders_fjellberg_two_nameless_bodies_washed_up_on_the_beach_here_are_their_stories\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Visualizing the medical data explosion","author":"Anders Ynnerman","ddate":" Nov 2010 ","description":"Medical scans can produce thousands of images for a single patient in seconds, but how do doctors know what's useful? Scientific visualization expert Anders Ynnerman shows us sophisticated new tools \u2014 like virtual autopsies \u2014 for analyzing our data, and hints at the sci-fi-sounding medical technologies coming up next. This talk contains some graphic medical imagery.","times_shared":" 430,362  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anders_ynnerman_visualizing_the_medical_data_explosion.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, data, health, medicine, science, technology, virtual reality, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anders_ynnerman_visualizing_the_medical_data_explosion\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Leather and meat without killing animals","author":"Andras Forgacs","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"By 2050, it will take 100 billion land animals to provide the world's population with meat, dairy, eggs and leather goods. Maintaining this herd will take a huge, potentially unsustainable toll on the planet. What if there were a different way? In this eye-opening talk, tissue engineering advocate Andras Forgacs argues that biofabricating meat and leather is a civilized way to move past killing animals for hamburgers and handbags.","times_shared":" 1,054,972  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andras_forgacs_leather_and_meat_without_killing_animals.html","tags":"TED, talks, food, global issues, science, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andras_forgacs_leather_and_meat_without_killing_animals\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The moral bias behind your search results","author":"Andreas Ekstr\u00f6m","ddate":" Jan 2015 ","description":"Search engines have become our most trusted sources of information and arbiters of truth. But can we ever get an unbiased search result? Swedish author and journalist Andreas Ekstr\u00f6m argues that such a thing is a philosophical impossibility. In this thoughtful talk, he calls on us to strengthen the bonds between technology and the humanities, and he reminds us that behind every algorithm is a set of personal beliefs that no code can ever completely eradicate.","times_shared":" 1,264,610  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andreas_ekstrom_the_moral_bias_behind_your_search_results.html","tags":"TED, talks, Google, Internet, TEDx, algorithm, communication, computers, decision-making, society, software, technology, web","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andreas_ekstrom_the_moral_bias_behind_your_search_results\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"No roads? There's a drone for that","author":"Andreas Raptopoulos","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"A 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.","times_shared":" 941,181  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andreas_raptopoulos_no_roads_there_s_a_drone_for_that.html","tags":"TED, talks, drones, infrastructure, technology, transportation","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andreas_raptopoulos_no_roads_there_s_a_drone_for_that\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The hunt for a supermassive black hole","author":"Andrea Ghez","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"With 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.","times_shared":" 709,732  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrea_ghez_the_hunt_for_a_supermassive_black_hole.html","tags":"TED, talks, astronomy, dark matter, exploration, physics, science, space, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrea_ghez_the_hunt_for_a_supermassive_black_hole\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Parkinson's, depression and the switch that might turn them off","author":"Andres Lozano","ddate":" Jan 2013 ","description":"Deep brain stimulation is becoming very precise. This technique allows surgeons to place electrodes in almost any area of the brain, and turn them up or down \u2014 like a radio dial or thermostat \u2014 to correct dysfunction. Andres Lozano offers a dramatic look at emerging techniques, in which a woman with Parkinson's instantly stops shaking and brain areas eroded by Alzheimer's are brought back to life. (Filmed at TEDxCaltech.)","times_shared":" 1,169,918  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andres_lozano_parkinson_s_depression_and_the_switch_that_might_turn_them_off.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, brain, depression, health care, neuroscience","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andres_lozano_parkinson_s_depression_and_the_switch_that_might_turn_them_off\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How I found a mythical boiling river in the Amazon","author":"Andr\u00e9s Ruzo","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"When Andr\u00e9s Ruzo was a young boy in Peru, his grandfather told him a story with an odd detail: There is a river, deep in the Amazon, which boils as if a fire burns below it. Twelve years later, after training as a geoscientist, he set out on a journey deep into the jungle of South America in search of this boiling river. At a time when everything seems mapped and measured, join Ruzo as he explores a river that forces us to question the line between known and unknown ... and reminds us that there are great wonders yet to be discovered.","times_shared":" 750,182  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon.html","tags":"TED, talks, South America, adventure, beauty, biosphere, chemistry, environment, exploration, geology, motivation, nature, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andres_ruzo_how_i_found_a_mythical_boiling_river_in_the_amazon\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Get your next eye exam on a smartphone","author":"Andrew Bastawrous","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Thirty-nine million people in the world are blind, and the majority lost their sight due to curable and preventable diseases. But how do you test and treat people who live in remote areas, where expensive, bulky eye equipment is hard to come by? TED Fellow Andrew Bastawrous demos a smartphone app and cheap hardware that might help.","times_shared":" 998,218  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_bastawrous_get_your_next_eye_exam_on_a_smartphone.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Fellows, health, invention, public health, sight","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_bastawrous_get_your_next_eye_exam_on_a_smartphone\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A one-man orchestra of the imagination","author":"Andrew Bird","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Musical innovator Andrew Bird winds together his trademark violin technique with xylophone, vocals and sophisticated electronic looping. Add in his uncanny ability to whistle anything, and he becomes a riveting one-man orchestra.  ","times_shared":" 1,138,803  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_bird_s_one_man_orchestra_of_the_imagination.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, arts, entertainment, music, performance","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_bird_s_one_man_orchestra_of_the_imagination\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What's the next window into our universe?","author":"Andrew Connolly","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Big Data is everywhere \u2014 even the skies. In an informative talk, astronomer Andrew Connolly shows how large amounts of data are being collected about our universe, recording it in its ever-changing moods. Just how do scientists capture so many images at scale? It starts with a giant telescope \u2026","times_shared":" 1,192,443  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_connolly_what_s_the_next_window_into_our_universe.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, astronomy, space, technology, universe","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_connolly_what_s_the_next_window_into_our_universe\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Adventures in Twitter fiction","author":"Andrew Fitzgerald","ddate":" Jul 2013 ","description":"In the 1930s, broadcast radio introduced an entirely new form of storytelling; today, micro-blogging platforms like Twitter are changing the scene again. Andrew Fitzgerald takes a look at the (aptly) short but fascinating history of new forms of creative experimentation in fiction and storytelling.","times_shared":" 967,352  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_fitzgerald_adventures_in_twitter_fiction.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, literature, social media, storytelling, technology, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_fitzgerald_adventures_in_twitter_fiction\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What will future jobs look like?","author":"Andrew McAfee","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"Economist Andrew McAfee suggests that, yes, probably, droids will take our jobs \u2014 or at least the kinds of jobs we know now. In this far-seeing talk, he thinks through what future jobs might look like, and how to educate coming generations to hold them.","times_shared":" 1,728,818  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_mcafee_what_will_future_jobs_look_like.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, economics, robots, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_mcafee_what_will_future_jobs_look_like\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Aid for Africa? 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That led him to an eye-opening journey across the world to interview others with depression \u2014 only to discover that, to his surprise, the more he talked, the more people wanted to tell their own stories.","times_shared":" 5,596,461  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_solomon_depression_the_secret_we_share.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, culture, depression, medicine, mental health, suicide","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_solomon_depression_the_secret_we_share\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are","author":"Andrew Solomon","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Writer 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.","times_shared":" 3,752,080  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_solomon_how_the_worst_moments_in_our_lives_make_us_who_we_are.html","tags":"TED, talks, LGBT, TED Conference, culture, depression, identity, pain","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_solomon_how_the_worst_moments_in_our_lives_make_us_who_we_are\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Love, no matter what","author":"Andrew Solomon","ddate":" Apr 2013 ","description":"What 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? ","times_shared":" 3,531,272  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_solomon_love_no_matter_what.html","tags":"TED, talks, children, culture, disability, family, love, mental health","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_solomon_love_no_matter_what\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The clues to a great story","author":"Andrew Stanton","ddate":" Feb 2012 ","description":"Filmmaker 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.)","times_shared":" 2,187,012  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_stanton_the_clues_to_a_great_story.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, arts, entertainment, film, storytelling","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_stanton_the_clues_to_a_great_story\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"3 reasons why we can win the fight against poverty","author":"Andrew Youn","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"Half of the world's poorest people have something in common: they're small farmers. In this eye-opening talk, activist Andrew Youn shows how his group, One Acre Fund, is helping these farmers lift themselves out of poverty by delivering to them life-sustaining farm services that are already in use all over the world. Enter this talk believing we'll never be able to solve hunger and extreme poverty, and leave it with a new understanding of the scale of the world's biggest problems.","times_shared":" 152,811  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_youn_3_reasons_why_we_can_win_the_fight_against_poverty.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, activism, agriculture, community, development, farming, food, future, global issues, leadership, poverty, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andrew_youn_3_reasons_why_we_can_win_the_fight_against_poverty\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Do the green thing","author":"Andy Hobsbawm","ddate":" Feb 2008 ","description":"Andy Hobsbawm shares a fresh ad campaign about going green \u2014 and some of the fringe benefits. ","times_shared":" 398,085  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andy_hobsbawm_says_do_the_green_thing.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, climate change, design, entertainment, global issues, humor, media, sex","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andy_hobsbawm_says_do_the_green_thing\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Think your email's private? Think again","author":"Andy Yen","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"Sending an email message is like sending a postcard, says scientist Andy Yen in this thought-provoking talk: Anyone can read it. Yet encryption, the technology that protects the privacy of email communication, does exist. It's just that until now it has been difficult to install and a hassle to use. Showing a demo of an email program he designed with colleagues at CERN, Yen argues that encryption can be made simple to the point of becoming the default option, providing true email privacy to all.","times_shared":" 1,469,280  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andy_yen_think_your_email_s_private_think_again.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, communication, privacy, security, technology, web","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andy_yen_think_your_email_s_private_think_again\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Using nature to grow batteries","author":"Angela Belcher","ddate":" Jan 2011 ","description":"Inspired 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.","times_shared":" 823,938  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/angela_belcher_using_nature_to_grow_batteries.html","tags":"TED, talks, DNA, TEDx, alternative energy, biology, evolution, genetics, nature, virus","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/angela_belcher_using_nature_to_grow_batteries\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Grit: The power of passion and perseverance","author":"Angela Lee Duckworth","ddate":" Apr 2013 ","description":"Leaving 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't the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of \"grit\" as a predictor of success.","times_shared":" 8,654,857  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, education, psychology, success","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/angela_lee_duckworth_grit_the_power_of_passion_and_perseverance\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The beauty of human skin in every color","author":"Ang\u00e9lica Dass","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"Ang\u00e9lica Dass's photography challenges how we think about skin color and ethnic identity. In this personal talk, hear about the inspiration behind her portrait project, Human\u00e6, and her pursuit to document humanity's true colors rather than the untrue white, red, black and yellow associated with race.","times_shared":" 1,214,057  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/angelica_dass_the_beauty_of_human_skin_in_every_color.html","tags":"TED, talks, Brazil, Slavery, art, beauty, community, creativity, culture, design, global issues, humanity, identity, photography, race, social change, society, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/angelica_dass_the_beauty_of_human_skin_in_every_color\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to go to space, without having to go to space","author":"Angelo Vermeulen","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"\"We will start inhabiting outer space,\" says Angelo Vermeulen, crew commander of a NASA-funded Mars simulation. \"It might take 50 years or it might take 500 years, but it\u2019s going to happen.\" In this charming talk, the TED Senior Fellow describes some of his official work to make sure humans are prepared for life in deep space ... and shares a fascinating art project in which he challenged people worldwide to design homes we might live in there.","times_shared":" 1,048,088  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/angelo_vermeulen_how_to_go_to_space_without_having_to_go_to_space.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, architecture, arts, design, science, space","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/angelo_vermeulen_how_to_go_to_space_without_having_to_go_to_space\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What it takes to do extreme astrophysics","author":"Anil Ananthaswamy","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"All over the planet, giant telescopes and detectors are looking (and listening) for clues to the workings of the universe. At the INK Conference, science writer Anil Ananthaswamy tours us around these amazing installations, taking us to some of the most remote and silent places on Earth.","times_shared":" 521,577  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anil_ananthaswamy.html","tags":"TED, talks, exploration, journalism, science, technology, universe","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anil_ananthaswamy\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"India's hidden hotbeds of invention","author":"Anil Gupta","ddate":" Nov 2009 ","description":"Anil Gupta is on the hunt for the developing world's unsung inventors \u2014 indigenous entrepreneurs whose ingenuity, hidden by poverty, could change many people's lives. He shows how the Honey Bee Network helps them build the connections they need \u2014 and gain the recognition they deserve.","times_shared":" 599,281  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anil_gupta_india_s_hidden_hotbeds_of_invention.html","tags":"TED, talks, creativity, entrepreneur, innovation, invention, poverty","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anil_gupta_india_s_hidden_hotbeds_of_invention\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Four American characters","author":"Anna Deavere Smith","ddate":" Feb 2005 ","description":"Writer 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.\"","times_shared":" 867,763  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anna_deavere_smith_s_american_character.html","tags":"TED, talks, MacArthur grant, TED Conference, United States, arts, culture, entertainment, history, interview, performance, performance art, race, sports, storytelling, theater","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anna_deavere_smith_s_american_character\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A plane you can drive","author":"Anna Mracek Dietrich","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"A 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?","times_shared":" 897,403  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anna_mracek_dietrich_a_plane_you_can_drive.html","tags":"TED, talks, cars, design, flight, invention, transportation","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anna_mracek_dietrich_a_plane_you_can_drive\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The 3 agencies with the power to make or break economies","author":"Annette Heuser","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"The way we rate national economies is all wrong, says rating agency reformer Annette Heuser. With mysterious and obscure methods, three private US-based credit rating agencies wield immense power over national economies across the globe, and the outcomes can be catastrophic. But what if there was another way? In this bold talk, Heuser shares her vision for a nonprofit agency that would bring more equality and justice into the mix. ","times_shared":" 1,179,307  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/annette_heuser_the_3_agencies_with_the_power_to_make_or_break_economies.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, finance, global issues","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/annette_heuser_the_3_agencies_with_the_power_to_make_or_break_economies\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What makes a word \"real\"?","author":"Anne Curzan ","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"One 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.","times_shared":" 1,409,345  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anne_curzan_what_makes_a_word_real.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, culture, language","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anne_curzan_what_makes_a_word_real\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Can we all \"have it all\"?","author":"Anne-Marie Slaughter","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"Public 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.","times_shared":" 1,082,015  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anne_marie_slaughter_can_we_all_have_it_all.html","tags":"TED, talks, inequality, men, policy, women, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anne_marie_slaughter_can_we_all_have_it_all\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why smart statistics are the key to fighting crime","author":"Anne Milgram","ddate":" Oct 2013 ","description":"When 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.","times_shared":" 794,524  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anne_milgram_why_smart_statistics_are_the_key_to_fighting_crime.html","tags":"TED, talks, crime, data","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anne_milgram_why_smart_statistics_are_the_key_to_fighting_crime\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why I am an HIV\/AIDS activist","author":"Annie Lennox","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"For the last eight years, pop singer Annie Lennox has devoted the majority of her time to her SING campaign, raising awareness and money to combat HIV\/AIDS. She shares the experiences that have inspired her, from working with Nelson Mandela to meeting a little African girl in a desperate situation.","times_shared":" 460,399  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/annie_lennox_why_i_am_an_hiv_aids_activist.html","tags":"TED, talks, AIDS, Africa, activism, health, personal growth","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/annie_lennox_why_i_am_an_hiv_aids_activist\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What we learn before we're born","author":"Annie Murphy Paul","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Pop quiz: When does learning begin? Answer: Before we are born. Science writer Annie Murphy Paul talks through new research that shows how much we learn in the womb \u2014 from the lilt of our native language to our soon-to-be-favorite foods.","times_shared":" 1,444,762  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/annie_murphy_paul_what_we_learn_before_we_re_born.html","tags":"TED, talks, children, education, food, science, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/annie_murphy_paul_what_we_learn_before_we_re_born\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Hands-on science with squishy circuits","author":"AnnMarie Thomas","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 787,807  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/annmarie_thomas_squishy_circuits.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, education, science, technology, toy","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/annmarie_thomas_squishy_circuits\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What's wrong with school lunches","author":"Ann Cooper","ddate":" Dec 2007 ","description":"Speaking at the 2007 EG conference, \"renegade lunch lady\" Ann Cooper talks about the coming revolution in the way kids eat at school \u2014 local, sustainable, seasonal and even educational food. ","times_shared":" 1,042,409  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ann_cooper_talks_school_lunches.html","tags":"TED, talks, children, economics, education, food, garden, global issues, green","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ann_cooper_talks_school_lunches\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My year reading a book from every country in the world","author":"Ann Morgan","ddate":" Sep 2015 ","description":"Ann Morgan considered herself well read \u2014 until she discovered the \"massive blindspot\" on her bookshelf. Amid a multitude of English and American authors, there were very few books from beyond the English-speaking world. So she set an ambitious goal: to read one book from every country in the world over the course of a year. Now she's urging other Anglophiles to read translated works so that publishers will work harder to bring foreign literary gems back to their shores. Explore interactive maps of her reading journey here: go.ted.com\/readtheworld","times_shared":" 1,261,812  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ann_morgan_my_year_reading_a_book_from_every_country_in_the_world.html","tags":"TED, talks, books, goal-setting, library, literature, personal growth, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ann_morgan_my_year_reading_a_book_from_every_country_in_the_world\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My country will be underwater soon \u2014 unless we work together","author":"Anote Tong","ddate":" Oct 2015 ","description":"For the people of Kiribati, climate change isn't something to be debated, denied or legislated against \u2014 it's an everyday reality. The low-lying Pacific island nation may soon be underwater, thanks to rising sea levels. In a personal conversation with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Kiribati President Anote Tong discusses his country's present climate catastrophe and its imperiled future. \"In order to deal with climate change, there's got to be sacrifice. There's got to be commitment,\" he says. \"We've got to tell people that the world has changed.\"","times_shared":" 984,102  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anote_tong_my_country_will_be_underwater_soon_unless_we_work_together.html","tags":"TED, talks, climate change, environment, global issues, humanity, mission blue, oceans, policy, politics, pollution, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anote_tong_my_country_will_be_underwater_soon_unless_we_work_together\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Growing new organs","author":"Anthony Atala","ddate":" Oct 2009 ","description":"Anthony 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.","times_shared":" 1,612,759  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anthony_atala_growing_organs_engineering_tissue.html","tags":"TED, talks, biology, health, medicine, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anthony_atala_growing_organs_engineering_tissue\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Printing a human kidney","author":"Anthony Atala","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Surgeon 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.","times_shared":" 2,625,512  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney.html","tags":"TED, talks, Surgery, TED Conference, health care, invention, medical research, prosthetics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The quest to understand consciousness","author":"Antonio Damasio","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Every morning we wake up and regain consciousness \u2014 that is a marvelous fact \u2014 but what exactly is it that we regain? Neuroscientist Antonio Damasio uses this simple question to give us a glimpse into how our brains create our sense of self.","times_shared":" 1,425,318  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/antonio_damasio_the_quest_to_understand_consciousness.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, brain, consciousness, neuroscience, science, self","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/antonio_damasio_the_quest_to_understand_consciousness\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The magic of the Amazon: A river that flows invisibly all around us","author":"Antonio Donato Nobre","ddate":" Nov 2010 ","description":"The Amazon River is like a heart, pumping water from the seas through it, and up into the atmosphere through 600 billion trees, which act like lungs. Clouds form, rain falls and the forest thrives. In a lyrical talk, Antonio Donato Nobre talks us through the interconnected systems of this region, and how they provide environmental services to the entire world. A parable for the extraordinary symphony that is nature.\u00a0","times_shared":" 839,602  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/antonio_donato_nobre_the_magic_of_the_amazon_a_river_that_flows_invisibly_all_around_us.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, climate change, nature, trees","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/antonio_donato_nobre_the_magic_of_the_amazon_a_river_that_flows_invisibly_all_around_us\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Refugees have the right to be protected","author":"Ant\u00f3nio Guterres","ddate":" Dec 2015 ","description":"UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ant\u00f3nio Guterres thinks that we can solve the global refugee crisis \u2014 and he offers compelling, surprising reasons why we must try. In conversation with TED's Bruno Giussani, Guterres discusses the historical causes of the current crisis and outlines the mood of the European countries that are trying to screen, shelter and resettle hundreds of thousands of desperate families. Bigger picture: Guterres calls for a multilateral turn toward acceptance and respect \u2014 to defy groups like ISIS's anti-refugee propaganda and recruiting machine.","times_shared":" 1,014,557  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/antonio_guterres_refugees_have_the_right_to_be_protected.html","tags":"TED, talks, Europe, future, global issues, government, humanity, immigration, interview, policy, politics, social change, society, terrorism","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/antonio_guterres_refugees_have_the_right_to_be_protected\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting","author":"Anupam Mishra","ddate":" Nov 2009 ","description":"With 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.","times_shared":" 768,656  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anupam_mishra_the_ancient_ingenuity_of_water_harvesting.html","tags":"TED, talks, architecture, design, environment, history, india, innovation, photography, sustainability, water","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/anupam_mishra_the_ancient_ingenuity_of_water_harvesting\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How we'll find life on other planets","author":"Aomawa Shields","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Astronomer Aomawa Shields searches for clues that life might exist elsewhere in the universe by examining the atmospheres of distant exoplanets. When she isn't exploring the heavens, the classically trained actor (and TED Fellow) looks for ways to engage young women in the sciences using theater, writing and visual art. \"Maybe one day they'll join the ranks of astronomers who are full of contradictions,\" she says, \"and use their backgrounds to discover, once and for all, that we are truly not alone in the universe.\"","times_shared":" 1,351,586  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aomawa_shields_how_we_ll_find_life_on_other_planets.html","tags":"TED, talks, Planets, TED Fellows, arts, astronomy, children, computers, education, exploration, extraterrestrial life, future, life, space, technology, universe, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aomawa_shields_how_we_ll_find_life_on_other_planets\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Art that craves your attention","author":"Aparna Rao","ddate":" Aug 2013 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 1,009,055  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aparna_rao_art_that_craves_your_attention.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, art, creativity, interface design","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aparna_rao_art_that_craves_your_attention\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"High-tech art (with a sense of humor)","author":"Aparna Rao","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Artist and TED Fellow Aparna Rao re-imagines the familiar in surprising, often humorous ways. With her collaborator Soren Pors, Rao creates high-tech art installations \u2014 a typewriter that sends emails, a camera that tracks you through the room only to make you invisible on screen \u2014 that put a playful spin on ordinary objects and interactions.","times_shared":" 736,217  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aparna_rao_high_tech_art_with_a_sense_of_humor.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, art, creativity, humor, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aparna_rao_high_tech_art_with_a_sense_of_humor\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The art of misdirection","author":"Apollo Robbins","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"Hailed 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.","times_shared":" 11,205,868  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/apollo_robbins_the_art_of_misdirection.html","tags":"TED, talks, crime, entertainment","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/apollo_robbins_the_art_of_misdirection\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to succeed? Get more sleep","author":"Arianna Huffington","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 3,598,099  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/arianna_huffington_how_to_succeed_get_more_sleep.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, culture, entertainment, productivity","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/arianna_huffington_how_to_succeed_get_more_sleep\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Know thyself, with a brain scanner","author":"Ariel Garten","ddate":" Sep 2011 ","description":"Imagine playing a video game controlled by your mind. Now imagine that game also teaches you about your own patterns of stress, relaxation and focus. Ariel Garten shows how looking at our own brain activity gives new meaning to the ancient dictum \"know thyself.\"","times_shared":" 352,221  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ariel_garten_know_thyself_with_a_brain_scanner.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, arts, neuroscience, psychology, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ariel_garten_know_thyself_with_a_brain_scanner\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A performance of \"Mathemagic\"","author":"Arthur Benjamin","ddate":" Feb 2005 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 7,784,798  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/arthur_benjamin_does_mathemagic.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, education, entertainment, magic, math, performance","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/arthur_benjamin_does_mathemagic\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Teach statistics before calculus!","author":"Arthur Benjamin","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Someone always asks the math teacher, \"Am I going to use calculus in real life?\" And for most of us, says Arthur Benjamin, the answer is no. He offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age.","times_shared":" 1,794,751  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/arthur_benjamin_s_formula_for_changing_math_education.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, economics, education, math, statistics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/arthur_benjamin_s_formula_for_changing_math_education\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The magic of Fibonacci numbers","author":"Arthur Benjamin","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"Math 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!)","times_shared":" 3,498,464  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/arthur_benjamin_the_magic_of_fibonacci_numbers.html","tags":"TED, talks, entertainment, magic, math","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/arthur_benjamin_the_magic_of_fibonacci_numbers\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A conservative's plea: Let's work together","author":"Arthur Brooks","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"Conservatives and liberals both believe that they alone are motivated by love while their opponents are motivated by hate. How can we solve problems with so much polarization? In this talk, social scientist Arthur Brooks shares ideas for what we can each do as individuals to break the gridlock. \"We might just be able to take the ghastly holy war of ideology that we're suffering under and turn it into a competition of ideas,\" he says.","times_shared":" 862,846  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/arthur_brooks_a_conservative_s_plea_let_s_work_together.html","tags":"TED, talks, Debate, big problems, business, capitalism, collaboration, community, democracy, economics, global issues, government, identity, leadership, philosophy, policy, politics, social change, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/arthur_brooks_a_conservative_s_plea_let_s_work_together\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Moving sculpture","author":"Arthur Ganson","ddate":" Mar 2004 ","description":"Sculptor and engineer Arthur Ganson talks about his work \u2014 kinetic art that explores deep philosophical ideas and is gee-whiz fun to look at.","times_shared":" 597,920  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/arthur_ganson_makes_moving_sculpture.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, art, arts, design, engineering, entertainment, humor, philosophy","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/arthur_ganson_makes_moving_sculpture\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A vision for sustainable restaurants","author":"Arthur Potts Dawson","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"If you've been in a restaurant kitchen, you've seen how much food, water and energy can be wasted there. Chef Arthur Potts-Dawson shares his very personal vision for drastically reducing restaurant, and supermarket, waste \u2014 creating recycling, composting, sustainable engines for good (and good food).","times_shared":" 801,220  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/arthur_potts_dawson_a_vision_for_sustainable_restaurants.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, cities, culture, entertainment, food, global issues, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/arthur_potts_dawson_a_vision_for_sustainable_restaurants\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Turning trash into toys for learning","author":"Arvind Gupta","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"At 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. ","times_shared":" 1,240,628  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/arvind_gupta_turning_trash_into_toys_for_learning.html","tags":"TED, talks, design, education, play, science, technology, toy","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/arvind_gupta_turning_trash_into_toys_for_learning\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why you should care about whale poo","author":"Asha de Vos","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"Whales have a surprising and important job, says marine biologist Asha de Vos: these massive creatures are ecosystem engineers, keeping the oceans healthy and stable by ... well, by pooping, for a start. Learn from de Vos, a TED Fellow, about the undervalued work that whales do to help maintain the stability and health of our seas \u2014 and our planet.","times_shared":" 1,155,460  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/asha_de_vos_why_you_should_care_about_whale_poo.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, biology, nature, oceans","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/asha_de_vos_why_you_should_care_about_whale_poo\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My message of peace from Pakistan","author":"Asher Hasan","ddate":" Nov 2009 ","description":"One of a dozen Pakistanis who came to TEDIndia despite security hassles entering the country, TED Fellow Asher Hasan shows photos of ordinary Pakistanis that drive home a profound message for citizens of all nations: look beyond disputes, and see the humanity we share.","times_shared":" 390,652  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/asher_hasan_s_message_of_peace_from_pakistan.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, culture, entrepreneur, global issues, health, health care, peace, politics, violence, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/asher_hasan_s_message_of_peace_from_pakistan\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to rebuild a broken state","author":"Ashraf Ghani","ddate":" Jul 2005 ","description":"Ashraf Ghani's passionate and powerful 10-minute talk, emphasizing the necessity of both economic investment and design ingenuity to rebuild broken states, is followed by a conversation with TED curator Chris Anderson on the future of Afghanistan.","times_shared":" 733,141  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ashraf_ghani_on_rebuilding_broken_states.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, corruption, culture, development, economics, entrepreneur, global issues, investment, military","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ashraf_ghani_on_rebuilding_broken_states\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":" We're all hiding something. Let's find the courage to open up","author":"Ash Beckham","ddate":" Sep 2013 ","description":"In 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. ","times_shared":" 2,455,069  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ash_beckham_we_re_all_hiding_something_let_s_find_the_courage_to_open_up.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, culture, empathy, happiness","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ash_beckham_we_re_all_hiding_something_let_s_find_the_courage_to_open_up\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"When to take a stand \u2014 and when to let it go","author":"Ash Beckham","ddate":" Sep 2014 ","description":"Ash Beckham recently found herself in a situation that made her ask: who am I? She felt pulled between two roles \u2014 as an aunt and as an advocate. Each of us feels this struggle sometimes, she says \u2014 and offers bold suggestions for how to stand up for your moral integrity when it isn\u2019t convenient.","times_shared":" 1,311,726  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ash_beckham_when_to_take_a_stand_and_when_to_let_it_go.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, activism, identity, morality","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ash_beckham_when_to_take_a_stand_and_when_to_let_it_go\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A better way to talk about abortion","author":"Aspen Baker","ddate":" May 2015 ","description":"Abortion is extremely common. In America, for example, one in three women will have an abortion in their lifetime, yet the strong emotions sparked by the topic \u2014 and the highly politicized rhetoric around it \u2014 leave little room for thoughtful, open debate. In this personal, thoughtful talk, Aspen Baker makes the case for being neither \u201cpro-life\u201d nor \u201cpro-choice\u201d but rather \"pro-voice\" \u2014 and for the roles that listening and storytelling can play when it comes to discussing difficult topics.","times_shared":" 1,500,465  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aspen_baker_a_better_way_to_talk_about_abortion.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, decision-making, morality, society, storytelling, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aspen_baker_a_better_way_to_talk_about_abortion\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"El Sistema's top youth orchestra","author":"Gustavo Dudamel and the Teresa Carre\u221a\u00b1o Youth Orchestra","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"The 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.","times_shared":" 1,879,489  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/astonishing_performance_by_a_venezuelan_youth_orchestra_1.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Prize, arts, children, conducting, culture, education, entertainment, music","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/astonishing_performance_by_a_venezuelan_youth_orchestra_1\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The unexpected benefit of celebrating failure","author":"Astro Teller","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"\"Great dreams aren't just visions,\" says Astro Teller, \"They're visions coupled to strategies for making them real.\" The head of X (formerly Google X), Teller takes us inside the \"moonshot factory,\" as it's called, where his team seeks to solve the world's biggest problems through experimental projects like balloon-powered Internet and wind turbines that sail through the air. Find out X's secret to creating an organization where people feel comfortable working on big, risky projects and exploring audacious ideas.","times_shared":" 1,563,307  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/astro_teller_the_unexpected_benefit_of_celebrating_failure.html","tags":"TED, talks, big problems, collaboration, creativity, design, engineering, exploration, failure, future, global issues, invention, leadership, motivation, potential, product design, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/astro_teller_the_unexpected_benefit_of_celebrating_failure\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How do we heal medicine?","author":"Atul Gawande","ddate":" Mar 2012 ","description":"Our medical systems are broken. Doctors are capable of extraordinary (and expensive) treatments, but they are losing their core focus: actually treating people. Doctor and writer Atul Gawande suggests we take a step back and look at new ways to do medicine \u2014 with fewer cowboys and more pit crews.","times_shared":" 1,463,043  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/atul_gawande_how_do_we_heal_medicine.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, health care, heart health, medicine","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/atul_gawande_how_do_we_heal_medicine\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A roadmap to end aging","author":"Aubrey de Grey","ddate":" Jul 2005 ","description":"Cambridge 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.","times_shared":" 2,985,093  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging.html","tags":"TED, talks, aging, biotech, disease, engineering, future, health care, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aubrey_de_grey_says_we_can_avoid_aging\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to make a profit while making a difference","author":"Audrey Choi","ddate":" Nov 2015 ","description":"Can global capital markets become catalysts for social change? According to investment expert Audrey Choi, individuals own almost half of all global capital, giving them (us!) the power to make a difference by investing in companies that champion social values and sustainability. \"We have more opportunity today than ever before to make choices,\" she says. \"So change your perspective. Invest in the change you want to see in the world.\"","times_shared":" 1,349,449  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/audrey_choi_how_to_make_a_profit_while_making_a_difference.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, finance, social change, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/audrey_choi_how_to_make_a_profit_while_making_a_difference\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A robot that runs and swims like a salamander","author":"Auke Ijspeert","ddate":" Dec 2015 ","description":"Roboticist Auke Ijspeert designs biorobots, machines modeled after real animals that are capable of handling complex terrain and would appear at home in the pages of a sci-fi novel. The process of creating these robots leads to better automata that can be used for fieldwork, service, and search and rescue. But these robots don't just mimic the natural world \u2014 they help us understand our own biology better, unlocking previously unknown secrets of the spinal cord.","times_shared":" 1,153,879  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander.html","tags":"TED, talks, animals, biology, biomechanics, biotech, design, engineering, future, innovation, invention, nature, neuroscience, physics, robots, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/auke_ijspeert_a_robot_that_runs_and_swims_like_a_salamander\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Making global labor fair","author":"Auret van Heerden","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"FLA head Auret van Heerden talks about the next frontier of workers' rights \u2014 globalized industries where no single national body can keep workers safe and protected. How can we keep our global supply chains honest? Van Heerden makes the business case for fair labor.","times_shared":" 545,203  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/auret_van_heerden_making_global_labor_fair.html","tags":"TED, talks, big problems, business, global issues, inequality, law, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/auret_van_heerden_making_global_labor_fair\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What\u2019s next in 3D printing","author":"Avi Reichental","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Just like his beloved grandfather, Avi Reichental is a maker of things. The difference is, now he can use 3D printers to make almost anything, out of almost any material. Reichental tours us through the possibilities of 3D printing, for everything from printed candy to highly custom sneakers.","times_shared":" 2,436,769  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/avi_reichental_what_s_next_in_3d_printing.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/avi_reichental_what_s_next_in_3d_printing\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"All your devices can be hacked","author":"Avi Rubin","ddate":" Oct 2011 ","description":"Could 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. 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Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose and Naomi Shah describe their extraordinary projects \u2014 and their route to a passion for science.","times_shared":" 854,122  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/award_winning_teen_age_science_in_action.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, cancer, medicine, pollution, science, youth","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/award_winning_teen_age_science_in_action\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Building blocks that blink, beep and teach","author":"Ayah Bdeir","ddate":" Feb 2012 ","description":"Imagine a set of electronics as easy to play with as Legos. TED Fellow Ayah Bdeir introduces littleBits, a set of simple, interchangeable blocks that make programming as simple and important a part of creativity as snapping blocks together.","times_shared":" 1,096,910  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ayah_bdeir_building_blocks_that_blink_beep_and_teach.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Fellows, creativity, education, technology, toy","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ayah_bdeir_building_blocks_that_blink_beep_and_teach\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How I brought a river, and my city, back to life","author":"Aziza Chaouni","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"The Fez River winds through the medina of Fez, Morocco\u2014a mazelike medieval city that's a World Heritage site. Once considered the \"soul\" of this celebrated city, the river succumbed to sewage and pollution, and in the 1950s was covered over bit by bit until nothing remained. TED Fellow Aziza Chaouni recounts her 20 year effort to restore this river to its former glory, and to transform her city in the process.","times_shared":" 612,489  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aziza_chaouni_how_i_brought_a_river_and_my_city_back_to_life.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Fellows, activism, architecture, cities, infrastructure, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aziza_chaouni_how_i_brought_a_river_and_my_city_back_to_life\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"For more tolerance, we need more ... tourism?","author":"Aziz Abu Sarah","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Aziz 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 ...","times_shared":" 1,152,040  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aziz_abu_sarah_for_more_tolerance_we_need_more_tourism.html","tags":"TED, talks, Middle East, TED Fellows, activism, culture, peace, travel, violence, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/aziz_abu_sarah_for_more_tolerance_we_need_more_tourism\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A choir as big as the Internet","author":"Eric Whitacre","ddate":" Mar 2010 ","description":"185 voices from 12 countries join a choir that spans the globe: \"Lux Aurumque,\" composed and conducted by Eric Whitacre, merges hundreds of tracks individually recorded and posted to YouTube. It's an astonishing illustration of how technology can connect us.","times_shared":" 395,332  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/a_choir_as_big_as_the_internet.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, music, online video, performance, web","transcript_url":""},{"title":"My year of living biblically","author":"AJ Jacobs","ddate":" Dec 2007 ","description":"Author, philosopher, prankster and journalist AJ Jacobs talks about the year he spent living biblically \u2014 following the rules in the Bible as literally as possible.","times_shared":" 1,904,285  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/a_j_jacobs_year_of_living_biblically.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, entertainment, humanity, humor, religion, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/a_j_jacobs_year_of_living_biblically\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A robot that flies like a bird","author":"Markus Fischer","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Plenty 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.","times_shared":" 5,961,045  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/a_robot_that_flies_like_a_bird.html","tags":"TED, talks, animals, biomechanics, biomimicry, design, robots, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/a_robot_that_flies_like_a_bird\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A TED speaker's worst nightmare","author":"Improv Everywhere","ddate":" Mar 2012 ","description":"Colin Robertson had 3 minutes on the TED stage to tell the world about his solar-powered crowdsourced health care solution. 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Honhoff, and his own \"F\u00eate de la Belle.\" In a fascinating interlude, he talks about what brought him to the craft.","times_shared":" 1,286,810  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/a_whistleblower_you_haven_t_heard.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, entertainment, live music, music, performance","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/a_whistleblower_you_haven_t_heard\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My desperate journey with a human smuggler","author":"Barat Ali Batoor","ddate":" Apr 2014 ","description":"Photojournalist Barat Ali Batoor was living in Afghanistan \u2014 until his risky work forced him to leave the country. But for Batoor, a member of a displaced ethnic group called the Hazara, moving home to Pakistan proved dangerous too. And finding a safer place wasn't as simple as buying a plane ticket. Instead, he was forced to pay a human smuggler, and join the deadly tidal wave of migrants seeking asylum by boat. He documents the harrowing ocean trip with powerful photographs.","times_shared":" 967,888  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/barat_ali_batoor_my_desperate_journey_with_a_human_smuggler.html","tags":"TED, talks, global issues, immigration, photography","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/barat_ali_batoor_my_desperate_journey_with_a_human_smuggler\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Tagging tuna in the deep ocean","author":"Barbara Block","ddate":" Apr 2010 ","description":"Tuna are ocean athletes \u2014 fast, far-ranging predators whose habits we're just beginning to understand. 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He found one factor that stands out from the others \u2014 and surprised even him.","times_shared":" 2,582,527  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/bill_gross_the_single_biggest_reason_why_startups_succeed.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, creativity, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/bill_gross_the_single_biggest_reason_why_startups_succeed\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What I'm worried about, what I'm excited about","author":"Bill Joy","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"Technologist and futurist Bill Joy talks about several big worries for humanity \u2014 and several big hopes in the fields of health, education and future tech. ","times_shared":" 463,288  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/bill_joy_muses_on_what_s_next.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, future, health, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/bill_joy_muses_on_what_s_next\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"I'm going to the moon. 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Take the time to savor this moving talk, which asks big questions about how we think on death and honor life.","times_shared":" 3,822,786  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/bj_miller_what_really_matters_at_the_end_of_life.html","tags":"TED, talks, death, global issues, health, health care, life, medicine","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/bj_miller_what_really_matters_at_the_end_of_life\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My journey to yo-yo mastery","author":"BLACK","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"Remember 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. 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The day you are born, and the day you discover why.\" Graphic images.","times_shared":" 1,200,571  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/boniface_mwangi_boniface_mwangi_the_day_i_stood_up_alone.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, activism, art, corruption, photography","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/boniface_mwangi_boniface_mwangi_the_day_i_stood_up_alone\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How bacteria \"talk\"","author":"Bonnie Bassler","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria \"talk\" to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. 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Discussing the biggest of big science in an engaging, accessible way, Cox brings us along on a tour of the massive project.","times_shared":" 2,918,513  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/brian_cox_on_cern_s_supercollider.html","tags":"TED, talks, String theory, TED Conference, big bang, education, physics, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/brian_cox_on_cern_s_supercollider\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What went wrong at the LHC","author":"Brian Cox","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"In this short talk from TED U 2009, Brian Cox shares what's new with the CERN supercollider. 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Aylward lays out the plan to continue the scientific miracle that ended polio in most of the world \u2014 and to snuff it out everywhere, forever.","times_shared":" 477,854  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, Vaccines, disease, global issues, health, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Humanity vs. Ebola. How we could win a terrifying war","author":"Bruce Aylward","ddate":" Dec 2014 ","description":"\u201cEbola threatens everything that makes us human,\u201d says Bruce Aylward of the World Health Organization. And when the Ebola epidemic exploded in 2014, it caused a worldwide panic. But humanity can beat Ebola \u2014 and Aylward shows four strategies that show how we are succeeding. The fight against Ebola is not yet won, he says, but it can be.","times_shared":" 810,334  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/bruce_aylward_humanity_vs_ebola_the_winning_strategies_in_a_terrifying_war.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, disease, ebola, epidemiology, health, public health, virus","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/bruce_aylward_humanity_vs_ebola_the_winning_strategies_in_a_terrifying_war\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A prediction for the future of Iran","author":"Bruce Bueno de Mesquita","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Bruce Bueno de Mesquita uses mathematical analysis to predict (very often correctly) such messy human events as war, political power shifts, Intifada ... 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In this moving talk, Gerald urges us all to question our beliefs and embrace uncertainty.","times_shared":" 794,687  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/casey_gerald_the_gospel_of_doubt.html","tags":"TED, talks, God, big problems, business, capitalism, community, education, faith, inequality, social change, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/casey_gerald_the_gospel_of_doubt\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why good hackers make good citizens","author":"Catherine Bracy","ddate":" Sep 2013 ","description":"Hacking 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.","times_shared":" 808,225  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/catherine_bracy_why_good_hackers_make_good_citizens.html","tags":"TED, talks, cities, software, urban planning","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/catherine_bracy_why_good_hackers_make_good_citizens\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The small and surprisingly dangerous detail the police track about you","author":"Catherine Crump","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"A very unsexy-sounding piece of technology could mean that the police know where you go, with whom, and when: the automatic license plate reader. These cameras are innocuously placed all across small-town America to catch known criminals, but as lawyer and TED Fellow Catherine Crump shows, the data they collect in aggregate could have disastrous consequences for everyone the world over.","times_shared":" 1,701,844  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/catherine_crump_the_small_and_surprisingly_dangerous_detail_the_police_track_about_you.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, data, privacy","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/catherine_crump_the_small_and_surprisingly_dangerous_detail_the_police_track_about_you\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The tradeoffs of building green","author":"Catherine Mohr","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"In 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? 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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.\"","times_shared":" 1,323,344  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chelsea_shields_how_i_m_working_for_change_inside_my_church.html","tags":"TED, talks, God, TED Fellows, activism, community, faith, feminism, identity, inequality, personal growth, religion, society, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chelsea_shields_how_i_m_working_for_change_inside_my_church\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The magnificence of spider silk","author":"Cheryl Hayashi","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Cheryl Hayashi studies spider silk, one of nature's most high-performance materials. 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This talk is from The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.","times_shared":" 1,536,594  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chip_kidd_designing_books_is_no_laughing_matter_ok_it_is.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, creativity, design, humor, literature","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chip_kidd_designing_books_is_no_laughing_matter_ok_it_is\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The art of first impressions \u2014 in design and life","author":"Chip Kidd","ddate":" May 2015 ","description":"Book designer Chip Kidd knows all too well how often we judge things by first appearances. In this hilarious, fast-paced talk, he explains the two techniques designers use to communicate instantly \u2014 clarity and mystery \u2014 and when, why and how they work. He celebrates beautiful, useful pieces of design, skewers less successful work, and shares the thinking behind some of his own iconic book covers.","times_shared":" 1,576,561  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chip_kidd_the_art_of_first_impressions_in_design_and_life.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Books, books, creativity, design, literature","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chip_kidd_the_art_of_first_impressions_in_design_and_life\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The inside story of the Paris climate agreement","author":"Christiana Figueres","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"What would you do if your job was to save the planet? When Christiana Figueres was tapped by the UN to lead the Paris climate conference (COP 21) in December 2015, she reacted the way many people would: she thought it would be impossible to bring the leaders of 195 countries into agreement on how to slow climate change. Find out how she turned her skepticism into optimism \u2014 and helped the world achieve the most important climate agreement in history.","times_shared":" 721,175  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christiana_figueres_the_inside_story_of_the_paris_climate_agreement.html","tags":"TED, talks, alternative energy, big problems, climate change, collaboration, development, ebola, environment, future, global issues, goal-setting, government, green, history, humanity, innovation, law, leadership, motivation, nature, pollution, population, potential, security, social change, society, solar, solar energy, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christiana_figueres_the_inside_story_of_the_paris_climate_agreement\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How pig parts make the world turn","author":"Christien Meindertsma","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Christien Meindertsma, author of \"Pig 05049\" looks at the astonishing afterlife of the ordinary pig, parts of which make their way into at least 185 non-pork products, from bullets to artificial hearts.","times_shared":" 1,079,968  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christien_meindertsma_on_pig_05049.html","tags":"TED, talks, books, business, consumerism, design, engineering, food, medicine, product design","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christien_meindertsma_on_pig_05049\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Tracking ancient diseases using ... plaque","author":"Christina Warinner","ddate":" Feb 2012 ","description":"Imagine what we could learn about diseases by studying the history of human disease, from ancient hominids to the present. But how? TED Fellow Christina Warinner is an achaeological geneticist, and she's found a spectacular new tool \u2014 the microbial DNA in fossilized dental plaque.","times_shared":" 611,620  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christina_warinner_tracking_ancient_diseases_using_plaque.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Fellows, ancient world, bacteria, evolution, medicine, paleontology, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christina_warinner_tracking_ancient_diseases_using_plaque\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The enchanting music of sign language","author":"Christine Sun Kim","ddate":" Aug 2015 ","description":"Artist and TED Fellow Christine Sun Kim was born deaf, and she was taught to believe that sound wasn't a part of her life, that it was a hearing person's thing. Through her art, she discovered similarities between American Sign Language and music, and she realized that sound doesn't have to be known solely through the ears \u2014 it can be felt, seen and experienced as an idea. In this endearing talk, she invites us to open our eyes and ears and participate in the rich treasure of visual language.","times_shared":" 1,031,455  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christine_sun_kim_the_enchanting_music_of_sign_language.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, art, communication, composing, language, music, sound","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christine_sun_kim_the_enchanting_music_of_sign_language\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The Airstream, restyled","author":"Christopher C. Deam","ddate":" Feb 2002 ","description":"In this low-key, image-packed talk from 2002, designer Christopher C. Deam talks about his makeover of an American classic: the Airstream travel trailer.","times_shared":" 294,846  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christopher_deam_restyles_the_airstream.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, creativity, design, exploration, materials, transportation","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christopher_deam_restyles_the_airstream\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A look inside the brain in real time","author":"Christopher deCharms","ddate":" Feb 2008 ","description":"Neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms demonstrates a new way to use fMRI to show brain activity \u2014 thoughts, emotions, pain \u2014 while it is happening. In other words, you can actually see how you feel.","times_shared":" 1,303,475  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christopher_decharms_scans_the_brain_in_real_time.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, biology, brain, business, demo, medicine, science, technology, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christopher_decharms_scans_the_brain_in_real_time\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Teach teachers how to create magic","author":"Christopher Emdin","ddate":" Oct 2013 ","description":"What do rap shows, barbershop banter and Sunday services have in common? As Christopher Emdin says, they all hold the secret magic to enthrall and teach at the same time \u2014 and it's a skill we often don't teach to educators. A longtime teacher himself, now a science advocate and cofounder of Science Genius B.A.T.T.L.E.S. with the GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan, Emdin offers a vision to make the classroom come alive.","times_shared":" 1,699,476  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christopher_emdin_teach_teachers_how_to_create_magic.html","tags":"TED, talks, education, science, teaching","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christopher_emdin_teach_teachers_how_to_create_magic\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The case for anonymity online","author":"Christopher "moot" Poole"","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"The 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.","times_shared":" 1,375,367  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christopher_m00t_poole_the_case_for_anonymity_online.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, TED Conference, activism, collaboration, computers, culture, government, law, meme, web","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christopher_m00t_poole_the_case_for_anonymity_online\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Are we born to run?","author":"Christopher McDougall","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Christopher 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.","times_shared":" 2,202,540  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christopher_mcdougall_are_we_born_to_run.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, entertainment, health, journalism, science, sports","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christopher_mcdougall_are_we_born_to_run\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Are we designed to be sexual omnivores?","author":"Christopher Ryan","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"An idea permeates our modern view of relationships: that men and women have always paired off in sexually exclusive relationships. But before the dawn of agriculture, humans may actually have been quite promiscuous. Author Christopher Ryan walks us through the controversial evidence that human beings are sexual omnivores by nature, in hopes that a more nuanced understanding may put an end to discrimination, shame and the kind of unrealistic expectations that kill relationships.","times_shared":" 1,849,083  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christopher_ryan_are_we_designed_to_be_sexual_omnivores.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, culture, relationships, sex","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christopher_ryan_are_we_designed_to_be_sexual_omnivores\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to avoid surveillance ... with the phone in your pocket","author":"Christopher Soghoian","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Who is listening in on your phone calls? On a landline, it could be anyone, says privacy activist Christopher Soghoian, because surveillance backdoors are built into the phone system by default, to allow governments to listen in. But then again, so could a foreign intelligence service ... or a criminal. Which is why, says Soghoian, some tech companies are resisting governments' call to build the same backdoors into mobile phones and new messaging systems. From this TED Fellow, learn how some tech companies are working to keep your calls and messages private.  ","times_shared":" 1,103,218  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christopher_soghoian_a_brief_history_of_phone_wiretapping_and_how_to_avoid_it.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, government, security, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christopher_soghoian_a_brief_history_of_phone_wiretapping_and_how_to_avoid_it\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Government surveillance \u2014 this is just the beginning","author":"Christopher Soghoian","ddate":" Aug 2013 ","description":"Privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian sees the landscape of government surveillance shifting beneath our feet, as an industry grows to support monitoring programs. Through private companies, he says, governments are buying technology with the capacity to break into computers, steal documents and monitor activity \u2014 without detection. This TED Fellow gives an unsettling look at what's to come.","times_shared":" 777,255  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christopher_soghoian_government_surveillance_this_is_just_the_beginning.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, TED Fellows, business, government","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christopher_soghoian_government_surveillance_this_is_just_the_beginning\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Finding life we can't imagine","author":"Christoph Adami","ddate":" Feb 2011 ","description":"How do we search for alien life if it's nothing like the life that we know? Christoph Adami shows how he uses his research into artificial life \u2014 self-replicating computer programs \u2014 to find a signature, a 'biomarker,' that is free of our preconceptions of what life is.","times_shared":" 585,576  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christophe_adami_finding_life_we_can_t_imagine.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, bacteria, biology, evolution, life, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/christophe_adami_finding_life_we_can_t_imagine\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"On humanity","author":"Chris Abani","ddate":" Feb 2008 ","description":"Chris Abani tells stories of people: People standing up to soldiers. People being compassionate. People being human and reclaiming their humanity. It's \"ubuntu,\" he says: the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me.","times_shared":" 783,883  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_abani_muses_on_humanity.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, TED Conference, culture, entertainment, humanity, humor, literature, poetry, politics, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_abani_muses_on_humanity\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Telling stories from Africa","author":"Chris Abani","ddate":" Jun 2007 ","description":"In this deeply personal talk, Nigerian writer Chris Abani says that \u201cwhat we know about how to be who we are\u201d comes from stories. He searches for the heart of Africa through its poems and narrative, including his own.","times_shared":" 503,201  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_abani_on_the_stories_of_africa.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, culture, entertainment, global issues, literature, poetry, politics, storytelling","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_abani_on_the_stories_of_africa\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How web video powers global innovation","author":"Chris Anderson","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"TED's Chris Anderson says the rise of web video is driving a worldwide phenomenon he calls Crowd Accelerated Innovation \u2014 a self-fueling cycle of learning that could be as significant as the invention of print. But to tap into its power, organizations will need to embrace radical openness. And for TED, it means the dawn of a whole new chapter ...","times_shared":" 1,215,720  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_anderson_how_web_video_powers_global_innovation.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, education, global issues, innovation, online video, science, technology, web","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_anderson_how_web_video_powers_global_innovation\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Technology's long tail","author":"Chris Anderson","ddate":" Feb 2004 ","description":"Chris Anderson, then the editor of Wired, explores the four key stages of any viable technology: setting the right price, gaining market share, displacing an established technology and, finally, becoming ubiquitous.","times_shared":" 743,778  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_anderson_of_wired_on_tech_s_long_tail.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, culture, economics, entertainment, marketing, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_anderson_of_wired_on_tech_s_long_tail\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"TED's nonprofit transition","author":"Chris Anderson","ddate":" Feb 2002 ","description":"Chris Anderson gave this talk in 2002, prior to taking over leadership of TED. Co-founder Richard Saul Wurman was leaving, and TED's future was in the balance. He seeks to persuade TEDsters that what was then a for-profit conference had a secure future as an idea-based nonprofit endeavor.","times_shared":" 299,688  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_anderson_shares_his_vision_for_ted.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, community, culture, global issues, philanthropy, philosophy, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_anderson_shares_his_vision_for_ted\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"TED's secret to great public speaking","author":"Chris Anderson","ddate":" Mar 2016 ","description":"There's no single formula for a great talk, but there is a secret ingredient that all the best ones have in common. TED Curator Chris Anderson shares this secret \u2014 along with four ways to make it work for you. 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Writer Chris Bliss talks about the way that great comedy can translate deep truths for a mass audience.","times_shared":" 666,174  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_bliss_comedy_is_translation.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, communication, entertainment, humor, language, literature","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_bliss_comedy_is_translation\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The joy of surfing in ice-cold water","author":"Chris Burkard","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"\"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.\"","times_shared":" 1,567,442  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_burkard_the_joy_of_surfing_in_ice_cold_water.html","tags":"TED, talks, creativity, oceans, photography, travel","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_burkard_the_joy_of_surfing_in_ice_cold_water\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The 1s and 0s behind cyber warfare","author":"Chris Domas","ddate":" Oct 2013 ","description":"Chris Domas is a cybersecurity researcher, operating on what\u2019s become a new front of war, \"cyber.\" In this engaging talk, he shows how researchers use pattern recognition and reverse engineering (and pull a few all-nighters) to understand a chunk of binary code whose purpose and contents they don't know.","times_shared":" 940,295  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_domas_the_1s_and_0s_behind_cyber_warfare.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, security, software, technology, terrorism, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_domas_the_1s_and_0s_behind_cyber_warfare\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Design with the blind in mind","author":"Chris Downey","ddate":" Oct 2013 ","description":"What would a city designed for the blind be like? Chris Downey is an architect who went suddenly blind in 2008; he contrasts life in his beloved San Francisco before and after \u2014 and shows how the thoughtful designs that enhance his life now might actually make everyone's life better, sighted or not.","times_shared":" 916,565  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_downey_design_with_the_blind_in_mind.html","tags":"TED, talks, Senses, agriculture, design, sight, urban planning","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_downey_design_with_the_blind_in_mind\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What I learned from going blind in space","author":"Chris Hadfield","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"There'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.","times_shared":" 3,375,337  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_hadfield_what_i_learned_from_going_blind_in_space.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, adventure, culture, fear, life, live music, space","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_hadfield_what_i_learned_from_going_blind_in_space\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Turning powerful stats into art","author":"Chris Jordan","ddate":" Feb 2008 ","description":"Artist 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.","times_shared":" 1,318,522  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_jordan_pictures_some_shocking_stats.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, art, arts, beauty, business, culture, photography, plastic, statistics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_jordan_pictures_some_shocking_stats\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How augmented reality will change sports ... and build empathy","author":"Chris Kluwe","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Chris 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.","times_shared":" 1,113,936  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_kluwe_how_augmented_reality_will_change_sports_and_build_empathy.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, sports, technology, virtual reality","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_kluwe_how_augmented_reality_will_change_sports_and_build_empathy\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The investment logic for sustainability","author":"Chris McKnett","ddate":" Nov 2013 ","description":"Sustainability is pretty clearly one of the world's most important goals; but what groups can really make environmental progress in leaps and bounds? Chris McKnett makes the case that it's large institutional investors. He shows how strong financial data isn't enough, and reveals why investors need to look at a company's environmental, social and governance structures, too.","times_shared":" 886,970  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_mcknett_the_investment_logic_for_sustainability.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, finance, investment, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_mcknett_the_investment_logic_for_sustainability\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How virtual reality can create the ultimate empathy machine","author":"Chris Milk","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Chris Milk uses cutting edge technology to produce astonishing films that delight and enchant. But for Milk, the human story is the driving force behind everything he does. In this short, charming talk, he shows some of his collaborations with musicians including Kanye West and Arcade Fire, and describes his latest, mind-bending experiments with virtual reality. (This talk was part of a session at TED2015 guest-curated by Pop-Up Magazine: popupmagazine.com or @popupmag on Twitter.)","times_shared":" 1,352,847  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_milk_how_virtual_reality_can_create_the_ultimate_empathy_machine.html","tags":"TED, talks, entertainment, film, humanity, innovation, storytelling, technology, virtual reality","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_milk_how_virtual_reality_can_create_the_ultimate_empathy_machine\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How a driverless car sees the road","author":"Chris Urmson","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Statistically, the least reliable part of the car is ... the driver. Chris Urmson heads up Google's driverless car program, one of several efforts to remove humans from the driver's seat. He talks about where his program is right now, and shares fascinating footage that shows how the car sees the road and makes autonomous decisions about what to do next.","times_shared":" 1,747,373  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_urmson_how_a_driverless_car_sees_the_road.html","tags":"TED, talks, cars, technology, transportation","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/chris_urmson_how_a_driverless_car_sees_the_road\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The rise of the new global super-rich","author":"Chrystia Freeland","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"Technology is advancing in leaps and bounds \u2014 and so is economic inequality, says writer Chrystia Freeland. In an impassioned talk, she charts the rise of a new class of plutocrats (those who are extremely powerful because they are extremely wealthy), and suggests that globalization and new technology are actually fueling, rather than closing, the global income gap. Freeland lays out three problems with plutocracy \u2026 and one glimmer of hope. 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The math behind the beats","author":"Clayton Cameron","ddate":" Nov 2013 ","description":"Ready 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.","times_shared":" 1,282,386  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/clayton_cameron_a_rhythm_etic_the_math_behind_the_beats.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDYouth, math, music, performance","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/clayton_cameron_a_rhythm_etic_the_math_behind_the_beats\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How social media can make history","author":"Clay Shirky","ddate":" Jun 2009 ","description":"While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.","times_shared":" 1,562,099  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history.html","tags":"TED, talks, communication, culture, global issues, politics, social change, social media, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How cognitive surplus will change the world","author":"Clay Shirky","ddate":" Jun 2010 ","description":"Clay 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.","times_shared":" 906,501  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/clay_shirky_how_cognitive_surplus_will_change_the_world.html","tags":"TED, talks, collaboration, community, culture, technology, wikipedia","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/clay_shirky_how_cognitive_surplus_will_change_the_world\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Institutions vs. collaboration","author":"Clay Shirky","ddate":" Jul 2005 ","description":"In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning.","times_shared":" 989,093  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/clay_shirky_on_institutions_versus_collaboration.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, cognitive science, collaboration, culture, social change, society, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/clay_shirky_on_institutions_versus_collaboration\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The call to learn","author":"Clifford Stoll","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"Clifford Stoll captivates his audience with a wildly energetic sprinkling of anecdotes, observations, asides \u2014 and even a science experiment. 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In a heartfelt piece, the poet paints the scene of his father's furious and fearful response.","times_shared":" 1,658,285  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/clint_smith_how_to_raise_a_black_son_in_america.html","tags":"TED, talks, education, inequality, poetry, race, social change, spoken word","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/clint_smith_how_to_raise_a_black_son_in_america\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The danger of silence","author":"Clint Smith","ddate":" Jul 2014 ","description":"\"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. 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He presents his radical idea: teaching kids math through computer programming.","times_shared":" 1,402,411  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/conrad_wolfram_teaching_kids_real_math_with_computers.html","tags":"TED, talks, computers, education, math, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/conrad_wolfram_teaching_kids_real_math_with_computers\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A hero of the Congo forest","author":"Corneille Ewango","ddate":" Jun 2007 ","description":"Botanist Corneille Ewango talks about his work at the Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Congo Basin \u2014 and his heroic work protecting it from poachers, miners and raging civil wars.","times_shared":" 290,901  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/corneille_ewango_is_a_hero_of_the_congo_forest.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, activism, animals, biodiversity, biosphere, trees, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/corneille_ewango_is_a_hero_of_the_congo_forest\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Physical therapy is boring \u2014 play a game instead","author":"Cosmin Mihaiu","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"You\u2019ve just been injured, and you\u2019re on the way home from an hour of physical therapy. The last thing you want to do on your own is confusing exercises that take too long to show results. TED Fellow Cosmin Mihaiu demos a fun, cheap solution that turns boring physical therapy exercises into a video game with crystal-clear instructions.","times_shared":" 1,256,305  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/cosmin_mihaiu_physical_therapy_is_boring_play_a_game_instead.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, demo, gaming, health, software","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/cosmin_mihaiu_physical_therapy_is_boring_play_a_game_instead\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"This isn't her mother's feminism","author":"Courtney Martin","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"Blogger Courtney Martin examines the perennially loaded word \"feminism\" in this personal and heartfelt talk. 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He walks through his latest research and promises that we'll soon be able to build and boot up a synthetic chromosome.","times_shared":" 943,028  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/craig_venter_is_on_the_verge_of_creating_synthetic_life.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, alternative energy, creativity, energy, genetics, global issues, invention, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/craig_venter_is_on_the_verge_of_creating_synthetic_life\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Sampling the ocean's DNA","author":"Craig Venter","ddate":" Feb 2005 ","description":"Genomics pioneer Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean\u2019s biodiversity.","times_shared":" 513,252  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/craig_venter_on_dna_and_the_sea.html","tags":"TED, talks, DNA, biosphere, biotech, entrepreneur, genetics, invention, oceans, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/craig_venter_on_dna_and_the_sea\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Watch me unveil \"synthetic life\"","author":"Craig Venter","ddate":" May 2010 ","description":"Craig Venter and team make a historic announcement: they've created the first fully functioning, reproducing cell controlled by synthetic DNA. 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In Spanish with subtitles.","times_shared":" 647,509  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/cristina_domenech_poetry_that_frees_the_soul.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, creativity, crime, education, language, poetry, prison","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/cristina_domenech_poetry_that_frees_the_soul\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The rise of personal robots","author":"Cynthia Breazeal","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"Cynthia 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.","times_shared":" 1,003,075  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/cynthia_breazeal_the_rise_of_personal_robots.html","tags":"TED, talks, AI, body language, business, communication, design, entertainment, robots, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/cynthia_breazeal_the_rise_of_personal_robots\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Experiments that hint of longer lives","author":"Cynthia Kenyon","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"What controls aging? Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon has found a simple genetic mutation that can double the lifespan of a simple worm, C. elegans. 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In this personal, powerful talk, Mogahed asks us, in this polarizing time, to fight negative perceptions of her faith in the media \u2014 and to choose empathy over prejudice.","times_shared":" 1,580,690  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dalia_mogahed_what_do_you_think_when_you_look_at_me.html","tags":"TED, talks, Islam, United States, culture, faith, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dalia_mogahed_what_do_you_think_when_you_look_at_me\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Economic growth has stalled. Let's fix it","author":"Dambisa Moyo","ddate":" Dec 2015 ","description":"Economic growth is the defining challenge of our time; without it, political and social instability rises, human progress stagnates and societies grow dimmer. But, says economist Dambisa Moyo, dogmatic capitalism isn't creating the growth we need. As she shows, in both state-sponsored and market-driven models, capitalism is failing to solve social ills, fostering corruption and creating income inequality. Moyo surveys the current economic landscape and suggests that we have to start thinking about capitalism as a spectrum so we can blend the best of different models together to foster growth.","times_shared":" 1,237,002  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it.html","tags":"TED, talks, United States, business, capitalism, china, democracy, development, economics, finance, future, global issues, government, leadership, money, policy, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dambisa_moyo_economic_growth_has_stalled_let_s_fix_it\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Is China the new idol for emerging economies?","author":"Dambisa Moyo","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"The developed world holds up the ideals of capitalism, democracy and political rights for all. 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Researcher Daniele Quercia demos \u201chappy maps\u201d that take into account not only the route you want to take, but how you want to feel along the way.","times_shared":" 1,882,235  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniele_quercia_happy_maps.html","tags":"TED, talks, cities, design, happiness, map, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniele_quercia_happy_maps\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A flirtatious aria","author":"Danielle de Niese","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Can opera be ever-so-slightly sexy? 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This talk comes from the PBS special \"TED Talks: Science & Wonder.\"","times_shared":" 1,677,208  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/danielle_feinberg_the_magic_ingredient_that_brings_pixar_movies_to_life.html","tags":"TED, talks, art, beauty, code, computers, design, entertainment, film, magic, programming, science, technology, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/danielle_feinberg_the_magic_ingredient_that_brings_pixar_movies_to_life\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The battle between your present and future self","author":"Daniel Goldstein","ddate":" Nov 2011 ","description":"Every day, we make decisions that have good or bad consequences for our future selves. (Can I skip flossing just this one time?) Daniel Goldstein makes tools that help us imagine ourselves over time, so that we make smart choices for Future Us.","times_shared":" 1,908,053  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_goldstein_the_battle_between_your_present_and_future_self.html","tags":"TED, talks, behavioral economics, business, culture, decision-making, economics, finance, self","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_goldstein_the_battle_between_your_present_and_future_self\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why aren't we more compassionate?","author":"Daniel Goleman","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, asks why we aren't more compassionate more of the time.","times_shared":" 1,313,602  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_goleman_on_compassion.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, brain, community, compassion, empathy, psychology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_goleman_on_compassion\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"For argument\u2019s sake","author":"Daniel H. 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This new insight has profound implications for economics, public policy \u2014 and our own self-awareness.","times_shared":" 3,292,110  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, brain, culture, economics, happiness, mind, philosophy, psychology, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How I use sonar to navigate the world","author":"Daniel Kish","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Daniel Kish has been blind since he was 13 months old, but has learned to \u201csee\u201d using a form of echolocation. He clicks his tongue and sends out flashes of sound that bounce off surfaces in the environment and return to him, helping him to construct an understanding of the space around him. 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There's an app for that","author":"Daniel Kraft","ddate":" Apr 2011 ","description":"Daniel 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.","times_shared":" 821,622  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_kraft_medicine_s_future.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, design, health care, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_kraft_medicine_s_future\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed","author":"Daniel Levitin","ddate":" Sep 2015 ","description":"You'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.\"","times_shared":" 5,021,836  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_levitin_how_to_stay_calm_when_you_know_you_ll_be_stressed.html","tags":"TED, talks, brain, cognitive science, health, medicine, memory, mental health, neuroscience","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_levitin_how_to_stay_calm_when_you_know_you_ll_be_stressed\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"17 words of architectural inspiration","author":"Daniel Libeskind","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Daniel Libeskind builds on very big ideas. Here, he shares 17 words that underlie his vision for architecture \u2014 raw, risky, emotional, radical \u2014 and that offer inspiration for any bold creative pursuit.","times_shared":" 702,441  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_libeskind_s_17_words_of_architectural_inspiration.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, architecture, cities, creativity, design, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_libeskind_s_17_words_of_architectural_inspiration\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The ocean's shifting baseline","author":"Daniel Pauly","ddate":" Apr 2010 ","description":"The ocean has degraded within our lifetimes, as shown in the decreasing average size of fish. And yet, as Daniel Pauly shows us onstage at Mission Blue, each time the baseline drops, we call it the new \"normal.\" At what point do we stop readjusting downward?","times_shared":" 206,799  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_pauly_the_ocean_s_shifting_baseline.html","tags":"TED, talks, data, fish, mission blue, oceans, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_pauly_the_ocean_s_shifting_baseline\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The neuroscience of restorative justice","author":"Daniel Reisel","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"Daniel 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?","times_shared":" 658,413  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_reisel_the_neuroscience_of_restorative_justice.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, brain, crime, culture, global issues, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_reisel_the_neuroscience_of_restorative_justice\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Inventing is the easy part. Marketing takes work","author":"Daniel Schnitzer","ddate":" Nov 2011 ","description":"Solar-powered LED lightbulbs could transform the lives of rural Haitians, but as Daniel Schnitzer found, they don't simply sell themselves. At TEDxPittsburgh, he shows how smart health and energy products for the developing world are useless unless the market works too.","times_shared":" 182,314  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_schnitzer_inventing_is_the_easy_part.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, alternative energy, global issues, green, poverty, technology","transcript_url":""},{"title":"The kill decision shouldn't belong to a robot","author":"Daniel Suarez","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"As 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.","times_shared":" 1,886,917  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_suarez_the_kill_decision_shouldn_t_belong_to_a_robot.html","tags":"TED, talks, drones, entertainment, robots, technology, war, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_suarez_the_kill_decision_shouldn_t_belong_to_a_robot\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Different ways of knowing","author":"Daniel Tammet","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Daniel Tammet has linguistic, numerical and visual synesthesia \u2014 meaning that his perception of words, numbers and colors are woven together into a new way of perceiving and understanding the world. The author of \"Born on a Blue Day,\" Tammet shares his art and his passion for languages in this glimpse into his beautiful mind.","times_shared":" 1,540,133  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_tammet_different_ways_of_knowing.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, arts, brain, culture","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_tammet_different_ways_of_knowing\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The real reason for brains","author":"Daniel Wolpert","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert starts from a surprising premise: the brain evolved, not to think or feel, but to control movement. In this entertaining, data-rich talk he gives us a glimpse into how the brain creates the grace and agility of human motion.","times_shared":" 1,628,362  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_wolpert_the_real_reason_for_brains.html","tags":"TED, talks, biology, brain, evolution, neurology, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daniel_wolpert_the_real_reason_for_brains\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Forget shopping. Soon you'll download your new clothes","author":"Danit Peleg","ddate":" Nov 2015 ","description":"Downloadable, printable clothing may be coming to a closet near you. What started as designer Danit Peleg's fashion school project turned into a collection of 3D-printed designs that have the strength and flexibility for everyday wear. \"Fashion is a very physical thing,\" she says. \"I wonder what our world will look like when our clothes will be digital.\"","times_shared":" 1,420,253  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/danit_peleg_forget_shopping_soon_you_ll_download_your_new_clothes.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDYouth, art, business, design, fashion, future, invention, materials, shopping","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/danit_peleg_forget_shopping_soon_you_ll_download_your_new_clothes\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Back to the future (of 1994)","author":"Danny Hillis","ddate":" Feb 1994 ","description":"From 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.","times_shared":" 547,430  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/danny_hillis_back_to_the_future_of_1994.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Brain Trust, TED Conference, future, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/danny_hillis_back_to_the_future_of_1994\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Understanding cancer through proteomics","author":"Danny Hillis","ddate":" Oct 2010 ","description":"Danny Hills makes a case for the next frontier of cancer research: proteomics, the study of proteins in the body. As Hillis explains it, genomics shows us a list of the ingredients of the body \u2014 while proteomics shows us what those ingredients produce. Understanding what's going on in your body at the protein level may lead to a new understanding of how cancer happens.","times_shared":" 398,593  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/danny_hillis_two_frontiers_of_cancer_treatment.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Brain Trust, cancer, genetics, medical research","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/danny_hillis_two_frontiers_of_cancer_treatment\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Are we in control of our own decisions?","author":"Dan Ariely","ddate":" Dec 2008 ","description":"Behavioral 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.","times_shared":" 4,271,944  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, decision-making, economics, global issues, psychology, science, self, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Beware conflicts of interest","author":"Dan Ariely","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 963,970  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_ariely_beware_conflicts_of_interest.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, cognitive science, economics, medical research, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_ariely_beware_conflicts_of_interest\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How equal do we want the world to be? You'd be surprised","author":"Dan Ariely","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"The news of society's growing inequality makes all of us uneasy. But why? Dan Ariely reveals some new, surprising research on what we think is fair, as far as how wealth is distributed over societies ... then shows how it stacks up to the real stats.","times_shared":" 1,575,523  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_ariely_how_equal_do_we_want_the_world_to_be_you_d_be_surprised.html","tags":"TED, talks, behavioral economics, economics, inequality, psychology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_ariely_how_equal_do_we_want_the_world_to_be_you_d_be_surprised\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Our buggy moral code","author":"Dan Ariely","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code: the hidden reasons we think it's OK to cheat or steal (sometimes). Clever studies help make his point that we're predictably irrational \u2014 and can be influenced in ways we can't grasp.","times_shared":" 2,463,241  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, brain, culture, economics, evil, motivation, psychology, science, self, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A park underneath the hustle and bustle of New York City","author":"Dan Barasch","ddate":" Jul 2014 ","description":"Dan Barasch and James Ramsey have a crazy plan \u2014 to create a park, filled with greenery, underneath New York City. The two are developing the Lowline, an underground greenspace the size of a football field. They're building it in a trolley terminal abandoned in 1948, using technology that harvests sunlight above-ground and directs it down below. It's a park that can thrive, even in winter.","times_shared":" 810,838  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_barasch_a_park_underneath_the_hustle_and_bustle_of_new_york_city.html","tags":"TED, talks, New York, architecture, cities","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_barasch_a_park_underneath_the_hustle_and_bustle_of_new_york_city\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How I fell in love with a fish","author":"Dan Barber","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love, and the foodie's honeymoon he's enjoyed since discovering an outrageously delicious fish raised using a revolutionary farming method in Spain.","times_shared":" 1,865,405  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_barber_how_i_fell_in_love_with_a_fish.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, agriculture, biology, environment, food, health","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_barber_how_i_fell_in_love_with_a_fish\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A foie gras parable","author":"Dan Barber","ddate":" Jul 2008 ","description":"At the Taste3 conference, chef Dan Barber tells the story of a small farm in Spain that has found a humane way to produce foie gras. Raising his geese in a natural environment, farmer Eduardo Sousa embodies the kind of food production Barber believes in.","times_shared":" 1,205,995  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_barber_s_surprising_foie_gras_parable.html","tags":"TED, talks, entertainment, food, global issues, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_barber_s_surprising_foie_gras_parable\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The world is one big dataset. Now, how to photograph it ...","author":"Dan Berkenstock","ddate":" Oct 2013 ","description":"We're all familiar with satellite imagery, but what we might not know is that much of it is out of date. That's because satellites are big and expensive, so there aren't that many of them up in space. As he explains in this fascinating talk, Dan Berkenstock and his team came up with a different solution, designing a cheap, lightweight satellite with a radically new approach to photographing what's going on on Earth.","times_shared":" 808,633  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_berkenstock_the_world_is_one_big_dataset_now_how_to_photograph_it.html","tags":"TED, talks, map, space, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_berkenstock_the_world_is_one_big_dataset_now_how_to_photograph_it\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to live to be 100+","author":"Dan Buettner","ddate":" Sep 2009 ","description":"To 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.","times_shared":" 2,763,721  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_buettner_how_to_live_to_be_100.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, biology, culture, exploration, food, health, life, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_buettner_how_to_live_to_be_100\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What physics taught me about marketing","author":"Dan Cobley","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Physics and marketing don't seem to have much in common, but Dan Cobley is passionate about both. He brings these unlikely bedfellows together using Newton's second law, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, the scientific method and the second law of thermodynamics to explain the fundamental theories of branding.","times_shared":" 1,255,927  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_cobley_what_physics_taught_me_about_marketing.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, marketing, math, physics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_cobley_what_physics_taught_me_about_marketing\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Cute, sexy, sweet, funny","author":"Dan Dennett","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Why are babies cute? Why is cake sweet? Philosopher Dan Dennett has answers you wouldn't expect, as he shares evolution's counterintuitive reasoning on cute, sweet and sexy things (plus a new theory from Matthew Hurley on why jokes are funny).","times_shared":" 2,234,989  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_dennett_cute_sexy_sweet_funny.html","tags":"TED, talks, animals, biology, children, comedy, evolution, food, humanity, humor, primates, sex","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_dennett_cute_sexy_sweet_funny\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Dangerous memes","author":"Dan Dennett","ddate":" Feb 2002 ","description":"Starting with the simple tale of an ant, philosopher Dan Dennett unleashes a devastating salvo of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of memes \u2014 concepts that are literally alive.","times_shared":" 1,456,271  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_dennett_on_dangerous_memes.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Brain Trust, TED Conference, culture, faith, meme, philosophy, religion","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_dennett_on_dangerous_memes\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The illusion of consciousness","author":"Dan Dennett","ddate":" Feb 2003 ","description":"Philosopher 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.","times_shared":" 2,360,221  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_dennett_on_our_consciousness.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Brain Trust, TED Conference, brain, consciousness, culture, entertainment, illusion, self, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_dennett_on_our_consciousness\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Let's teach religion \u2014 all religion \u2014 in schools","author":"Dan Dennett","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"Philosopher 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.","times_shared":" 2,297,226  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_dennett_s_response_to_rick_warren.html","tags":"TED, talks, God, TED Brain Trust, TED Conference, atheism, brain, cognitive science, consciousness, evolution, philosophy, religion","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_dennett_s_response_to_rick_warren\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The surprising science of happiness","author":"Dan Gilbert","ddate":" Feb 2004 ","description":"Dan 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. ","times_shared":" 12,845,908  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Brain Trust, TED Conference, brain, choice, culture, evolution, happiness, psychology, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why we make bad decisions","author":"Dan Gilbert","ddate":" Jul 2005 ","description":"Dan Gilbert presents research and data from his exploration of happiness \u2014 sharing some surprising tests and experiments that you can also try on yourself. Watch through to the end for a sparkling Q&A with some familiar TED faces.","times_shared":" 3,242,119  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_gilbert_researches_happiness.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Brain Trust, brain, choice, culture, entertainment, goal-setting, happiness, psychology, self, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_gilbert_researches_happiness\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The psychology of your future self","author":"Dan Gilbert","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"\"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.","times_shared":" 2,820,005  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_gilbert_you_are_always_changing.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Brain Trust, TED Conference, culture, humanity, psychology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_gilbert_you_are_always_changing\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why gun violence can't be our new normal","author":"Dan Gross","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"It doesn't matter whether you love or hate guns; it's obvious that the US would be a safer place if there weren't thousands of them sold every day without background checks. Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, makes a passionate, personal appeal for something that more than 90 percent of Americans want: background checks for all gun sales. \"For every great movement around the world, there's a moment where you can look back and say, 'That's when things really started to change,'\" Gross says. \"For the movement to end gun violence in America, that moment is here.\"","times_shared":" 826,289  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_gross_why_gun_violence_can_t_be_our_new_normal.html","tags":"TED, talks, Debate, Guns, activism, big problems, children, choice, community, future, goal-setting, government, law, leadership, marketing, parenting, policy, social change, violence","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_gross_why_gun_violence_can_t_be_our_new_normal\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Math class needs a makeover","author":"Dan Meyer","ddate":" Mar 2010 ","description":"Today's math curriculum is teaching students to expect \u2014 and excel at \u2014 paint-by-numbers classwork, robbing kids of a skill more important than solving problems: formulating them. Dan Meyer shows classroom-tested math exercises that prompt students to stop and think.","times_shared":" 2,280,702  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, children, education, math, student, teaching","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How prisons can help inmates live meaningful lives","author":"Dan Pacholke","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"In 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. ","times_shared":" 774,305  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_pacholke_how_prisons_can_help_inmates_live_meaningful_lives.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, crime, culture, global issues, prison, social change","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_pacholke_how_prisons_can_help_inmates_live_meaningful_lives\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The dream we haven't dared to dream","author":"Dan Pallotta","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"What are your dreams? Better yet, what are your broken dreams? Dan Pallotta dreams of a time when we are as excited, curious and scientific about the development of our humanity as we are about the development of our technology. \"What we fear most is that we will be denied the opportunity to fulfill our true potential,\" Pallotta says. \"Imagine living in a world where we simply recognize that deep, existential fear in one another \u2014 and love one another boldly because we know that to be human is to live with that fear.\"","times_shared":" 1,048,388  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_pallotta_the_dream_we_haven_t_dared_to_dream.html","tags":"TED, talks, activism, big problems, collaboration, communication, community, empathy, identity, personal growth, potential, relationships, self, social change, society, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_pallotta_the_dream_we_haven_t_dared_to_dream\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Creative houses from reclaimed stuff","author":"Dan Phillips","ddate":" Oct 2010 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 991,659  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_phillips_creative_houses_from_reclaimed_stuff.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, architecture, cities, creativity, design, green, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_phillips_creative_houses_from_reclaimed_stuff\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The puzzle of motivation","author":"Dan Pink","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Career 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.","times_shared":" 15,947,279  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_pink_on_motivation.html","tags":"TED, talks, brain, business, creativity, motivation, science, social change, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dan_pink_on_motivation\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why I take the piano on the road \u2026 and in the air","author":"Daria van den Bercken","ddate":" Jun 2014 ","description":"Pianist 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.","times_shared":" 861,664  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daria_van_den_bercken_why_i_take_the_piano_on_the_road_and_in_the_air.html","tags":"TED, talks, music, piano","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/daria_van_den_bercken_why_i_take_the_piano_on_the_road_and_in_the_air\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Meet e-Patient Dave","author":"Dave deBronkart","ddate":" Apr 2011 ","description":"When Dave deBronkart learned he had a rare and terminal cancer, he turned to a group of fellow patients online \u2014 and found the medical treatment that saved his life. Now he calls on all patients to talk with one another, know their own health data, and make health care better one e-Patient at a time.","times_shared":" 488,272  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dave_debronkart_meet_e_patient_dave.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, collaboration, culture, data, health care, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dave_debronkart_meet_e_patient_dave\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My wish: Once Upon a School","author":"Dave Eggers","ddate":" Feb 2008 ","description":"Accepting 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","times_shared":" 1,276,416  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dave_eggers_makes_his_ted_prize_wish_once_upon_a_school.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Prize, activism, children, collaboration, culture, design, education, entertainment, global issues, teaching, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dave_eggers_makes_his_ted_prize_wish_once_upon_a_school\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Everyone around you has a story the world needs to hear","author":"Dave Isay","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Dave 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.","times_shared":" 1,269,901  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dave_isay_everyone_around_you_has_a_story_the_world_needs_to_hear.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Prize, United States, history, journalism, storytelling","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dave_isay_everyone_around_you_has_a_story_the_world_needs_to_hear\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The antidote to apathy","author":"Dave Meslin","ddate":" Oct 2010 ","description":"Local politics \u2014 schools, zoning, council elections \u2014 hit us where we live. So why don't more of us actually get involved? Is it apathy? Dave Meslin says no. He identifies 7 barriers that keep us from taking part in our communities, even when we truly care.","times_shared":" 1,522,505  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dave_meslin_the_antidote_to_apathy.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, collaboration, community, culture, education, global issues, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dave_meslin_the_antidote_to_apathy\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Social maps that reveal a city's intersections \u2014 and separations","author":"Dave Troy","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"Every city has its neighborhoods, cliques and clubs, the hidden lines that join and divide people in the same town. What can we learn about cities by looking at what people share online? Starting with his own home town of Baltimore, Dave Troy has been visualizing what the tweets of city dwellers reveal about who lives there, who they talk to \u2014 and who they don\u2019t.","times_shared":" 1,237,021  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dave_troy_social_maps_that_reveal_a_city_s_intersections_and_separations.html","tags":"TED, talks, cities, culture, social media, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dave_troy_social_maps_that_reveal_a_city_s_intersections_and_separations\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A new strategy in the war on cancer","author":"David Agus","ddate":" Oct 2009 ","description":"Too 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.","times_shared":" 641,019  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_agus_a_new_strategy_in_the_war_on_cancer.html","tags":"TED, talks, cancer, health, health care, medicine, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_agus_a_new_strategy_in_the_war_on_cancer\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"E-voting without fraud","author":"David Bismark","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting \u2014 while keeping each person's vote secret.","times_shared":" 521,612  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_bismark_e_voting_without_fraud.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, democracy, design, global issues, government, politics, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_bismark_e_voting_without_fraud\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How I held my breath for 17 minutes","author":"David Blaine","ddate":" Oct 2009 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 11,454,143  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_blaine_how_i_held_my_breath_for_17_min.html","tags":"TED, talks, biology, magic, medicine, performance","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_blaine_how_i_held_my_breath_for_17_min\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Visualizing the wonder of a living cell","author":"David Bolinsky","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell.","times_shared":" 1,581,889  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_bolinsky_animates_a_cell.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, design, entertainment, film, health, medicine, science, technology, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_bolinsky_animates_a_cell\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Should you live for your r\u00e9sum\u00e9 ... or your eulogy?","author":"David Brooks","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Within 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?","times_shared":" 1,977,795  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_brooks_should_you_live_for_your_resume_or_your_eulogy.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, philosophy, psychology, self, success","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_brooks_should_you_live_for_your_resume_or_your_eulogy\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The social animal","author":"David Brooks","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Columnist David Brooks unpacks new insights into human nature from the cognitive sciences \u2014 insights with massive implications for economics and politics as well as our own self-knowledge. In a talk full of humor, he shows how you can't hope to understand humans as separate individuals making choices based on their conscious awareness. ","times_shared":" 1,076,870  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_brooks_the_social_animal.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, brain, culture, motivation, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_brooks_the_social_animal\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How architecture helped music evolve","author":"David Byrne","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"As 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.","times_shared":" 1,123,071  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_byrne_how_architecture_helped_music_evolve.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, architecture, arts, future, history, music","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_byrne_how_architecture_helped_music_evolve\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"\"(Nothing But) Flowers\" with string quartet","author":"David Byrne, Ethel + Thomas Dolby","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"David Byrne sings the Talking Heads' 1988 hit, \"(Nothing But) Flowers.\" He's accompanied by Thomas Dolby and string quartet Ethel, who made up the TED2010 house band.","times_shared":" 554,589  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_byrne_sings_nothing_but_flowers.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, future, garden, music, performance, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_byrne_sings_nothing_but_flowers\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The next age of government","author":"David Cameron","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"The leader of Britain's Conservative Party says we're entering a new era \u2014 where governments themselves have less power (and less money) and people empowered by technology have more. Tapping into new ideas on behavioral economics, he explores how these trends could be turned into smarter policy.","times_shared":" 618,295  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_cameron.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, global issues, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_cameron\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Design and discovery","author":"David Carson","ddate":" Feb 2003 ","description":"Great 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.","times_shared":" 696,367  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_carson_on_design.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, design, exploration, humor, photography, typography","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_carson_on_design\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How do you explain consciousness?","author":"David Chalmers","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Our consciousness is a fundamental aspect of our existence, says philosopher David Chalmers: \u201cThere\u2019s nothing we know about more directly\u2026. but at the same time it\u2019s the most mysterious phenomenon in the universe.\u201d He shares some ways to think about the movie playing in our heads.","times_shared":" 1,867,366  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_chalmers_how_do_you_explain_consciousness.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, brain, consciousness, neuroscience, philosophy","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_chalmers_how_do_you_explain_consciousness\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The history of our world in 18 minutes","author":"David Christian","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Backed 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.","times_shared":" 6,184,283  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_christian_big_history.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, TED Conference, big bang, cosmos, education, history, humanity, universe, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_christian_big_history\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What happens when an NGO admits failure","author":"David Damberger","ddate":" Apr 2011 ","description":"International aid groups make the same mistakes over and over again. David Damberger analyzes his own engineering failure in India \u2014 and calls for his friends in the development sector to publicly admit, scrutinize and learn from their missteps.","times_shared":" 205,291  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_damberger_what_happens_when_an_ngo_admits_failure.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, development, engineering, global issues","transcript_url":""},{"title":"A new way to explain explanation","author":"David Deutsch","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"For tens of thousands of years our ancestors understood the world through myths, and the pace of change was glacial. The rise of scientific understanding transformed the world within a few centuries. Why? Physicist David Deutsch proposes a subtle answer.","times_shared":" 823,917  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_deutsch_a_new_way_to_explain_explanation.html","tags":"TED, talks, ancient world, cosmos, faith, history, philosophy, physics, religion, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_deutsch_a_new_way_to_explain_explanation\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Chemical scum that dream of distant quasars","author":"David Deutsch","ddate":" Jul 2005 ","description":"Legendary scientist David Deutsch puts theoretical physics on the back burner to discuss a more urgent matter: the survival of our species. The first step toward solving global warming, he says, is to admit that we have a problem.","times_shared":" 963,792  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_deutsch_on_our_place_in_the_cosmos.html","tags":"TED, talks, climate change, cosmos, culture, environment, global issues, physics, science, technology, universe","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_deutsch_on_our_place_in_the_cosmos\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Can we create new senses for humans?","author":"David Eagleman","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"As 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. ","times_shared":" 1,451,930  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_eagleman_can_we_create_new_senses_for_humans.html","tags":"TED, talks, Senses, brain, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_eagleman_can_we_create_new_senses_for_humans\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?","author":"David Epstein","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"When 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.","times_shared":" 2,499,725  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_epstein_are_athletes_really_getting_faster_better_stronger.html","tags":"TED, talks, genetics, innovation, sports","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_epstein_are_athletes_really_getting_faster_better_stronger\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Life in the deep oceans","author":"David Gallo","ddate":" Feb 1998 ","description":"With vibrant video clips captured by submarines, David Gallo takes us to some of Earth's darkest, most violent, toxic and beautiful habitats, the valleys and volcanic ridges of the oceans' depths, where life is bizarre, resilient and shockingly abundant.","times_shared":" 950,635  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_gallo_on_life_in_the_deep_oceans.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, animals, geology, life, oceans, science, submarine, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_gallo_on_life_in_the_deep_oceans\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Underwater astonishments","author":"David Gallo","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"David 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.","times_shared":" 12,933,447  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, animals, evolution, exploration, fish, oceans, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_gallo_shows_underwater_astonishments\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to save the world (or at least yourself) from bad meetings","author":"David Grady","ddate":" Oct 2013 ","description":"An 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.","times_shared":" 1,875,049  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_grady_how_to_save_the_world_or_at_least_yourself_from_bad_meetings.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, communication, productivity, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_grady_how_to_save_the_world_or_at_least_yourself_from_bad_meetings\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How photography connects us","author":"David Griffin","ddate":" Feb 2008 ","description":"The 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.","times_shared":" 941,575  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_griffin_on_how_photography_connects.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, animals, culture, design, entertainment, global issues, photography, storytelling","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_griffin_on_how_photography_connects\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Glow-in-the-dark sharks and other stunning sea creatures","author":"David Gruber","ddate":" Oct 2015 ","description":"Just a few meters below the waves, marine biologist and explorer-photographer David Gruber discovered something amazing \u2014 a surprising new range of sea creatures that glow in many colors in the ocean's dim blue light. Join his journey in search of biofluorescent sharks, seahorses, sea turtles and more, and learn how these light-up creatures could illuminate a new understanding of our own brains.","times_shared":" 1,620,841  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_gruber_glow_in_the_dark_sharks_and_other_stunning_sea_creatures.html","tags":"TED, talks, adventure, beauty, biodiversity, biology, environment, exploration, fish, life, mission blue, nature, neuroscience, oceans, photography, science, submarine, water","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_gruber_glow_in_the_dark_sharks_and_other_stunning_sea_creatures\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Robots that \"show emotion\"","author":"David Hanson","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"David 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.","times_shared":" 827,856  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_hanson_robots_that_relate_to_you.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, body language, demo, design, engineering, entertainment, robots, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_hanson_robots_that_relate_to_you\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What happens when you lose everything","author":"David Hoffman","ddate":" Feb 2008 ","description":"Nine 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.","times_shared":" 788,875  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_hoffman_on_losing_everything.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, culture, film, library, personal growth, storytelling","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_hoffman_on_losing_everything\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Sputnik mania","author":"David Hoffman","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"Filmmaker David Hoffman shares footage from his feature-length documentary Sputnik Mania, which shows how the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik in 1957 led to both the space race and the arms race \u2014 and jump-started science and math education around the world.","times_shared":" 259,018  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_hoffman_shares_his_sputnik_mania.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, education, history, math, politics, science, space, technology, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_hoffman_shares_his_sputnik_mania\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The joyful tradition of mountain music","author":"David Holt","ddate":" Mar 2004 ","description":"Folk musician and storyteller David Holt plays the banjo and shares photographs and old wisdom from the Appalachian Mountains. 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He shows video of this new, broader approach, including footage from the Prada store in New York.","times_shared":" 684,167  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_kelley_on_human_centered_design.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, arts, collaboration, creativity, culture, design, museums, philanthropy, water","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_kelley_on_human_centered_design\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Two nerdy obsessions meet \u2014 and it's magic","author":"David Kwong","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"David Kwong is a magician who makes crossword puzzles \u2014 in other words, a pretty nerdy guy. And for his next trick ... ","times_shared":" 1,577,878  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_kwong_two_nerdy_obsessions_meet_and_it_s_magic.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, entertainment, magic","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_kwong_two_nerdy_obsessions_meet_and_it_s_magic\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My underwater robot","author":"David Lang","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"David Lang is a maker who taught himself to become an amateur oceanographer \u2014 or, he taught a robot to be one for him. In a charming talk Lang, a TED Fellow, shows how he and a network of ocean lovers teamed up to build open-sourced, low-cost underwater explorers.","times_shared":" 1,176,639  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_lang_my_underwater_robot.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Fellows, adventure, exploration, oceans, open-source, robots, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_lang_my_underwater_robot\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Tribal leadership","author":"David Logan","ddate":" Mar 2009 ","description":"David Logan talks about the five kinds of tribes that humans naturally form \u2014 in schools, workplaces, even the driver's license bureau. 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With an excerpt from Michael Highland's film \"As Real as Your Life.\"","times_shared":" 1,034,440  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_perry_on_videogames.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, design, entertainment, gaming, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_perry_on_videogames\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"10 top time-saving tech tips","author":"David Pogue","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"Tech columnist David Pogue shares 10 simple, clever tips for computer, web, smartphone and camera users. 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(Filmed at TEDxHousesofParliament.)","times_shared":" 834,723  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_puttnam_what_happens_when_the_media_s_priority_is_profit.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, democracy, journalism, media, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_puttnam_what_happens_when_the_media_s_priority_is_profit\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A memorial at Ground Zero","author":"David Rockwell","ddate":" Feb 2002 ","description":"In this emotionally charged conversation with journalist Kurt Andersen, designer David Rockwell discusses the process of building a viewing platform at Ground Zero shortly after 9\/11.","times_shared":" 357,168  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_rockwell_builds_at_ground_zero.html","tags":"TED, talks, New York, TED Conference, architecture, arts, cities, collaboration, culture, death, design, disaster relief, interview, memory, urban planning","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_rockwell_builds_at_ground_zero\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How fear drives American politics","author":"David Rothkopf","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Does it seem like Washington has no new ideas? 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Journalist David Rothkopf lays out a few of the major issues that US leadership is failing to address \u2014 from cybercrime to world-shaking new tech to the reality of modern total war \u2014 and calls for a new vision that sets fear aside.","times_shared":" 1,119,480  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_rothkopf_how_fear_drives_american_politics.html","tags":"TED, talks, Foreign Policy, United States, democracy, fear, global issues, government, politics, security, terrorism, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_rothkopf_how_fear_drives_american_politics\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought","author":"David Sedlak","ddate":" Sep 2015 ","description":"As the world's climate patterns continue to shift unpredictably, places where drinking water was once abundant may soon find reservoirs dry and groundwater aquifers depleted. 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An inspiring lesson in slowing down, looking where you\u2019re going, and above all, being grateful.","times_shared":" 5,229,834  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_steindl_rast_want_to_be_happy_be_grateful.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, faith, happiness","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/david_steindl_rast_want_to_be_happy_be_grateful\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to pitch to a VC","author":"David S. Rose","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"Thinking startup? David S. 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(This talk was part of a session at TED2015 guest-curated by Pop-Up Magazine: popupmagazine.com or @popupmag on Twitter.)","times_shared":" 1,054,205  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dawn_landes_a_song_for_my_hero_the_woman_who_rowed_into_a_hurricane.html","tags":"TED, talks, adventure, music","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dawn_landes_a_song_for_my_hero_the_woman_who_rowed_into_a_hurricane\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"To invent is to give","author":"Dean Kamen","ddate":" Feb 2002 ","description":"Inventor Dean Kamen lays out his argument for the Segway and offers a peek into his next big ideas (portable energy and water purification for developing countries). 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His quiet commitment to using technology to solve problems \u2014 while honoring the human spirit \u2014 has never been more clear.","times_shared":" 1,483,687  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dean_kamen_previews_a_new_prosthetic_arm.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, culture, demo, global issues, health care, invention, peace, prosthetics, science, technology, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dean_kamen_previews_a_new_prosthetic_arm\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The emotion behind invention","author":"Dean Kamen","ddate":" Oct 2009 ","description":"Soldiers who've lost limbs in service face a daily struggle unimaginable to most of us. At TEDMED, Dean Kamen talks about the profound people and stories that motivated his work to give parts of their lives back with his design for a remarkable prosthetic arm.","times_shared":" 498,751  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dean_kamen_the_emotion_behind_invention.html","tags":"TED, talks, design, health, health care, medicine, prosthetics, technology, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dean_kamen_the_emotion_behind_invention\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Healing through diet","author":"Dean Ornish","ddate":" Feb 2004 ","description":"Dean Ornish talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body's natural desire to heal itself.","times_shared":" 963,080  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dean_ornish_on_healing.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, health, health care, medicine, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dean_ornish_on_healing\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The killer American diet that's sweeping the planet","author":"Dean Ornish","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"Forget the latest disease in the news: Cardiovascular disease kills more people than everything else combined \u2014 and it\u2019s mostly preventable. 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A discussion that'll make you think \u2014 and might even change your mind.","times_shared":" 1,161,284  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/debate_does_the_world_need_nuclear_energy.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Brain Trust, TED Conference, climate change, economics, energy, environment, green, law, nuclear weapons, wind energy","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/debate_does_the_world_need_nuclear_energy\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The emergent genius of ant colonies","author":"Deborah Gordon","ddate":" Feb 2003 ","description":"Deborah 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.","times_shared":" 831,772  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/deborah_gordon_digs_ants.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, ants, biology, collaboration, design, insects, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/deborah_gordon_digs_ants\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What ants teach us about the brain, cancer and the Internet","author":"Deborah Gordon","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Ecologist 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.","times_shared":" 1,299,997  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/deborah_gordon_what_ants_teach_us_about_the_brain_cancer_and_the_internet.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, ants, insects, nature, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/deborah_gordon_what_ants_teach_us_about_the_brain_cancer_and_the_internet\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A test that finds 3x more breast tumors, and why it's not available to you","author":"Deborah Rhodes","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"Working 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.","times_shared":" 840,349  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/deborah_rhodes.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, cancer, medicine, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/deborah_rhodes\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"An Iraq war movie crowd-sourced from soldiers","author":"Deborah Scranton","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"Filmmaker Deborah Scranton talks about and shows clips from her documentary The War Tapes, which puts cameras in the hands of soldiers fighting in Iraq.","times_shared":" 460,404  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/deborah_scranton_on_her_war_tapes.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, entertainment, film, global issues, storytelling, technology, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/deborah_scranton_on_her_war_tapes\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Yes, I survived cancer. 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She asks us all to claim our hardest experiences, while giving ourselves room to grow and evolve.","times_shared":" 882,056  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/debra_jarvis_yes_i_survived_cancer_but_that_doesn_t_define_me.html","tags":"TED, talks, cancer, health care, identity","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/debra_jarvis_yes_i_survived_cancer_but_that_doesn_t_define_me\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The birth of a word","author":"Deb Roy","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"MIT 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.","times_shared":" 2,309,689  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, brain, children, language, time","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Deep ocean mysteries and wonders","author":"David Gallo","ddate":" Mar 2012 ","description":"In the deepest, darkest parts of the oceans are ecosystems with more diversity than a tropical rainforest. 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At the TED offices, Clay Shirky delivers a proper manifesto \u2014 a call to defend our freedom to create, discuss, link and share, rather than passively consume.","times_shared":" 1,253,155  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/defend_our_freedom_to_share_or_why_sopa_is_a_bad_idea.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, creativity, media, politics, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/defend_our_freedom_to_share_or_why_sopa_is_a_bad_idea\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Protecting Twitter users (sometimes from themselves)","author":"Del Harvey","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Del 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.","times_shared":" 836,863  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/del_harvey_the_strangeness_of_scale_at_twitter.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, security, social media, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/del_harvey_the_strangeness_of_scale_at_twitter\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Could we speak the language of dolphins?","author":"Denise Herzing","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"For 28 years, Denise Herzing has spent five months each summer living with a pod of Atlantic spotted dolphins, following three generations of family relationships and behaviors. It's clear they are communicating with one another \u2014 but is it language? Could humans use it too? She shares a fascinating new experiment to test this idea.","times_shared":" 1,082,242  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/denise_herzing_could_we_speak_the_language_of_dolphins.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, animals, biology, communication, language, oceans, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/denise_herzing_could_we_speak_the_language_of_dolphins\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A Darwinian theory of beauty","author":"Denis Dutton","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"TED 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.  ","times_shared":" 1,873,853  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/denis_dutton_a_darwinian_theory_of_beauty.html","tags":"TED, talks, Senses, TED Conference, arts, beauty, brain, culture, design, evolution, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/denis_dutton_a_darwinian_theory_of_beauty\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Making a car for blind drivers","author":"Dennis Hong","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Using robotics, laser rangefinders, GPS and smart feedback tools, Dennis Hong is building a car for drivers who are blind. 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Watch to the end for the five creative secrets to his lab's success.","times_shared":" 1,823,945  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dennis_hong_my_seven_species_of_robot.html","tags":"TED, talks, AI, TEDx, engineering, robots, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dennis_hong_my_seven_species_of_robot\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A plea for bees","author":"Dennis vanEngelsdorp","ddate":" Jul 2008 ","description":"Bees are dying in droves. Why? Leading apiarist Dennis vanEngelsdorp looks at the gentle, misunderstood creature's important place in nature and the mystery behind its alarming disappearance.","times_shared":" 522,825  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dennis_vanengelsdorp_a_plea_for_bees.html","tags":"TED, talks, animals, bees, disease, food, insects, life, nature","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dennis_vanengelsdorp_a_plea_for_bees\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"In the key of genius","author":"Derek Paravicini and Adam Ockelford","ddate":" Mar 2013 ","description":"Born 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.)","times_shared":" 1,369,937  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/derek_paravicini_and_adam_ockelford_in_the_key_of_genius.html","tags":"TED, talks, Autism spectrum disorder, TEDx, disability, live music, music","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/derek_paravicini_and_adam_ockelford_in_the_key_of_genius\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to start a movement","author":"Derek Sivers","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"With help from some surprising footage, Derek Sivers explains how movements really get started. 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He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them.","times_shared":" 3,951,513  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_yourself.html","tags":"TED, talks, goal-setting, motivation, personal growth, self, storytelling, success","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_yourself\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Weird, or just different?","author":"Derek Sivers","ddate":" Nov 2009 ","description":"\"There's a flip side to everything,\" the saying goes, and in 2 minutes, Derek Sivers shows this is true in a few ways you might not expect.","times_shared":" 2,537,933  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, creativity, map","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"East vs. West \u2014 the myths that mystify","author":"Devdutt Pattanaik","ddate":" Nov 2009 ","description":"Devdutt Pattanaik takes an eye-opening look at the myths of India and of the West \u2014 and shows how these two fundamentally different sets of beliefs about God, death and heaven help us consistently misunderstand one another.","times_shared":" 1,495,063  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/devdutt_pattanaik.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, culture, global issues, india","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/devdutt_pattanaik\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to learn? 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Hear her story.","times_shared":" 3,628,553  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/diana_nyad_never_ever_give_up.html","tags":"TED, talks, aging, culture, extreme sports, goal-setting","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/diana_nyad_never_ever_give_up\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The case for same-sex marriage","author":"Diane J. Savino","ddate":" Dec 2009 ","description":"Hours before New York lawmakers rejected a key marriage equality bill (38-24), State Senator Diane J. Savino made the passionate case for a government that recognizes and administers same-sex marriages. 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In this charming talk, K\u00e9r\u00e9 shows off some of the beautiful structures he's helped to build in his small village in the years since then, including an award-winning primary school made from clay by the entire community.","times_shared":" 820,993  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/diebedo_francis_kere_how_to_build_with_clay_and_community.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, architecture, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/diebedo_francis_kere_how_to_build_with_clay_and_community\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The hidden force in global economics: sending money home","author":"Dilip Ratha","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"In 2013, international migrants sent $413 billion home to families and friends \u2014 three times more than the total of global foreign aid (about $135 billion). This money, known as remittances, makes a significant difference in the lives of those receiving it and plays a major role in the economies of many countries. Economist Dilip Ratha describes the promise of these \u201cdollars wrapped with love\u201d and analyzes how they are stifled by practical and regulatory obstacles.","times_shared":" 1,205,892  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dilip_ratha_the_hidden_force_in_global_economics_sending_money_home.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, economics, finance","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dilip_ratha_the_hidden_force_in_global_economics_sending_money_home\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How we found hundreds of potential Earth-like planets","author":"Dimitar Sasselov","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Astronomer Dimitar Sasselov and his colleagues search for Earth-like planets that may, someday, help us answer centuries-old questions about the origin and existence of biological life elsewhere (and on Earth). Preliminary results show that they have found 706 \"candidates\" \u2014 some of which further research may prove to be planets with Earth-like geochemical characteristics.","times_shared":" 1,065,129  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dimitar_sasselov_how_we_found_hundreds_of_potential_earth_like_planets.html","tags":"TED, talks, Planets, astronomy, biology, extraterrestrial life, life, technology, universe","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dimitar_sasselov_how_we_found_hundreds_of_potential_earth_like_planets\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Do we see reality as it is? ","author":"Donald Hoffman","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman is trying to answer a big question: Do we experience the world as it really is ... or as we need it to be? In this ever so slightly mind-blowing talk, he ponders how our minds construct reality for us.","times_shared":" 1,969,150  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/donald_hoffman_do_we_see_reality_as_it_is.html","tags":"TED, talks, cognitive science, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/donald_hoffman_do_we_see_reality_as_it_is\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The missing link to renewable energy","author":"Donald Sadoway","ddate":" Mar 2012 ","description":"What'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.\"","times_shared":" 1,699,109  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/donald_sadoway_the_missing_link_to_renewable_energy.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, alternative energy, energy, invention, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/donald_sadoway_the_missing_link_to_renewable_energy\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The art of bow-making","author":"Dong Woo Jang","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"Dong Woo Jang has an unusual after school hobby. Jang, who was 15 when he gave the talk, tells the story of how living in the concrete jungle of Seoul inspired him to build the perfect bow. Watch him demo one of his beautiful hand-crafted archer's bows.","times_shared":" 2,069,841  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dong_woo_jang_the_art_of_bow_making.html","tags":"TED, talks, Asia, TED Conference, culture, demo, invention","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dong_woo_jang_the_art_of_bow_making\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"3 ways good design makes you happy","author":"Don Norman","ddate":" Feb 2003 ","description":"In this talk from 2003, design critic Don Norman turns his incisive eye toward beauty, fun, pleasure and emotion, as he looks at design that makes people happy. 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Then she shares a moving memory of her own father, and of their shared love of baseball.","times_shared":" 472,768  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/doris_kearns_goodwin_on_learning_from_past_presidents.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, entertainment, history, politics, sports, storytelling","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/doris_kearns_goodwin_on_learning_from_past_presidents\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The problem with race-based medicine","author":"Dorothy Roberts","ddate":" Nov 2015 ","description":"Social justice advocate and law scholar Dorothy Roberts has a precise and powerful message: Race-based medicine is bad medicine. Even today, many doctors still use race as a medical shortcut; they make important decisions about things like pain tolerance based on a patient's skin color instead of medical observation and measurement. In this searing talk, Roberts lays out the lingering traces of race-based medicine \u2014 and invites us to be a part of ending it. \"It is more urgent than ever to finally abandon this backward legacy,\" she says, \"and to affirm our common humanity by ending the social inequalities that truly divide us.\"","times_shared":" 853,774  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine.html","tags":"TED, talks, Slavery, activism, big problems, disease, health, health care, illness, inequality, law, medical research, medicine, public health, race, social change, society, sociology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/dorothy_roberts_the_problem_with_race_based_medicine\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Parrots, the universe and everything","author":"Douglas Adams","ddate":" May 2001 ","description":"Blind river dolphins, reclusive lemurs, a parrot as fearless as it is lovelorn ... Douglas Adams' close encounters with these rare and unusual animals reveal that evolution, ever ingenious, can be fickle too \u2014 in a University of California talk that sparkles with his trademark satiric wit.","times_shared":" 465,037  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/douglas_adams_parrots_the_universe_and_everything.html","tags":"TED, talks, biodiversity, biology, comedy, life, religion, storytelling, writing","transcript_url":""},{"title":"Animations of unseeable biology","author":"Drew Berry","ddate":" May 2011 ","description":"We have no ways to directly observe molecules and what they do \u2014 but Drew Berry wants to change that. 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At TEDYouth, Cartaya takes us inside these magical spaces where the ice glows in bright blues and greens, and where artifacts rain from the ceiling.","times_shared":" 630,807  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eddy_cartaya_my_glacier_cave_discoveries.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDYouth, exploration","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eddy_cartaya_my_glacier_cave_discoveries\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Glowing life in an underwater world","author":"Edith Widder","ddate":" Apr 2010 ","description":"Some 80 to 90 percent of undersea creatures make light \u2014 and we know very little about how or why. 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In Spanish, with English subtitles.","times_shared":" 1,347,096  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eduardo_saenz_de_cabezon_math_is_forever.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, humor, math","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eduardo_saenz_de_cabezon_math_is_forever\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My wish: Manufactured landscapes and green education","author":"Edward Burtynsky","ddate":" Feb 2005 ","description":"Accepting 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.","times_shared":" 789,294  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/edward_burtynsky_on_manufactured_landscapes.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Prize, art, arts, cities, culture, design, environment, photography, pollution, social change","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/edward_burtynsky_on_manufactured_landscapes\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Photographing the landscape of oil","author":"Edward Burtynsky","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"In stunning large-format photographs, Edward Burtynsky follows the path of oil through modern society, from wellhead to pipeline to car engine \u2014 and then beyond to the projected peak-oil endgame.","times_shared":" 443,729  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/edward_burtynsky_photographs_the_landscape_of_oil.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Prize, design, energy, global issues, photography, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/edward_burtynsky_photographs_the_landscape_of_oil\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Here's how we take back the Internet","author":"Edward Snowden","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Appearing by telepresence robot, Edward Snowden speaks at TED2014 about surveillance and Internet freedom. 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This reading offers a timely message for today \u2014 as the nation struggles in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake.","times_shared":" 48,301  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/edwidge_danticat_stories_of_haiti.html","tags":"TED, talks, books, disaster relief, novel, poetry, storytelling","transcript_url":""},{"title":"A light switch for neurons","author":"Ed Boyden","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Ed Boyden shows how, by inserting genes for light-sensitive proteins into brain cells, he can selectively activate or de-activate specific neurons with fiber-optic implants. With this unprecedented level of control, he's managed to cure mice of analogs of PTSD and certain forms of blindness. On the horizon: neural prosthetics. Session host Juan Enriquez leads a brief post-talk Q&A.","times_shared":" 852,694  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ed_boyden.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, brain, neurology, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ed_boyden\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How Benjamin Button got his face","author":"Ed Ulbrich","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Ed 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.\"","times_shared":" 870,077  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ed_ulbrich_shows_how_benjamin_button_got_his_face.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, aging, arts, business, entertainment, film, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ed_ulbrich_shows_how_benjamin_button_got_his_face\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Zombie roaches and other parasite tales","author":"Ed Yong","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"In 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. 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Hear her spirited defense of the idea \u2014 and her theory on why science doesn't take it seriously.","times_shared":" 998,939  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elaine_morgan_says_we_evolved_from_aquatic_apes.html","tags":"TED, talks, apes, evolution, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elaine_morgan_says_we_evolved_from_aquatic_apes\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The voices in my head","author":"Eleanor Longden","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"To 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.","times_shared":" 3,496,100  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eleanor_longden_the_voices_in_my_head.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, health, health care, mental health","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eleanor_longden_the_voices_in_my_head\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A commodities exchange for Ethiopia","author":"Eleni Gabre-Madhin","ddate":" Jun 2007 ","description":"Economist Eleni Gabre-Madhin outlines her ambitious vision to found the first commodities market in Ethiopia. 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Elif Shafak builds on this simple idea to argue that fiction can overcome identity politics.","times_shared":" 1,598,081  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, novel, politics, storytelling, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Your elusive creative genius","author":"Elizabeth Gilbert","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Elizabeth 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.","times_shared":" 11,506,051  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, arts, creativity, culture, entertainment, poetry, work, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Success, failure and the drive to keep creating","author":"Elizabeth Gilbert","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Elizabeth 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.","times_shared":" 2,890,633  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elizabeth_gilbert_success_failure_and_the_drive_to_keep_creating.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, creativity, failure, success, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elizabeth_gilbert_success_failure_and_the_drive_to_keep_creating\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Take \"the Other\" to lunch","author":"Elizabeth Lesser","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"There's an angry divisive tension in the air that threatens to make modern politics impossible. Elizabeth Lesser explores the two sides of human nature within us (call them \"the mystic\" and \"the warrior\u201d) that can be harnessed to elevate the way we treat each other. She shares a simple way to begin real dialogue \u2014 by going to lunch with someone who doesn't agree with you, and asking them three questions to find out what's really in their hearts.","times_shared":" 845,202  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elizabeth_lesser_take_the_other_to_lunch.html","tags":"TED, talks, communication, global issues, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elizabeth_lesser_take_the_other_to_lunch\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The unheard story of the Sistine Chapel","author":"Elizabeth Lev","ddate":" Dec 2015 ","description":"The Sistine Chapel is one of the most iconic buildings on earth \u2014 but there's a lot you probably don't know about it. In this tour-de-force talk, art historian Elizabeth Lev guides us across the famous building's ceiling and Michelangelo's vital depiction of traditional stories, showing how the painter reached beyond the religious iconography of the time to chart new artistic waters. Five hundred years after the artist painted it, says Lev, the Sistine Chapel forces us to look around as if it were a mirror and ask, \"Who am I, and what role do I play in this great theater of life?\"","times_shared":" 1,258,412  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel.html","tags":"TED, talks, Christianity, God, arts, beauty, creativity, culture, history, museums, painting, religion, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elizabeth_lev_the_unheard_story_of_the_sistine_chapel\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Curating humanity's heritage","author":"Elizabeth Lindsey","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"It's been said that when an elder dies, it's as if a library is burned. 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Contains disturbing images of facial cancer.","times_shared":" 469,051  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elizabeth_murchison.html","tags":"TED, talks, animals, biology, cancer, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elizabeth_murchison\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"An invitation to men who want a better world for women","author":"Elizabeth Nyamayaro","ddate":" May 2015 ","description":"Around the world, women still struggle for equality in basic matters like access to education, equal pay and the right to vote. But how to enlist everyone, men and women, as allies for change? Meet Elizabeth Nyamayaro, head of UN Women\u2019s HeForShe initiative, which has created more than 2.4 billion social media conversations about a more equal world. She invites us all to join in as allies in our shared humanity.","times_shared":" 1,172,890  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elizabeth_nyamayaro_an_invitation_to_men_who_want_a_better_world_for_women.html","tags":"TED, talks, activism, gender, global issues, humanity, inequality, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elizabeth_nyamayaro_an_invitation_to_men_who_want_a_better_world_for_women\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Sex, drugs and HIV \u2014 let's get rational","author":"Elizabeth Pisani","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Armed with bracing logic, wit and her \"public-health nerd\" glasses, Elizabeth Pisani reveals the myriad of inconsistencies in today's political systems that prevent our dollars from effectively fighting the spread of HIV. Her research with at-risk populations \u2014 from junkies in prison to sex workers on the street in Cambodia \u2014 demonstrates the sometimes counter-intuitive measures that could stall the spread of this devastating disease.","times_shared":" 1,082,091  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elizabeth_pisani_sex_drugs_and_hiv_let_s_get_rational_1.html","tags":"TED, talks, AIDS, TED Conference, global issues, health, health care, sex","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elizabeth_pisani_sex_drugs_and_hiv_let_s_get_rational_1\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The fastest ambulance? A motorcycle","author":"Eli Beer","ddate":" Apr 2013 ","description":"As a young EMT on a Jerusalem ambulance, Eli Beer realized that, stuck in brutal urban traffic, they often arrived too late to help. So he organized a group of volunteer EMTs \u2014 many on foot \u2014 ready to drop everything and dash to save lives in their neighborhood. Today, United Hatzlah uses a smartphone app and a fleet of \u201cambucycles\u201d to help nearby patients until an ambulance arrives. With an average response time of 3 minutes, last year, they treated 207,000 people in Israel. And the idea is going global.","times_shared":" 1,034,075  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eli_beer_the_fastest_ambulance_a_motorcycle.html","tags":"TED, talks, health, health care, medicine, peace","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eli_beer_the_fastest_ambulance_a_motorcycle\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Beware online \"filter bubbles\"","author":"Eli Pariser","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"As 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. ","times_shared":" 3,590,143  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, culture, global issues, journalism, politics, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Retrofitting suburbia","author":"Ellen Dunham-Jones","ddate":" Jan 2010 ","description":"Can we rebuild our broken suburbs? Ellen Dunham-Jones shares a vision of dying malls rehabilitated, dead \"big box\" stores re-inhabited, and endless parking lots transformed into thriving wetlands.","times_shared":" 566,636  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ellen_dunham_jones_retrofitting_suburbia.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, cities, design, infrastructure, urban planning","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ellen_dunham_jones_retrofitting_suburbia\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Obesity + hunger = 1 global food issue","author":"Ellen  Gustafson","ddate":" May 2010 ","description":"Co-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.","times_shared":" 623,436  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ellen_gustafson_obesity_hunger_1_global_food_issue.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, food, global issues, health, obesity, social change","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ellen_gustafson_obesity_hunger_1_global_food_issue\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The mystery of chronic pain","author":"Elliot Krane","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"We think of pain as a symptom, but there are cases where the nervous system develops feedback loops and pain becomes a terrifying disease in itself. Starting with the story of a girl whose sprained wrist turned into a nightmare, Elliot Krane talks about the complex mystery of chronic pain, and reviews the facts we're just learning about how it works and how to treat it.","times_shared":" 1,651,192  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elliot_krane_the_mystery_of_chronic_pain.html","tags":"TED, talks, Senses, TED Conference, brain, health, health care, pain, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elliot_krane_the_mystery_of_chronic_pain\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Magical houses, made of bamboo","author":"Elora Hardy","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"You'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.","times_shared":" 2,492,864  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elora_hardy_magical_houses_made_of_bamboo.html","tags":"TED, talks, architecture, design, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/elora_hardy_magical_houses_made_of_bamboo\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Street art with a message of hope and peace","author":"eL Seed","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"What does this gorgeous street art say? It's Arabic poetry, inspired by bold graffiti and placed where a message of hope and peace can do the most good. In this quietly passionate talk, artist and TED Fellow eL Seed describes his ambition: to create art so beautiful it needs no translation.","times_shared":" 1,256,357  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/el_seed_street_art_with_a_message_of_hope_and_peace.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, art, arts, culture, language, poetry, street art","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/el_seed_street_art_with_a_message_of_hope_and_peace\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The courage to tell a hidden story","author":"Eman Mohammed","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Eman Mohammed is one of the few female photojournalists in the Gaza Strip. Though openly shunned by many of her male colleagues, she is given unprecedented access to areas denied to men. In this short, visual talk, the TED Fellow critiques gender norms in her community by bringing light to hidden stories.","times_shared":" 1,168,454  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eman_mohammed_the_courage_to_tell_a_hidden_story.html","tags":"TED, talks, Middle East, TED Conference, TED Fellows, gender, global issues, journalism, photography, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eman_mohammed_the_courage_to_tell_a_hidden_story\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A civil response to violence","author":"Emiliano Salinas","ddate":" Nov 2010 ","description":"In this passionate talk that's already caused a sensation in Mexico, Emiliano Salinas, son of former president Carlos Salinas de Gortari, confronts the current climate of violence in Mexico \u2014 or rather, how Mexican society responds to it. He calls on ordinary citizens to move from denial and fear to peaceful, community-based action. (Delivered in Spanish with English subtitles.)","times_shared":" 482,718  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/emiliano_salinas_a_civil_response_to_violence.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, community, crime, global issues, peace, social change, terrorism, violence","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/emiliano_salinas_a_civil_response_to_violence\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why some of us don't have one true calling","author":"Emilie Wapnick","ddate":" Apr 2015 ","description":"What 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?","times_shared":" 2,787,043  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/emilie_wapnick_why_some_of_us_don_t_have_one_true_calling.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, creativity, curiosity, education, identity, personal growth, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/emilie_wapnick_why_some_of_us_don_t_have_one_true_calling\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why some people find exercise harder than others","author":"Emily Balcetis","ddate":" Nov 2014 ","description":"Why do some people struggle more than others to keep off the pounds? Social psychologist Emily Balcetis shows research that addresses one of the many factors: Vision. In an informative talk, she shows how when it comes to fitness, some people quite literally see the world differently from others \u2014 and offers a surprisingly simple solution to overcome these differences.","times_shared":" 2,766,811  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/emily_balcetis_why_some_people_find_exercise_harder_than_others.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, decision-making, health, mind, psychology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/emily_balcetis_why_some_people_find_exercise_harder_than_others\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A theory of everything","author":"Emily Levine","ddate":" Feb 2002 ","description":"Philosopher-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.","times_shared":" 1,743,578  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/emily_levine_s_theory_of_everything.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, cognitive science, comedy, entertainment, humor, philosophy, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/emily_levine_s_theory_of_everything\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Flip your thinking on AIDS in Africa","author":"Emily Oster","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"Emily 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.","times_shared":" 756,939  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/emily_oster_flips_our_thinking_on_aids_in_africa.html","tags":"TED, talks, AIDS, Africa, TED Conference, economics, global issues, health, science, statistics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/emily_oster_flips_our_thinking_on_aids_in_africa\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Teaching design for change","author":"Emily Pilloton","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Designer Emily Pilloton moved to rural Bertie County, in North Carolina, to engage in a bold experiment of design-led community transformation. She's teaching a design-build class called Studio H that engages high schoolers' minds and bodies while bringing smart design and new opportunities to the poorest county in the state.","times_shared":" 851,676  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/emily_pilloton_teaching_design_for_change.html","tags":"TED, talks, design, education, poverty","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/emily_pilloton_teaching_design_for_change\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The music of a war child","author":"Emmanuel Jal","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"For five years, young Emmanuel Jal fought as a child soldier in the Sudan. Rescued by an aid worker, he's become an international hip-hop star and an activist for kids in war zones. In words and lyrics, he tells the story of his amazing life.","times_shared":" 691,556  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/emmanuel_jal_the_music_of_a_war_child.html","tags":"TED, talks, arts, entertainment, global issues, music, poetry, politics, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/emmanuel_jal_the_music_of_a_war_child\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Glimpses of a pristine ocean","author":"Enric Sala","ddate":" Apr 2010 ","description":"Enric Sala shares glorious images \u2014 and surprising insights and data \u2014 from some of the most pristine areas of the ocean. He shows how we can restore more of our oceans to this healthy, balanced state, and the powerful ecological and economic benefits of doing so.","times_shared":" 301,107  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/enric_sala.html","tags":"TED, talks, economics, fish, mission blue, oceans, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/enric_sala\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why buses represent democracy in action","author":"Enrique Pe\u00f1alosa","ddate":" Sep 2013 ","description":"\"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.","times_shared":" 824,493  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/enrique_penalosa_why_buses_represent_democracy_in_action.html","tags":"TED, talks, Latin America, cities, design, infrastructure, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/enrique_penalosa_why_buses_represent_democracy_in_action\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The universal anesthesia machine","author":"Erica Frenkel","ddate":" Dec 2011 ","description":"What if you're in surgery and the power goes out? No lights, no oxygen \u2014 and your anesthesia stops flowing. It happens constantly in hospitals throughout the world, turning routine procedures into tragedies. Erica Frenkel demos one solution: the universal anesthesia machine.","times_shared":" 300,506  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/erica_frenkel_the_universal_anesthesia_machine.html","tags":"TED, talks, Surgery, TEDx, design, global issues, health care, poverty, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/erica_frenkel_the_universal_anesthesia_machine\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Mapping ideas worth spreading","author":"Eric Berlow and Sean Gourley","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"What do 24,000 ideas look like? Ecologist Eric Berlow and physicist Sean Gourley apply algorithms to the entire archive of TEDx Talks, taking us on a stimulating visual tour to show how ideas connect globally.","times_shared":" 1,002,864  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eric_berlow_and_sean_gourley_mapping_ideas_worth_spreading.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Fellows, algorithm, complexity, data, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eric_berlow_and_sean_gourley_mapping_ideas_worth_spreading\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Simplifying complexity","author":"Eric Berlow","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Ecologist Eric Berlow doesn't feel overwhelmed when faced with complex systems. He knows that more information can lead to a better, simpler solution. Illustrating the tips and tricks for breaking down big issues, he distills an overwhelming infographic on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan to a few elementary points.","times_shared":" 1,059,526  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eric_berlow_how_complexity_leads_to_simplicity.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, complexity, design, science, simplicity","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eric_berlow_how_complexity_leads_to_simplicity\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Take health care off the mainframe","author":"Eric Dishman","ddate":" Nov 2009 ","description":"At TEDMED, Eric Dishman makes a bold argument: The US health care system is like computing circa 1959, tethered to big, unwieldy central systems: hospitals, doctors, nursing homes. As our aging population booms, it's imperative, he says, to create personal, networked, home-based health care for all.","times_shared":" 364,659  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eric_dishman_take_health_care_off_the_mainframe.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, health, health care, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eric_dishman_take_health_care_off_the_mainframe\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A demo of wireless electricity","author":"Eric Giler","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Eric Giler wants to untangle our wired lives with cable-free electric power. Here, he covers what this sci-fi tech offers, and demos MIT's breakthrough version, WiTricity \u2014 a near-to-market invention that may soon recharge your cell phone, car, pacemaker.","times_shared":" 2,015,645  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eric_giler_demos_wireless_electricity.html","tags":"TED, talks, engineering, entrepreneur, future, infrastructure, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eric_giler_demos_wireless_electricity\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Chaos and harmony on piano","author":"Eric Lewis","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Eric Lewis explores the piano's expressive power as he pounds and caresses the keys (and the strings) in a performance during the 2009 TED Prize session. 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The full piece premiered a few weeks later (yes, on YouTube!).","times_shared":" 3,233,287  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eric_whitacre_a_virtual_choir_2_000_voices_strong.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, arts, conducting, entertainment, music, online video, virtual reality","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eric_whitacre_a_virtual_choir_2_000_voices_strong\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A tale of two political systems","author":"Eric X. Li","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"It's a standard assumption in the West: As a society progresses, it eventually becomes a capitalist, multi-party democracy. Right? Eric X. Li, a Chinese investor and political scientist, begs to differ. In this provocative, boundary-pushing talk, he asks his audience to consider that there's more than one way to run a successful modern nation.","times_shared":" 2,277,236  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eric_x_li_a_tale_of_two_political_systems.html","tags":"TED, talks, Asia, business, china, democracy, global issues, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eric_x_li_a_tale_of_two_political_systems\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The key to growth? Race with the machines","author":"Erik Brynjolfsson","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"As machines take on more jobs, many find themselves out of work or with raises indefinitely postponed. Is this the end of growth? No, says Erik Brynjolfsson \u2014 it\u2019s simply the growing pains of a radically reorganized economy. A riveting case for why big innovations are ahead of us \u2026 if we think of computers as our teammates. Be sure to watch the opposing viewpoint from Robert Gordon.","times_shared":" 1,107,014  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/erik_brynjolfsson_the_key_to_growth_race_em_with_em_the_machines.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, economics, technology, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/erik_brynjolfsson_the_key_to_growth_race_em_with_em_the_machines\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Reporting crisis via texting","author":"Erik Hersman","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"At TEDU 2009, Erik Hersman presents the remarkable story of Ushahidi, a GoogleMap mashup that allowed Kenyans to report and track violence via cell phone texts following the 2008 elections, and has evolved to continue saving lives in other countries.","times_shared":" 369,939  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/erik_hersman_on_reporting_crisis_via_texting.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, TED Conference, activism, communication, disaster relief, global issues, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/erik_hersman_on_reporting_crisis_via_texting\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Impossible photography","author":"Erik Johansson","ddate":" Nov 2011 ","description":"Erik Johansson creates realistic photos of impossible scenes \u2014 capturing ideas, not moments. 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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.","times_shared":" 1,377,116  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/erin_mckean_go_ahead_make_up_new_words.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDYouth, communication, creativity, language","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/erin_mckean_go_ahead_make_up_new_words\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The joy of lexicography","author":"Erin McKean","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"Is 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.","times_shared":" 894,892  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionary.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, books, culture, education, entertainment, language","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionary\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"World-class health care","author":"Ernest Madu","ddate":" Jun 2007 ","description":"Dr. Ernest Madu runs the Heart Institute of the Caribbean in Kingston, Jamaica, where he proves that \u2014 with careful design, smart technical choices, and a true desire to serve \u2014 it's possible to offer world-class healthcare in the developing world.","times_shared":" 341,708  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ernest_madu_on_world_class_health_care.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, activism, development, global issues, health, health care, heart health, public health, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ernest_madu_on_world_class_health_care\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How we turned the tide on domestic violence (Hint: the Polaroid helped)","author":"Esta Soler","ddate":" Dec 2013 ","description":"When Esta Soler\u00a0lobbied for a bill outlawing domestic violence in 1984, one politician called it the \"Take the Fun Out of Marriage Act.\" \"If only I had Twitter then,\" she mused. This sweeping, optimistic talk charts 30 years of tactics and technologies \u2014 from the Polaroid camera to social media \u2014 that led to a 64% drop in domestic violence in the U.S.","times_shared":" 985,227  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/esta_soler_how_we_turned_the_tide_on_domestic_violence_hint_the_polaroid_helped.html","tags":"TED, talks, gender, violence, women, yesallwomen","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/esta_soler_how_we_turned_the_tide_on_domestic_violence_hint_the_polaroid_helped\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Social experiments to fight poverty","author":"Esther Duflo","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Alleviating poverty is more guesswork than science, and lack of data on aid's impact raises questions about how to provide it. But Clark Medal-winner Esther Duflo says it's possible to know which development efforts help and which hurt \u2014 by testing solutions with randomized trials.","times_shared":" 772,989  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/esther_duflo_social_experiments_to_fight_poverty.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, big problems, cities, economics, poverty, third world","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/esther_duflo_social_experiments_to_fight_poverty\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Rethinking infidelity ... a talk for anyone who has ever loved","author":"Esther Perel","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Infidelity 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.","times_shared":" 5,755,951  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/esther_perel_rethinking_infidelity_a_talk_for_anyone_who_has_ever_loved.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, love, relationships, sex","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/esther_perel_rethinking_infidelity_a_talk_for_anyone_who_has_ever_loved\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why we need to end the War on Drugs","author":"Ethan Nadelmann","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"Is the War on Drugs doing more harm than good? In a bold talk, drug policy reformist Ethan Nadelmann makes an impassioned plea to end the \"backward, heartless, disastrous\" movement to stamp out the drug trade. He gives two big reasons we should focus on intelligent regulation instead.","times_shared":" 1,431,838  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ethan_nadelmann_why_we_need_to_end_the_war_on_drugs.html","tags":"TED, talks, crime, global issues, policy","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ethan_nadelmann_why_we_need_to_end_the_war_on_drugs\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Listening to global voices","author":"Ethan Zuckerman","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Sure, 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.","times_shared":" 624,533  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ethan_zuckerman.html","tags":"TED, talks, communication, global issues, language, news, technology, web","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ethan_zuckerman\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A string quartet plays \"Blue Room\"","author":"Ethel","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"The avant-garde string quartet Ethel performs the third movement from Phil Kline's four-part suite \"The Blue Room and Other Stories.\" Searching melodic lines show off the deep, emotional musicality of these passionate players.","times_shared":" 351,355  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ethel_performs_blue_room.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, arts, cello, collaboration, culture, entertainment, live music, performance, violin","transcript_url":""},{"title":"Why invest in Africa","author":"Euvin Naidoo","ddate":" Jun 2007 ","description":"South African investment banker Euvin Naidoo explains why investing in Africa can make great business sense.","times_shared":" 272,022  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/euvin_naidoo_on_investing_in_africa.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, business, entrepreneur, global issues, investment","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/euvin_naidoo_on_investing_in_africa\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Making sound visible through cymatics","author":"Evan Grant","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Evan Grant demonstrates the science and art of cymatics, a process for making soundwaves visible. 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Listen for stories from a rich, colorful life.","times_shared":" 408,195  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eva_zeisel_on_the_playful_search_for_beauty.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, arts, creativity, design, exploration, play, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eva_zeisel_on_the_playful_search_for_beauty\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to truly listen","author":"Evelyn Glennie","ddate":" Feb 2003 ","description":"In this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit your eardrums.","times_shared":" 3,645,211  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, arts, creativity, entertainment, live music, music, performance","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Suddenly, my body","author":"Eve Ensler","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"Poet, writer, activist Eve Ensler lived in her head. 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And, in a live demo, he shows what really happens when you mix paint with magnetic liquid\u2014or when you set fire to whiskey.","times_shared":" 1,693,936  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/fabian_oefner_psychedelic_science.html","tags":"TED, talks, arts, photography, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/fabian_oefner_psychedelic_science\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What I learned from spending 31 days underwater","author":"Fabien Cousteau","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"In 1963, Jacques Cousteau lived for 30 days in an underwater laboratory positioned on the floor of the Red Sea, and set a world record in the process. This summer, his grandson Fabien Cousteau broke that record. Cousteau the younger lived for 31 days aboard the Aquarius, an underwater research laboratory nine miles off the coast of Florida. In a charming talk he brings his wondrous adventure to life.","times_shared":" 1,158,964  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/fabien_cousteau_what_i_learned_from_spending_31_days_underwater.html","tags":"TED, talks, adventure, biodiversity, exploration, oceans, submarine","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/fabien_cousteau_what_i_learned_from_spending_31_days_underwater\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How we're teaching computers to understand pictures","author":"Fei-Fei Li","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"When 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.","times_shared":" 1,513,432  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/fei_fei_li_how_we_re_teaching_computers_to_understand_pictures.html","tags":"TED, talks, AI, photography, sight, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/fei_fei_li_how_we_re_teaching_computers_to_understand_pictures\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Learning from leadership's missing manual","author":"Fields Wicker-Miurin","ddate":" Sep 2009 ","description":"Leadership doesn't have a user's manual, but Fields Wicker-Miurin says stories of remarkable, local leaders are the next best thing. 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On stage, he shows a few intriguing items made of the versatile stuff.","times_shared":" 724,565  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/fiorenzo_omenetto_silk_the_ancient_material_of_the_future.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, biology, biomimicry, design, green, invention, life, medicine, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/fiorenzo_omenetto_silk_the_ancient_material_of_the_future\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Deep under the Earth's surface, discovering beauty and science","author":"Francesco Sauro","ddate":" Sep 2015 ","description":"Cave explorer and geologist Francesco Sauro travels to the hidden continent under our feet, surveying deep, dark places inside the earth that humans have never been able to reach before. In the spectacular tepuis of South America, he finds new minerals and insects that have evolved in isolation, and he uses his knowledge of these alien worlds to train astronauts.","times_shared":" 1,320,936  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/francesco_sauro_deep_under_the_earth_s_surface_discovering_beauty_and_science.html","tags":"TED, talks, adventure, exploration, geology, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/francesco_sauro_deep_under_the_earth_s_surface_discovering_beauty_and_science\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why public beheadings get millions of views","author":"Frances Larson","ddate":" Jun 2015 ","description":"In a disturbing \u2014 but fascinating \u2014 walk through history, Frances Larson examines humanity's strange relationship with public executions \u2026 and specifically beheadings. As she shows us, they have always drawn a crowd, first in the public square and now on YouTube. 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Soundtrack by Philip Glass.","times_shared":" 1,394,437  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, animals, art, arts, design, evolution, fish, nature, photography, storytelling","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/frans_lanting_s_lyrical_nature_photos\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Bio-lab on a microchip","author":"Frederick Balagadde","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Drugs alone can't stop disease in sub-Saharan Africa: We need diagnostic tools to match. TED Senior Fellow Frederick Balagadde shows how we can multiply the power and availability of an unwieldy, expensive diagnostic lab \u2014 by miniaturizing it to the size of a chip.","times_shared":" 282,550  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/frederick_balagadde_bio_lab_on_a_microchip.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Fellows, biology, engineering, invention, microbiology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/frederick_balagadde_bio_lab_on_a_microchip\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to build an information time machine","author":"Frederic Kaplan","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"Imagine 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.)","times_shared":" 1,152,861  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/frederic_kaplan_how_i_built_an_information_time_machine.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, books, computers, history, library, map, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/frederic_kaplan_how_i_built_an_information_time_machine\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A forensic anthropologist who brings closure for the\u00a0\"disappeared\"","author":"Fredy Peccerelli","ddate":" Nov 2014 ","description":"In Guatemala\u2019s 36-year conflict, 200,000 civilians were killed \u2014 and more than 40,000 were never identified. At the Forensic Anthropology Foundation of Guatemala, Fredy Peccerelli and his team use DNA, archeology and storytelling to help families find the bodies of their loved ones. It\u2019s a sobering task, but it can bring peace of mind \u2014 and sometimes, justice. 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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.","times_shared":" 981,224  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/fred_jansen_how_to_land_on_a_comet.html","tags":"TED, talks, rocket science, science, space, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/fred_jansen_how_to_land_on_a_comet\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The leaders who ruined Africa, and the generation who can fix it","author":"Fred Swaniker","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"Before he hit eighteen, Fred Swaniker had lived in Ghana, Gambia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. What he learned from a childhood across Africa was that while good leaders can't make much of a difference in societies with strong institutions, in countries with weak structures, leaders could make or break a country. In a passionate talk the entrepreneur and TED Fellow looks at different generations of African leaders and imagines how to develop the leadership of the future.","times_shared":" 1,169,967  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/fred_swaniker_the_leaders_who_ruined_africa_and_the_generation_who_can_fix_it.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, TED Fellows, education, entrepreneur, leadership","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/fred_swaniker_the_leaders_who_ruined_africa_and_the_generation_who_can_fix_it\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Let's look for life in the outer solar system","author":"Freeman Dyson","ddate":" Feb 2003 ","description":"Physicist 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. 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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.","times_shared":" 993,977  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gabby_giffords_and_mark_kelly_be_passionate_be_courageous_be_your_best.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, politics, violence","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gabby_giffords_and_mark_kelly_be_passionate_be_courageous_be_your_best\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My DNA vending machine","author":"Gabe Barcia-Colombo","ddate":" Aug 2013 ","description":"Vending machines generally offer up sodas, candy bars and chips. Not so for the one created by TED Fellow Gabe Barcia-Colombo. This artist has dreamed up a DNA Vending Machine, which dispenses extracted human DNA, packaged in a vial along with a collectible photo of the person who gave it. It\u2019s charming and quirky, but points out larger ethical issues that will arise as access to biotechnology increases.","times_shared":" 761,025  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gabe_barcia_colombo_my_dna_vending_machine.html","tags":"TED, talks, DNA, TED Fellows, art","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gabe_barcia_colombo_my_dna_vending_machine\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How games make kids smarter","author":"Gabe Zichermann","ddate":" Jun 2011 ","description":"Can playing video games make you more productive? Gabe Zichermann shows how games are making kids better problem-solvers, and will make us better at everything from driving to multi-tasking.","times_shared":" 393,722  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gabe_zichermann_how_games_make_kids_smarter.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, design, education, gaming, play","transcript_url":""},{"title":"Where to train the world's doctors? Cuba.","author":"Gail Reed","ddate":" Sep 2014 ","description":"Big problems need big solutions, sparked by big ideas, imagination and audacity. In this talk, journalist Gail Reed profiles one big solution worth noting: Havana\u2019s Latin American Medical School, which trains global physicians to serve the local communities that need them most.","times_shared":" 732,776  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gail_reed_where_to_train_the_world_s_doctors_cuba.html","tags":"TED, talks, global issues, health care, public health","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gail_reed_where_to_train_the_world_s_doctors_cuba\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How spectroscopy could reveal alien life","author":"Garik Israelian","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Garik Israelian is a spectroscopist, studying the spectrum emitted by a star to figure out what it's made of and how it might behave. It's a rare and accessible look at this discipline, which may be coming close to finding a planet friendly to life.","times_shared":" 573,534  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/garik_israelian_what_s_inside_a_star.html","tags":"TED, talks, astronomy, chemistry, life, science, technology, universe","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/garik_israelian_what_s_inside_a_star\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"An 8-dimensional model of the universe","author":"Garrett Lisi","ddate":" Feb 2008 ","description":"Physicist and surfer Garrett Lisi presents a controversial new model of the universe that \u2014 just maybe \u2014 answers all the big questions. 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At TEDxVictoria, photographer Garth Lenz shares shocking photos of the Alberta Tar Sands mining project \u2014 and the beautiful (and vital) ecosystems under threat.","times_shared":" 728,033  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/garth_lenz_images_of_beauty_and_devastation.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, environment, global issues, infrastructure, oil, photography","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/garth_lenz_images_of_beauty_and_devastation\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Is Pivot a turning point for web exploration?","author":"Gary Flake","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Gary Flake demos Pivot, a new way to browse and arrange massive amounts of images and data online. Built on breakthrough Seadragon technology, it enables spectacular zooms in and out of web databases, and  the discovery of patterns and links invisible in standard web browsing.","times_shared":" 636,387  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gary_flake_is_pivot_a_turning_point_for_web_exploration.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, data, demo, interface design, technology, web","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gary_flake_is_pivot_a_turning_point_for_web_exploration\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The hidden reason for poverty the world needs to address now","author":"Gary Haugen","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Collective compassion has meant an overall decrease in global poverty since the 1980s, says civil rights lawyer Gary Haugen. Yet for all the world's aid money, there's a pervasive hidden problem keeping poverty alive. Haugen reveals the dark underlying cause we must recognize and act on now.","times_shared":" 1,536,363  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gary_haugen_the_hidden_reason_for_poverty_the_world_needs_to_address_now.html","tags":"TED, talks, inequality, poverty, violence","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gary_haugen_the_hidden_reason_for_poverty_the_world_needs_to_address_now\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Tracking our online trackers","author":"Gary Kovacs","ddate":" Feb 2012 ","description":"As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil \u2014 personal data can make your browsing more efficient; cookies can help your favorite websites stay in business. But, says Gary Kovacs, it's your right to know what data is being collected about you. He unveils a Firefox add-on, Collusion, to do just that. 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We've reversed the impact of so many diseases, says Slutkin, and we can do the same with violence. (Filmed at TEDMED.)","times_shared":" 701,134  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gary_slutkin_let_s_treat_violence_like_a_contagious_disease.html","tags":"TED, talks, disease, health, medicine, violence","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gary_slutkin_let_s_treat_violence_like_a_contagious_disease\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Do what you love (no excuses!)","author":"Gary Vaynerchuk","ddate":" Sep 2008 ","description":"At the Web 2.0 Expo, entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk gives a shot in the arm to dreamers and up-and-comers who face self-doubt. The Internet has made the formula for success simpler than ever, he argues. 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Reporter Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells the story of this \"band of sisters,\" an extraordinary group of women warriors who helped break a long-standing barrier to serve.","times_shared":" 1,101,797  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gayle_tzemach_lemmon_meet_the_first_women_to_fight_on_the_front_lines_of_an_american_war.html","tags":"TED, talks, peace, war, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gayle_tzemach_lemmon_meet_the_first_women_to_fight_on_the_front_lines_of_an_american_war\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Women entrepreneurs, example not exception","author":"Gayle Tzemach Lemmon","ddate":" Dec 2011 ","description":"Women aren\u2019t micro\u2014so why do they only get micro-loans? Reporter Gayle Tzemach Lemmon argues that women running all types of firms\u2014 from home businesses to major factories\u2014 are the overlooked key to economic development.","times_shared":" 495,700  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gayle_tzemach_lemmon_women_entrepreneurs_example_not_exception.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, entrepreneur, global issues, poverty, women, women in business","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gayle_tzemach_lemmon_women_entrepreneurs_example_not_exception\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why I must come out","author":"Geena Rocero","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"When 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.","times_shared":" 2,907,420  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/geena_rocero_why_i_must_come_out.html","tags":"TED, talks, LGBT, TED Conference, Transgender, activism, beauty, fashion, gender, identity, inequality","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/geena_rocero_why_i_must_come_out\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Gotta share!","author":"Improv Everywhere","ddate":" Apr 2011 ","description":"At the onstage introduction of Twirlr, a new social-sharing platform, someone forgets to silence their cell phone. And then ... this happens. (Song by Scott Brown and Anthony King; edit by Nathan Russell.)","times_shared":" 351,793  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gel_gotta_share.html","tags":"TED, talks, entertainment, social media","transcript_url":""},{"title":"Why are these 32 symbols found in ancient caves all over Europe?","author":"Genevieve von Petzinger","ddate":" Aug 2015 ","description":"Written language, the hallmark of human civilization, didn't just suddenly appear one day. Thousands of years before the first fully developed writing systems, our ancestors scrawled geometric signs across the walls of the caves they sheltered in. Paleoanthropologist, rock art researcher and TED Senior Fellow Genevieve von Petzinger has studied and codified these ancient markings in caves across Europe. The uniformity of her findings suggest that graphic communication, and the ability to preserve and transmit messages beyond a single moment in time, may be much older than we think.","times_shared":" 2,165,949  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/genevieve_von_petzinger_why_are_these_32_symbols_found_in_ancient_caves_all_over_europe.html","tags":"TED, talks, Europe, TED Fellows, ancient world, anthropology, art, history, humanity, invention, language, science, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/genevieve_von_petzinger_why_are_these_32_symbols_found_in_ancient_caves_all_over_europe\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Our failing schools. Enough is enough!","author":"Geoffrey Canada","ddate":" May 2013 ","description":"Why, why, why does our education system look so similar to the way it did 50 years ago? Millions of students were failing then, as they are now \u2014 and it\u2019s because we\u2019re clinging to a business model that clearly doesn\u2019t work. Education advocate Geoffrey Canada dares the system to look at the data, think about the customers and make systematic shifts in order to help greater numbers of kids excel. ","times_shared":" 1,565,822  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/geoffrey_canada_our_failing_schools_enough_is_enough.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, children, education","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/geoffrey_canada_our_failing_schools_enough_is_enough\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The surprising math of cities and corporations","author":"Geoffrey West","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Physicist Geoffrey West has found that simple, mathematical laws govern the properties of cities \u2014 that wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects of a city can be deduced from a single number: the city's population. In this mind-bending talk from TEDGlobal he shows how it works and how similar laws hold for organisms and corporations.","times_shared":" 1,371,308  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/geoffrey_west_the_surprising_math_of_cities_and_corporations.html","tags":"TED, talks, biology, business, cities, complexity, infrastructure, math, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/geoffrey_west_the_surprising_math_of_cities_and_corporations\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A short intro to the Studio School","author":"Geoff Mulgan","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Some 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.\" ","times_shared":" 606,847  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/geoff_mulgan_a_short_intro_to_the_studio_school.html","tags":"TED, talks, creativity, culture, design, education, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/geoff_mulgan_a_short_intro_to_the_studio_school\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Post-crash, investing in a better world","author":"Geoff Mulgan","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"As we reboot the world's economy, Geoff Mulgan poses a question: Instead of sending bailout money to doomed old industries, why not use stimulus funds to bootstrap some new, socially responsible companies \u2014 and make the world a little bit better?","times_shared":" 289,815  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/geoff_mulgan_post_crash_investing_in_a_better_world_1.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, design, education, health, social change, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/geoff_mulgan_post_crash_investing_in_a_better_world_1\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Africa's cheetahs versus hippos","author":"George Ayittey","ddate":" Jun 2007 ","description":"Ghanaian 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.","times_shared":" 574,155  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_ayittey_on_cheetahs_vs_hippos.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, business, development, economics, entrepreneur, global issues, philanthropy, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_ayittey_on_cheetahs_vs_hippos\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The birth of the computer","author":"George Dyson","ddate":" Mar 2003 ","description":"Historian George Dyson tells stories from the birth of the modern computer \u2014 from its 17th-century origins to the hilarious notebooks of some early computer engineers.","times_shared":" 766,835  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_dyson_at_the_birth_of_the_computer.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, computers, engineering, history, library, military, science, software, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_dyson_at_the_birth_of_the_computer\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The story of Project Orion","author":"George Dyson","ddate":" Feb 2002 ","description":"Author 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. ","times_shared":" 748,408  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_dyson_on_project_orion.html","tags":"TED, talks, NASA, Planets, TED Conference, future, history, physics, rocket science, science, space, storytelling, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_dyson_on_project_orion\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"For more wonder, rewild the world","author":"George Monbiot","ddate":" Jul 2013 ","description":"Wolves were once native to the US' Yellowstone National Park \u2014 until hunting wiped them out. But when, in 1995, the wolves began to come back (thanks to an aggressive management program), something interesting happened: the rest of the park began to find a new, more healthful balance. In a bold thought experiment, George Monbiot imagines a wilder world in which humans work to restore the complex, lost natural food chains that once surrounded us.","times_shared":" 801,391  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_monbiot_for_more_wonder_rewild_the_world.html","tags":"TED, talks, animals, biodiversity, deextinction, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_monbiot_for_more_wonder_rewild_the_world\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Imagine a European democracy without borders","author":"George Papandreou","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"Greece has been the poster child for European economic crisis, but former Prime Minister George Papandreou wonders if it's just a preview of what's to come. \u201cOur democracies,\" he says, \"are trapped by systems that are too big to fail, or more accurately, too big to control\u201d \u2014 while \"politicians like me have lost the trust of their peoples.\" How to solve it? Have citizens re-engage more directly in a new democratic bargain.","times_shared":" 654,753  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_papandreou_imagine_a_european_democracy_without_borders.html","tags":"TED, talks, Europe, democracy, economics, global issues, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_papandreou_imagine_a_european_democracy_without_borders\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The design of the universe","author":"George Smoot","ddate":" May 2008 ","description":"At Serious Play 2008, astrophysicist George Smoot shows stunning new images from deep-space surveys, and prods us to ponder how the cosmos \u2014 with its giant webs of dark matter and mysterious gaping voids \u2014 got built this way.","times_shared":" 1,539,709  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_smoot_on_the_design_of_the_universe.html","tags":"TED, talks, astronomy, culture, dark matter, design, physics, science, space, technology, time","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_smoot_on_the_design_of_the_universe\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why I love a country that once betrayed me","author":"George Takei","ddate":" Jun 2014 ","description":"When he was a child, George Takei and his family were forced into an internment camp for Japanese-Americans, as a \u201csecurity\" measure during World War II. 70 years later, Takei looks back at how the camp shaped his surprising, personal definition of patriotism and democracy.","times_shared":" 1,422,756  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_takei_why_i_love_a_country_that_once_betrayed_me.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, arts, children, democracy, history, politics, storytelling, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_takei_why_i_love_a_country_that_once_betrayed_me\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A lab the size of a postage stamp","author":"George Whitesides","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Traditional lab tests for disease diagnosis can be too expensive and cumbersome for the regions most in need. George Whitesides' ingenious answer is a foolproof tool that can be manufactured at virtually zero cost.","times_shared":" 479,941  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_whitesides_a_lab_the_size_of_a_postage_stamp.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, chemistry, development, disease, poverty, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_whitesides_a_lab_the_size_of_a_postage_stamp\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Toward a science of simplicity","author":"George Whitesides","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Simplicity: We know it when we see it \u2014 but what is it, exactly? In this funny, philosophical talk, George Whitesides chisels out an answer.","times_shared":" 582,560  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_whitesides_toward_a_science_of_simplicity.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, chemistry, complexity, design, history, simplicity, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/george_whitesides_toward_a_science_of_simplicity\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Body parts on a chip","author":"Geraldine Hamilton","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"It'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)","times_shared":" 1,418,232  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/geraldine_hamilton_body_parts_on_a_chip.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, biology, illness, medical research","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/geraldine_hamilton_body_parts_on_a_chip\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Re-engineering the brain","author":"Gero Miesenboeck","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"In the quest to map the brain, many scientists have attempted the incredibly daunting task of recording the activity of each neuron. Gero Miesenboeck works backward \u2014 manipulating specific neurons to figure out exactly what they do, through a series of stunning experiments that reengineer the way fruit flies percieve light.","times_shared":" 577,526  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gero_miesenboeck.html","tags":"TED, talks, biology, brain, neurology, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gero_miesenboeck\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"5 dangerous things you should let your kids do","author":"Gever Tulley","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"At 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.","times_shared":" 3,890,966  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Books, TED Conference, children, design, entertainment, parenting, play, sports, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gever_tulley_on_5_dangerous_things_for_kids\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Life lessons through tinkering","author":"Gever Tulley","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Gever 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!","times_shared":" 1,057,221  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, children, development, education, innovation, invention","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gever_tulley_s_tinkering_school_in_action\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The DIY orchestra of the future","author":"Ge Wang","ddate":" May 2014 ","description":"Ge 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. ","times_shared":" 1,123,178  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ge_wang_the_diy_orchestra_of_the_future.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, music, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ge_wang_the_diy_orchestra_of_the_future\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why our universe might exist on a knife-edge","author":"Gian Giudice","ddate":" May 2013 ","description":"The biggest surprise of discovering the Higgs boson? That there were no surprises. Gian Giudice talks us through a problem in theoretical physics: what if the Higgs field exists in an ultra-dense state that could mean the collapse of all atomic matter? With wit and charm, Giudice outlines a grim fate \u2014 and why we shouldn't start worrying just yet.","times_shared":" 1,364,223  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gian_giudice_why_our_universe_might_exist_on_a_knife_edge.html","tags":"TED, talks, String theory, TEDx, physics, science, universe","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gian_giudice_why_our_universe_might_exist_on_a_knife_edge\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why privacy matters","author":"Glenn Greenwald","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"Glenn Greenwald was one of the first reporters to see \u2014 and write about \u2014 the Edward Snowden files, with their revelations about the United States' extensive surveillance of private citizens. In this searing talk, Greenwald makes the case for why you need to care about privacy, even if you\u2019re \u201cnot doing anything you need to hide.\"","times_shared":" 1,734,434  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, government, intelligence, journalism, privacy","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/glenn_greenwald_why_privacy_matters\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Software (as) art","author":"Golan Levin","ddate":" Feb 2004 ","description":"Engineer and artist Golan Levin pushes the boundaries of what\u2019s possible with audiovisuals and technology. In an amazing TED display, he shows two programs he wrote to perform his original compositions.","times_shared":" 548,111  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/golan_levin_on_software_as_art.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, art, arts, entertainment, invention, music, performance, software, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/golan_levin_on_software_as_art\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Art that looks back at you","author":"Golan Levin","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Golan Levin, an artist and engineer, uses modern tools \u2014 robotics, new software, cognitive research \u2014 to make artworks that surprise and delight. 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It's a deep blue world we landlubbers rarely see in 3D.","times_shared":" 362,512  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/graham_hawkes_flies_through_the_ocean.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, design, exploration, invention, oceans, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/graham_hawkes_flies_through_the_ocean\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Less stuff, more happiness","author":"Graham Hill","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Writer and designer Graham Hill asks: Can having less stuff, in less room, lead to more happiness? 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Graham Hill has a powerful, pragmatic suggestion: Be a weekday veg.","times_shared":" 1,839,355  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/graham_hill_weekday_vegetarian.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, culture, food, global issues, green","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/graham_hill_weekday_vegetarian\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The paralyzed rat that walked","author":"Gr\u00e9goire Courtine","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"A spinal cord injury can sever the communication between your brain and your body, leading to paralysis. Fresh from his lab, Gr\u00e9goire Courtine shows a new method \u2014 combining drugs, electrical stimulation and a robot \u2014 that could re-awaken the neural pathways and help the body learn again to move on its own. See how it works, as a paralyzed rat becomes able to run and navigate stairs.","times_shared":" 825,479  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gregoire_courtine_the_paralyzed_rat_that_walked.html","tags":"TED, talks, biotech, health care, neuroscience, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gregoire_courtine_the_paralyzed_rat_that_walked\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How I'm discovering the secrets of ancient texts","author":"Gregory Heyworth","ddate":" Oct 2015 ","description":"Gregory Heyworth is a textual scientist; he and his lab work on new ways to read ancient manuscripts and maps using spectral imaging technology. In this fascinating talk, watch as Heyworth shines a light on lost history, deciphering texts that haven't been read in thousands of years. How could these lost classics rewrite what we know about the past?","times_shared":" 652,504  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, ancient world, arts, books, computers, creativity, culture, history, library, literature, science, society, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gregory_heyworth_how_i_m_discovering_the_secrets_of_ancient_texts\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The coming neurological epidemic","author":"Gregory Petsko","ddate":" Feb 2008 ","description":"Biochemist Gregory Petsko makes a convincing argument that, in the next 50 years, we'll see an epidemic of neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer's, as the world population ages. His solution: more research into the brain and its functions. ","times_shared":" 831,252  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gregory_petsko_on_the_coming_neurological_epidemic.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, aging, brain, business, health, public health, science, social change, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gregory_petsko_on_the_coming_neurological_epidemic\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"To upgrade is human","author":"Gregory Stock","ddate":" Feb 2003 ","description":"In this prophetic 2003 talk \u2014 just days before Dolly the sheep was stuffed \u2014 biotech ethicist Gregory Stock looked forward to new, more meaningful (and controversial) technologies, like customizable babies, whose adoption might drive human evolution.","times_shared":" 472,161  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gregory_stock_to_upgrade_is_human.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, biology, biotech, children, evolution, genetics, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gregory_stock_to_upgrade_is_human\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Ecology from the air","author":"Greg Asner","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"What 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.","times_shared":" 642,906  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/greg_asner_ecology_from_the_air.html","tags":"TED, talks, biodiversity, drones, nature, science, technology, trees","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/greg_asner_ecology_from_the_air\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to control someone else's arm with your brain","author":"Greg Gage","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Greg 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.","times_shared":" 4,024,046  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/greg_gage_how_to_control_someone_else_s_arm_with_your_brain.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, brain, demo, neuroscience, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/greg_gage_how_to_control_someone_else_s_arm_with_your_brain\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Organic algorithms in architecture","author":"Greg Lynn","ddate":" Feb 2005 ","description":"Greg Lynn talks about the mathematical roots of architecture \u2014 and how calculus and digital tools allow modern designers to move beyond the traditional building forms. A glorious church in Queens (and a titanium tea set) illustrate his theory.","times_shared":" 312,010  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/greg_lynn_on_organic_design.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, design","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/greg_lynn_on_organic_design\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Saving the ocean one island at a time","author":"Greg Stone","ddate":" Apr 2010 ","description":"Aboard Mission Blue, scientist Greg Stone tells the story of how he helped the Republic of Kiribati to create an enormous protected area in the middle of the Pacific \u2014 protecting fish, sealife and perhaps the island nation itself.","times_shared":" 441,197  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/greg_stone_saving_the_ocean_one_island_at_a_time.html","tags":"TED, talks, global issues, mission blue, oceans, politics, science, submarine","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/greg_stone_saving_the_ocean_one_island_at_a_time\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The exhilarating peace of freediving","author":"Guillaume N\u00e9ry","ddate":" Mar 2013 ","description":"In this breathtaking talk, world champion freediver Guillaume N\u00e9ry takes us with him into the ocean's depths. Meter by meter, he explains the physical and emotional impact of water pressure, silence and holding your breath. His eloquent description of the underwater experience reveals the hidden poetry of freediving.","times_shared":" 723,654  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/guillaume_nery_the_exhilarating_peace_of_freediving.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, adventure, consciousness, exploration, extreme sports, meditation, mind, mindfulness, oceans, peace","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/guillaume_nery_the_exhilarating_peace_of_freediving\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Robots with \"soul\"","author":"Guy Hoffman","ddate":" Oct 2013 ","description":"What 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.","times_shared":" 2,803,865  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/guy_hoffman_robots_with_soul.html","tags":"TED, talks, AI, TEDx, entertainment, jazz, music, robots, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/guy_hoffman_robots_with_soul\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How cyberattacks threaten real-world peace","author":"Guy-Philippe Goldstein","ddate":" Jan 2010 ","description":"Nations 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.","times_shared":" 434,798  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/guy_philippe_goldstein_how_cyberattacks_threaten_real_world_peace.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, computers, global issues, politics, security, technology, terrorism, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/guy_philippe_goldstein_how_cyberattacks_threaten_real_world_peace\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why we all need to practice emotional first aid","author":"Guy Winch","ddate":" Nov 2014 ","description":"We'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.","times_shared":" 3,629,350  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/guy_winch_the_case_for_emotional_hygiene.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, health, mental health, psychology, self","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/guy_winch_the_case_for_emotional_hygiene\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How painting can transform communities","author":"Haas&Hahn","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"Artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn create community art by painting entire neighborhoods, and involving those who live there \u2014 from the favelas of Rio to the streets of North Philadelphia.\u00a0What's made their projects succeed?\u00a0In this funny and inspiring talk,\u00a0the artists explain their art-first approach \u2014 and the importance of a neighborhood barbecue.","times_shared":" 1,537,856  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/haas_hahn_how_painting_can_transform_communities.html","tags":"TED, talks, art, cities, community","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/haas_hahn_how_painting_can_transform_communities\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How a start-up in the White House is changing business as usual","author":"Haley Van Dyck","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"Haley Van Dyck is transforming the way America delivers critical services to everyday people. At the United States Digital Service, Van Dyck and her team are using lessons learned by Silicon Valley and the private sector to improve services for veterans, immigrants, the disabled and others, creating a more awesome government along the way. \"We don't care about politics,\" she says. \"We care about making government work better, because it's the only one we've got.\"","times_shared":" 703,244  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/haley_van_dyck_how_a_start_up_in_the_white_house_is_changing_business_as_usual.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, big problems, development, future, government, health care, innovation, leadership, potential, society, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/haley_van_dyck_how_a_start_up_in_the_white_house_is_changing_business_as_usual\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A feminine response to Iceland's financial crash","author":"Halla Tomasdottir","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"Halla Tomasdottir managed to take her company Audur Capital through the eye of the financial storm in Iceland by applying 5 traditionally \"feminine\" values to financial services. At TEDWomen, she talks about these values and the importance of balance. ","times_shared":" 508,545  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/halla_tomasdottir.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, feminism, politics, women, women in business","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/halla_tomasdottir\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A shark-deterrent wetsuit (and it's not what you think)","author":"Hamish Jolly","ddate":" Oct 2013 ","description":"Hamish 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. ","times_shared":" 2,334,296  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hamish_jolly_a_shark_deterrent_wetsuit_and_it_s_not_what_you_think.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, biomimicry, design, oceans, sports","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hamish_jolly_a_shark_deterrent_wetsuit_and_it_s_not_what_you_think\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The genius puppetry behind War Horse","author":"Handspring Puppet Co.","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"\"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.","times_shared":" 1,410,791  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/handpring_puppet_co_the_genius_puppetry_behind_war_horse.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, animals, arts, design, entertainment, theater","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/handpring_puppet_co_the_genius_puppetry_behind_war_horse\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The mathematics of love","author":"Hannah Fry","ddate":" Apr 2014 ","description":"Finding 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.","times_shared":" 3,655,198  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hannah_fry_the_mathematics_of_love.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Books, TEDx, love, math, statistics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hannah_fry_the_mathematics_of_love\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"New data on the rise of women","author":"Hanna Rosin","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"Hanna Rosin reviews startling new data that shows women actually surpassing men in several important measures, such as college graduation rates. Do these trends, both US-centric and global, signal the \"end of men\"? Probably not \u2014 but they point toward an important societal shift worth deep discussion.","times_shared":" 704,162  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hanna_rosin_new_data_on_the_rise_of_women.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, economics, education, feminism, global issues, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hanna_rosin_new_data_on_the_rise_of_women\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How not to be ignorant about the world","author":"Hans and Ola Rosling","ddate":" Jun 2014 ","description":"How much do you know about the world? Hans Rosling, with his famous charts of global population, health and income data (and an extra-extra-long pointer), demonstrates that you have a high statistical chance of being quite wrong about what you think you know. Play along with his audience quiz \u2014 then, from Hans\u2019 son Ola, learn 4 ways to quickly get less ignorant.","times_shared":" 2,913,758  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hans_and_ola_rosling_how_not_to_be_ignorant_about_the_world.html","tags":"TED, talks, global issues, health, statistics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hans_and_ola_rosling_how_not_to_be_ignorant_about_the_world\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The magic washing machine","author":"Hans Rosling","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"What was the greatest invention of the industrial revolution? Hans Rosling makes the case for the washing machine. With newly designed graphics from Gapminder, Rosling shows us the magic that pops up when economic growth and electricity turn a boring wash day into an intellectual day of reading.","times_shared":" 2,171,016  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing_machine.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, data, economics, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing_machine\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Asia's rise \u2014 how and when","author":"Hans Rosling","ddate":" Nov 2009 ","description":"Hans Rosling was a young guest student in India when he first realized that Asia had all the capacities to reclaim its place as the world's dominant economic force. At TEDIndia, he graphs global economic growth since 1858 and predicts the exact date that India and China will outstrip the US.","times_shared":" 1,621,852  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hans_rosling_asia_s_rise_how_and_when.html","tags":"TED, talks, Asia, economics, health, india, statistics, technology, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hans_rosling_asia_s_rise_how_and_when\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Let my dataset change your mindset","author":"Hans Rosling","ddate":" Jun 2009 ","description":"Talking 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.","times_shared":" 1,250,029  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hans_rosling_at_state.html","tags":"TED, talks, development, education, medicine, presentation, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hans_rosling_at_state\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Global population growth, box by box","author":"Hans Rosling","ddate":" Jun 2010 ","description":"The world's population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years \u2014 and only by raising the living standards of the poorest can we check population growth. 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Along the way, he debunks one flawed approach to stats that blots out such vital stories.","times_shared":" 672,281  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hans_rosling_the_good_news_of_the_decade.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, TEDx, data, development, health, inequality, statistics, third world","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hans_rosling_the_good_news_of_the_decade\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Insights on HIV, in stunning data visuals","author":"Hans Rosling","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Hans Rosling unveils data visuals that untangle the complex risk factors of one of the world's deadliest (and most misunderstood) diseases: HIV. 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Take a look at what the future of the Internet could look like.","times_shared":" 1,557,841  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/harald_haas_a_breakthrough_new_kind_of_wireless_internet.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, communication, demo, design, infrastructure, innovation, invention, solar, web","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/harald_haas_a_breakthrough_new_kind_of_wireless_internet\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Wireless data from every light bulb","author":"Harald Haas","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"What 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.","times_shared":" 2,366,720  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/harald_haas_wireless_data_from_every_light_bulb.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, cities, invention, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/harald_haas_wireless_data_from_every_light_bulb\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Profit\u2019s not always the point","author":"Harish Manwani","ddate":" Oct 2013 ","description":"You 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.","times_shared":" 1,376,644  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/harish_manwani_profit_s_not_always_the_point.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/harish_manwani_profit_s_not_always_the_point\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A love poem for lonely prime numbers","author":"Harry Baker","ddate":" Feb 2014 ","description":"Performance poet (and math student) Harry Baker spins a love poem about his favorite kind of numbers \u2014 the lonely, love-lorn prime. Stay on for two more lively, inspiring poems from this charming performer.","times_shared":" 1,187,654  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/harry_baker_a_love_poem_for_lonely_prime_numbers.html","tags":"TED, talks, humor, math, poetry, spoken word","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/harry_baker_a_love_poem_for_lonely_prime_numbers\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Have we reached the end of physics?","author":"Harry Cliff","ddate":" Dec 2015 ","description":"Why is there something rather than nothing? Why does so much interesting stuff exist in the universe? Particle physicist Harry Cliff works on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and he has some potentially bad news for people who seek answers to these questions. Despite the best efforts of scientists (and the help of the biggest machine on the planet), we may never be able to explain all the weird features of nature. Is this the end of physics? Learn more in this fascinating talk about the latest research into the secret structure of the universe.","times_shared":" 1,855,358  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/harry_cliff_have_we_reached_the_end_of_physics.html","tags":"TED, talks, big bang, complexity, dark matter, exploration, future, innovation, nature, physics, science, space, technology, universe","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/harry_cliff_have_we_reached_the_end_of_physics\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The rise of cricket, the rise of India","author":"Harsha Bhogle","ddate":" Nov 2009 ","description":"The 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.","times_shared":" 505,216  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/harsha_bhogle_the_rise_of_cricket_the_rise_of_india.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, culture, entertainment, india, sports","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/harsha_bhogle_the_rise_of_cricket_the_rise_of_india\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Are we ready for neo-evolution?","author":"Harvey Fineberg","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Medical ethicist Harvey Fineberg shows us three paths forward for the ever-evolving human species: to stop evolving completely, to evolve naturally \u2014 or to control the next steps of human evolution, using genetic modification, to make ourselves smarter, faster, better. Neo-evolution is within our grasp. What will we do with it?","times_shared":" 989,009  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/harvey_fineberg_are_we_ready_for_neo_evolution.html","tags":"TED, talks, Bioethics, evolution, medicine, philosophy, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/harvey_fineberg_are_we_ready_for_neo_evolution\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"FBI, here I am!","author":"Hasan Elahi","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"After 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. 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Watch this talk to find out.","times_shared":" 853,770  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/heather_barnett_what_humans_can_learn_from_semi_intelligent_slime_1.html","tags":"TED, talks, art, biology, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/heather_barnett_what_humans_can_learn_from_semi_intelligent_slime_1\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Silicon-based comedy","author":"Heather Knight","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"In 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?","times_shared":" 701,810  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/heather_knight_silicon_based_comedy.html","tags":"TED, talks, AI, comedy, entertainment, robots, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/heather_knight_silicon_based_comedy\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The thinking behind 50x15","author":"Hector Ruiz","ddate":" Jun 2007 ","description":"Hector Ruiz, the executive chair of AMD, wants to give Internet access to everyone. In this talk, he shares his extraordinary life story and describes AMD's 50x15 initiative that calls for connecting 50 percent of the world by 2015.","times_shared":" 285,990  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hector_ruiz_on_connecting_the_world.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, education, global issues, philanthropy, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hector_ruiz_on_connecting_the_world\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A magical search for a coincidence","author":"Helder Guimar\u00e3es","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Small coincidences. They happen all the time and yet, they pass us by because we are not looking for them. In a delightfully subtle trick, magician Helder Guimar\u00e3es demonstrates with a deck of cards, a dollar bill and a stuffed giraffe. 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To learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love \u2014 and people who had just been dumped.","times_shared":" 4,102,173  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/helen_fisher_studies_the_brain_in_love.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, brain, cognitive science, culture, literature, love, poetry, psychology, relationships, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/helen_fisher_studies_the_brain_in_love\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why we love, why we cheat","author":"Helen Fisher","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"Anthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic \u2013 love \u2013 and explains its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its social importance. She closes with a warning about the potential disaster inherent in antidepressant abuse.","times_shared":" 8,303,353  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/helen_fisher_tells_us_why_we_love_cheat.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, cognitive science, culture, evolution, gender, love, psychology, relationships, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/helen_fisher_tells_us_why_we_love_cheat\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Bring back the woolly mammoth!","author":"Hendrik Poinar","ddate":" Mar 2013 ","description":"It\u2019s the dream of kids all around the world to see giant beasts walk the Earth again. Could \u2014 and should \u2014 that dream be realized? Hendrik Poinar talks about the next big thing: the quest to engineer a creature that looks very much like our furry friend, the woolly mammoth. The first step, to sequence the woolly genome, is nearly complete. And it\u2019s huge. ","times_shared":" 856,757  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hendrik_poinar_bring_back_the_woolly_mammoth.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, animals, anthropology, deextinction, evolution","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hendrik_poinar_bring_back_the_woolly_mammoth\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Meet the robots for humanity","author":"Henry Evans and Chad Jenkins","ddate":" Oct 2013 ","description":"Paralyzed 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.)","times_shared":" 1,167,096  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/henry_evans_and_chad_jenkins_meet_the_robots_for_humanity.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, culture, disability, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/henry_evans_and_chad_jenkins_meet_the_robots_for_humanity\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What we can learn from galaxies far, far away","author":"Henry Lin","ddate":" Nov 2013 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 1,220,513  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/henry_lin_what_we_can_learn_from_galaxies_far_far_away.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDYouth, astronomy, dark matter, physics, science, space, universe, youth","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/henry_lin_what_we_can_learn_from_galaxies_far_far_away\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A brain in a supercomputer","author":"Henry Markram","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved \u2014 soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they're made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain's 100,000,000,000,000 synapses.","times_shared":" 1,074,892  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/henry_markram_supercomputing_the_brain_s_secrets.html","tags":"TED, talks, brain, computers, consciousness, mind, neurology, philosophy, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/henry_markram_supercomputing_the_brain_s_secrets\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"An all-star set","author":"Herbie Hancock","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Legendary jazz musician Herbie Hancock delivers a stunning performance alongside two old friends \u2014 past drummer for the Headhunters, Harvey Mason, and bassist Marcus Miller. Listen to the end to hear them sweeten the classic \"Watermelon Man.\"","times_shared":" 604,298  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/herbie_hancock_s_all_star_set.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, arts, live music, music, performance","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/herbie_hancock_s_all_star_set\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The brain in your gut","author":"Heribert Watzke","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Did you know you have functioning neurons in your intestines \u2014 about a hundred million of them? Food scientist Heribert Watzke tells us about the \"hidden brain\" in our gut and the surprising things it makes us feel.","times_shared":" 1,237,787  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/heribert_watzke_the_brain_in_your_gut.html","tags":"TED, talks, biology, food, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/heribert_watzke_the_brain_in_your_gut\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Who am I? Think again","author":"Hetain Patel","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"How do we decide who we are? Hetain Patel's surprising performance plays with identity, language and accent \u2014 and challenges you to think deeper than surface appearances. A delightful meditation on self, with performer Yuyu Rau, and inspired by Bruce Lee.","times_shared":" 2,521,433  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hetain_patel_who_am_i_think_again.html","tags":"TED, talks, art, culture, dance, identity, performance art","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hetain_patel_who_am_i_think_again\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Social services are broken. How we can fix them","author":"Hilary Cottam","ddate":" Sep 2015 ","description":"When a family falls into crisis \u2014 and it sometimes happens, thanks to unemployment, drugs, bad relationships and bad luck \u2014 the social services system is supposed to step in and help them get back on track. As Hilary Cottam shows, in the UK a typical family in crisis can be eligible for services from more than 70 different agencies, but it's unlikely that any one of them can really make a difference. Cottam, a social entrepreneur herself, asks us to think about the ways we solve deep and complex social problems. How can we build supportive, enthusiastic relationships between those in need and those that provide help?","times_shared":" 611,994  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hilary_cottam_social_services_are_broken_how_we_can_fix_them.html","tags":"TED, talks, big problems, community, relationships, social change","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hilary_cottam_social_services_are_broken_how_we_can_fix_them\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Legos for grownups","author":"Hillel Cooperman","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Lego blocks: playtime mainstay for industrious kids, obsession for many (ahem!) mature adults. Hillel Cooperman takes us on a trip through the beloved bricks' colorful, sometimes oddball grownup subculture, featuring CAD, open-source robotics and a little adult behavior.","times_shared":" 955,935  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hillel_cooperman_legos_for_grownups.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, children, design, entertainment, entrepreneur, gaming, toy","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hillel_cooperman_legos_for_grownups\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The technology of the heart","author":"His Holiness the Karmapa","ddate":" Nov 2009 ","description":"His Holiness the Karmapa talks about how he was discovered to be the reincarnation of a revered figure in Tibetan Buddhism. In telling his story, he urges us to work on not just technology and design, but the technology and design of the heart. He is translated onstage by Tyler Dewar.","times_shared":" 749,510  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/his_holiness_the_karmapa_the_technology_of_the_heart.html","tags":"TED, talks, brain, culture, happiness, religion, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/his_holiness_the_karmapa_the_technology_of_the_heart\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Building \"self-aware\" robots","author":"Hod Lipson","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate.","times_shared":" 1,151,633  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hod_lipson_builds_self_aware_robots.html","tags":"TED, talks, AI, TED Conference, cognitive science, demo, design, evolution, robots, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hod_lipson_builds_self_aware_robots\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why stay in Chernobyl? Because it's home.","author":"Holly Morris","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"Chernobyl was the site of the world's worst nuclear accident and, for the past 27 years, the area around the plant has been known as the Exclusion Zone. And yet, a community of about 200 people live there \u2014 almost all of them elderly women. These proud grandmas defied orders to relocate because their connection to their homeland and to their community are \"forces that rival even radiation.\" ","times_shared":" 1,063,179  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/holly_morris_why_stay_in_chernobyl_because_it_s_home.html","tags":"TED, talks, adventure, disaster relief, nuclear energy","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/holly_morris_why_stay_in_chernobyl_because_it_s_home\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Cooking as alchemy","author":"Homaro Cantu + Ben Roche","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Homaro Cantu and Ben Roche come from Moto, a Chicago restaurant that plays with new ways to cook and eat food. But beyond the fun and flavor-tripping, there's a serious intent: Can we use new food technology for good?","times_shared":" 813,240  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/homaro_cantu_ben_roche_cooking_as_alchemy.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, agriculture, business, creativity, culture, food","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/homaro_cantu_ben_roche_cooking_as_alchemy\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A history of the universe in sound","author":"Honor Harger","ddate":" May 2011 ","description":"Artist-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.","times_shared":" 855,016  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/honor_harger_a_history_of_the_universe_in_sound.html","tags":"TED, talks, art, arts, astronomy, design, entertainment, physics, sound, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/honor_harger_a_history_of_the_universe_in_sound\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The new power of collaboration","author":"Howard Rheingold","ddate":" Feb 2005 ","description":"Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action \u2014 and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group.","times_shared":" 819,696  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/howard_rheingold_on_collaboration.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, collaboration, communication, community, cooperation, culture, global issues, humanity, wikipedia","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/howard_rheingold_on_collaboration\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How much does a video weigh?","author":"Michael Stevens","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"What color is a mirror? How much does a video weigh? Michael Stevens, creator of the popular educational YouTube channel Vsauce, spends his day asking quirky questions like these. In this talk he shows how asking the right \u2014 seemingly silly \u2014 questions can make incredibly effective lessons.","times_shared":" 178,513  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/how_much_does_a_video_weigh.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, TED-Ed, education, humor, science, technology","transcript_url":""},{"title":"How simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries","author":"Adam Savage","ddate":" Nov 2011 ","description":"Adam Savage walks through two spectacular examples of profound scientific discoveries that came from simple, creative methods anyone could have followed \u2014 Eratosthenes' calculation of the Earth's circumference around 200 BC and Hippolyte Fizeau's measurement of the speed of light in 1849. ","times_shared":" 820,302  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/how_simple_ideas_lead_to_scientific_discoveries.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED-Ed, creativity, education, science, simplicity, technology","transcript_url":""},{"title":"The dark secrets of a surveillance state","author":"Hubertus Knabe","ddate":" Jun 2014 ","description":"Tour the deep dark world of the East German state security agency known as Stasi. Uniquely powerful at spying on its citizens, until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 the Stasi masterminded a system of surveillance and psychological pressure that kept the country under control for decades. Hubertus Knabe studies the Stasi \u2014 and was spied on by them. He shares stunning details from the fall of a surveillance state, and shows how easy it was for neighbor to turn on neighbor.","times_shared":" 1,142,973  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hubertus_knabe_the_dark_secrets_of_a_surveillance_state.html","tags":"TED, talks, Europe, government, history, intelligence","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hubertus_knabe_the_dark_secrets_of_a_surveillance_state\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What does it mean to be a citizen of the world?","author":"Hugh Evans","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"Hugh Evans started a movement that mobilizes \"global citizens,\" people who self-identify first and foremost not as members of a state, nation or tribe but as members of the human race. In this uplifting and personal talk, learn more about how this new understanding of our place in the world is galvanizing people to take action in the fights against extreme poverty, climate change, gender inequality and more. \"These are ultimately global issues,\" Evans says, \"and they can only be solved by global citizens demanding global solutions from their leaders.\"","times_shared":" 955,428  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hugh_evans_what_does_it_mean_to_be_a_citizen_of_the_world.html","tags":"TED, talks, activism, big problems, climate change, collaboration, communication, community, future, global issues, goal-setting, government, humanity, identity, inequality, leadership, live music, policy, politics, social change, social media","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hugh_evans_what_does_it_mean_to_be_a_citizen_of_the_world\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The new bionics that let us run, climb and dance","author":"Hugh Herr","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Hugh 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.","times_shared":" 5,962,717  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hugh_herr_the_new_bionics_that_let_us_run_climb_and_dance.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, dance, exoskeleton, prosthetics, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/hugh_herr_the_new_bionics_that_let_us_run_climb_and_dance\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Saving faces: A facial surgeon's craft","author":"Iain Hutchison","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Maxillofacial surgeon Iain Hutchison works with people whose faces have been severely disfigured. By pushing to improve surgical techniques, he helps to improve their lives; and by commissioning their portraits, he celebrates their humanity. NOTE: This talk contains images of disfigured and badly injured faces that may be disturbing \u2014 and Hutchison provides thoughtful answers as to why a disfigured face can shock us so deeply. Squeamish? Hide your screen from 12:10 - 13:19, but do keep listening. Portraits shown in this talk come from Mark Gilbert.","times_shared":" 597,807  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/iain_hutchison_saving_faces.html","tags":"TED, talks, arts, body language, community, culture, design, medical research","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/iain_hutchison_saving_faces\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The divided brain","author":"Iain McGilchrist","ddate":" Oct 2011 ","description":"Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist describes the real differences between the left and right halves of the human brain. It's not simply \"emotion on the right, reason on the left,\" but something far more complex and interesting. A Best of the Web talk from RSA Animate.","times_shared":" 618,143  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/iain_mcgilchrist_the_divided_brain.html","tags":"TED, talks, brain, culture, neurology, science","transcript_url":""},{"title":"Dog-friendly dog training","author":"Ian Dunbar","ddate":" Dec 2007 ","description":"Speaking 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.","times_shared":" 889,980  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ian_dunbar_on_dog_friendly_dog_training.html","tags":"TED, talks, animals, brain, children, psychology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ian_dunbar_on_dog_friendly_dog_training\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Navigating our global future","author":"Ian Goldin","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"As 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.","times_shared":" 1,004,247  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ian_goldin_navigating_our_global_future.html","tags":"TED, talks, development, economics, future, global issues, inequality, technology, third world","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ian_goldin_navigating_our_global_future\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee","author":"Ian Ritchie","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Imagine it's late 1990, and you've just met a nice young man named Tim Berners-Lee, who starts telling you about his proposed system called the World Wide Web. Ian Ritchie was there. And ... he didn't buy it. A short story about information, connectivity and learning from mistakes.","times_shared":" 548,520  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ian_ritchie_the_day_i_turned_down_tim_berners_lee.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, history, technology, web","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ian_ritchie_the_day_i_turned_down_tim_berners_lee\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"4 lessons I learned from taking a stand against drugs and gun violence","author":"Ilona Szab\u00f3 de Carvalho","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"Throughout her career in banking Ilona Szab\u00f3 de Carvalho never imagined she'd someday start a social movement. But living in her native Brazil, which leads the world in homicidal violence, she realized she couldn't just stand by and watch drugs and guns tear her country apart. Szab\u00f3 de Carvalho reveals four crucial lessons she learned when she left her cushy job and took a fearless stand against the status quo.","times_shared":" 1,081,867  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ilona_szabo_de_carvalho_4_lessons_i_learned_from_taking_a_stand_against_drugs_and_gun_violence.html","tags":"TED, talks, Brazil, Guns, global issues, policy, violence","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ilona_szabo_de_carvalho_4_lessons_i_learned_from_taking_a_stand_against_drugs_and_gun_violence\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Lose your ego, find your compassion","author":"Feisal Abdul Rauf","ddate":" Oct 2009 ","description":"Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf combines the teachings of the Qur\u2019an, the stories of Rumi, and the examples of Muhammad and Jesus, to demonstrate that only one obstacle stands between each of us and absolute compassion \u2014 ourselves.  ","times_shared":" 378,786  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/imam_feisal_abdul_rauf.html","tags":"TED, talks, charter for compassion, compassion, global issues, religion","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/imam_feisal_abdul_rauf\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"\"Wait It Out\"","author":"Imogen Heap","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Imogen Heap plays a powerful stripped-down version of \"Wait It Out,\" from her new record, Ellipse.","times_shared":" 786,199  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/imogen_heap_wait.html","tags":"TED, talks, creativity, entertainment, live music, music, performance, piano","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/imogen_heap_wait\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"\"Family Tree\"","author":"Inara George","ddate":" Nov 2010 ","description":"Singer Inara George and guitarist Mike Andrews play the quietly lovely love song \"Family Tree.\" ","times_shared":" 198,582  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/inara_george_sings_family_tree.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, arts, family, live music, music, singer","transcript_url":""},{"title":"Bringing peace to the minds of Afghanistan","author":"Inge Missmahl","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"When Jungian analyst Inge Missmahl visited Afghanistan, she saw the inner wounds of war \u2014 widespread despair, trauma and depression. And yet, in this county of 30 million people, there were only two dozen psychiatrists. Missmahl talks about her work helping to build the country's system of psychosocial counseling, promoting both individual and, perhaps, national healing.","times_shared":" 300,930  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/inge_missmahl_brings_peace_to_the_minds_of_afghanistan.html","tags":"TED, talks, brain, depression, global issues, mental health, peace, politics, poverty, psychology, violence, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/inge_missmahl_brings_peace_to_the_minds_of_afghanistan\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How mobile phones can fight poverty","author":"Iqbal Quadir","ddate":" Jul 2005 ","description":"Iqbal Quadir tells how his experiences as a kid in poor Bangladesh, and later as a banker in New York, led him to start a mobile phone operator connecting 80 million rural Bangladeshi \u2014 and to become a champion of bottom-up development.","times_shared":" 418,462  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/iqbal_quadir_says_mobiles_fight_poverty.html","tags":"TED, talks, alternative energy, business, communication, culture, development, global issues, invention, investment, microfinance, poverty, technology, telecom, third world, transportation","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/iqbal_quadir_says_mobiles_fight_poverty\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to survive a nuclear attack","author":"Irwin Redlener","ddate":" Feb 2008 ","description":"The 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.","times_shared":" 594,077  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/irwin_redlener_warns_of_nuclear_terrorism.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, global issues, history, medicine, technology, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/irwin_redlener_warns_of_nuclear_terrorism\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Fashion and creativity","author":"Isaac Mizrahi","ddate":" Feb 2008 ","description":"Fashion 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.","times_shared":" 759,237  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/isaac_mizrahi_on_fashion_and_creativity.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, creativity, design, entertainment, fashion, humor, media","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/isaac_mizrahi_on_fashion_and_creativity\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to live passionately\u2014no matter your age","author":"Isabel Allende","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Author 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.","times_shared":" 2,780,466  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/isabelle_allende_how_to_live_passionately_no_matter_your_age.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, aging, storytelling","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/isabelle_allende_how_to_live_passionately_no_matter_your_age\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Tales of passion","author":"Isabel Allende","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"Author and activist Isabel Allende discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism \u2014 and, of course, passion \u2014 in this talk.","times_shared":" 3,453,840  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion.html","tags":"TED, talks, Latin America, TED Conference, entertainment, global issues, love, parenting, storytelling, women, world cultures","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Evolution's gift of play, from bonobo apes to humans","author":"Isabel Behncke","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"With never-before-seen video, primatologist Isabel Behncke Izquierdo (a TED Fellow) shows how bonobo ape society learns from constantly playing \u2014 solo, with friends, even as a prelude to sex. Indeed, play appears to be the bonobos' key to problem-solving and avoiding conflict. If it works for our close cousins, why not for us?","times_shared":" 622,200  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/isabel_behncke_evolution_s_gift_of_play_from_bonobo_apes_to_humans.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Fellows, animals, culture, play, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/isabel_behncke_evolution_s_gift_of_play_from_bonobo_apes_to_humans\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What I learned as a kid in jail","author":"Ismael Nazario","ddate":" Nov 2014 ","description":"As a teenager, Ismael Nazario was sent to New York\u2019s Rikers Island jail, where he spent 300 days in solitary confinement \u2014 all before he was ever convicted of a crime. Now as a prison reform advocate he works to change the culture of American jails and prisons, where young people are frequently subjected to violence beyond imagination. Nazario tells his chilling story and suggests ways to help, rather than harm, teens in jail.","times_shared":" 1,288,173  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ismael_nazario_what_i_learned_as_a_kid_in_jail.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, activism, cities, crime, prison, social change, violence, youth","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ismael_nazario_what_i_learned_as_a_kid_in_jail\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Lead like the great conductors","author":"Itay Talgam","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"An 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. ","times_shared":" 2,585,543  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, conducting, leadership, music, psychology, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms","author":"Ivan Coyote","ddate":" Nov 2015 ","description":"There are a few things that we all need: fresh air, water, food, shelter, love ... and a safe place to pee. For trans people who don't fit neatly into the gender binary, public restrooms are a major source of anxiety and the place where they are most likely to be questioned or harassed. In this poetically rhythmic talk, Ivan Coyote grapples with complex and intensely personal issues of gender identity and highlights the need for gender-neutral bathrooms in all public places.","times_shared":" 1,286,006  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ivan_coyote_why_we_need_gender_neutral_bathrooms.html","tags":"TED, talks, Gender spectrum, LGBT, TEDx, Transgender, design, future, gender, identity, social change, storytelling","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ivan_coyote_why_we_need_gender_neutral_bathrooms\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Ingenious homes in unexpected places","author":"Iwan Baan","ddate":" Sep 2013 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 1,354,912  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/iwan_baan_ingenious_homes_in_unexpected_places.html","tags":"TED, talks, cities, creativity, culture, design, photography","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/iwan_baan_ingenious_homes_in_unexpected_places\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How butterflies self-medicate","author":"Jaap de Roode","ddate":" Nov 2014 ","description":"Just like us, the monarch butterfly sometimes gets sick thanks to a nasty parasite. But biologist Jaap de Roode noticed something interesting about the butterflies he was studying \u2014 infected female butterflies would choose to lay their eggs on a specific kind of plant that helped their offspring avoid getting sick. How do they know to choose this plant? Think of it as \u201cthe other butterfly effect\u201d \u2014 which could teach us to find new medicines for the treatment of human disease.","times_shared":" 997,409  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jaap_de_roode_how_butterflies_self_medicate.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDYouth, biology, insects, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jaap_de_roode_how_butterflies_self_medicate\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Can design save newspapers?","author":"Jacek Utko","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Jacek 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.","times_shared":" 1,007,394  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jacek_utko_asks_can_design_save_the_newspaper.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, creativity, culture, design, media, typography","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jacek_utko_asks_can_design_save_the_newspaper\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Save the oceans, feed the world!","author":"Jackie Savitz","ddate":" Oct 2013 ","description":"What'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.","times_shared":" 1,135,325  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jackie_savitz_save_the_oceans_feed_the_world.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, oceans, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jackie_savitz_save_the_oceans_feed_the_world\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The balancing act of compassion","author":"Jackie Tabick","ddate":" Oct 2009 ","description":"While we all agree that compassion is a great idea, Rabbi Tabick acknowledges there are challenges to its execution. She explains how a careful balance of compassion and justice allows us to do good deeds, and keep our sanity.  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(He started writing this song aboard Mission Blue Voyage, a Sylvia Earle-inspired conference about saving the ocean.) \"If I could be anywhere,\" he sings, \"anywhere right now, I would be here.\" ","times_shared":" 626,968  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jackson_browne_if_i_could_be_anywhere.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Prize, TEDx, entertainment, music, oceans","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jackson_browne_if_i_could_be_anywhere\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Violence against women\u2014it's a men's issue","author":"Jackson Katz","ddate":" Nov 2012 ","description":"Domestic violence and sexual abuse are often called \"women\u2019s issues.\u201d But in this bold, blunt talk, Jackson Katz points out that these are intrinsically men\u2019s issues \u2014 and shows how these violent behaviors are tied to definitions of manhood. A clarion call for us all \u2014 women and men \u2014 to call out unacceptable behavior and be leaders of change.","times_shared":" 1,347,660  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jackson_katz_violence_against_women_it_s_a_men_s_issue.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, feminism, men, violence, women, yesallwomen","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jackson_katz_violence_against_women_it_s_a_men_s_issue\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A promising test for pancreatic cancer ... from a teenager","author":"Jack Andraka","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"Over 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.","times_shared":" 4,317,466  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jack_andraka_a_promising_test_for_pancreatic_cancer_from_a_teenager.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, cancer, disease, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jack_andraka_a_promising_test_for_pancreatic_cancer_from_a_teenager\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"On the virtual dissection table","author":"Jack Choi","ddate":" Feb 2012 ","description":"Onstage 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.","times_shared":" 942,238  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jack_choi_on_the_virtual_dissection_table.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, education, health care, interface design, medical research, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jack_choi_on_the_virtual_dissection_table\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Building a dinosaur from a chicken","author":"Jack Horner","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Renowned 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\".","times_shared":" 2,314,134  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jack_horner_building_a_dinosaur_from_a_chicken.html","tags":"TED, talks, dinosaurs, genetics, paleontology, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jack_horner_building_a_dinosaur_from_a_chicken\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Where are the baby dinosaurs?","author":"Jack Horner","ddate":" Nov 2011 ","description":"In a spellbinding talk, paleontologist Jack Horner tells the story of how iconoclastic thinking revealed a shocking secret about some of our most beloved dinosaurs.","times_shared":" 791,179  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jack_horner_shape_shifting_dinosaurs.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, biology, dinosaurs, paleontology, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jack_horner_shape_shifting_dinosaurs\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A third way to think about aid","author":"Jacqueline Novogratz","ddate":" Jun 2009 ","description":"The debate over foreign aid often pits those who mistrust \"charity\" against those who mistrust reliance on the markets. Jacqueline Novogratz proposes a middle way she calls patient capital, with promising examples of entrepreneurial innovation driving social change.","times_shared":" 397,938  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jacqueline_novogratz_a_third_way_to_think_about_aid.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, business, development, economics, global issues, innovation, invention, poverty, third world, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jacqueline_novogratz_a_third_way_to_think_about_aid\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Inspiring a life of immersion","author":"Jacqueline Novogratz","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"We 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.","times_shared":" 765,434  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jacqueline_novogratz_inspiring_a_life_of_immersion.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, economics, global issues, investment, women in business","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jacqueline_novogratz_inspiring_a_life_of_immersion\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Invest in Africa's own solutions","author":"Jacqueline Novogratz","ddate":" Jul 2005 ","description":"Jacqueline Novogratz applauds the world's heightened interest in Africa and poverty, but argues persuasively for a new approach.","times_shared":" 572,574  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jacqueline_novogratz_invests_in_ending_poverty.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, TED Brain Trust, business, culture, development, entrepreneur, investment, microfinance, philanthropy, poverty","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jacqueline_novogratz_invests_in_ending_poverty\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"An escape from poverty","author":"Jacqueline Novogratz","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Jacqueline Novogratz tells a moving story of  an encounter in a Nairobi slum with Jane, a former prostitute, whose dreams of escaping poverty, of becoming a doctor and of getting married were fulfilled in an unexpected way.","times_shared":" 838,869  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jacqueline_novogratz_on_an_escape_from_poverty.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, activism, business, culture, global issues, poverty, women, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jacqueline_novogratz_on_an_escape_from_poverty\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Patient capitalism","author":"Jacqueline Novogratz","ddate":" Jun 2007 ","description":"Jacqueline Novogratz shares stories of how \"patient capital\" can bring sustainable jobs, goods, services \u2014 and dignity \u2014 to the world's poorest.","times_shared":" 693,688  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jacqueline_novogratz_on_patient_capitalism.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, development, global issues, investment, medicine, philanthropy, poverty, women, women in business","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jacqueline_novogratz_on_patient_capitalism\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My mushroom burial suit","author":"Jae Rhim Lee","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Here's a powerful provocation from artist Jae Rhim Lee. 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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.","times_shared":" 749,076  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jake_barton_the_museum_of_you.html","tags":"TED, talks, collaboration, design, museums","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jake_barton_the_museum_of_you\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A new kind of music video","author":"Jakob Trollback","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"What would a music video look like if it were directed by the music, purely as an expression of a great song, rather than driven by a filmmaker's concept? Designer Jakob Trollback shares the results of his experiment in the form.","times_shared":" 442,367  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jakob_trollback_rethinks_the_music_video.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, art, demo, design, entertainment, film, music, online video, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jakob_trollback_rethinks_the_music_video\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Tools for a better world","author":"Jamais Cascio","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"We all want to make the world better \u2014 but how? Jamais Cascio looks at some specific tools and techniques that can make a difference. 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In this fast-paced spin through the cognitive history of the 20th century, moral philosopher James Flynn suggests that changes in the way we think have had surprising (and not always positive) consequences.","times_shared":" 2,566,908  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/james_flynn_why_our_iq_levels_are_higher_than_our_grandparents.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, culture, education","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/james_flynn_why_our_iq_levels_are_higher_than_our_grandparents\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Compassion at the dinner table","author":"James Forbes","ddate":" Oct 2009 ","description":"Join Rev. James Forbes at the dinner table of his Southern childhood, where his mother and father taught him what compassion really means day to day \u2014 sharing with those who need love.","times_shared":" 177,613  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/james_forbes.html","tags":"TED, talks, charter for compassion, chautauqua, compassion, faith, global issues, life, religion","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/james_forbes\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Metaphorically speaking","author":"James Geary","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Aphorism enthusiast and author James Geary waxes on a fascinating fixture of human language: the metaphor. 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James Lyne reminds us that it's not only the NSA that's watching us, but ever-more-sophisticated cybercriminals, who exploit both weak code and trusting human nature.","times_shared":" 1,153,049  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/james_lyne_everyday_cybercrime_and_what_you_can_do_about_it.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, crime, finance, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/james_lyne_everyday_cybercrime_and_what_you_can_do_about_it\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Moving photos of extreme drug-resistant TB","author":"James Nachtwey","ddate":" Oct 2008 ","description":"Photojournalist James Nachtwey sees his TED Prize wish come true, as we share his powerful photographs of XDR-TB, a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis that's touching off a global medical crisis.","times_shared":" 393,568  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/james_nachtwey_fights_xdrtb.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Prize, arts, communication, design, media, photography, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/james_nachtwey_fights_xdrtb\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My wish: Let my photographs bear witness","author":"James Nachtwey","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"Accepting 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. 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In this nifty talk and demo, Patten imagines a more visceral, physical way to bring your thoughts and ideas to life in the digital world, taking the computer interface off the screen and putting it into your hands.","times_shared":" 984,084  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/james_patten_the_best_computer_interface_maybe_your_hands.html","tags":"TED, talks, Senses, TED Fellows, arts, design, interface design","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/james_patten_the_best_computer_interface_maybe_your_hands\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Homeopathy, quackery and fraud","author":"James Randi","ddate":" Feb 2007 ","description":"Legendary 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. 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Follow along as writer and comedian James Veitch narrates a hilarious, weeks-long exchange with a spammer who offered to cut him in on a hot deal.","times_shared":" 7,361,888  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email.html","tags":"TED, talks, comedy, communication, curiosity, humor, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How we discovered DNA","author":"James Watson","ddate":" Feb 2005 ","description":"Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA.","times_shared":" 1,241,129  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/james_watson_on_how_he_discovered_dna.html","tags":"TED, talks, DNA, TED Conference, culture, genetics, history, invention, science, storytelling, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/james_watson_on_how_he_discovered_dna\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How the mysterious dark net is going mainstream","author":"Jamie Bartlett","ddate":" Jun 2015 ","description":"There\u2019s a parallel Internet you may not have run across yet \u2014 accessed by a special browser and home to a freewheeling collection of sites for everything from anonymous activism to illicit activities. Jamie Bartlett reports from the dark net.","times_shared":" 1,773,221  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jamie_bartlett_how_the_mysterious_dark_net_is_going_mainstream.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, business, crime, economics, privacy, shopping, social media","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jamie_bartlett_how_the_mysterious_dark_net_is_going_mainstream\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The big idea my brother inspired","author":"Jamie Heywood","ddate":" Oct 2009 ","description":"When Jamie Heywood's brother was diagnosed with ALS, he devoted his life to fighting the disease as well. 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Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how.","times_shared":" 4,206,957  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, computers, design, entertainment, gaming, global issues, play","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Massively multi-player\u2026 thumb-wrestling?","author":"Jane McGonigal","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"What happens when you get an entire audience to stand up and connect with one another? Chaos, that's what. At least, that's what happened when Jane McGonigal tried to teach TED to play her favorite game. 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Here she reveals dozens of new products that take their cue from nature with spectacular results.","times_shared":" 1,009,043  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/janine_benyus_biomimicry_in_action.html","tags":"TED, talks, biodiversity, biology, biomimicry, biotech, creativity, design, innovation, invention, nature","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/janine_benyus_biomimicry_in_action\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Biomimicry's surprising lessons from nature's engineers","author":"Janine Benyus","ddate":" Feb 2005 ","description":"In this inspiring talk about recent developments in biomimicry, Janine Benyus provides heartening examples of ways in which nature is already influencing the products and systems we build.","times_shared":" 1,669,169  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs.html","tags":"TED, talks, DNA, TED Conference, animals, biology, biomimicry, design, environment, evolution, fish, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/janine_benyus_shares_nature_s_designs\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The sound the universe makes","author":"Janna Levin","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"We think of space as a silent place. 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The result: Enigmatic, haunting and colorful commentaries about our transient existence, the sacredness of the ocean and its breathtaking power of regeneration.","times_shared":" 1,278,793  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life.html","tags":"TED, talks, art, biosphere, creativity, design, entertainment, fish, life, mission blue, nature, oceans, water","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jason_decaires_taylor_an_underwater_art_museum_teeming_with_life\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why work doesn't happen at work","author":"Jason Fried","ddate":" Oct 2010 ","description":"Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn't a good place to do it. 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Journalist Jason Pontin looks closely at the challenges we face to using technology effectively ... for problems that really matter.","times_shared":" 1,471,849  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jason_pontin_can_technology_solve_our_big_problems.html","tags":"TED, talks, NASA, TED Conference, astronomy, space, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jason_pontin_can_technology_solve_our_big_problems\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Open-source cancer research","author":"Jay Bradner","ddate":" May 2011 ","description":"How does cancer know it's cancer? At Jay Bradner's lab, they found a molecule that might hold the answer, JQ1. But instead of patenting it and reaping the profits (as many other labs have done) \u2014 they published their findings and mailed samples to 40 other labs to work on. An inspiring look at the open-source future of medical research.","times_shared":" 479,585  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jay_bradner_open_source_cancer_research.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, business, cancer, medical research, open-source, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jay_bradner_open_source_cancer_research\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Hack a banana, make a keyboard!","author":"Jay Silver","ddate":" Apr 2013 ","description":"Why 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. 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In this probing talk, he searches for answers to questions about mortality and psychosis and in the aftermath of horror and trauma.","times_shared":" 697,866  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jean_paul_mari_the_chilling_aftershock_of_a_brush_with_death.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, death, global issues, iraq, military, mind, pain, psychology, violence, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jean_paul_mari_the_chilling_aftershock_of_a_brush_with_death\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How I fell in love with quasars, blazars and our incredible universe","author":"Jedidah Isler","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Jedidah Isler first fell in love with the night sky as a little girl. Now she\u2019s an astrophysicist who studies supermassive hyperactive black holes. 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In this personal talk, she shares the story of how she became the first black woman to earn a PhD in astrophysics from Yale \u2014 and her deep belief in the value of diversity to science and other STEM fields. \"Do not think for one minute that because you are who you are, you cannot be who you imagine yourself to be,\" she says. \"Hold fast to those dreams and let them carry you into a world you can't even imagine.\"","times_shared":" 932,212  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jedidah_isler_the_untapped_genius_that_could_change_science_for_the_better.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, astronomy, future, goal-setting, identity, inequality, physics, potential, race, science, society, space, universe, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jedidah_isler_the_untapped_genius_that_could_change_science_for_the_better\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How we cut youth violence in Boston by 79 percent","author":"Jeffrey Brown","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"An architect of the \"Boston miracle,\" Rev. Jeffrey Brown started out as a bewildered young pastor watching his Boston neighborhood fall apart around him, as drugs and gang violence took hold of the kids on the streets. The first step to recovery: Listen to those kids, don't just preach to them, and help them reduce violence in their own neighborhoods. It's a powerful talk about listening to make change.","times_shared":" 988,671  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeffrey_brown_how_we_cut_youth_violence_in_boston_by_79_percent.html","tags":"TED, talks, faith, peace, social change, violence, youth","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeffrey_brown_how_we_cut_youth_violence_in_boston_by_79_percent\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The sibling bond","author":"Jeffrey Kluger","ddate":" Nov 2011 ","description":"Were you the favorite child, the wild child or the middle child? Jeffrey Kluger explores the profound life-long bond between brothers and sisters, and the influence of birth order, favoritism and sibling rivalry.","times_shared":" 320,637  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeffrey_kluger_the_sibling_bond.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, life, psychology, relationships, science","transcript_url":""},{"title":"What matters more than your talents","author":"Jeff Bezos","ddate":" May 2010 ","description":"In this Princeton University graduation address, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos makes the case that our character is reflected not in the gifts we're endowed with at birth, but by the choices we make over the course of a lifetime.","times_shared":" 614,747  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeff_bezos_gifts_vs_choices.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Brain Trust, business, creativity, intelligence, self","transcript_url":""},{"title":"The electricity metaphor for the web's future","author":"Jeff Bezos","ddate":" Feb 2003 ","description":"The dot-com boom and bust is often compared to the Gold Rush. But Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos says it\u2019s more like the early days of the electric industry.","times_shared":" 660,259  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeff_bezos_on_the_next_web_innovation.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Brain Trust, TED Conference, United States, business, entrepreneur, history, innovation, invention, technology, web","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeff_bezos_on_the_next_web_innovation\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The radical promise of the multi-touch interface","author":"Jeff Han","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"Jeff Han shows off a cheap, scalable multi-touch and pressure-sensitive computer screen interface that may spell the end of point-and-click.","times_shared":" 4,410,385  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeff_han_demos_his_breakthrough_touchscreen.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, demo, design, interface design, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeff_han_demos_his_breakthrough_touchscreen\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How brain science will change computing","author":"Jeff Hawkins","ddate":" Feb 2003 ","description":"Treo creator Jeff Hawkins urges us to take a new look at the brain \u2014 to see it not as a fast processor, but as a memory system that stores and plays back experiences to help us predict, intelligently, what will happen next.","times_shared":" 1,280,714  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeff_hawkins_on_how_brain_science_will_change_computing.html","tags":"TED, talks, AI, TED Conference, brain, cognitive science, computers, intelligence, memory, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeff_hawkins_on_how_brain_science_will_change_computing\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"One more reason to get a good night\u2019s sleep","author":"Jeff Iliff","ddate":" Sep 2014 ","description":"The brain uses a quarter of the body's entire energy supply, yet only accounts for about two percent of the body's mass. So how does this unique organ receive and, perhaps more importantly, rid itself of vital nutrients? New research suggests it has to do with sleep.","times_shared":" 3,231,102  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeff_iliff_one_more_reason_to_get_a_good_night_s_sleep.html","tags":"TED, talks, brain, mind, neuroscience, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeff_iliff_one_more_reason_to_get_a_good_night_s_sleep\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My journey into movies that matter","author":"Jeff Skoll","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"Film producer Jeff Skoll (An Inconvenient Truth) talks about his film company, Participant Productions, and the people who've inspired him to do good.","times_shared":" 650,061  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeff_skoll_makes_movies_that_make_change.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, entertainment, film, global issues, philanthropy, social change","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeff_skoll_makes_movies_that_make_change\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The walkable city","author":"Jeff Speck","ddate":" Sep 2013 ","description":"How 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.","times_shared":" 929,682  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeff_speck_the_walkable_city.html","tags":"TED, talks, cities, culture, design, transportation","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeff_speck_the_walkable_city\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My wish: A global day of film","author":"Jehane Noujaim","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"Jehane Noujaim unveils her 2006 TED Prize wish: to bring the world together for one day a year through the power of film.","times_shared":" 356,785  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jehane_noujaim_inspires_a_global_day_of_film.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Prize, arts, culture, entertainment, film, global issues, peace, social change, storytelling","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jehane_noujaim_inspires_a_global_day_of_film\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What you don't know about marriage","author":"Jenna McCarthy","ddate":" Nov 2011 ","description":"In this funny, casual talk from TEDx, writer Jenna McCarthy shares surprising research on how marriages (especially happy marriages) really work. One tip: Do not try to win an Oscar for best actress.","times_shared":" 3,812,493  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jenna_mccarthy_what_you_don_t_know_about_marriage.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, culture, humor, love, relationships, sex","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jenna_mccarthy_what_you_don_t_know_about_marriage\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The hunt for General Tso","author":"Jennifer 8. Lee","ddate":" Jul 2008 ","description":"Reporter Jennifer 8. Lee talks about her hunt for the origins of familiar Chinese-American dishes \u2014 exploring the hidden spots where these two cultures have (so tastily) combined to form a new cuisine.","times_shared":" 1,208,416  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jennifer_8_lee_looks_for_general_tso.html","tags":"TED, talks, Asia, business, culture, exploration, food, global issues, history","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jennifer_8_lee_looks_for_general_tso\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":" How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA","author":"Jennifer Doudna","ddate":" Sep 2015 ","description":"Geneticist 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 ... 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.","times_shared":" 1,350,306  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jennifer_doudna_we_can_now_edit_our_dna_but_let_s_do_it_wisely.html","tags":"TED, talks, genetics, medical research, medicine, philosophy, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jennifer_doudna_we_can_now_edit_our_dna_but_let_s_do_it_wisely\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The curly fry conundrum: Why social media \u201clikes\u201d say more than you might think","author":"Jennifer Golbeck","ddate":" Oct 2013 ","description":"Do 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. ","times_shared":" 1,799,179  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jennifer_golbeck_the_curly_fry_conundrum_why_social_media_likes_say_more_than_you_might_think.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, data, social media, sociology, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jennifer_golbeck_the_curly_fry_conundrum_why_social_media_likes_say_more_than_you_might_think\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"If cars could talk, accidents might be avoidable","author":"Jennifer Healey","ddate":" Apr 2013 ","description":"When we drive, we get into a glass bubble, lock the doors and press the accelerator, relying on our eyes to guide us \u2014 even though we can only see the few cars ahead of and behind us. But what if cars could share data with each other about their position and velocity, and use predictive models to calculate the safest routes for everyone on the road? Jennifer Healey imagines a world without accidents. (Filmed at TED@Intel.)","times_shared":" 734,763  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jennifer_healey_if_cars_could_talk_accidents_might_be_avoidable.html","tags":"TED, talks, cars, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jennifer_healey_if_cars_could_talk_accidents_might_be_avoidable\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Gene editing can now change an entire species \u2014 forever","author":"Jennifer Kahn","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"CRISPR gene drives allow scientists to change sequences of DNA and guarantee that the resulting edited genetic trait is inherited by future generations, opening up the possibility of altering entire species forever. More than anything, the technology has led to questions: How will this new power affect humanity? What are we going to use it to change? Are we gods now? Join journalist Jennifer Kahn as she ponders these questions and shares a potentially powerful application of gene drives: the development of disease-resistant mosquitoes that could knock out malaria and Zika.","times_shared":" 799,901  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jennifer_kahn_gene_editing_can_now_change_an_entire_species_forever.html","tags":"TED, talks, Bioethics, DNA, Debate, biotech, choice, disease, engineering, future, genetics, health, humanity, innovation, journalism, life, morality, potential, public health, science, society, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jennifer_kahn_gene_editing_can_now_change_an_entire_species_forever\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Improvising on piano, aged 14","author":"Jennifer Lin","ddate":" Feb 2004 ","description":"Pianist 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.","times_shared":" 1,559,158  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jennifer_lin_improvs_piano_magic.html","tags":"TED, talks, arts, creativity, entertainment, music, performance, piano, wunderkind","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jennifer_lin_improvs_piano_magic\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Coding a better government","author":"Jennifer Pahlka","ddate":" Feb 2012 ","description":"Can 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.","times_shared":" 783,961  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jennifer_pahlka_coding_a_better_government.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, activism, cities, government, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jennifer_pahlka_coding_a_better_government\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"For parents, happiness is a very high bar","author":"Jennifer Senior","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"The 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.","times_shared":" 1,683,576  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jennifer_senior_for_parents_happiness_is_a_very_high_bar.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, family, parenting","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jennifer_senior_for_parents_happiness_is_a_very_high_bar\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"This is what LGBT life is like around the world","author":"Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols","ddate":" May 2015 ","description":"As a gay couple in San Francisco, Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols had a relatively easy time living the way they wanted. But outside the bubble of the Bay Area, what was life like for people still lacking basic rights? They set off on a world tour in search of \"Supergays,\" LGBT people who were doing something extraordinary in the world. In 15 countries across Africa, Asia and South America \u2014 from India, recently home to the world's first openly gay prince, to Argentina, the first country in Latin America to grant marriage equality \u2014 they found the inspiring stories and the courageous, resilient and proud Supergays they had been looking for.","times_shared":" 1,308,142  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jenni_chang_and_lisa_dazols_this_is_what_lgbt_life_is_like_around_the_world.html","tags":"TED, talks, LGBT, film, global issues, love, relationships, social change, society, travel","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jenni_chang_and_lisa_dazols_this_is_what_lgbt_life_is_like_around_the_world\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"One day of peace","author":"Jeremy Gilley","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Here's a crazy idea: Persuade the world to try living in peace for just one day, every September 21. In this energetic, honest talk, Jeremy Gilley tells the story of how this crazy idea became real \u2014 real enough to help millions of kids in war-torn regions. ","times_shared":" 801,898  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeremy_gilley_one_day_of_peace.html","tags":"TED, talks, activism, collaboration, global issues, peace, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeremy_gilley_one_day_of_peace\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What new power looks like","author":"Jeremy Heimans","ddate":" Jun 2014 ","description":"We can see the power of distributed, crowd-sourced business models every day \u2014 witness Uber, Kickstarter, Airbnb. But veteran online activist Jeremy Heimans asks: When does that kind of \"new power\" start to work in politics? His surprising answer: Sooner than you think. It\u2019s a bold argument about the future of politics and power; watch and see if you agree.","times_shared":" 1,286,786  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeremy_heimans_what_new_power_looks_like.html","tags":"TED, talks, activism, politics, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeremy_heimans_what_new_power_looks_like\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The wonderful and terrifying implications of computers that can learn","author":"Jeremy Howard","ddate":" Dec 2014 ","description":"What 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 \"cats.\") Get caught up on a field that will change the way the computers around you behave ... sooner than you probably think.","times_shared":" 1,762,367  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeremy_howard_the_wonderful_and_terrifying_implications_of_computers_that_can_learn.html","tags":"TED, talks, AI, algorithm, computers, health, intelligence, machine learning, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeremy_howard_the_wonderful_and_terrifying_implications_of_computers_that_can_learn\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How we wrecked the ocean","author":"Jeremy Jackson","ddate":" Apr 2010 ","description":"In this bracing talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today: overfished, overheated, polluted, with indicators that things will get much worse. Astonishing photos and stats make the case.","times_shared":" 553,400  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeremy_jackson.html","tags":"TED, talks, fish, green, mission blue, oceans, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeremy_jackson\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The flower-shaped starshade that might help us detect Earth-like planets","author":"Jeremy Kasdin","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Astronomers 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.\"","times_shared":" 1,173,091  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeremy_kasdin_the_flower_shaped_starshade_that_might_help_us_detect_earth_like_planets.html","tags":"TED, talks, Planets, TED Conference, astronomy, space, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeremy_kasdin_the_flower_shaped_starshade_that_might_help_us_detect_earth_like_planets\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The empathic civilization","author":"Jeremy Rifkin","ddate":" Aug 2010 ","description":"In this talk from RSA Animate, bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways it has shaped human development and society.","times_shared":" 520,374  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jeremy_rifkin_on_the_empathic_civilization.html","tags":"TED, talks, brain, economics, evolution, mind, psychology, science","transcript_url":""},{"title":"Make data more human","author":"Jer Thorp","ddate":" Nov 2011 ","description":"Jer Thorp creates beautiful data visualizations to put abstract data into a human context. At TEDxVancouver, he shares his moving projects, from graphing an entire year\u2019s news cycle, to mapping the way people share articles across the internet.","times_shared":" 205,673  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jer_thorp_make_data_more_human.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, data, design, media, news","transcript_url":""},{"title":"Our natural sleep cycle is nothing like what we do now","author":"Jessa Gamble","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"In today's world, balancing school, work, kids and more, most of us can only hope for the recommended eight hours of sleep. Examining the science behind our body's internal clock, Jessa Gamble reveals the surprising and substantial program of rest we should be observing.","times_shared":" 1,759,308  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jessa_gamble_how_to_sleep.html","tags":"TED, talks, evolution, humanity, personal growth, science, self","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jessa_gamble_how_to_sleep\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"When games invade real life","author":"Jesse Schell","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Games are invading the real world \u2014 and the runaway popularity of Farmville and Guitar Hero is just the beginning, says Jesse Schell. At the DICE Summit, he makes a startling prediction: a future where 1-ups and experience points break \"out of the box\" and into every part of our daily lives.","times_shared":" 442,539  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jesse_schell_when_games_invade_real_life.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, consumerism, design, entertainment, gaming, technology","transcript_url":""},{"title":"Are we filtering the wrong microbes?","author":"Jessica Green","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Should we keep the outdoors out of hospitals? Ecologist and TED Fellow Jessica Green has found that mechanical ventilation does get rid of many types of microbes, but the wrong kinds: the ones left in the hospital are much more likely to be pathogens.","times_shared":" 524,936  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jessica_green_are_we_filtering_the_wrong_microbes.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, health, microbiology, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jessica_green_are_we_filtering_the_wrong_microbes\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Poverty, money \u2014 and love","author":"Jessica Jackley","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"What 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.","times_shared":" 1,284,646  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jessica_jackley_poverty_money_and_love.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, entrepreneur, global issues, poverty, social change, women in business","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jessica_jackley_poverty_money_and_love\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The reporting system that sexual assault survivors want","author":"Jessica Ladd","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"We don't have to live in a world where 99 percent of rapists get away with it, says TED Fellow Jessica Ladd. With Callisto, a new platform for college students to confidentially report sexual assault, Ladd is helping survivors get the support and justice they deserve while respecting their privacy concerns. \"We can create a world where there's a real deterrent to violating the rights of another human being,\" she says.","times_shared":" 942,729  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jessica_ladd_the_reporting_system_that_sexual_assault_survivors_want.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, activism, big problems, crime, design, innovation, interface design, product design, sex, social change, software, violence, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jessica_ladd_the_reporting_system_that_sexual_assault_survivors_want\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The US needs paid family leave \u2014 for the sake of its future","author":"Jessica Shortall","ddate":" Oct 2015 ","description":"We need women to work, and we need working women to have babies. So why is America one of the only countries in the world that offers no national paid leave to new working mothers? In this incisive talk, Jessica Shortall makes the impassioned case that the reality of new working motherhood in America is both hidden and horrible: millions of women, every year, are forced back to work within just weeks of giving birth. Her idea worth spreading: the time has come for us to recognize the economic, physical and psychological costs of our approach to working mothers and their babies, and to secure our economic future by providing paid leave to all working parents.","times_shared":" 1,258,964  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jessica_shortall_how_america_fails_new_parents_and_their_babies.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, activism, big problems, economics, family, future, government, health, health care, humanity, parenting, social change, society, women, women in business, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jessica_shortall_how_america_fails_new_parents_and_their_babies\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Wearing nothing new","author":"Jessi Arrington","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Designer Jessi Arrington packed nothing for TEDActive but 7 pairs of undies, buying the rest of her clothes in thrift stores around LA. It's a meditation on conscious consumption \u2014 wrapped in a rainbow of color and creativity.","times_shared":" 1,103,469  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jessi_arrington_wearing_nothing_new.html","tags":"TED, talks, consumerism, creativity, culture, design, fashion","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jessi_arrington_wearing_nothing_new\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My stroke of insight","author":"Jill Bolte Taylor","ddate":" Feb 2008 ","description":"Jill 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.","times_shared":" 19,055,438  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, biology, brain, consciousness, global issues, illness, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How we can make crops survive without water","author":"Jill Farrant","ddate":" Dec 2015 ","description":"As the world's population grows and the effects of climate change come into sharper relief, we'll have to feed more people using less arable land. Molecular biologist Jill Farrant studies a rare phenomenon that may help: \"resurrection plants\" \u2014 super-resilient plants that seemingly come back from the dead. Could they hold promise for growing food in our coming hotter, drier world?","times_shared":" 1,165,286  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jill_farrant_how_we_can_make_crops_survive_without_water.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, agriculture, biology, biosphere, biotech, botany, chemistry, climate change, environment, food, garden, genetics, global issues, microbiology, nature, potential, science, sustainability, water, weather","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jill_farrant_how_we_can_make_crops_survive_without_water\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The mysterious world of underwater caves","author":"Jill Heinerth","ddate":" Nov 2015 ","description":"Cave diver Jill Heinerth explores the hidden underground waterways coursing through our planet. Working with biologists, climatologists and archaeologists, Heinerth unravels the mysteries of the life-forms that inhabit some of the earth's most remote places and helps researchers unlock the history of climate change. In this short talk, take a dive below the waves and explore the wonders of inner space.","times_shared":" 1,295,754  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jill_heinerth_the_mysterious_world_of_underwater_caves.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDYouth, adventure, biosphere, climate change, curiosity, environment, exploration, nature, robots, science, technology, water","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jill_heinerth_the_mysterious_world_of_underwater_caves\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Please, please, people. Let's put the 'awe' back in 'awesome'","author":"Jill Shargaa","ddate":" Jul 2014 ","description":"Which of the following is awesome: your lunch or the Great Pyramid of Giza? 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The final reason he gives? \u201cIn general, men don\u2019t give a damn.\u201d","times_shared":" 1,239,395  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jimmy_carter_why_i_believe_the_mistreatment_of_women_is_the_number_one_human_rights_abuse.html","tags":"TED, talks, global issues, inequality, peace, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jimmy_carter_why_i_believe_the_mistreatment_of_women_is_the_number_one_human_rights_abuse\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Gorgeous portraits of the world's vanishing people","author":"Jimmy Nelson","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"When Jimmy Nelson traveled to Siberia to photograph the Chukchi people, elders told him: \"You cannot photograph us. You have to wait, you have to wait until you get to know us, you have to wait until you understand us.\" In this gorgeously photo-filled talk, join Nelson's quest to understand \u2014 the world, other people, himself \u2014 by making astonishing portraits of the world's vanishing tribes and cultures.","times_shared":" 1,231,735  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jimmy_nelson_gorgeous_portraits_of_the_world_s_vanishing_people.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, photography","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jimmy_nelson_gorgeous_portraits_of_the_world_s_vanishing_people\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The birth of Wikipedia","author":"Jimmy Wales","ddate":" Jul 2005 ","description":"Jimmy 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.","times_shared":" 990,621  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jimmy_wales_on_the_birth_of_wikipedia.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, collaboration, culture, invention, media, open-source, technology, wikipedia","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jimmy_wales_on_the_birth_of_wikipedia\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How quantum biology might explain life\u2019s biggest questions","author":"Jim Al-Khalili","ddate":" Jun 2015 ","description":"How does a robin know to fly south? 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Neuroscientist Jim Fallon talks about brain scans and genetic analysis that may uncover the rotten wiring in the nature (and nurture) of murderers. In a too-strange-for-fiction twist, he shares a fascinating family history that makes his work chillingly personal.","times_shared":" 1,714,335  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jim_fallon_exploring_the_mind_of_a_killer.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, brain, consciousness, development, mental health, mind, psychology, science, violence","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jim_fallon_exploring_the_mind_of_a_killer\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why does the universe exist?","author":"Jim Holt","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Why 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. 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TED\u2019s Chris Anderson sits down with Simons to talk about his extraordinary life in numbers.","times_shared":" 1,345,530  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jim_simons_a_rare_interview_with_the_mathematician_who_cracked_wall_street.html","tags":"TED, talks, human origins, investment, math, philanthropy, physics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jim_simons_a_rare_interview_with_the_mathematician_who_cracked_wall_street\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Learning from Sherman the shark","author":"Jim Toomey","ddate":" Apr 2010 ","description":"Cartoonist Jim Toomey created the comic strip Sherman's Lagoon, a wry look at underwater life starring Sherman the talking shark. 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As he demonstrates in this short, gasp-inducing talk, his ideas include a pen that penetrates into a screen to draw 3D models and SpaceTop, a computer desktop prototype that lets you reach through the screen to manipulate digital objects.","times_shared":" 1,671,880  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jinha_lee_a_tool_that_lets_you_touch_pixels.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Fellows, computers, design, interface design, technology, virtual reality","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jinha_lee_a_tool_that_lets_you_touch_pixels\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Design for all 5 senses","author":"Jinsop Lee","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"Good design looks great, yes \u2014 but why shouldn't it also feel great, smell great and sound great? Designer Jinsop Lee (a TED Talent Search winner) shares his theory of 5-sense design, with a handy graph and a few examples. His hope: to inspire you to notice great multisensory experiences.","times_shared":" 1,354,610  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jinsop_lee_design_for_all_5_senses.html","tags":"TED, talks, Senses, TED Conference, creativity, design, sight, smell","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jinsop_lee_design_for_all_5_senses\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The violin, and my dark night of the soul","author":"Ji-Hae Park","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 2,254,900  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ji_hae_park_the_violin_and_my_dark_night_of_the_soul.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, creativity, entertainment, live music, music, performance","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ji_hae_park_the_violin_and_my_dark_night_of_the_soul\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The fringe benefits of failure","author":"JK Rowling","ddate":" Jun 2008 ","description":"At her Harvard commencement speech, \"Harry Potter\" author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and overachievers, including one hard-won lesson that she deems \"worth more than any qualification I ever earned.\"","times_shared":" 1,321,256  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jk_rowling_the_fringe_benefits_of_failure.html","tags":"TED, talks, books, creativity, education, goal-setting, poverty, writing","transcript_url":""},{"title":"Don't eat the marshmallow!","author":"Joachim de Posada","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"In this short talk from TED U, Joachim de Posada shares a landmark experiment on delayed gratification \u2014 and how it can predict future success. 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Now, 123 million hosted nights (and counting) later, Gebbia sets out his dream for a culture of sharing in which design helps foster community and connection instead of isolation and separation.","times_shared":" 1,491,486  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joe_gebbia_how_airbnb_designs_for_trust.html","tags":"TED, talks, behavioral economics, business, collaboration, community, culture, design, economics, entrepreneur, future, innovation, potential, privacy, product design, relationships, social change, technology, urban planning","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joe_gebbia_how_airbnb_designs_for_trust\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How I beat stage fright","author":"Joe Kowan","ddate":" Nov 2013 ","description":"Humanity'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.","times_shared":" 2,116,521  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joe_kowan_how_i_beat_stage_fright.html","tags":"TED, talks, communication, entertainment, fear","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joe_kowan_how_i_beat_stage_fright\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"This gel can make you stop bleeding instantly","author":"Joe Landolina","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"Forget stitches \u2014 there's a better way to close wounds. In this talk, TED Fellow Joe Landolina talks about his invention \u2014 a medical gel that can instantly stop traumatic bleeding without the need to apply pressure. 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Joe Madiath introduces a program to help villagers help themselves, by building clean, protected water and sanitation systems and requiring everyone in the village to collaborate \u2014 with significant benefits that ripple across health, education and even government.","times_shared":" 950,312  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joe_madiath_better_toilets_better_life.html","tags":"TED, talks, development, sanitation, water","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joe_madiath_better_toilets_better_life\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The technology of storytelling","author":"Joe Sabia","ddate":" May 2011 ","description":"iPad storyteller Joe Sabia introduces us to Lothar Meggendorfer, who created a bold technology for storytelling: the pop-up book. Sabia shows how new technology has always helped us tell our own stories, from the walls of caves to his own onstage iPad. 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As social media outgrows traditional media, and women users outnumber men, Blakley explains what changes are in store for the future of media.","times_shared":" 1,147,071  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/johanna_blakley_social_media_and_the_end_of_gender.html","tags":"TED, talks, advertising, culture, entertainment, media, social media","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/johanna_blakley_social_media_and_the_end_of_gender\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong","author":"Johann Hari","ddate":" Jun 2015 ","description":"What 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.","times_shared":" 5,078,797  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, policy, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Let the environment guide our development","author":"Johan Rockstrom","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Human growth has strained the Earth's resources, but as Johan Rockstrom reminds us, our advances also give us the science to recognize this and change behavior. 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That's science writer John Bohannon's \"modest proposal\" in this spellbinding choreographed talk. 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In this charming, personal talk, author John Green shares the community of learning that he found in online video.","times_shared":" 2,796,838  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/john_green_the_nerd_s_guide_to_learning_everything_online.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, community, education, online video","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/john_green_the_nerd_s_guide_to_learning_everything_online\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My green school dream","author":"John Hardy","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Join John Hardy on a tour of the Green School, his off-the-grid school in Bali that teaches kids how to build, garden, create (and get into college). 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","times_shared":" 1,804,098  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, entertainment, extraterrestrial life, humor, love, physics, science, time","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/john_hodgman_s_brief_digression\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Teaching with the World Peace Game","author":"John Hunter","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4'x5' plywood board \u2014 and lets his 4th-graders solve them. 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This kind of bottom-up innovation is seen in the most fascinating, futuristic projects emerging today, and it starts, he says, with being open and alert to what\u2019s going on around you right now. Don\u2019t be a futurist, he suggests: be a now-ist. ","times_shared":" 1,861,142  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joi_ito_want_to_innovate_become_a_now_ist.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, creativity, innovation, investment, science, technology, telecom","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joi_ito_want_to_innovate_become_a_now_ist\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A circle of caring","author":"Jok Church","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"Did you ever have a teacher who cared for you when no one else did? 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But Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re, the foreign minister of Norway, makes a compelling case for open discussion, even when our values diverge.","times_shared":" 267,770  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jonas_gahr_store_in_defense_of_dialogue.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, culture, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jonas_gahr_store_in_defense_of_dialogue\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Every pollen grain has a story","author":"Jonathan Drori","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Pollen goes unnoticed by most of us, except when hay fever strikes. But microscopes reveal it comes in stunning colors and shapes \u2014 and travels remarkably well. 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At TED University, Jonathan Klein of Getty Images shows some of the most iconic, and talks about what happens when a generation sees an image so powerful it can't look away \u2014 or back.","times_shared":" 1,154,681  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jonathan_klein_photos_that_changed_the_world.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, global issues, media, photography, poverty, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jonathan_klein_photos_that_changed_the_world\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The Web as random acts of kindness","author":"Jonathan Zittrain","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Feeling like the world is becoming less friendly? Social theorist Jonathan Zittrain begs to differ. 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As he says, \"the real innovation is in finding ways to include everyone.\"","times_shared":" 669,059  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jon_gosier_the_problem_with_trickle_down_techonomics.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, inequality, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jon_gosier_the_problem_with_trickle_down_techonomics\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How the teddy bear taught us compassion","author":"Jon Mooallem","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt legendarily spared the life of a black bear \u2014 and prompted a plush toy craze for so-called \"teddy bears.\" Writer Jon Mooallem digs into this toy story and asks us to consider how the tales we tell about wild animals have real consequences for a species' chance of survival \u2014 and the natural world at large.","times_shared":" 1,067,269  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jon_mooallem_the_strange_story_of_the_teddy_bear_and_what_it_reveals_about_our_relationship_to_animals.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, environment, nature","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jon_mooallem_the_strange_story_of_the_teddy_bear_and_what_it_reveals_about_our_relationship_to_animals\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"When online shaming spirals out of control","author":"Jon Ronson","ddate":" Jun 2015 ","description":"Twitter gives a voice to the voiceless, a way to speak up and hit back at perceived injustice. 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Onstage at TEDGlobal 2014, he demonstrates a working prototype of the mobile platform for the first time.","times_shared":" 1,132,336  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jorge_soto_the_future_of_early_cancer_detection.html","tags":"TED, talks, biotech, cancer, health, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jorge_soto_the_future_of_early_cancer_detection\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained.","author":"Joseph Kim","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"A 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.","times_shared":" 1,744,433  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joseph_kim_the_family_i_lost_in_north_korea_and_the_family_i_gained.html","tags":"TED, talks, family, global issues, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joseph_kim_the_family_i_lost_in_north_korea_and_the_family_i_gained\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A parable for Kenya","author":"Joseph Lekuton","ddate":" Jun 2007 ","description":"Joseph Lekuton, a member of parliament in Kenya, starts with the story of his remarkable education, then offers a parable of how Africa can grow. His message of hope has never been more relevant.","times_shared":" 182,909  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joseph_lekuton_tells_a_parable_for_kenya.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, collaboration, culture, education, global issues, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joseph_lekuton_tells_a_parable_for_kenya\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Global power shifts","author":"Joseph Nye","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Historian and diplomat Joseph Nye gives us the 30,000-foot view of the shifts in power between China and the US, and the global implications as economic, political and \"soft\" power shifts and moves around the globe.","times_shared":" 868,357  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joseph_nye_on_global_power_shifts.html","tags":"TED, talks, china, culture, economics, global issues, government, peace, politics, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joseph_nye_on_global_power_shifts\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What consumers want","author":"Joseph Pine","ddate":" Feb 2004 ","description":"Customers want to feel what they buy is authentic, but \"Mass Customization\" author Joseph Pine says selling authenticity is tough because, well, there's no such thing. He talks about a few experiences that may be artificial but make millions anyway.","times_shared":" 774,748  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joseph_pine_on_what_consumers_want.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, consumerism, creativity, shopping","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joseph_pine_on_what_consumers_want\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How barbershops can keep men healthy","author":"Joseph Ravenell","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"The barbershop can be a safe haven for black men, a place for honest conversation and trust \u2014 and, as physician Joseph Ravenell suggests, a good place to bring up tough topics about health. He's turning the barbershop into a place to talk about medical problems that statistically affect black men more often and more seriously, like high blood pressure. It's a new approach to problem solving with broad applications. \"What is your barbershop?\" he asks. \"Where is that place for you where people affected by a unique problem can meet a unique solution?\"","times_shared":" 440,980  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joseph_ravenell_how_barbershops_can_keep_men_healthy.html","tags":"TED, talks, activism, community, health, health care, heart health, medical research, medicine, men, potential, public health, race","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joseph_ravenell_how_barbershops_can_keep_men_healthy\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Ending hunger now","author":"Josette Sheeran","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Josette Sheeran, the head of the UN's World Food Program, talks about why, in a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry, still die of starvation, still use food as a weapon of war. Her vision: \"Food is one issue that cannot be solved person by person. We have to stand together.\"","times_shared":" 752,444  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/josette_sheeran_ending_hunger_now.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, economics, food, global issues, peace, politics, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/josette_sheeran_ending_hunger_now\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The El Sistema music revolution","author":"Jose Antonio Abreu","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Jose 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.","times_shared":" 880,851  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jose_abreu_on_kids_transformed_by_music.html","tags":"TED, talks, arts, conducting, culture, education, entertainment, music, philanthropy, poverty","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jose_abreu_on_kids_transformed_by_music\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How Christmas lights helped guerrillas put down their guns","author":"Jose Miguel Sokoloff","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"\u201cIn my lifetime, I have never lived one day of peace in my country,\u201d says Jose Miguel Sokoloff. This ad executive from Colombia saw a chance to help guerrilla fighters choose to come home \u2014 with smart marketing. He shares how some creative, welcoming messages have helped thousands of guerrillas decide to put down their weapons \u2014 and the key insights behind these surprising tactics.","times_shared":" 714,843  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jose_miguel_sokoloff_how_christmas_lights_helped_guerrillas_put_down_their_guns.html","tags":"TED, talks, advertising, creativity, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jose_miguel_sokoloff_how_christmas_lights_helped_guerrillas_put_down_their_guns\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Feats of memory anyone can do","author":"Joshua Foer","ddate":" Feb 2012 ","description":"There are people who can quickly memorize lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much more. Science writer Joshua Foer describes the technique \u2014 called the memory palace \u2014 and shows off its most remarkable feature: anyone can learn how to use it, including him.","times_shared":" 4,222,512  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, brain, culture, memory, neuroscience, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A thought experiment on the intelligence of crows","author":"Joshua Klein","ddate":" Mar 2008 ","description":"Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant thought experiment: a machine that could form a new bond between animal and human.","times_shared":" 2,257,482  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joshua_klein_on_the_intelligence_of_crows.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, animals, design, hack, intelligence, interface design, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joshua_klein_on_the_intelligence_of_crows\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Wisdom from great writers on every year of life","author":"Joshua Prager","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"As different as we humans are from one another, we all age along the same great sequence, and the shared patterns of our lives pass into the pages of the books we love. In this moving talk, journalist Joshua Prager explores the stages of life through quotations from Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, William Trevor and other great writers, set to visualizations by graphic designer Milton Glaser. \"Books tell us who we've been, who we are, who we will be, too,\" Prager says.","times_shared":" 960,892  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joshua_prager_wisdom_from_great_writers_on_every_year_of_life.html","tags":"TED, talks, aging, books, humanity, identity, journalism, language, life, meditation, storytelling, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joshua_prager_wisdom_from_great_writers_on_every_year_of_life\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Building a theater that remakes itself","author":"Joshua Prince-Ramus","ddate":" Oct 2009 ","description":"Can architects re-engineer their design process? Joshua Prince-Ramus shows how the results can be spectacular. He walks us through his fantastic re-creation of the Wyly Theater as a giant \"theatrical machine\" that reconfigures itself at the touch of a button.","times_shared":" 605,566  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joshua_prince_ramus_building_a_theater_that_remakes_itself.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, architecture, arts, creativity, design, theater","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joshua_prince_ramus_building_a_theater_that_remakes_itself\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Behind the design of Seattle's library","author":"Joshua Prince-Ramus","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"Architect 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.","times_shared":" 848,920  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joshua_prince_ramus_on_seattle_s_library.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, architecture, arts, collaboration, culture, design, library","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joshua_prince_ramus_on_seattle_s_library\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"On being just crazy enough","author":"Joshua Walters","ddate":" May 2011 ","description":"At 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?","times_shared":" 1,529,306  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joshua_walters_on_being_just_crazy_enough.html","tags":"TED, talks, brain, depression, entertainment, mental health, performance","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joshua_walters_on_being_just_crazy_enough\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why sneakers are a great investment","author":"Josh Luber","ddate":" Oct 2015 ","description":"Josh Luber is a \"sneakerhead,\" a collector of rare or limited sneakers. With their insatiable appetite for exclusive sneakers, these tastemakers drive marketing and create hype for the brands they love, specifically Nike, which absolutely dominates the multi-billion dollar secondary market for sneakers. Luber's company, Campless, collects data about this market and analyzes it for collectors and investors. In this talk, he takes us on a journey into this complicated, unregulated market and imagines how it could be a model for a stock market for commerce.","times_shared":" 1,572,253  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/josh_luber_why_sneakers_are_a_great_investment.html","tags":"TED, talks, Brand, advertising, data, economics, fashion, investment, marketing, shopping","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/josh_luber_why_sneakers_are_a_great_investment\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Adjustable liquid-filled eyeglasses","author":"Joshua Silver","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Josh Silver delivers his brilliantly simple solution for correcting vision at the lowest cost possible \u2014 adjustable, liquid-filled lenses. At TEDGlobal 2009, he demos his affordable eyeglasses and reveals his global plan to distribute them to a billion people in need by 2020.","times_shared":" 714,221  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/josh_silver_demos_adjustable_liquid_filled_eyeglasses.html","tags":"TED, talks, development, global issues, health, health care, innovation, invention, product design, sight","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/josh_silver_demos_adjustable_liquid_filled_eyeglasses\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Should you donate differently?","author":"Joy Sun","ddate":" Jul 2014 ","description":"Technology allows us to give cash directly to the poorest people on the planet. Should we do it? In this thought-provoking talk, veteran aid worker Joy Sun explores two ways to help the poor.","times_shared":" 1,152,938  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joy_sun_should_you_donate_differently.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, global issues, money","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/joy_sun_should_you_donate_differently\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Information is food","author":"JP Rangaswami","ddate":" Apr 2012 ","description":"How do we consume data? At TED@SXSWi, technologist JP Rangaswami muses on our relationship to information, and offers a surprising and sharp insight: we treat it like food.","times_shared":" 622,708  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jp_rangaswami_information_is_food.html","tags":"TED, talks, data, philosophy","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jp_rangaswami_information_is_food\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My wish: Use art to turn the world inside out","author":"JR","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"JR, 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.","times_shared":" 2,480,171  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jr_s_ted_prize_wish_use_art_to_turn_the_world_inside_out.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Prize, activism, arts, community, photography","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/jr_s_ted_prize_wish_use_art_to_turn_the_world_inside_out\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Your online life, permanent as a tattoo","author":"Juan Enriquez","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"What if Andy Warhol had it wrong, and instead of being famous for 15 minutes, we\u2019re only anonymous for that long? In this short talk, Juan Enriquez looks at the surprisingly permanent effects of digital sharing on our personal privacy. He shares insight from the ancient Greeks to help us deal with our new \u201cdigital tattoos.\u201d","times_shared":" 1,478,976  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/juan_enriquez_how_to_think_about_digital_tattoos.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Brain Trust, TED Conference, culture, security, social media, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/juan_enriquez_how_to_think_about_digital_tattoos\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The life code that will reshape the future","author":"Juan Enriquez","ddate":" Feb 2003 ","description":"Scientific discoveries, futurist Juan Enriquez notes, demand a shift in code, and our ability to thrive depends on our mastery of that code. Here, he applies this notion to the field of genomics.","times_shared":" 655,373  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/juan_enriquez_on_genomics_and_our_future.html","tags":"TED, talks, DNA, TED Brain Trust, biotech, business, culture, genetics, invention, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/juan_enriquez_on_genomics_and_our_future\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The next species of human","author":"Juan Enriquez","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"While 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.","times_shared":" 2,811,076  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/juan_enriquez_shares_mindboggling_new_science.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Books, TED Brain Trust, TED Conference, biology, business, economics, robots, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/juan_enriquez_shares_mindboggling_new_science\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Using biology to rethink the energy challenge","author":"Juan Enriquez","ddate":" Sep 2007 ","description":"Juan Enriquez challenges our definition of bioenergy. Oil, coal, gas and other hydrocarbons are not chemical but biological products, based on plant matter \u2014 and thus, growable. Our whole approach to fuel, he argues, needs to change.","times_shared":" 750,532  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/juan_enriquez_wants_to_grow_energy.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Brain Trust, biodiversity, biotech, business, energy, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/juan_enriquez_wants_to_grow_energy\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"We can reprogram life. How to do it wisely","author":"Juan Enriquez","ddate":" Nov 2015 ","description":"For four billion years, what lived and died on Earth depended on two principles: natural selection and random mutation. Then humans came along and changed everything \u2014 hybridizing plants, breeding animals, altering the environment and even purposefully evolving ourselves. Juan Enriquez provides five guidelines for a future where this ability to program life rapidly accelerates. \"This is the single most exciting adventure human beings have been on,\" Enriquez says. \"This is the single greatest superpower humans have ever had.\"","times_shared":" 1,607,292  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/juan_enriquez_we_can_reprogram_life_how_to_do_it_wisely.html","tags":"TED, talks, DNA, biodiversity, biology, brain, conservation, environment, evolution, future, genetics, global issues, history, humanity, life, nature, potential, science, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/juan_enriquez_we_can_reprogram_life_how_to_do_it_wisely\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A simple way to break a bad habit","author":"Judson Brewer","ddate":" Nov 2015 ","description":"Can we break bad habits by being more curious about them? Psychiatrist Judson Brewer studies the relationship between mindfulness and addiction \u2014 from smoking to overeating to all those other things we do even though we know they're bad for us. Learn more about the mechanism of habit development and discover a simple but profound tactic that might help you beat your next urge to smoke, snack or check a text while driving.","times_shared":" 4,216,103  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit.html","tags":"TED, talks, Addiction, TEDMED, brain, choice, cognitive science, curiosity, decision-making, health, illness, meditation, mental health, mind, mindfulness, motivation, nature, neuroscience, obesity, personal growth, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/judson_brewer_a_simple_way_to_break_a_bad_habit\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Prepare for a good end of life","author":"Judy MacDonald Johnston","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"Thinking about death is frightening, but planning ahead is practical and leaves more room for peace of mind in our final days. In a solemn, thoughtful talk, Judy MacDonald Johnston shares 5 practices for planning for a good end of life. ","times_shared":" 1,399,465  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/judy_macdonald_johnston_prepare_for_a_good_end_of_life.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, aging, culture, death, humanity, life","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/judy_macdonald_johnston_prepare_for_a_good_end_of_life\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The fight to end rare-animal trafficking in Brazil","author":"Juliana Machado Ferreira","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Biologist 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?","times_shared":" 298,906  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/juliana_machado_ferreira.html","tags":"TED, talks, Brazil, Latin America, TED Conference, activism, biodiversity, biology, birds, global issues, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/juliana_machado_ferreira\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Meet BRCK, Internet access built for Africa","author":"Juliana Rotich","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"Tech 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. ","times_shared":" 604,828  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/juliana_rotich_meet_brck_internet_access_built_for_africa.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, TED Fellows, business, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/juliana_rotich_meet_brck_internet_access_built_for_africa\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why the world needs WikiLeaks","author":"Julian Assange","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"The controversial website WikiLeaks collects and posts highly classified documents and video. Founder Julian Assange, who's reportedly being sought for questioning by US authorities, talks to TED's Chris Anderson about how the site operates, what it has accomplished \u2014 and what drives him. The interview includes graphic footage of a recent US airstrike in Baghdad.","times_shared":" 2,114,621  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julian_assange_why_the_world_needs_wikileaks.html","tags":"TED, talks, communication, global issues, iraq, military, news, politics, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julian_assange_why_the_world_needs_wikileaks\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Is there a real you?","author":"Julian Baggini","ddate":" Nov 2011 ","description":"What makes you, you? Is it how you think of yourself, how others think of you, or something else entirely? Philosopher Julian Baggini draws from philosophy and neuroscience to give a surprising answer.","times_shared":" 700,623  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julian_baggini_is_there_a_real_you.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDYouth, TEDx, neuroscience, philosophy, self","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julian_baggini_is_there_a_real_you\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"5 ways to listen better","author":"Julian Treasure","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 3,927,564  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better.html","tags":"TED, talks, arts, culture, sound","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to speak so that people want to listen","author":"Julian Treasure","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"Have 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.","times_shared":" 12,679,792  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_so_that_people_want_to_listen.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, sound, speech","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julian_treasure_how_to_speak_so_that_people_want_to_listen\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Shh! Sound health in 8 steps","author":"Julian Treasure","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Julian Treasure says our increasingly noisy world is gnawing away at our mental health \u2014 even costing lives. He lays out an 8-step plan to soften this sonic assault (starting with those cheap earbuds) and restore our relationship with sound.","times_shared":" 967,616  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julian_treasure_shh_sound_health_in_8_steps.html","tags":"TED, talks, Senses, design, music, nature, psychology, science, sound","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julian_treasure_shh_sound_health_in_8_steps\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The 4 ways sound affects us","author":"Julian Treasure","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Playing sound effects both pleasant and awful, Julian Treasure shows how sound affects us in four significant ways. Listen carefully for a shocking fact about noisy open-plan offices.","times_shared":" 1,407,277  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julian_treasure_the_4_ways_sound_affects_us.html","tags":"TED, talks, birds, business, cities, entertainment, music","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julian_treasure_the_4_ways_sound_affects_us\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Pay attention to nonviolence","author":"Julia Bacha","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"In 2003, the Palestinian village of Budrus mounted a 10-month-long nonviolent protest to stop a barrier being built across their olive groves. Did you hear about it? Didn't think so. Brazilian filmmaker Julia Bacha asks why we only pay attention to violence in the Israel-Palestine conflict \u2014 and not to the nonviolent leaders who may one day bring peace.","times_shared":" 671,656  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julia_bacha.html","tags":"TED, talks, arts, communication, compassion, entertainment, film, peace, violence, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julia_bacha\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"It's time for \"The Talk\"","author":"Julia Sweeney","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Despite 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.","times_shared":" 3,126,754  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julia_sweeney_has_the_talk.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, children, comedy, humor, relationships, sex","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julia_sweeney_has_the_talk\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Letting go of God","author":"Julia Sweeney","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"Julia 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.","times_shared":" 3,520,623  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julia_sweeney_on_letting_go_of_god.html","tags":"TED, talks, Christianity, God, TED Conference, arts, atheism, comedy, culture, performance, religion, storytelling","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julia_sweeney_on_letting_go_of_god\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Spider-Man, The Lion King and life on the creative edge","author":"Julie Taymor","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Showing 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.","times_shared":" 919,395  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julie_taymor_spider_man_the_lion_king_and_life_on_the_creative_edge.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, creativity, entertainment, fear, film, theater","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/julie_taymor_spider_man_the_lion_king_and_life_on_the_creative_edge\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Freeing energy from the grid","author":"Justin Hall-Tipping","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? 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Social activist Karen Tse shows how we can, and should, stand up and end the use of routine torture.","times_shared":" 508,947  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/karen_tse_how_to_stop_torture.html","tags":"TED, talks, global issues, law, politics, prison, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/karen_tse_how_to_stop_torture\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Be an opportunity maker","author":"Kare Anderson","ddate":" Sep 2014 ","description":"We all want to use our talents to create something meaningful with our lives. But how to get started? (And ... what if you're shy?) Writer Kare Anderson shares her own story of chronic shyness, and how she opened up her world by helping other people use their own talents and passions.","times_shared":" 1,899,159  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kare_anderson_be_an_opportunity_maker.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, communication, creativity, relationships, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kare_anderson_be_an_opportunity_maker\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"When people of Muslim heritage challenge fundamentalism","author":"Karima Bennoune","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Karima Bennoune shares four powerful stories of real people fighting against fundamentalism in their own communities \u2014 refusing to allow the faith they love to become a tool for crime, attacks and murder. 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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.","times_shared":" 11,274,098  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend.html","tags":"TED, talks, body language, health, psychology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My magic moves","author":"Kenichi Ebina","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"Kenichi Ebina moves his body in a manner that appears to defy the limits imposed by the human skeleton. 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Join him in a celebration of the Earth's geological history and contemplate our place in deep time.","times_shared":" 934,003  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kenneth_lacovara_hunting_for_dinosaurs_showed_me_our_place_in_the_universe.html","tags":"TED, talks, adventure, ancient world, animals, dinosaurs, environment, exploration, geology, history, humanity, nature, paleontology, science, universe","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kenneth_lacovara_hunting_for_dinosaurs_showed_me_our_place_in_the_universe\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My simple invention, designed to keep my grandfather safe","author":"Kenneth Shinozuka","ddate":" Nov 2014 ","description":"60% of people with dementia wander off, an issue that can prove hugely stressful for both patients and caregivers. 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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.","times_shared":" 1,732,238  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/keren_elazari_hackers_the_internet_s_immune_system.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, TED Conference, activism, crime, hack, terrorism","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/keren_elazari_hackers_the_internet_s_immune_system\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why videos go viral","author":"Kevin Allocca","ddate":" Nov 2011 ","description":"Kevin Allocca is YouTube's trends manager, and he has deep thoughts about silly web video. 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He shares stats and personal stories from his on-the-ground research \u2014 and names the price of freeing every slave on earth right now.","times_shared":" 777,361  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kevin_bales_how_to_combat_modern_slavery.html","tags":"TED, talks, Slavery, TED Conference, business, economics, global issues, humanity, trafficking","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kevin_bales_how_to_combat_modern_slavery\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Confessions of a depressed comic","author":"Kevin Breel","ddate":" May 2013 ","description":"Kevin Breel didn't look like a depressed kid: team captain, at every party, funny and confident. 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He gives a powerful piece of advice to those with loved ones who might be contemplating suicide.","times_shared":" 2,226,284  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kevin_briggs_the_bridge_between_suicide_and_life.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, depression, mental health, suicide","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kevin_briggs_the_bridge_between_suicide_and_life\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How technology evolves","author":"Kevin Kelly","ddate":" Feb 2005 ","description":"Tech enthusiast Kevin Kelly asks \"What does technology want?\" and discovers that its movement toward ubiquity and complexity is much like the evolution of life.","times_shared":" 1,217,451  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kevin_kelly_on_how_technology_evolves.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, choice, culture, evolution, future, history, philosophy, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kevin_kelly_on_how_technology_evolves\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The next 5,000 days of the web","author":"Kevin Kelly","ddate":" Dec 2007 ","description":"At the 2007 EG conference, Kevin Kelly shares a fun stat: The World Wide Web, as we know it, is only 5,000 days old. 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In this powerful, honest talk, Brohi shares how she took a hard look at her own process, and offers sharp insights for other passionate activists.","times_shared":" 1,103,262  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/khalida_brohi_how_i_work_to_protect_women_from_honor_killings.html","tags":"TED, talks, Middle East, activism, education, feminism, violence, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/khalida_brohi_how_i_work_to_protect_women_from_honor_killings\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How I defend the rule of law","author":"Kimberley Motley","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"Every human deserves protection under their country\u2019s laws \u2014 even when that law is forgotten or ignored. 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She shares her thoughts on visionary leadership at TEDWomen.","times_shared":" 754,408  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kiran_bedi_a_police_chief_with_a_difference.html","tags":"TED, talks, crime, culture, education, global issues, india, politics, social change","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kiran_bedi_a_police_chief_with_a_difference\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Kids, take charge","author":"Kiran Sethi","ddate":" Nov 2009 ","description":"Kiran 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.","times_shared":" 1,312,681  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kiran_bir_sethi_teaches_kids_to_take_charge.html","tags":"TED, talks, children, education, india, leadership, social change, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kiran_bir_sethi_teaches_kids_to_take_charge\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"And now, the real news","author":"Kirk Citron","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"How many of today's headlines will matter in 100 years? 1000? 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This biologist and TED Senior Fellow offers a glimpse into the wonderful and mysterious lives of these hard-working and fragile creatures.","times_shared":" 622,956  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kristen_marhaver_how_we_re_growing_baby_corals_to_rebuild_reefs.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, animals, biology, biosphere, climate change, environment, exoskeleton, microbiology, mission blue, nature, oceans, pollution, science, water","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/kristen_marhaver_how_we_re_growing_baby_corals_to_rebuild_reefs\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Making law on the high seas","author":"Kristina Gjerde","ddate":" Apr 2010 ","description":"Kristina Gjerde studies the law of the high seas \u2014 the 64 percent of our ocean that isn't protected by any national law at all. 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From Skoll World Forum, Oxford, UK, www.skollfoundation.org","times_shared":" 392,535  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/larry_brilliant_makes_the_case_for_optimism.html","tags":"TED, talks, climate change, culture, global issues, health, peace","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/larry_brilliant_makes_the_case_for_optimism\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My wish: Help me stop pandemics","author":"Larry Brilliant","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"Accepting the 2006 TED Prize, Dr. Larry Brilliant talks about how smallpox was eradicated from the planet, and calls for a new global system that can identify and contain pandemics before they spread. 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But though the steel town has lately been hailed as a posterchild of \"rustbelt revitalization,\" Frazier's pictures tell a different story, of the real impact of inequality and environmental toxicity. In this short, powerful talk, the TED Fellow shares a deeply personal glimpse of an often-unseen world.","times_shared":" 1,031,984  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/latoya_ruby_frazier_a_visual_history_of_inequality_in_industrial_america.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, arts, creativity, environment, inequality, photography, social change","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/latoya_ruby_frazier_a_visual_history_of_inequality_in_industrial_america\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"For these women, reading is a daring act","author":"Laura Boushnak","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 736,106  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laura_boushnak_for_these_women_reading_is_a_daring_act.html","tags":"TED, talks, Islam, Middle East, TED Fellows, education, feminism, photography, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laura_boushnak_for_these_women_reading_is_a_daring_act\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Older people are happier","author":"Laura Carstensen","ddate":" Dec 2011 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 1,085,471  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laura_carstensen_older_people_are_happier.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, aging, culture, science, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laura_carstensen_older_people_are_happier\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Good news in the fight against pancreatic cancer","author":"Laura Indolfi","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"Anyone who has lost a loved one to pancreatic cancer knows the devastating speed with which it can affect an otherwise healthy person. TED Fellow and biomedical entrepreneur Laura Indolfi is developing a revolutionary way to treat this complex and lethal disease: a drug delivery device that acts as a cage at the site of a tumor, preventing it from spreading and delivering medicine only where it's needed. \"We are hoping that one day we can make pancreatic cancer a curable disease,\" she says.","times_shared":" 729,691  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laura_indolfi_good_news_in_the_fight_against_pancreatic_cancer.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, big problems, cancer, design, disease, entrepreneur, epidemiology, future, health, health care, illness, innovation, invention, medical research, medicine, potential, product design, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laura_indolfi_good_news_in_the_fight_against_pancreatic_cancer\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The secrets I find on the mysterious ocean floor","author":"Laura Robinson","ddate":" Dec 2014 ","description":"Hundreds of meters below the surface of the ocean, Laura Robinson probes the steep slopes of massive undersea mountains. She's on the hunt for thousand-year-old corals that she can test in a nuclear reactor to discover how the ocean changes over time. By studying the history of the earth, Robinson hopes to find clues of what might happen in the future.","times_shared":" 1,257,563  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laura_robinson_the_secrets_i_find_on_the_mysterious_ocean_floor.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, adventure, ancient world, animals, beauty, biodiversity, biology, biosphere, chemistry, climate change, environment, exploration, future, history, life, nature, oceans, science, water","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laura_robinson_the_secrets_i_find_on_the_mysterious_ocean_floor\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The surprisingly logical minds of babies","author":"Laura Schulz","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"How do babies learn so much from so little so quickly? In a fun, experiment-filled talk, cognitive scientist Laura Schulz shows how our young ones make decisions with a surprisingly strong sense of logic, well before they can talk.","times_shared":" 1,434,738  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laura_schulz_the_surprisingly_logical_minds_of_babies.html","tags":"TED, talks, brain, children, cognitive science, mind, science, youth","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laura_schulz_the_surprisingly_logical_minds_of_babies\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Remember to say thank you","author":"Laura Trice","ddate":" Feb 2008 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 1,385,575  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laura_trice_suggests_we_all_say_thank_you.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, communication, culture, happiness, parenting, relationships","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laura_trice_suggests_we_all_say_thank_you\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Depressed dogs, cats with OCD \u2014 what animal madness means for us humans","author":"Laurel Braitman","ddate":" Jul 2014 ","description":"Behind 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.","times_shared":" 1,250,997  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laurel_braitman_depressed_dogs_cats_with_ocd_what_animal_madness_means_for_us_humans.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, animals, health, history, mental health, psychology, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laurel_braitman_depressed_dogs_cats_with_ocd_what_animal_madness_means_for_us_humans\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The conscience of television","author":"Lauren Zalaznick","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"TV executive Lauren Zalaznick thinks deeply about pop television. Sharing results of a bold study that tracks attitudes against TV ratings over five decades, she makes a case that television reflects who we truly are \u2014 in ways we might not have expected.","times_shared":" 567,437  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lauren_zalaznick.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, entertainment","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lauren_zalaznick\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Lessons from the 1918 flu","author":"Laurie Garrett","ddate":" Feb 2007 ","description":"In 2007, as the world worried about a possible avian flu epidemic, Laurie Garrett, author of \"The Coming Plague,\" gave this powerful talk to a small TED University audience. Her insights from past pandemics are suddenly more relevant than ever.","times_shared":" 388,115  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laurie_garrett_on_lessons_from_the_1918_flu.html","tags":"TED, talks, Vaccines, business, ebola, health, health care, history, politics, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/laurie_garrett_on_lessons_from_the_1918_flu\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A monkey economy as irrational as ours","author":"Laurie Santos","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. 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In this fiery, deeply personal talk, he calls for all citizens to engage, and offers a heartfelt reminder to never give up hope.","times_shared":" 1,059,455  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lawrence_lessig_the_unstoppable_walk_to_political_reform.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, corruption, democracy, government, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lawrence_lessig_the_unstoppable_walk_to_political_reform\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What your doctor won\u2019t disclose","author":"Leana Wen","ddate":" Sep 2014 ","description":"Wouldn\u2019t you want to know if your doctor was a paid spokesman for a drug company? Or held personal beliefs incompatible with the treatment you want? Right now, in the US at least, your doctor simply doesn\u2019t have to tell you about that. And when physician Leana Wen asked her fellow doctors to open up, the reaction she got was \u2026 unsettling.","times_shared":" 1,543,098  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/leana_wen_what_your_doctor_won_t_disclose.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, health care, medicine, morality","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/leana_wen_what_your_doctor_won_t_disclose\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Making matter come alive","author":"Lee Cronin","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Before life existed on Earth, there was just matter, inorganic dead \"stuff.\" How improbable is it that life arose? And \u2014 could it use a different type of chemistry? Using an elegant definition of life (anything that can evolve), chemist Lee Cronin is exploring this question by attempting to create a fully inorganic cell using a \"Lego kit\" of inorganic molecules \u2014 no carbon \u2014 that can assemble, replicate and compete.","times_shared":" 671,825  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lee_cronin_making_matter_come_alive.html","tags":"TED, talks, biology, life, nanoscale, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lee_cronin_making_matter_come_alive\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Inside an Antarctic time machine","author":"Lee Hotz","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Science columnist Lee Hotz describes a remarkable project at WAIS Divide, Antarctica, where a hardy team are drilling into ten-thousand-year-old ice to extract vital data on our changing climate.","times_shared":" 570,885  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lee_hotz_inside_an_antarctic_time_machine.html","tags":"TED, talks, climate change, news, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lee_hotz_inside_an_antarctic_time_machine\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender","author":"Lee Mokobe","ddate":" May 2015 ","description":"\"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.","times_shared":" 996,048  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lee_mokobe_a_powerful_poem_about_what_it_feels_like_to_be_transgender.html","tags":"TED, talks, Gender spectrum, TED Fellows, Transgender, gender, poetry, spoken word","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lee_mokobe_a_powerful_poem_about_what_it_feels_like_to_be_transgender\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Science and democracy","author":"Lee Smolin","ddate":" Feb 2003 ","description":"Physicist Lee Smolin talks about how the scientific community works: as he puts it, \"we fight and argue as hard as we can,\" but everyone accepts that the next generation of scientists will decide who's right. And, he says, that's how democracy works, too.","times_shared":" 235,081  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lee_smolin_on_science_and_democracy.html","tags":"TED, talks, String theory, TED Conference, community, global issues, physics, politics, science, social change","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lee_smolin_on_science_and_democracy\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My friend Richard Feynman","author":"Leonard Susskind","ddate":" Jan 2011 ","description":"What's it like to be pals with a genius? 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With serious scholarship and warm humor, Hazleton shares the grace, flexibility and mystery she found, in this myth-debunking talk.","times_shared":" 1,691,068  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lesley_hazelton_on_reading_the_koran.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, culture, global issues, journalism, religion","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lesley_hazelton_on_reading_the_koran\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The doubt essential to faith","author":"Lesley Hazleton","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"When 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.","times_shared":" 1,250,755  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lesley_hazleton_the_doubt_essential_to_faith.html","tags":"TED, talks, Islam, culture, faith, global issues, peace, religion","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lesley_hazleton_the_doubt_essential_to_faith\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Don't misrepresent Africa","author":"Leslie Dodson","ddate":" Sep 2011 ","description":"Real narratives are complicated:\u00a0Africa isn\u2019t a country, and it's\u00a0not a disaster zone, says reporter and researcher Leslie Dodson.\u00a0She calls for journalists, researchers and NGOs to stop representing entire continents as one big tragedy.","times_shared":" 111,029  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/leslie_dodson_don_t_misrepresent_africa.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, TEDx, journalism, media, poverty","transcript_url":""},{"title":"Re-examining the remix","author":"Lawrence Lessig","ddate":" Apr 2010 ","description":"Former \"young Republican\" Larry Lessig talks about what Democrats can learn about copyright from their opposite party, considered more conservative. 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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.","times_shared":" 980,955  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lewis_pugh_s_mind_shifting_mt_everest_swim.html","tags":"TED, talks, activism, adventure, climate change, global issues, science, sports","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lewis_pugh_s_mind_shifting_mt_everest_swim\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Paper beats plastic? How to rethink environmental folklore","author":"Leyla Acaroglu","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"Most 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.","times_shared":" 1,128,382  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/leyla_acaroglu_paper_beats_plastic_how_to_rethink_environmental_folklore.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, design, green, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/leyla_acaroglu_paper_beats_plastic_how_to_rethink_environmental_folklore\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Unlock the intelligence, passion, greatness of girls","author":"Leymah Gbowee","ddate":" Mar 2012 ","description":"Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee has two powerful stories to tell \u2014 of her own life's transformation, and of the untapped potential of girls around the world. 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They're also entirely affordable.","times_shared":" 574,210  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lian_pin_koh_a_drone_s_eye_view_of_conservation.html","tags":"TED, talks, animals, drones, global issues, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lian_pin_koh_a_drone_s_eye_view_of_conservation\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The beauty of being a misfit","author":"Lidia Yuknavitch","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"To those who feel like they don't belong: there is beauty in being a misfit. Author Lidia Yuknavitch shares her own wayward journey in an intimate recollection of patchwork stories about loss, shame and the slow process of self-acceptance. \"Even at the moment of your failure, you are beautiful,\" she says. \"You don't know it yet, but you have the ability to reinvent yourself endlessly. That's your beauty.\"","times_shared":" 682,118  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lidia_yuknavitch_the_beauty_of_being_a_misfit.html","tags":"TED, talks, arts, beauty, books, creativity, failure, humanity, identity, personal growth, self, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lidia_yuknavitch_the_beauty_of_being_a_misfit\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Lies, damned lies and statistics (about TEDTalks)","author":"Sebastian Wernicke","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"In 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\"?","times_shared":" 2,058,438  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lies_damned_lies_and_statistics_about_tedtalks.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, comedy, entertainment, statistics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lies_damned_lies_and_statistics_about_tedtalks\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to fix a broken school? Lead fearlessly, love hard","author":"Linda Cliatt-Wayman","ddate":" May 2015 ","description":"On Linda Cliatt-Wayman's first day as principal at a failing high school in North Philadelphia, she was determined to lay down the law. But she soon realized the job was more complex than she thought. With palpable passion, she shares the three principles that helped her turn around three schools labeled \"low-performing and persistently dangerous.\" Her fearless determination to lead \u2014 and to love the students, no matter what \u2014 is a model for leaders in all fields.","times_shared":" 1,319,443  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/linda_cliatt_wayman_how_to_fix_a_broken_school_lead_fearlessly_love_hard.html","tags":"TED, talks, education, leadership, poverty, teaching","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/linda_cliatt_wayman_how_to_fix_a_broken_school_lead_fearlessly_love_hard\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to manage for collective creativity","author":"Linda Hill","ddate":" Sep 2014 ","description":"What's the secret to unlocking the creativity hidden inside your daily work, and giving every great idea a chance? Harvard professor Linda Hill, co-author of \"Collective Genius,\" has studied some of the world's most creative companies to come up with a set of tools and tactics to keep great ideas flowing \u2014 from everyone in the company, not just the designated \"creatives.\" ","times_shared":" 1,745,517  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/linda_hill_how_to_manage_for_collective_creativity.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, collaboration, creativity, leadership","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/linda_hill_how_to_manage_for_collective_creativity\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A delightful way to teach kids about computers","author":"Linda Liukas","ddate":" Oct 2015 ","description":"Computer code is the next universal language, and its syntax will be limited only by the imaginations of the next generation of programmers. Linda Liukas is helping to educate problem-solving kids, encouraging them to see computers not as mechanical, boring and complicated but as colorful, expressive machines meant to be tinkered with. In this talk, she invites us to imagine a world where the Ada Lovelaces of tomorrow grow up to be optimistic and brave about technology and use it to create a new world that is wonderful, whimsical and a tiny bit weird.","times_shared":" 1,280,811  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, TEDx, algorithm, code, computers, creativity, design, education, future, parenting, product design, programming, software, storytelling, technology, web","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/linda_liukas_a_delightful_way_to_teach_kids_about_computers\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The mind behind Linux","author":"Linus Torvalds","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"Linus Torvalds transformed technology twice \u2014 first with the Linux kernel, which helps power the Internet, and again with Git, the source code management system used by developers worldwide. In a rare interview with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Torvalds discusses with remarkable openness the personality traits that prompted his unique philosophy of work, engineering and life. \"I am not a visionary, I'm an engineer,\" Torvalds says. \"I'm perfectly happy with all the people who are walking around and just staring at the clouds ... but I'm looking at the ground, and I want to fix the pothole that's right in front of me before I fall in.\"","times_shared":" 1,470,030  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/linus_torvalds_the_mind_behind_linux.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, code, communication, computers, data, engineering, interview, invention, programming, technology, web","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/linus_torvalds_the_mind_behind_linux\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How books can open your mind","author":"Lisa Bu","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"What happens when a dream you've held since childhood \u2026 doesn't come true? As Lisa Bu adjusted to a new life in the United States, she turned to books to expand her mind and create a new path for herself. She shares her unique approach to reading in this lovely, personal talk about the magic of books.","times_shared":" 2,661,042  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lisa_bu_how_books_can_open_your_mind.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, creativity, culture, entertainment, library, literature","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lisa_bu_how_books_can_open_your_mind\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The future of business is the \"mesh\"","author":"Lisa Gansky","ddate":" Jan 2011 ","description":"Lisa Gansky, author of \"The Mesh,\" talks about a future of business that's about sharing all kinds of stuff, either via smart and tech-enabled rental or, more boldly, peer-to-peer. Examples across industries \u2014 from music to cars \u2014 show how close we are to this meshy future.","times_shared":" 672,432  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lisa_gansky_the_future_of_business_is_the_mesh.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lisa_gansky_the_future_of_business_is_the_mesh\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A primer on 3D printing","author":"Lisa Harouni","ddate":" Nov 2011 ","description":"2012 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.","times_shared":" 1,533,524  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lisa_harouni_a_primer_on_3d_printing.html","tags":"TED, talks, 3d printing, business, design, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lisa_harouni_a_primer_on_3d_printing\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The political chemistry of oil","author":"Lisa Margonelli","ddate":" Jun 2010 ","description":"Speaking 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.","times_shared":" 410,496  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lisa_margonelli_the_political_chemistry_of_oil.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, disaster relief, energy, environment, green, oil, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lisa_margonelli_the_political_chemistry_of_oil\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How humans could evolve to survive in space","author":"Lisa Nip","ddate":" Nov 2015 ","description":"If we hope to one day leave Earth and explore the universe, our bodies are going to have to get a lot better at surviving the harsh conditions of space. Using synthetic biology, Lisa Nip hopes to harness special powers from microbes on Earth \u2014 such as the ability to withstand radiation \u2014 to make humans more fit for exploring space. \"We're approaching a time during which we'll have the capacity to decide our own genetic destiny,\" Nip says. \"Augmenting the human body with new abilities is no longer a question of how, but of when.\"","times_shared":" 1,094,390  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lisa_nip_how_humans_could_evolve_to_survive_in_space.html","tags":"TED, talks, Planets, TEDx, bacteria, biology, engineering, environment, evolution, exploration, future, innovation, intelligence, microbiology, nature, potential, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lisa_nip_how_humans_could_evolve_to_survive_in_space\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The invisible man","author":"Liu Bolin","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"Can 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.","times_shared":" 1,240,817  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/liu_bolin_the_invisible_man.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, arts, china, global issues, identity, photography, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/liu_bolin_the_invisible_man\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Drawing on humor for change","author":"Liza Donnelly","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly shares a portfolio of her wise and funny cartoons about modern life \u2014 and talks about how humor can empower women to change the rules.","times_shared":" 1,175,148  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/liza_donnelly_drawing_upon_humor_for_change.html","tags":"TED, talks, art, comedy, culture, feminism, humor, media, peace, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/liza_donnelly_drawing_upon_humor_for_change\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A call to reinvent liberal arts education","author":"Liz Coleman","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Bennington president Liz Coleman delivers a call-to-arms for radical reform in higher education. Bucking the trend to push students toward increasingly narrow areas of study, she proposes a truly cross-disciplinary education \u2014 one that dynamically combines all areas of study to address the great problems of our day.","times_shared":" 552,498  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/liz_coleman_s_call_to_reinvent_liberal_arts_education.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, activism, collaboration, creativity, education, future, politics, social change","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/liz_coleman_s_call_to_reinvent_liberal_arts_education\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A new museum wing ... in a giant bubble","author":"Liz Diller","ddate":" Mar 2012 ","description":"How 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.)","times_shared":" 630,508  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/liz_diller_a_giant_bubble_for_debate.html","tags":"TED, talks, architecture, cities, creativity, museums","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/liz_diller_a_giant_bubble_for_debate\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The Blur Building and other tech-empowered architecture","author":"Liz Diller","ddate":" Dec 2007 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 510,509  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/liz_diller_plays_with_architecture.html","tags":"TED, talks, architecture, art, arts, cities, design, theater","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/liz_diller_plays_with_architecture\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The state of the climate \u2014 and what we might do about it","author":"Lord Nicholas Stern","ddate":" Sep 2014 ","description":"How 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?","times_shared":" 724,285  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lord_nicholas_stern_the_state_of_the_climate_and_what_we_might_do_about_it.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, climate change, economics, global issues","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lord_nicholas_stern_the_state_of_the_climate_and_what_we_might_do_about_it\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The intricate economics of terrorism","author":"Loretta Napoleoni","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Loretta 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. ","times_shared":" 563,832  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/loretta_napoleoni_the_intricate_economics_of_terrorism.html","tags":"TED, talks, corruption, economics, global issues, money, terrorism","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/loretta_napoleoni_the_intricate_economics_of_terrorism\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What\u2019s wrong with your pa$$w0rd?","author":"Lorrie Faith Cranor","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Lorrie 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 ... ","times_shared":" 1,372,458  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lorrie_faith_cranor_what_s_wrong_with_your_pa_w0rd.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, business, communication, hack, privacy, security, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lorrie_faith_cranor_what_s_wrong_with_your_pa_w0rd\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":" Hidden miracles of the natural world","author":"Louie Schwartzberg","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"We 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.","times_shared":" 6,006,100  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/louie_schwartzberg_hidden_miracles_of_the_natural_world.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, bacteria, film, insects, nanoscale, nature, photography","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/louie_schwartzberg_hidden_miracles_of_the_natural_world\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The hidden beauty of pollination","author":"Louie Schwartzberg","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Pollination: 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.","times_shared":" 1,715,279  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/louie_schwartzberg_the_hidden_beauty_of_pollination.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, beauty, bees, evolution, film, garden, insects, life, nature","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/louie_schwartzberg_the_hidden_beauty_of_pollination\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"We need to feed the whole world","author":"Louise Fresco","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Louise Fresco shows us why we should celebrate mass-produced, supermarket-style white bread. She says environmentally sound mass production will feed the world, yet leave a role for small bakeries and traditional methods.","times_shared":" 848,372  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/louise_fresco_on_feeding_the_whole_world.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, development, food, global issues, industrial design","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/louise_fresco_on_feeding_the_whole_world\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A dig for humanity's origins","author":"Louise Leakey","ddate":" Feb 2008 ","description":"Louise Leakey asks, \"Who are we?\" The question takes her to the Rift Valley in Eastern Africa, where she digs for the evolutionary origins of humankind \u2014 and suggests a stunning new vision of our competing ancestors.","times_shared":" 589,954  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/louise_leakey_digs_for_humanity_s_origins.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, TED Conference, ancient world, anthropology, apes, evolution, human origins, humanity, paleontology, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/louise_leakey_digs_for_humanity_s_origins\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The science of scent","author":"Luca Turin","ddate":" Feb 2005 ","description":"What's the science behind a sublime perfume? With charm and precision, biophysicist Luca Turin explains the molecular makeup \u2014 and the art \u2014 of a scent.","times_shared":" 408,493  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/luca_turin_on_the_science_of_scent.html","tags":"TED, talks, Senses, TED Conference, beauty, happiness, materials, science, smell, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/luca_turin_on_the_science_of_scent\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Finding planets around other stars","author":"Lucianne Walkowicz","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"How do we find planets \u2014 even habitable planets \u2014 around other stars? By looking for tiny dimming as a planet passes in front of its sun, TED Fellow Lucianne Walkowicz and the Kepler mission have found some 1,200 potential new planetary systems. With new techniques, they may even find ones with the right conditions for life.","times_shared":" 1,013,130  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lucianne_walkowicz_finding_planets_around_other_stars.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, exploration, science, technology, universe","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lucianne_walkowicz_finding_planets_around_other_stars\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Let's not use Mars as a backup planet","author":"Lucianne Walkowicz","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Stellar astronomer and TED Senior Fellow Lucianne Walkowicz works on NASA's Kepler mission, searching for places in the universe that could support life. So it's worth a listen when she asks us to think carefully about Mars. In this short talk, she suggests that we stop dreaming of Mars as a place that we'll eventually move to when we've messed up Earth, and to start thinking of planetary exploration and preservation of the Earth as two sides of the same goal. As she says, \"The more you look for planets like Earth, the more you appreciate our own planet.\"","times_shared":" 1,745,115  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lucianne_walkowicz_let_s_not_use_mars_as_a_backup_planet.html","tags":"TED, talks, NASA, Planets, TED Fellows, astronomy, exploration, future, humanity, space, universe","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lucianne_walkowicz_let_s_not_use_mars_as_a_backup_planet\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Look up for a change","author":"Lucianne Walkowicz","ddate":" Nov 2011 ","description":"How often do you see the true beauty of the night sky? TED Fellow Lucianne Walkowicz shows how light pollution is ruining the extraordinary \u2014 and often ignored \u2014 experience of seeing directly into space.","times_shared":" 162,289  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lucianne_walkowicz_look_up_for_a_change.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, TEDx, environment, global issues, science, space","transcript_url":""},{"title":"Crowdsource your health","author":"Lucien Engelen","ddate":" Apr 2011 ","description":"You can use your smartphone to find a local ATM, but what if you need a defibrillator? Lucien Engelen shows us online innovations that are changing the way we save lives, including a crowdsourced map of local defibrillators.","times_shared":" 273,081  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lucien_engelen_crowdsource_your_health.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, health, health care, medicine, public health, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lucien_engelen_crowdsource_your_health\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How can technology transform the human body?","author":"Lucy McRae","ddate":" Feb 2012 ","description":"TED 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.","times_shared":" 1,485,263  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lucy_mcrae_how_can_technology_transform_the_human_body.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Fellows, architecture, design, smell, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/lucy_mcrae_how_can_technology_transform_the_human_body\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Massive-scale online collaboration","author":"Luis von Ahn","ddate":" Apr 2011 ","description":"After 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.","times_shared":" 1,369,099  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, TEDx, collaboration, computers, language, technology, wikipedia","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How I learned to stop worrying and love \"useless\" art","author":"Luke Syson","ddate":" Oct 2013 ","description":"Luke 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.)","times_shared":" 1,092,685  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/luke_syson_how_i_learned_to_stop_worrying_and_love_useless_art.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, art, arts, design, history, museums","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/luke_syson_how_i_learned_to_stop_worrying_and_love_useless_art\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A global culture to fight extremism","author":"Maajid Nawaz","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Why do transnational extremist organizations succeed where democratic movements have a harder time taking hold? Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamist extremist, asks for new grassroots stories and global social activism to spread democracy in the face of nationalism and xenophobia.","times_shared":" 643,063  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/maajid_nawaz_a_global_culture_to_fight_extremism.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, democracy, global issues, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/maajid_nawaz_a_global_culture_to_fight_extremism\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why a good book is a secret door","author":"Mac Barnett","ddate":" Jun 2014 ","description":"Childhood is surreal. Why shouldn't children's books be? In this whimsical talk, award-winning author Mac Barnett speaks about writing that escapes the page, art as a doorway to wonder \u2014 and what real kids say to a fictional whale.","times_shared":" 1,446,268  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mac_barnett_why_a_good_book_is_a_secret_door.html","tags":"TED, talks, books, children, creativity","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mac_barnett_why_a_good_book_is_a_secret_door\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Stunning photos of the endangered Everglades","author":"Mac Stone","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"For centuries, people have viewed swamps and wetlands as obstacles to avoid. But for photographer Mac Stone, who documents the stories of wildlife in Florida's Everglades, the swamp isn't a hindrance \u2014 it's a national treasure. Through his stunning photographs, Stone shines a new light on a neglected, ancient and important wilderness. His message: get out and experience it for yourself. \"Just do it \u2014 put your feet in the water,\" he says. \"The swamp will change you, I promise.\"","times_shared":" 1,055,885  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mac_stone_stunning_photos_of_the_endangered_everglades.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, activism, animals, nature, photography","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mac_stone_stunning_photos_of_the_endangered_everglades\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"On being a woman and a diplomat","author":"Madeleine Albright","ddate":" Dec 2010 ","description":"Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks bluntly about politics and diplomacy, making the case that women's issues deserve a place at the center of foreign policy. Far from being a \"soft\" issue, she says, women's issues are often the very hardest ones, dealing directly with life and death. A frank and funny Q&A with Pat Mitchell from the Paley Center.","times_shared":" 676,781  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/madeleine_albright_on_being_a_woman_and_a_diplomat.html","tags":"TED, talks, Foreign Policy, business, iraq","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/madeleine_albright_on_being_a_woman_and_a_diplomat\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Teach arts and sciences together","author":"Mae Jemison","ddate":" Feb 2002 ","description":"Mae 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.","times_shared":" 643,549  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mae_jemison_on_teaching_arts_and_sciences_together.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, art, arts, dance, education, future, science, space, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mae_jemison_on_teaching_arts_and_sciences_together\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How yarn bombing grew into a worldwide movement","author":"Magda Sayeg","ddate":" Nov 2015 ","description":"Textile artist Magda Sayeg transforms urban landscapes into her own playground by decorating everyday objects with colorful knit and crochet works. These warm, fuzzy \"yarn bombs\" started small, with stop sign poles and fire hydrants in Sayeg's hometown, but soon people found a connection to the craft and spread it across the world. \"We all live in this fast-paced, digital world, but we still crave and desire something that's relatable,\" Sayeg says. \"Hidden power can be found in the most unassuming places, and we all possess skills that are just waiting to be discovered.\"","times_shared":" 985,170  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/magda_sayeg_how_yarn_bombing_grew_into_a_worldwide_movement.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDYouth, arts, beauty, creativity, entertainment, materials, street art","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/magda_sayeg_how_yarn_bombing_grew_into_a_worldwide_movement\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Turning dunes into architecture","author":"Magnus Larsson","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Architecture student Magnus Larsson details his bold plan to transform the harsh Sahara desert using bacteria and a surprising construction material: the sand itself.","times_shared":" 628,029  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/magnus_larsson_turning_dunes_into_architecture.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, architecture, bacteria, biology, design, sustainability, water","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/magnus_larsson_turning_dunes_into_architecture\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The illustrated woman","author":"Maira Kalman","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"Author 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.","times_shared":" 600,494  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/maira_kalman_the_illustrated_woman.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, art, children, culture, design, entertainment, happiness","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/maira_kalman_the_illustrated_woman\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"3 stories of local eco-entrepreneurship","author":"Majora Carter","ddate":" Sep 2010 ","description":"The future of green is local. Majora Carter tells three inspiring stories of people who are saving their own communities while saving the planet. ","times_shared":" 501,010  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/majora_carter_3_stories_of_local_ecoactivism.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, business, cities, community, economics, green","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/majora_carter_3_stories_of_local_ecoactivism\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Greening the ghetto","author":"Majora Carter","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 1,404,102  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal.html","tags":"TED, talks, MacArthur grant, TED Conference, activism, business, cities, environment, green, inequality, politics, pollution","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The strange tale of the Norden bombsight","author":"Malcolm Gladwell","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Master storyteller Malcolm Gladwell tells the tale of the Norden bombsight, a groundbreaking piece of World War II technology with a deeply unexpected result.","times_shared":" 927,609  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/malcolm_gladwell.html","tags":"TED, talks, drones, invention, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/malcolm_gladwell\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce","author":"Malcolm Gladwell","ddate":" Feb 2004 ","description":"\"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.","times_shared":" 6,183,224  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, choice, consumerism, culture, economics, food, marketing, media, storytelling","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/malcolm_gladwell_on_spaghetti_sauce\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The unheard story of David and Goliath","author":"Malcolm Gladwell","ddate":" Sep 2013 ","description":"It's a classic underdog tale: David, a young shepherd armed only with a sling, beats Goliath, the mighty warrior. The story has transcended its biblical origins to become a common shorthand for unlikely victory. But, asks Malcolm Gladwell, is that really what the David and Goliath story is about?","times_shared":" 2,763,470  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/malcolm_gladwell_the_unheard_story_of_david_and_goliath.html","tags":"TED, talks, ancient world, entertainment, history, storytelling, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/malcolm_gladwell_the_unheard_story_of_david_and_goliath\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"\"High School Training Ground\"","author":"Malcolm London","ddate":" May 2013 ","description":"Young poet, educator and activist Malcolm London performs his stirring poem about life on the front lines of high school. He tells of the \"oceans of adolescence\" who come to school \"but never learn to swim,\" of \"masculinity mimicked by men who grew up with no fathers.\" Beautiful, lyrical, chilling.","times_shared":" 1,024,840  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/malcolm_london_high_school_training_ground.html","tags":"TED, talks, education, poetry","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/malcolm_london_high_school_training_ground\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Authentic creativity vs. karaoke culture","author":"Malcolm McLaren","ddate":" Oct 2009 ","description":"How does one find authentic creativity? In his last talk before passing away, Malcolm McLaren tells remarkable stories from his own life, from failing school to managing the Sex Pistols. He argues that we're living in a karaoke culture, with false promises of instant success, and that messiness and failure are the key to true learning.","times_shared":" 248,483  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/malcolm_mclaren_authentic_creativity_vs_karaoke_culture.html","tags":"TED, talks, arts, creativity, culture, entertainment","transcript_url":""},{"title":"Dance to change the world","author":"Mallika Sarabhai","ddate":" Nov 2009 ","description":"At TEDIndia, Mallika Sarabhai, a dancer\/actor\/politician, tells a  
transformative story in dance \u2014 and argues that the arts may be the  
most powerful way to effect change, whether political, social or  
personal.","times_shared":" 451,067  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mallika_sarabhai.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, dance, entertainment, global issues, politics, social change","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mallika_sarabhai\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A Saudi woman who dared to drive","author":"Manal al-Sharif","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"There'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.","times_shared":" 1,375,734  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/manal_al_sharif_a_saudi_woman_who_dared_to_drive.html","tags":"TED, talks, Islam, Middle East, cars, culture, feminism, global issues, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/manal_al_sharif_a_saudi_woman_who_dared_to_drive\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Falling in love is the easy part","author":"Mandy Len Catron","ddate":" Aug 2015 ","description":"Did you know you can fall in love with anyone just by asking them 36 questions? Mandy Len Catron tried this experiment, it worked, and she wrote a viral article about it (that your mom probably sent you). But \u2026 is that real love? Did it last? And what\u2019s the difference between falling in love and staying in love?","times_shared":" 2,453,031  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mandy_len_catron_falling_in_love_is_the_easy_part.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, love, media, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mandy_len_catron_falling_in_love_is_the_easy_part\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A visual history of human knowledge","author":"Manuel Lima","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"How does knowledge grow? Sometimes it begins with one insight and grows into many branches; other times it grows as a complex and interconnected network. Infographics expert Manuel Lima explores the thousand-year history of mapping data \u2014 from languages to dynasties \u2014 using trees and networks of information. It's a fascinating history of visualizations, and a look into humanity's urge to map what we know.","times_shared":" 1,559,870  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/manuel_lima_a_visual_history_of_human_knowledge.html","tags":"TED, talks, art, data, design, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/manuel_lima_a_visual_history_of_human_knowledge\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A 50-cent microscope that folds like origami","author":"Manu Prakash","ddate":" Jun 2012 ","description":"Perhaps 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.","times_shared":" 1,591,337  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/manu_prakash_a_50_cent_microscope_that_folds_like_origami.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, global issues, health, physics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/manu_prakash_a_50_cent_microscope_that_folds_like_origami\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why not eat insects?","author":"Marcel Dicke","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Marcel 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.","times_shared":" 1,316,138  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marcel_dicke_why_not_eat_insects.html","tags":"TED, talks, agriculture, environment, food, health, insects","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marcel_dicke_why_not_eat_insects\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Open-sourced blueprints for civilization","author":"Marcin Jakubowski","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Using 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).","times_shared":" 1,368,049  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marcin_jakubowski.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Fellows, culture, open-source, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marcin_jakubowski\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Welcome to the age of the industrial internet","author":"Marco Annunziata","ddate":" Oct 2013 ","description":"Everyone's talking about the \"Internet of Things,\" but what exactly does that mean for our future? In this thoughtful talk, economist Marco Annunziata looks at how technology is transforming the industrial sector, creating machines that can see, feel, sense and react \u2014 so they can be operated far more efficiently. Think: airplane parts that send an alert when they need to be serviced, or wind turbines that communicate with one another to generate more electricity. It's a future with exciting implications for us all.","times_shared":" 1,350,531  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marco_annunziata_welcome_to_the_age_of_the_industrial_internet.html","tags":"TED, talks, economics, infrastructure, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marco_annunziata_welcome_to_the_age_of_the_industrial_internet\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A magical tale (with augmented reality)","author":"Marco Tempest","ddate":" Mar 2012 ","description":"Marco Tempest spins a beautiful story of what magic is, how it entertains us and how it highlights our humanity \u2014 all while working extraordinary illusions with his hands and an augmented reality machine.","times_shared":" 1,356,452  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marco_tempest_a_magical_tale_with_augmented_reality.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, art, design, entertainment, illusion, magic, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marco_tempest_a_magical_tale_with_augmented_reality\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"And for my next trick, a robot","author":"Marco Tempest","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Marco Tempest uses charming stagecraft to demo EDI, the multi-purpose robot designed to work very closely with humans. Less a magic trick than an intricately choreographed performance, Tempest shows off the robot\u2019s sensing technology, safety features and strength, and makes the case for a closer human-robot relationship. (Okay, there\u2019s a little magic, too.)","times_shared":" 1,475,352  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marco_tempest_maybe_the_best_robot_demo_ever.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, entertainment, magic, robots, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marco_tempest_maybe_the_best_robot_demo_ever\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Augmented reality, techno-magic","author":"Marco Tempest","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Using sleight-of-hand techniques and charming storytelling, illusionist Marco Tempest brings a jaunty stick figure to life onstage at TEDGlobal.","times_shared":" 985,910  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marco_tempest_the_augmented_reality_of_techno_magic.html","tags":"TED, talks, entertainment, magic, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marco_tempest_the_augmented_reality_of_techno_magic\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The magic of truth and lies (and iPods)","author":"Marco Tempest","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Using three iPods like magical props, Marco Tempest spins a clever, surprisingly heartfelt meditation on truth and lies, art and emotion. ","times_shared":" 5,323,606  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marco_tempest_the_magic_of_truth_and_lies_on_ipods.html","tags":"TED, talks, art, arts, design, entertainment, illusion, magic, music, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marco_tempest_the_magic_of_truth_and_lies_on_ipods\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Symmetry, reality's riddle","author":"Marcus du Sautoy","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"The 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.","times_shared":" 924,786  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marcus_du_sautoy_symmetry_reality_s_riddle.html","tags":"TED, talks, architecture, art, beauty, math, physics, universe","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marcus_du_sautoy_symmetry_reality_s_riddle\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A science award that makes you laugh, then think","author":"Marc Abrahams","ddate":" Sep 2014 ","description":"As founder of the Ig Nobel awards, Marc Abrahams explores the world\u2019s most improbable research. In this thought-provoking (and occasionally side-splitting) talk, he tells stories of truly weird science \u2014 and makes the case that silliness is critical to boosting public interest in science.","times_shared":" 1,322,495  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marc_abrahams_a_science_award_that_makes_you_laugh_then_think.html","tags":"TED, talks, humor, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marc_abrahams_a_science_award_that_makes_you_laugh_then_think\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"1.3m reasons to re-invent the syringe","author":"Marc Koska","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Reuse of syringes, all too common in under-funded clinics, kills 1.3 million each year. Marc Koska clues us in to this devastating global problem with facts, photos and hidden-camera footage. He shares his solution: a low-cost syringe that can't be used twice.","times_shared":" 598,821  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marc_koska_the_devastating_toll_of_syringe_reuse.html","tags":"TED, talks, design, development, education, health, medicine, sanitation, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marc_koska_the_devastating_toll_of_syringe_reuse\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why the buildings of the future will be shaped by ... you","author":"Marc Kushner","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"\"Architecture is not about math or zoning \u2014 it's about visceral emotions,\" says Marc Kushner. In a sweeping \u2014 often funny \u2014 talk, he zooms through the past thirty years of architecture to show how the public, once disconnected, have become an essential part of the design process. With the help of social media, feedback reaches architects years before a building is even created. The result? Architecture that will do more for us than ever before.","times_shared":" 1,871,462  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marc_kushner_why_the_buildings_of_the_future_will_be_shaped_by_you.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Books, architecture, design, social media","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marc_kushner_why_the_buildings_of_the_future_will_be_shaped_by_you\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The art of the interview","author":"Marc Pachter","ddate":" Jan 2008 ","description":"Marc Pachter has conducted live interviews with some of the most intriguing characters in recent American history as part of a remarkable series created for the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. He reveals the secret to a great interview and shares extraordinary stories of talking with Steve Martin, Clare Booth Luce and more.","times_shared":" 594,353  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marc_pachter_the_art_of_the_interview.html","tags":"TED, talks, art, history, performance, personal growth","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marc_pachter_the_art_of_the_interview\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How giant websites design for you (and a billion others, too)","author":"Margaret Gould Stewart","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Facebook\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.","times_shared":" 1,489,312  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/margaret_gould_stewart_how_giant_websites_design_for_you_and_a_billion_others_too.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, culture, design, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/margaret_gould_stewart_how_giant_websites_design_for_you_and_a_billion_others_too\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The dangers of \"willful blindness\"","author":"Margaret Heffernan","ddate":" Mar 2013 ","description":"Gayla 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.) ","times_shared":" 1,391,236  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/margaret_heffernan_the_dangers_of_willful_blindness.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, culture, global issues, women in business","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/margaret_heffernan_the_dangers_of_willful_blindness\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Forget the pecking order at work","author":"Margaret Heffernan","ddate":" May 2015 ","description":"Organizations are often run according to \"the superchicken model,\" where the value is placed on star employees who outperform others. And yet, this isn't 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: \"Companies don't have ideas. Only people do.\"","times_shared":" 1,726,349  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/margaret_heffernan_why_it_s_time_to_forget_the_pecking_order_at_work.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Books, business, leadership, life, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/margaret_heffernan_why_it_s_time_to_forget_the_pecking_order_at_work\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How YouTube thinks about copyright","author":"Margaret Gould Stewart","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Margaret Gould Stewart, YouTube's head of user experience, talks about how the ubiquitous video site works with copyright holders and creators to foster (at the best of times) a creative ecosystem where everybody wins.","times_shared":" 724,117  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/margaret_stewart_how_youtube_thinks_about_copyright.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, art, arts, business, creativity, culture, entertainment, law, online video, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/margaret_stewart_how_youtube_thinks_about_copyright\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The beautiful math of coral","author":"Margaret Wertheim","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Margaret 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.","times_shared":" 1,187,540  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/margaret_wertheim_crochets_the_coral_reef.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, art, design, math, oceans, science, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/margaret_wertheim_crochets_the_coral_reef\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Government \u2014 investor, risk-taker, innovator","author":"Mariana Mazzucato","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"Why doesn\u2019t the government just get out of the way and let the private sector \u2014 the \u201creal revolutionaries\u201d \u2014 innovate? It\u2019s rhetoric you hear everywhere, and Mariana Mazzucato wants to dispel it. In an energetic talk, she shows how the state \u2014 which many see as a slow, hunkering behemoth \u2014 is really one of our most exciting risk-takers and market-shapers.","times_shared":" 747,940  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mariana_mazzucato_government_investor_risk_taker_innovator.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, economics, finance, government, innovation, investment, technology, women in business","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mariana_mazzucato_government_investor_risk_taker_innovator\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Your words may predict your future mental health","author":"Mariano Sigman","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"Can the way you speak and write today predict your future mental state, even the onset of psychosis? In this fascinating talk, neuroscientist Mariano Sigman reflects on ancient Greece and the origins of introspection to investigate how our words hint at our inner lives and details a word-mapping algorithm that could predict the development of schizophrenia. \"We may be seeing in the future a very different form of mental health,\" Sigman says, \"based on objective, quantitative and automated analysis of the words we write, of the words we say.\"","times_shared":" 879,389  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mariano_sigman_your_words_may_predict_your_future_mental_health.html","tags":"TED, talks, brain, cognitive science, communication, future, health, identity, language, mental health, mind, neuroscience, science, self, speech, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mariano_sigman_your_words_may_predict_your_future_mental_health\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Intricate beauty by design","author":"Marian Bantjes","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 598,527  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marian_bantjes_intricate_beauty_by_design.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, art, design, innovation, typography","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marian_bantjes_intricate_beauty_by_design\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The surprising need for strangeness","author":"Maria Bezaitis","ddate":" Apr 2013 ","description":"In our digital world, social relations have become mediated by data. Without even realizing it, we\u2019re barricading ourselves against strangeness \u2014 people and ideas that don't fit the patterns of who we already know, what we already like and where we\u2019ve already been. A call for technology to deliver us to what and who we need, even if it\u2019s unfamiliar. (Filmed at TED@Intel.)","times_shared":" 1,030,937  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/maria_bezaitis_the_surprising_need_for_strangeness.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, data, sociology, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/maria_bezaitis_the_surprising_need_for_strangeness\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"An art made of trust, vulnerability and connection","author":"Marina Abramovi\u0107","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Marina Abramovi\u0107's art pushes the boundary between audience and artist in pursuit of heightened consciousness and personal change. In her groundbreaking 2010 work, \"The Artist Is Present,\" she simply sat in a chair facing her audience, for eight hours a day ... with powerfully moving results. Her boldest work may still be yet to come \u2014 it's taking the form of a sprawling art institute devoted to experimentation and simple acts done with mindful attention. \"Nothing happens if you always do things the same way,\" she says. \"My method is to do things I'm afraid of, the things I don't know, to go to territory that nobody's ever been.\"","times_shared":" 1,161,544  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marina_abramovic_an_art_made_of_trust_vulnerability_and_connection.html","tags":"TED, talks, art, collaboration, communication, energy, fear, identity, performance art, relationships, self, society, vulnerability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marina_abramovic_an_art_made_of_trust_vulnerability_and_connection\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The wonder of Zulu wire art","author":"Marisa Fick-Jordan","ddate":" Jun 2007 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 260,233  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marisa_fick_jordan_shares_the_wonder_of_zulu_wire_art.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, art, business, design","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marisa_fick_jordan_shares_the_wonder_of_zulu_wire_art\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter","author":"Mark Bezos","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Volunteer 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.","times_shared":" 1,839,046  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mark_bezos_a_life_lesson_from_a_volunteer_firefighter.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, community, compassion, culture","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mark_bezos_a_life_lesson_from_a_volunteer_firefighter\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What's wrong with what we eat","author":"Mark Bittman","ddate":" Dec 2007 ","description":"In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what's wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it's putting the entire planet at risk.","times_shared":" 3,455,107  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mark_bittman_on_what_s_wrong_with_what_we_eat.html","tags":"TED, talks, environment, food, green, obesity, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mark_bittman_on_what_s_wrong_with_what_we_eat\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Demo: A needle-free vaccine patch that's safer and way cheaper","author":"Mark Kendall","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"One 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.","times_shared":" 943,767  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mark_kendall_demo_a_needle_free_vaccine_patch_that_s_safer_and_way_cheaper.html","tags":"TED, talks, Vaccines, biology, health, medicine, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mark_kendall_demo_a_needle_free_vaccine_patch_that_s_safer_and_way_cheaper\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How language transformed humanity","author":"Mark Pagel","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Biologist Mark Pagel shares an intriguing theory about why humans evolved our complex system of language. He suggests that language is a piece of \"social technology\" that allowed early human tribes to access a powerful new tool: cooperation.","times_shared":" 1,310,988  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mark_pagel_how_language_transformed_humanity.html","tags":"TED, talks, biology, communication, culture, evolution, language, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mark_pagel_how_language_transformed_humanity\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What the people of the Amazon know that you don\u2019t","author":"Mark Plotkin","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"\"The greatest and most endangered species in the Amazon rainforest is not the jaguar or the harpy eagle,\" says Mark Plotkin, \"It's the isolated and uncontacted tribes.\" In an energetic and sobering talk, the ethnobotanist brings us into the world of the forest's indigenous tribes and the incredible medicinal plants that their shamans use to heal. He outlines the challenges and perils that are endangering them \u2014 and their wisdom \u2014 and urges us to protect this irreplaceable repository of knowledge.","times_shared":" 1,376,639  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mark_plotkin_what_the_people_of_the_amazon_know_that_you_don_t.html","tags":"TED, talks, medicine, world cultures","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mark_plotkin_what_the_people_of_the_amazon_know_that_you_don_t\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Victims of the city","author":"Mark Raymond","ddate":" Nov 2011 ","description":"Architecture can bring people together, or divide them \u2014 witness the skyscraper, costly, inefficient, and only serving small portions of the community. At TEDxPortofSpain, Mark Raymond encourages city governments to let go of their old notions of success and consider the balance of environment, economy, and society to design cities for social change. ","times_shared":" 136,790  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mark_raymond_victims_of_the_city.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, architecture, cities, design, social change, sustainability","transcript_url":""},{"title":"How sampling transformed music","author":"Mark Ronson","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Sampling 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. ","times_shared":" 2,725,014  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mark_ronson_how_sampling_transformed_music.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, music, performance","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mark_ronson_how_sampling_transformed_music\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Suspended animation is within our grasp","author":"Mark Roth","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Mark Roth studies suspended animation: the art of shutting down life processes and then starting them up again. It's wild stuff, but it's not science fiction. Induced by careful use of an otherwise toxic gas, suspended animation can potentially help trauma and heart attack victims survive long enough to be treated.","times_shared":" 686,811  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mark_roth_suspended_animation.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, biology, fish, health care, science, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mark_roth_suspended_animation\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why bees are disappearing","author":"Marla Spivak","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"Honeybees 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?","times_shared":" 2,165,959  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marla_spivak_why_bees_are_disappearing.html","tags":"TED, talks, bees, biodiversity, food, garden, insects, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marla_spivak_why_bees_are_disappearing\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What we learn from insects\u2019 kinky sex lives","author":"Marlene Zuk","ddate":" May 2015 ","description":"Marlene Zuk delightedly, determinedly studies insects. In this enlightening, funny talk, she shares just some of the ways that they are truly astonishing \u2014 not least for the creative ways they have sex.","times_shared":" 1,333,915  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marlene_zuk_what_we_learn_from_insects_kinky_sex_lives.html","tags":"TED, talks, biology, insects, science, sex","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marlene_zuk_what_we_learn_from_insects_kinky_sex_lives\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My daughter, my wife, our robot, and the quest for immortality","author":"Martine Rothblatt","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"The 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.","times_shared":" 1,139,094  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/martine_rothblatt_my_daughter_my_wife_our_robot_and_the_quest_for_immortality.html","tags":"TED, talks, Gender spectrum, Transgender, biotech, creativity, identity, love, medicine, robots, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/martine_rothblatt_my_daughter_my_wife_our_robot_and_the_quest_for_immortality\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The line between life and not-life","author":"Martin Hanczyc","ddate":" May 2011 ","description":"In his lab, Martin Hanczyc makes \"protocells,\" experimental blobs of chemicals that behave like living cells. His work demonstrates how life might have first occurred on Earth ... and perhaps elsewhere too.","times_shared":" 660,311  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/martin_hanczyc_the_line_between_life_and_not_life.html","tags":"TED, talks, biology, chemistry, life, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/martin_hanczyc_the_line_between_life_and_not_life\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Understanding the rise of China","author":"Martin Jacques","ddate":" Oct 2010 ","description":"Speaking at a TED Salon in London, Martin Jacques asks: How do we in the West make sense of China and its phenomenal rise? The author of \"When China Rules the World,\" he examines why the West often puzzles over the growing power of the Chinese economy, and offers three building blocks for understanding what China is and will become.","times_shared":" 2,106,821  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/martin_jacques_understanding_the_rise_of_china.html","tags":"TED, talks, Asia, business, china, culture, economics, global issues","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/martin_jacques_understanding_the_rise_of_china\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How my mind came back to life \u2014 and no one knew","author":"Martin Pistorius","ddate":" Aug 2015 ","description":"Imagine being unable to say, \"I am hungry,\" \"I am in pain,\" \"thank you,\" or \"I love you,\u201d \u2014 losing your ability to communicate, being trapped inside your body, surrounded by people yet utterly alone. For 13 long years, that was Martin Pistorius\u2019s reality. After contracting a brain infection at the age of twelve, Pistorius lost his ability to control his movements and to speak, and eventually he failed every test for mental awareness. He had become a ghost. But then a strange thing started to happen \u2014 his mind began to knit itself back together. In this moving talk, Pistorius tells how he freed himself from a life locked inside his own body.","times_shared":" 1,702,399  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/martin_pistorius_how_my_mind_came_back_to_life_and_no_one_knew.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, brain, communication, health, health care, mind, speech","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/martin_pistorius_how_my_mind_came_back_to_life_and_no_one_knew\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Is this our final century?","author":"Martin Rees","ddate":" Jul 2005 ","description":"Speaking 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.","times_shared":" 1,939,065  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/martin_rees_asks_is_this_our_final_century.html","tags":"TED, talks, astronomy, climate change, complexity, cosmos, leadership, science, social change, technology, time, universe","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/martin_rees_asks_is_this_our_final_century\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Can we prevent the end of the world?","author":"Martin Rees","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"A post-apocalyptic Earth, emptied of humans, seems like the stuff of science fiction TV and movies. But in this short, surprising talk, Lord Martin Rees asks us to think about our real existential risks \u2014 natural and human-made threats that could wipe out humanity. As a concerned member of the human race, he asks: What\u2019s the worst thing that could possibly happen?","times_shared":" 1,167,616  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/martin_rees_can_we_prevent_the_end_of_the_world.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, future, humanity","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/martin_rees_can_we_prevent_the_end_of_the_world\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The new era of positive psychology","author":"Martin Seligman","ddate":" Feb 2004 ","description":"Martin Seligman talks about psychology \u2014 as a field of study and as it works one-on-one with each patient and each practitioner. As it moves beyond a focus on disease, what can modern psychology help us to become?","times_shared":" 3,716,774  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, brain, education, happiness, psychology, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How I made an impossible film","author":"Martin Villeneuve","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"Canadian filmmaker Martin Villeneuve talks about \"Mars et Avril,\" the sci-fi spectacular he made with virtually no money over a seven-year stretch. In this charming talk, he explains the various ways he overcame financial and logistical constraints to produce his unique and inventive vision of the future.","times_shared":" 922,668  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/martin_villeneuve_how_i_made_an_impossible_film.html","tags":"TED, talks, creativity, economics, entertainment, film","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/martin_villeneuve_how_i_made_an_impossible_film\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Health and the human mind","author":"Marvin Minsky","ddate":" Feb 2003 ","description":"Listen closely \u2014 Marvin Minsky's arch, eclectic, charmingly offhand talk on health, overpopulation and the human mind is packed with subtlety: wit, wisdom and just an ounce of wily, is-he-joking? advice.","times_shared":" 472,190  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marvin_minsky_on_health_and_the_human_mind.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, brain, health, humanity, humor, politics, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/marvin_minsky_on_health_and_the_human_mind\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What do we do when antibiotics don\u2019t work any more?","author":"Maryn McKenna","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Penicillin changed everything. Infections that had previously killed were suddenly quickly curable. Yet as Maryn McKenna shares in this sobering talk, we've squandered the advantages afforded us by that and later antibiotics. Drug-resistant bacteria mean we're entering a post-antibiotic world \u2014 and it won't be pretty. There are, however, things we can do ... if we start right now.","times_shared":" 1,353,268  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/maryn_mckenna_what_do_we_do_when_antibiotics_don_t_work_any_more.html","tags":"TED, talks, disease, health, medicine, public health","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/maryn_mckenna_what_do_we_do_when_antibiotics_don_t_work_any_more\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why your doctor should care about social justice","author":"Mary Bassett","ddate":" Nov 2015 ","description":"In Zimbabwe in the 1980s, Mary Bassett witnessed the AIDS epidemic firsthand, and she helped set up a clinic to treat and educate local people about the deadly virus. But looking back, she regrets not sounding the alarm for the real problem: the structural inequities embedded in the world's political and economic organizations, inequities that make marginalized people more vulnerable. These same structural problems exist in the United States today, and as New York City's Health Commissioner, Bassett is using every chance she has to rally support for health equity and speak out against racism. \"We don't have to have all the answers to call for change,\" she says. \"We just need courage.\"","times_shared":" 933,480  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mary_bassett_why_your_doctor_should_care_about_social_justice.html","tags":"TED, talks, AIDS, Africa, TEDMED, United States, big problems, disease, global issues, government, health, health care, illness, inequality, medical research, medicine, public health, race, social change, virus","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mary_bassett_why_your_doctor_should_care_about_social_justice\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Could future devices read images from our brains?","author":"Mary Lou Jepsen","ddate":" Mar 2013 ","description":"As an expert on cutting-edge digital displays, Mary Lou Jepsen studies how to show our most creative ideas on screens. And as a brain surgery patient herself, she is driven to know more about the neural activity that underlies invention, creativity, thought. She meshes these two passions in a rather mind-blowing talk on two cutting-edge brain studies that might point to a new frontier in understanding how (and what) we think. ","times_shared":" 862,138  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mary_lou_jepsen_could_future_devices_read_images_from_our_brains.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, brain, creativity, neuroscience, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mary_lou_jepsen_could_future_devices_read_images_from_our_brains\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The nit-picking glory of The New Yorker's Comma Queen","author":"Mary Norris","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"\"Copy editing for The New Yorker is like playing shortstop for a Major League Baseball team \u2014 every little movement gets picked over by the critics,\" says Mary Norris, who has played the position for more than thirty years. In that time, she's gotten a reputation for sternness and for being a \"comma maniac,\" but this is unfounded, she says. Above all, her work is aimed at one thing: making authors look good. Explore The New Yorker's distinctive style with the person who knows it best in this charming talk.","times_shared":" 798,075  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mary_norris_the_nit_picking_glory_of_the_new_yorker_s_comma_queen.html","tags":"TED, talks, communication, composing, grammar, journalism, language, storytelling, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mary_norris_the_nit_picking_glory_of_the_new_yorker_s_comma_queen\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"10 things you didn't know about orgasm","author":"Mary Roach","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"\"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.)","times_shared":" 19,320,925  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mary_roach_10_things_you_didn_t_know_about_orgasm.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, books, culture, history, humor, science, sex, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mary_roach_10_things_you_didn_t_know_about_orgasm\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why climate change is a threat to human rights","author":"Mary Robinson","ddate":" May 2015 ","description":"Climate 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.","times_shared":" 961,785  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mary_robinson_why_climate_change_is_a_threat_to_human_rights.html","tags":"TED, talks, climate change, global issues, humanity, inequality, leadership","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mary_robinson_why_climate_change_is_a_threat_to_human_rights\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Art that lets you talk back to NSA spies","author":"Mathias Jud","ddate":" Sep 2015 ","description":"In 2013, the world learned that the NSA and its UK equivalent, GCHQ, routinely spied on the German government. Amid the outrage, artists Mathias Jud and Christoph Wachter thought: Well, if they're listening ... let's talk to them. With antennas mounted on the roof of the Swiss Embassy in Berlin's government district, they set up an open network that let the world send messages to US and UK spies listening nearby. It's one of three bold, often funny, and frankly subversive works detailed in this talk, which highlights the world's growing discontent with surveillance and closed networks.","times_shared":" 914,287  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mathias_jud_art_that_lets_you_talk_back_to_nsa_spies.html","tags":"TED, talks, Europe, Internet, art, communication, democracy, government, intelligence, politics, security, technology, telecom","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mathias_jud_art_that_lets_you_talk_back_to_nsa_spies\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Science-inspired design","author":"Mathieu Lehanneur","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Naming science as his chief inspiration, Mathieu Lehanneur shows a selection of his ingenious designs \u2014 an interactive noise-neutralizing ball, an antibiotic course in one layered pill, asthma treatment that reminds kids to take it, a living air filter, a living-room fish farm and more.","times_shared":" 412,492  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mathieu_lehanneur_demos_science_inspired_design.html","tags":"TED, talks, design, disease, green, innovation, nature, product design, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mathieu_lehanneur_demos_science_inspired_design\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My life in typefaces","author":"Matthew Carter","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Pick up a book, magazine or screen, and more than likely you'll come across some typography designed by Matthew Carter. In this charming talk, the man behind typefaces such as Verdana, Georgia and Bell Centennial (designed just for phone books \u2014 remember them?), takes us on a spin through a career focused on the very last pixel of each letter of a font.","times_shared":" 1,068,197  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matthew_carter_my_life_in_typefaces.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, design, industrial design, typography","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matthew_carter_my_life_in_typefaces\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"9 life lessons from rock climbing","author":"Matthew Childs","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"In this talk from TED University 2009, veteran rock climber Matthew Childs shares nine pointers for rock climbing. These handy tips bear on an effective life at sea level, too.","times_shared":" 669,446  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matthew_childs_9_rules_of_rock_climbing.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, adventure, entertainment, environment, nature","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matthew_childs_9_rules_of_rock_climbing\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"\u201cAm I dying?\u201d The honest answer.","author":"Matthew O'Reilly","ddate":" Jul 2014 ","description":"Matthew O\u2019Reilly is a veteran emergency medical technician on Long Island, New York. In this talk, O\u2019Reilly describes what happens next when a gravely hurt patient asks him: \u201cAm I going to die?\u201d","times_shared":" 1,764,764  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matthew_o_reilly_am_i_dying_the_honest_answer.html","tags":"TED, talks, death, health, medicine","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matthew_o_reilly_am_i_dying_the_honest_answer\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The modern euphonium","author":"Matthew White","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"The euphonium, with its sweet brass sound, is rarely heard outside of traditional brass bands. Cutting loose on the euph, prodigy Matthew White performs Nat McIntosh's hip-hop-inflected \"The Warrior Comes Out to Play.\" ","times_shared":" 699,295  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matthew_white_gives_the_euphonium_a_new_voice.html","tags":"TED, talks, arts, creativity, live music, music, performance","transcript_url":""},{"title":"Special Olympics let me be myself \u2014 a champion","author":"Matthew Williams","ddate":" Nov 2015 ","description":"How much do you know about intellectual disabilities? Special Olympics champion and ambassador Matthew Williams is proof that athletic competition and the camaraderie it fosters can transform lives, both on and off the field. Together with his fellow athletes, he invites you to join him at the next meet \u2014 and challenges you to walk away with your heart unchanged.","times_shared":" 963,449  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, bullying, community, disability, health, identity, inequality, motivation, personal growth, play, potential, self, social change, sports","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matthew_williams_special_olympics_let_me_be_myself_a_champion\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to let altruism be your guide","author":"Matthieu Ricard","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"What is altruism? Put simply, it's the wish that other people may be happy. And, says Matthieu Ricard, a happiness researcher and a Buddhist monk, altruism is also a great lens for making decisions, both for the short and long term, in work and in life.","times_shared":" 1,618,932  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matthieu_ricard_how_to_let_altruism_be_your_guide.html","tags":"TED, talks, communication, compassion","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matthieu_ricard_how_to_let_altruism_be_your_guide\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The habits of happiness","author":"Matthieu Ricard","ddate":" Feb 2004 ","description":"What 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.","times_shared":" 6,178,565  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness.html","tags":"TED, talks, Buddhism, God, TED Conference, brain, culture, faith, global issues, happiness, peace, photography, religion","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Try something new for 30 days","author":"Matt Cutts","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Is 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.","times_shared":" 7,498,387  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, culture, success","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A secret memorial for civilian casualties","author":"Matt Kenyon","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"In the fog of war, civilian casualties often go uncounted. Artist Matt Kenyon, whose recent work memorialized the names and stories of US soldiers killed in the Iraq war, decided he should create a companion monument, to the Iraqi civilians caught in the war's crossfire. Learn how he built a secret monument to place these names in the official record.","times_shared":" 803,866  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matt_kenyon_how_i_snuck_a_memorial_for_iraqi_civilians_into_the_us_government.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, art, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matt_kenyon_how_i_snuck_a_memorial_for_iraqi_civilians_into_the_us_government\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"When ideas have sex","author":"Matt Ridley","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"At 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.","times_shared":" 2,030,973  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, collaboration, design, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What Bernie Madoff couldn't steal from me","author":"Matt Weinstein","ddate":" Mar 2009 ","description":"Matt Weinstein lost his life savings to Bernie Madoff's notorious scam. But his response to the disaster is unexpectedly hopeful.","times_shared":" 139,724  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/matt_weinstein_what_bernie_madoff_couldn_t_steal_from_me.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, life, money, presentation","transcript_url":""},{"title":"A cello with many voices","author":"Maya Beiser","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Cellist 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.","times_shared":" 894,249  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/maya_beiser_s_and_her_cello_s.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, design, entertainment, live music, music, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/maya_beiser_s_and_her_cello_s\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Meet a young entrepreneur, cartoonist, designer, activist \u2026","author":"Maya Penn","ddate":" Dec 2013 ","description":"Maya Penn started her first company when she was 8 years old, and thinks deeply about how to be responsible both to her customers and to the planet. She shares her story \u2014 and some animations, and some designs, and some infectious energy \u2014 in this charming talk.","times_shared":" 1,347,011  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/maya_penn_meet_a_young_entrepreneur_cartoonist_designer_activist.html","tags":"TED, talks, creativity, entrepreneur","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/maya_penn_meet_a_young_entrepreneur_cartoonist_designer_activist\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"I got 99 problems ... palsy is just one","author":"Maysoon Zayid","ddate":" Dec 2013 ","description":"\"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.","times_shared":" 7,687,366  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/maysoon_zayid_i_got_99_problems_palsy_is_just_one.html","tags":"TED, talks, comedy, entertainment, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/maysoon_zayid_i_got_99_problems_palsy_is_just_one\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Making peace is a marathon","author":"May El-Khalil","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"In 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.","times_shared":" 5,124,891  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/may_el_khalil_making_peace_is_a_marathon.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, global issues, sports, violence, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/may_el_khalil_making_peace_is_a_marathon\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American?","author":"Maz Jobrani","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"A founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, standup comic Maz Jobrani riffs on the challenges and conflicts of being Iranian-American \u2014 \"like, part of me thinks I should have a nuclear program; the other part thinks I can't be trusted ...\"","times_shared":" 3,813,732  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/maz_jobrani_make_jokes_not_bombs.html","tags":"TED, talks, Iran, Middle East, comedy, entertainment, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/maz_jobrani_make_jokes_not_bombs\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Want to be an activist? Start with your toys","author":"McKenna Pope","ddate":" Nov 2013 ","description":"McKenna 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.","times_shared":" 855,495  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mckenna_pope_want_to_be_an_activist_start_with_your_toys.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDYouth, activism, toy, youth","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mckenna_pope_want_to_be_an_activist_start_with_your_toys\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why thinking you're ugly is bad for you","author":"Meaghan Ramsey","ddate":" Sep 2014 ","description":"About 10,000 people a month Google the phrase, \u201cAm I ugly?\u201d Meaghan Ramsey of the Dove Self-Esteem Project has a feeling that many of them are young girls. In a deeply unsettling talk, she walks us through the surprising impacts of low body and image confidence\u2014from lower grade point averages to greater risk-taking with drugs and alcohol. And then shares the key things all of us can do to disrupt this reality. ","times_shared":" 2,917,166  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/meaghan_ramsey_why_thinking_you_re_ugly_is_bad_for_you.html","tags":"TED, talks, beauty, life, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/meaghan_ramsey_why_thinking_you_re_ugly_is_bad_for_you\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How Mr. Condom made Thailand a better place for life and love","author":"Mechai Viravaidya","ddate":" Sep 2010 ","description":"Thailand's \"Mr. Condom,\" Mechai Viravaidya, retells the country's bold plan to raise its standard of living, starting in the 1970s. First step: population control. And that means a lot of frank, funny \u2014 and very effective \u2014 talk about condoms.","times_shared":" 997,791  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mechai_viravaidya_how_mr_condom_made_thailand_a_better_place.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, culture, global issues, health, population, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mechai_viravaidya_how_mr_condom_made_thailand_a_better_place\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Find your voice against gender violence","author":"Meera Vijayann","ddate":" Jun 2014 ","description":"This talk begins with a personal story of sexual violence that may be difficult to listen to. But that\u2019s the point, says citizen journalist Meera Vijayann: Speaking out on tough, taboo topics is the spark for change. Vijayann uses digital media to speak honestly about her experience of gender violence in her home country of India \u2014 and calls on others to speak out too.","times_shared":" 775,090  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/meera_vijayann_find_your_voice_against_gender_violence.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, activism, gender, india, media, violence, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/meera_vijayann_find_your_voice_against_gender_violence\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why I live in mortal dread of public speaking","author":"Megan Washington","ddate":" Apr 2014 ","description":"Megan 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.","times_shared":" 1,467,663  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/megan_washington_why_i_live_in_mortal_dread_of_public_speaking.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, disability, live music, media, music, speech","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/megan_washington_why_i_live_in_mortal_dread_of_public_speaking\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why 30 is not the new 20","author":"Meg Jay","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"Clinical 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.","times_shared":" 8,150,435  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/meg_jay_why_30_is_not_the_new_20.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, aging, culture, goal-setting, youth","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/meg_jay_why_30_is_not_the_new_20\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The unexpected beauty of everyday sounds","author":"Meklit Hadero","ddate":" Aug 2015 ","description":"Using 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.\"","times_shared":" 863,983  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/meklit_hadero_the_unexpected_beauty_of_everyday_sounds.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Fellows, art, creativity, culture, language, music, nature, sound","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/meklit_hadero_the_unexpected_beauty_of_everyday_sounds\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Our campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali","author":"Melati and Isabel Wijsen","ddate":" Sep 2015 ","description":"Plastic bags are essentially indestructible, yet they're used and thrown away with reckless abandon. Most end up in the ocean, where they pollute the water and harm marine life; the rest are burned in garbage piles, where they release harmful dioxins into the atmosphere. Melati and Isabel Wijsen are on a mission to stop plastic bags from suffocating their beautiful island home of Bali. Their efforts \u2014 including petitions, beach cleanups, even a hunger strike \u2014 paid off when they convinced their governor to commit to a plastic bag-free Bali by 2018. \"Don't ever let anyone tell you that you're too young or you won't understand,\" Isabel says to other aspiring activists. \"We're not telling you it's going to be easy. We're telling you it's going to be worth it.\"","times_shared":" 1,022,425  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali.html","tags":"TED, talks, activism, big problems, consumerism, development, education, environment, future, materials, oceans, plastic, pollution, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/melati_and_isabel_wijsen_our_campaign_to_ban_plastic_bags_in_bali\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What nonprofits can learn from Coca-Cola","author":"Melinda Gates","ddate":" Sep 2010 ","description":"Melinda 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 ... ","times_shared":" 1,097,452  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/melinda_french_gates_what_nonprofits_can_learn_from_coca_cola.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, business, development, global issues, philanthropy, sanitation","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/melinda_french_gates_what_nonprofits_can_learn_from_coca_cola\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Let's put birth control back on the agenda","author":"Melinda Gates","ddate":" Apr 2012 ","description":"Contraception. 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.","times_shared":" 1,082,941  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/melinda_gates_let_s_put_birth_control_back_on_the_agenda.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, culture, global issues, health care, population, sex","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/melinda_gates_let_s_put_birth_control_back_on_the_agenda\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A boat carrying 500 refugees sunk at sea. The story of two survivors","author":"Melissa Fleming","ddate":" May 2015 ","description":"Aboard an overloaded ship carrying more than 500 refugees, a young woman becomes an unlikely hero. This single, powerful story, told by Melissa Fleming of the UN's refugee agency, gives a human face to the sheer numbers of human beings trying to escape to better lives ... as the refugee ships keep coming ...","times_shared":" 1,314,339  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/melissa_fleming_a_boat_carrying_500_refugees_sunk_at_sea_the_story_of_two_survivors.html","tags":"TED, talks, Middle East, TEDx, global issues, government, humanity, immigration, policy, politics, poverty, social change, society, trafficking, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/melissa_fleming_a_boat_carrying_500_refugees_sunk_at_sea_the_story_of_two_survivors\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to help refugees rebuild their world","author":"Melissa Fleming","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"Today's refugee crisis is the biggest since World War II, and it's growing. When this talk was given, 50 million people had been forcefully displaced from their homes by conflict and war; now, a year later, the number is 60 million. There were 3 million Syrian refugees in 2014; now there are 4 million. Inside this overwhelming crisis are the individual human stories \u2014 of care, growth and family, in the face of lost education, lost home, lost future. Melissa Fleming of the UN's refugee agency tells the refugees' stories \u2014 and asks us to help them rebuild their world.","times_shared":" 938,499  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/melissa_fleming_let_s_help_refugees_thrive_not_just_survive.html","tags":"TED, talks, education, global issues, poverty, war","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/melissa_fleming_let_s_help_refugees_thrive_not_just_survive\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Color blind or color brave?","author":"Mellody Hobson","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"The subject of race can be very touchy.  As finance executive Mellody Hobson says, it's a \"conversational third rail.\" But, she says, that's exactly why we need to start talking about it. In this engaging, persuasive talk, Hobson makes the case that speaking openly about race \u2014 and particularly about diversity in hiring \u2014 makes for better businesses and a better society.","times_shared":" 1,868,065  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mellody_hobson_color_blind_or_color_brave.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, communication, inequality, race, women in business","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mellody_hobson_color_blind_or_color_brave\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"I love being a police officer, but we need reform","author":"Melvin Russell","ddate":" Sep 2015 ","description":"We've invested so much in police departments as protectors that we have forgotten what it means to serve our communities, says Baltimore Police officer Lt. Colonel Melvin Russell. It's led to coldness and callousness, and it's dehumanized the police force. After taking over as district commander in one of Baltimore's toughest neighborhoods, Russell instituted a series of reforms aimed at winning back the trust of the community and lowering the violent crime rate. \"Law enforcement is in a crisis,\" he says. \"But it's not too late for all of us to build our cities and nation to make it great again.\"","times_shared":" 871,378  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/melvin_russell_i_love_being_a_police_officer_but_we_need_reform.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, big problems, community, crime, faith, law, peace, policy, security, society, violence","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/melvin_russell_i_love_being_a_police_officer_but_we_need_reform\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A warrior\u2019s cry against child marriage","author":"Memory Banda","ddate":" May 2015 ","description":"Memory 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.","times_shared":" 1,129,744  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/memory_banda_a_warrior_s_cry_against_child_marriage.html","tags":"TED, talks, children, global issues, violence, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/memory_banda_a_warrior_s_cry_against_child_marriage\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Meet the founder of the blog revolution","author":"Mena Trott","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"The founding mother of the blog revolution, Movable Type's Mena Trott, talks about the early days of blogging, when she realized that giving regular people the power to share our lives online is the key to building a friendlier, more connected world.","times_shared":" 463,067  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mena_trott_tours_her_blog_world.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, communication, community, culture, design, entertainment, software, storytelling","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mena_trott_tours_her_blog_world\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A glimpse of the future through an augmented reality headset","author":"Meron Gribetz","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"What if technology could connect us more deeply with our surroundings instead of distracting us from the real world? With the Meta 2, an augmented reality headset that makes it possible for users to see, grab and move holograms just like physical objects, Meron Gribetz hopes to extend our senses through a more natural machine. Join Gribetz as he takes the TED stage to demonstrate the reality-shifting Meta 2 for the first time. (Featuring Q&A with TED Curator Chris Anderson)","times_shared":" 1,173,622  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/meron_gribetz_a_glimpse_of_the_future_through_an_augmented_reality_headset.html","tags":"TED, talks, Senses, augmented reality, brain, computers, creativity, cyborg, demo, design, engineering, entrepreneur, innovation, interface design, invention, neuroscience, potential, prediction, product design, technology, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/meron_gribetz_a_glimpse_of_the_future_through_an_augmented_reality_headset\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The story we tell about poverty isn't true","author":"Mia Birdsong","ddate":" May 2015 ","description":"As a global community, we all want to end poverty. Mia Birdsong suggests a great place to start: Let's honor the skills, drive and initiative that poor people bring to the struggle every day. She asks us to look again at people in poverty: They may be broke \u2014 but they're not broken.","times_shared":" 1,438,643  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mia_birdsong_the_story_we_tell_about_poverty_isn_t_true.html","tags":"TED, talks, activism, community, economics, inequality, poverty","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mia_birdsong_the_story_we_tell_about_poverty_isn_t_true\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How we'll resurrect the gastric brooding frog, the Tasmanian tiger","author":"Michael Archer","ddate":" Mar 2013 ","description":"The gastric brooding frog lays its eggs just like any other frog \u2014 then swallows them whole to incubate. That is, it did until it went extinct 30 years ago. Paleontologist Michael Archer makes a case to bring back the gastric brooding frog and the thylacine, commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger.","times_shared":" 514,705  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_archer_how_we_ll_resurrect_the_gastric_brooding_frog_the_tasmanian_tiger.html","tags":"TED, talks, Bioethics, TEDx, animals, deextinction, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_archer_how_we_ll_resurrect_the_gastric_brooding_frog_the_tasmanian_tiger\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"This virtual lab will revolutionize science class","author":"Michael Bodekaer","ddate":" Oct 2015 ","description":"Virtual reality is no longer part of some distant future, and it's not just for gaming and entertainment anymore. Michael Bodekaer wants to use it to make quality education more accessible. In this refreshing talk, he demos an idea that could revolutionize the way we teach science in schools.","times_shared":" 645,754  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_bodekaer_this_virtual_lab_will_revolutionize_science_class.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, collaboration, demo, education, entrepreneur, future, innovation, interface design, invention, potential, product design, science, technology, virtual reality, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_bodekaer_this_virtual_lab_will_revolutionize_science_class\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How we can make the world a better place by 2030","author":"Michael Green","ddate":" Sep 2015 ","description":"Can we end hunger and poverty, halt climate change and achieve gender equality in the next 15 years? The governments of the world think we can. Meeting at the UN in September 2015, they agreed to a new set of Global Goals for the development of the world to 2030. Social progress expert Michael Green invites us to imagine how these goals and their vision for a better world can be achieved.","times_shared":" 953,004  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_green_how_we_can_make_the_world_a_better_place_by_2030.html","tags":"TED, talks, big problems, development, economics, future, global issues, goal-setting, policy, statistics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_green_how_we_can_make_the_world_a_better_place_by_2030\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What the Social Progress Index can reveal about your country","author":"Michael Green","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"The term Gross Domestic Product is often talked about as if it were \u201chanded down from god on tablets of stone.\u201d But this concept was invented by an economist in the 1930s. We need a more effective measurement tool to match 21st century needs, says Michael Green: the Social Progress Index. With charm and wit, he shows how this tool measures societies across the three dimensions that actually matter. And reveals the dramatic reordering of nations that occurs when you use it.","times_shared":" 1,074,777  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_green_what_the_social_progress_index_can_reveal_about_your_country.html","tags":"TED, talks, economics, global issues, policy, statistics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_green_what_the_social_progress_index_can_reveal_about_your_country\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why we should build wooden skyscrapers","author":"Michael Green","ddate":" Feb 2013 ","description":"Building a skyscraper? Forget about steel and concrete, says architect Michael Green, and build it out of \u2026 wood. As he details in this intriguing talk, it's not only possible to build safe wooden structures up to 30 stories tall (and, he hopes, higher), it's necessary.","times_shared":" 1,121,509  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_green_why_we_should_build_wooden_skyscrapers.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, architecture, design, materials","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_green_why_we_should_build_wooden_skyscrapers\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why gender equality is good for everyone \u2014 men included","author":"Michael Kimmel","ddate":" May 2015 ","description":"Yes, we all know it\u2019s the right thing to do. But Michael Kimmel makes the surprising, funny, practical case for treating men and women equally in the workplace and at home. It\u2019s not a zero-sum game, but a win-win that will result in more opportunity and more happiness for everybody.","times_shared":" 1,134,248  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_kimmel_why_gender_equality_is_good_for_everyone_men_included.html","tags":"TED, talks, activism, gender, inequality, women","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_kimmel_why_gender_equality_is_good_for_everyone_men_included\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Growing evidence of brain plasticity","author":"Michael Merzenich","ddate":" Feb 2004 ","description":"Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich looks at one of the secrets of the brain's incredible power: its ability to actively re-wire itself. He's researching ways to harness the brain's plasticity to enhance our skills and recover lost function.","times_shared":" 1,107,316  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_merzenich_on_the_elastic_brain.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, brain, computers, consciousness, education, entrepreneur, mind","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_merzenich_on_the_elastic_brain\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A provocative way to finance the fight against climate change","author":"Michael Metcalfe","ddate":" Nov 2015 ","description":"Will we do whatever it takes to fight climate change? Back in 2008, following the global financial crisis, governments across the world adopted a \"whatever it takes\" commitment to monetary recovery, issuing $250 billion worth of international currency to stem the collapse of the economy. In this delightfully wonky talk, financial expert Michael Metcalfe suggests we can use that very same unconventional monetary tool to fund a global commitment to a green future.","times_shared":" 877,609  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_metcalfe_a_provocative_way_to_finance_the_fight_against_climate_change.html","tags":"TED, talks, big problems, business, climate change, economics, environment, finance, future, global issues, government, money, policy, pollution, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_metcalfe_a_provocative_way_to_finance_the_fight_against_climate_change\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"We need money for aid. So let\u2019s print it.","author":"Michael Metcalfe","ddate":" Nov 2013 ","description":"During the financial crisis, the central banks of the United States, United Kingdom and Japan created $3.7 trillion in order to buy assets and encourage investors to do the same. Michael Metcalfe offers a shocking idea: could these same central banks print money to ensure they stay on track with their goals for global aid? Without risking inflation?","times_shared":" 733,735  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_metcalfe_we_need_money_for_aid_so_let_s_print_it.html","tags":"TED, talks, economics, global issues, poverty","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_metcalfe_we_need_money_for_aid_so_let_s_print_it\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Juggling as art ... and science","author":"Michael Moschen","ddate":" Mar 2002 ","description":"Michael Moschen puts on a quietly mesmerizing show of juggling. Don't think juggling is an art? You might just change your mind after watching Moschen in motion.","times_shared":" 877,098  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_moschen_juggles_rhythm_and_motion.html","tags":"TED, talks, MacArthur grant, TED Conference, dance, entertainment, math, music, physics, sports","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_moschen_juggles_rhythm_and_motion\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Open science now!","author":"Michael Nielsen","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"What if every scientist could share their data as easily as they tweet about their lunch? Michael Nielsen calls for scientists to embrace new tools for collaboration that will enable discoveries to happen at the speed of Twitter.","times_shared":" 130,194  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_nielsen_open_science_now.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, TEDx, collaboration, open-source, science, technology","transcript_url":""},{"title":"How to buy happiness","author":"Michael Norton","ddate":" Nov 2011 ","description":"At 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.","times_shared":" 3,197,401  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_norton_how_to_buy_happiness.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, business, community, consumerism, happiness, money, philanthropy, psychology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_norton_how_to_buy_happiness\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Using nature's genius in architecture","author":"Michael Pawlyn","ddate":" Nov 2010 ","description":"How 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.","times_shared":" 1,549,720  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_pawlyn_using_nature_s_genius_in_architecture.html","tags":"TED, talks, architecture, arts, biomimicry, design, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_pawlyn_using_nature_s_genius_in_architecture\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A plant's-eye view","author":"Michael Pollan","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"What 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.","times_shared":" 1,187,215  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_pollan_gives_a_plant_s_eye_view.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, animals, bees, business, cooperation, culture, evolution, food, garden, global issues, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_pollan_gives_a_plant_s_eye_view\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The case for letting business solve social problems","author":"Michael Porter","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"Why 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.","times_shared":" 1,359,196  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_porter_why_business_can_be_good_at_solving_social_problems.html","tags":"TED, talks, Debate, big problems, business, social change","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_porter_why_business_can_be_good_at_solving_social_problems\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to make filthy water drinkable","author":"Michael Pritchard","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Too 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.","times_shared":" 3,170,212  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, demo, design, global issues, invention, technology, water","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"See invisible motion, hear silent sounds","author":"Michael Rubinstein","ddate":" Nov 2014 ","description":"Meet the \u201cmotion microscope,\u201d a video-processing tool that plays up tiny changes in motion and color impossible to see with the naked eye. Video researcher Michael Rubinstein plays us clip after jaw-dropping clip showing how this tech can track an individual\u2019s pulse and heartbeat simply from a piece of footage. Watch him re-create a conversation by amplifying the movements from sound waves bouncing off a bag of chips. The wow-inspiring and sinister applications of this tech you have to see to believe.","times_shared":" 1,836,667  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_rubinstein_see_invisible_motion_hear_silent_sounds_cool_creepy_we_can_t_decide.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, demo, film, online video, photography, sight, sound, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_rubinstein_see_invisible_motion_hear_silent_sounds_cool_creepy_we_can_t_decide\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The lost art of democratic debate","author":"Michael Sandel","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Democracy thrives on civil debate, Michael Sandel  says \u2014 but we're shamefully out of practice. He leads a fun refresher, with TEDsters sparring over a recent Supreme Court case (PGA Tour Inc. v. Martin) whose outcome reveals the critical ingredient in justice.","times_shared":" 994,892  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_sandel_the_lost_art_of_democratic_debate.html","tags":"TED, talks, democracy, government, law, philosophy, politics, sports","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_sandel_the_lost_art_of_democratic_debate\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What's the right thing to do?","author":"Michael Sandel","ddate":" Sep 2005 ","description":"Is torture ever justified? Would you steal a drug that your child needs to survive? Is it sometimes wrong to tell the truth? How much is one human life worth? In the \"Justice\" program that bears his name, Harvard professor Michael Sandel probes these questions \u2014 and asks what you think, and why.","times_shared":" 363,037  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_sandel_what_s_the_right_thing_to_do.html","tags":"TED, talks, education, government, law, philosophy, politics","transcript_url":""},{"title":"Why we shouldn't trust markets with our civic life","author":"Michael Sandel","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"In the past three decades, says Michael Sandel, the US has drifted from a market economy to a market society; it's fair to say that an American's experience of shared civic life depends on how much money they have. (Three key examples: access to education, access to justice, political influence.) In a talk and audience discussion, Sandel asks us to think honestly on this question: In our current democracy, is too much for sale?","times_shared":" 1,541,361  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_sandel_why_we_shouldn_t_trust_markets_with_our_civic_life.html","tags":"TED, talks, Debate, business, politics, social change","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_sandel_why_we_shouldn_t_trust_markets_with_our_civic_life\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why people believe weird things","author":"Michael Shermer","ddate":" Feb 2006 ","description":"Why 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.","times_shared":" 4,660,189  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, culture, entertainment, faith, illusion, religion, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The pattern behind self-deception","author":"Michael Shermer","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Michael Shermer says the human tendency to believe strange things \u2014 from alien abductions to dowsing rods \u2014 boils down to two of the brain's most basic, hard-wired survival skills. He explains what they are, and how they get us into trouble.","times_shared":" 2,182,391  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_shermer_the_pattern_behind_self_deception.html","tags":"TED, talks, God, TED Conference, faith, neurology, psychology, science, self","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_shermer_the_pattern_behind_self_deception\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The danger of science denial","author":"Michael Specter","ddate":" Feb 2010 ","description":"Vaccine-autism claims, \"Frankenfood\" bans, the herbal cure craze: All point to the public's growing fear (and, often, outright denial) of science and reason, says Michael Specter. He warns the trend spells disaster for human progress.","times_shared":" 1,696,445  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_specter_the_danger_of_science_denial.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, global issues, medicine, religion, science, writing","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_specter_the_danger_of_science_denial\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Music and emotion through time","author":"Michael Tilson Thomas","ddate":" Mar 2012 ","description":"In this epic overview, Michael Tilson Thomas traces the development of classical music through the development of written notation, the record, and the re-mix.","times_shared":" 1,096,502  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_tilson_thomas_music_and_emotion_through_time.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, culture, entertainment, history, music","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michael_tilson_thomas_music_and_emotion_through_time\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Can astronomers help doctors?","author":"Michelle Borkin","ddate":" Jun 2011 ","description":"How do you measure a nebula? With a brain scan. In this talk, TED Fellow Michelle Borkin shows why collaboration between doctors and astronomers can lead to surprising discoveries.","times_shared":" 139,088  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michelle_borkin_can_astronomers_help_doctors.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, astronomy, collaboration, medicine, science, technology","transcript_url":""},{"title":"A plea for education","author":"Michelle Obama","ddate":" Apr 2009 ","description":"Speaking at a London girls' school, Michelle Obama makes a passionate, personal case for each student to take education seriously. It is this new, brilliant generation, she says, that will close the gap between the world as it is and the world as it should be.","times_shared":" 844,465  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michelle_obama.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, education, global issues, leadership, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michelle_obama\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":" How synchronized hammer strikes could generate nuclear fusion","author":"Michel Laberge","ddate":" Mar 2014 ","description":"Our 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.  ","times_shared":" 995,023  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michel_laberge_how_synchronized_hammer_strikes_could_generate_nuclear_fusion.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, alternative energy, nuclear energy, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michel_laberge_how_synchronized_hammer_strikes_could_generate_nuclear_fusion\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How an obese town lost a million pounds","author":"Mick Cornett","ddate":" Apr 2013 ","description":"Oklahoma City is a midsized town that had a big problem: It was among the most obese towns in America. Mayor Mick Cornett realized that, to make his city a great place to work and live, it had to become healthier too. In this charming talk, he walks us through the interlocking changes that helped OKC drop a collective million pounds (450,000 kilos).","times_shared":" 1,444,013  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mick_cornett_how_an_obese_town_lost_a_million_pounds.html","tags":"TED, talks, cities, health, obesity","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mick_cornett_how_an_obese_town_lost_a_million_pounds\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The invention that unlocked a locked-in artist","author":"Mick Ebeling","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"The nerve disease ALS left graffiti artist TEMPT paralyzed from head to toe, forced to communicate blink by blink. In a remarkable talk at TEDActive, entrepreneur Mick Ebeling shares how he and a team of collaborators built an open-source invention that gave the artist \u2014 and gives others in his circumstance \u2014 the means to make art again.","times_shared":" 919,340  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mick_ebeling_the_invention_that_unlocked_a_locked_in_artist.html","tags":"TED, talks, creativity, design, disease, invention, open-source, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mick_ebeling_the_invention_that_unlocked_a_locked_in_artist\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What happens inside those massive warehouses?","author":"Mick Mountz","ddate":" Jun 2011 ","description":"We make millions of online purchases daily, but who (or what) actually puts our items into packages? In this talk, Mick Mountz weaves a fascinating, surprisingly robot-filled tale of what happens inside a warehouse.","times_shared":" 248,540  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mick_mountz_the_hidden_world_of_box_packing.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, business, consumerism, robots, shopping, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mick_mountz_the_hidden_world_of_box_packing\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Brain-to-brain communication has arrived. How we did it","author":"Miguel Nicolelis","ddate":" Oct 2014 ","description":"You may remember neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis \u2014 he built the brain-controlled exoskeleton that allowed a paralyzed man to kick the first ball of the 2014 World Cup. What\u2019s he working on now? Building ways for two minds (rats and monkeys, for now) to send messages brain to brain. Watch to the end for an experiment that, as he says, will go to \"the limit of your imagination.\"","times_shared":" 1,180,680  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/miguel_nicolelis_brain_to_brain_communication_has_arrived_how_we_did_it.html","tags":"TED, talks, brain, communication, neuroscience","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/miguel_nicolelis_brain_to_brain_communication_has_arrived_how_we_did_it\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Flow, the secret to happiness","author":"Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi","ddate":" Feb 2004 ","description":"Mihaly 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.\"","times_shared":" 3,288,552  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, culture, global issues, happiness, music, psychology, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mihaly_csikszentmihalyi_on_flow\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"We can recycle plastic","author":"Mike Biddle","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"Less 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.","times_shared":" 917,978  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mike_biddle.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, global issues, green, plastic, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mike_biddle\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Hooked by an octopus","author":"Mike deGruy","ddate":" Apr 2010 ","description":"Underwater 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.","times_shared":" 874,099  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mike_degruy_hooked_by_octopus.html","tags":"TED, talks, arts, entertainment, film, fish, global issues, oceans, science, submarine","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mike_degruy_hooked_by_octopus\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A next-generation digital book","author":"Mike Matas","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Software developer Mike Matas demos the first full-length interactive book for the iPad \u2014 with clever, swipeable video and graphics and some very cool data visualizations to play with. The book is \"Our Choice,\" Al Gore's sequel to \"An Inconvenient Truth.\" ","times_shared":" 1,460,341  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mike_matas.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, demo, design, entertainment, software, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mike_matas\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Learning from dirty jobs","author":"Mike Rowe","ddate":" Dec 2008 ","description":"Mike Rowe, the host of \"Dirty Jobs,\" tells some compelling (and horrifying) real-life job stories. 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In this fact-packed, eye-opening talk, entrepreneur and conservationist Mike Velings proposes a solution: Aquaculture, or fish farming. \"We must start using the ocean as farmers instead of hunters,\" he says, echoing Jacques Cousteau. \"The day will come where people will demand farmed fish on their plates that's farmed well and farmed healthy \u2014 and refuse anything less.\"","times_shared":" 1,055,235  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming.html","tags":"TED, talks, big problems, biodiversity, biosphere, business, consumerism, environment, fish, food, global issues, innovation, mission blue, oceans, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mike_velings_the_case_for_fish_farming\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Fighting viruses, defending the net","author":"Mikko Hypponen","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"It'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.","times_shared":" 1,586,167  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mikko_hypponen_fighting_viruses_defending_the_net.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, TEDx, computers, crime, global issues, technology, virus","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mikko_hypponen_fighting_viruses_defending_the_net\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How the NSA betrayed the world's trust \u2014 time to act","author":"Mikko Hypponen","ddate":" Oct 2013 ","description":"Recent 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.","times_shared":" 1,457,215  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mikko_hypponen_how_the_nsa_betrayed_the_world_s_trust_time_to_act.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, computers, global issues, security, technology, terrorism","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mikko_hypponen_how_the_nsa_betrayed_the_world_s_trust_time_to_act\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Three types of online attack","author":"Mikko Hypponen","ddate":" Nov 2011 ","description":"Cybercrime 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.\"","times_shared":" 900,033  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mikko_hypponen_three_types_of_online_attack.html","tags":"TED, talks, Internet, TEDx, crime, data, politics, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mikko_hypponen_three_types_of_online_attack\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Simple hacks for life with Parkinson's","author":"Mileha Soneji","ddate":" Feb 2015 ","description":"Simple solutions are often best, even when dealing with something as complicated as Parkinson's. In this inspiring talk, Mileha Soneji shares accessible designs that make the everyday tasks of those living with Parkinson's a bit easier. \"Technology is not always it,\" she says. \"What we need are human-centered solutions.\"","times_shared":" 681,021  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mileha_soneji_simple_hacks_for_life_with_parkinson_s.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, creativity, curiosity, design, empathy, family, illusion, india, innovation, invention, mobility, motivation, product design, simplicity","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mileha_soneji_simple_hacks_for_life_with_parkinson_s\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Using design to make ideas new","author":"Milton Glaser","ddate":" Feb 1998 ","description":"From the TED archives: The legendary graphic designer Milton Glaser dives deep into a new painting inspired by Piero della Francesca. 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Sidibe, a public-health expert, makes a smart case for public-private partnerships to promote clean hands \u2014 and local, sustainable entrepreneurship.","times_shared":" 950,692  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/myriam_sidibe_the_simple_power_of_hand_washing.html","tags":"TED, talks, children, global issues, health, public health, sanitation","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/myriam_sidibe_the_simple_power_of_hand_washing\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"See Yemen through my eyes","author":"Nadia Al-Sakkaf","ddate":" Jul 2011 ","description":"As political turmoil in Yemen continues, the editor of the Yemen Times, Nadia Al-Sakkaf, talks at TEDGlobal with host Pat Mitchell. 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Speaking at the EG conference while the first XO laptops roll off the production line, he recaps the controversies and recommits to the goals of this far-reaching project.","times_shared":" 360,894  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nicholas_negroponte_on_one_laptop_per_child_two_years_on.html","tags":"TED, talks, One Laptop Per Child, activism, computers, design, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nicholas_negroponte_on_one_laptop_per_child_two_years_on\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Taking OLPC to Colombia","author":"Nicholas Negroponte","ddate":" Dec 2008 ","description":"TED follows Nicholas Negroponte to Colombia as he delivers laptops inside territory once controlled by guerrillas. His partner? Colombia's Defense Department, who see One Laptop per Child as an investment in the region. 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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?","times_shared":" 1,961,653  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nick_bostrom_what_happens_when_our_computers_get_smarter_than_we_are.html","tags":"TED, talks, AI, future, machine learning, philosophy, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nick_bostrom_what_happens_when_our_computers_get_smarter_than_we_are\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming","author":"Nick Hanauer ","ddate":" Aug 2014 ","description":"Nick Hanauer is a rich guy, an unrepentant capitalist \u2014 and he has something to say to his fellow plutocrats: Wake up! Growing inequality is about to push our societies into conditions resembling pre-revolutionary France. Hear his argument about why a dramatic increase in minimum wage could grow the middle class, deliver economic prosperity ... and prevent a revolution.","times_shared":" 1,369,037  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nick_hanauer_beware_fellow_plutocrats_the_pitchforks_are_coming.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, economics, inequality, social change","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nick_hanauer_beware_fellow_plutocrats_the_pitchforks_are_coming\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Demo: The Orb","author":"Nick Sears","ddate":" Mar 2007 ","description":"Inventor Nick Sears demos the first generation of the Orb, a rotating persistence-of-vision display that creates glowing 3D images. A short, cool tale of invention. ","times_shared":" 435,593  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nick_sears_demos_the_orb.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, demo, design, entertainment, invention, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nick_sears_demos_the_orb\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Exposing the invisible","author":"Nick Veasey","ddate":" Jul 2009 ","description":"Nick Veasey shows outsized X-ray images that reveal the otherworldly inner workings of familiar objects \u2014 from the geometry of a wildflower to the anatomy of a Boeing 747. Producing these photos is dangerous and painstaking, but the reward is a superpower: looking at what the human eye can't see.","times_shared":" 1,756,699  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nick_veasey_exposing_the_invisible_1.html","tags":"TED, talks, art, nature, photography, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nick_veasey_exposing_the_invisible_1\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Puppies! 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And how this complexity born of simplicity can help them adapt to new circumstances, as they arise.","times_shared":" 921,876  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nicolas_perony_puppies_now_that_i_ve_got_your_attention_complexity_theory.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, animals, complexity","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nicolas_perony_puppies_now_that_i_ve_got_your_attention_complexity_theory\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A beatboxing lesson from a father-daughter duo","author":"Nicole Paris and Ed Cage","ddate":" Nov 2015 ","description":"Nicole Paris was raised to be a beatboxer \u2014 when she was young, her father, Ed Cage, used to beatbox her to sleep at night. Now the duo is known for their beatbox battles and jam sessions, which mix classic rap beats with electronic dance sounds. Prepare yourself for a bit of a hip-hop history lesson, and enjoy the show.","times_shared":" 1,296,753  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nicole_paris_and_ed_cage_a_beatboxing_lesson_from_a_father_daughter_duo.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDYouth, art, entertainment, family, live music, music, performance","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nicole_paris_and_ed_cage_a_beatboxing_lesson_from_a_father_daughter_duo\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The Happy Planet Index","author":"Nic Marks","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation's success by its productivity \u2014 instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people. He introduces the Happy Planet Index, which tracks national well-being against resource use (because a happy life doesn't have to cost the earth). Which countries rank highest in the HPI? You might be surprised.","times_shared":" 1,346,129  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Books, big problems, culture, data, economics, global issues, happiness, statistics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Rethinking the way we sit down","author":"Niels Diffrient","ddate":" Feb 2002 ","description":"Design legend Niels Diffrient talks about his life in industrial design (and the reason he became a designer instead of a jet pilot). 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Marsh lays out an ideal day balanced between family time, personal time and productivity \u2014 and offers some stirring encouragement to make it happen.","times_shared":" 3,253,789  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nigel_marsh_how_to_make_work_life_balance_work.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, business, culture, motivation, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nigel_marsh_how_to_make_work_life_balance_work\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"A tool to fix one of the most dangerous moments in surgery","author":"Nikolai Begg","ddate":" Nov 2013 ","description":"Surgeons are required every day to puncture human skin before procedures \u2014 with the risk of damaging what's on the other side. In a fascinating talk, find out how mechanical engineer Nikolai Begg is using physics to update an important medical device, called the trocar, and improve one of the most dangerous moments in many common surgeries.","times_shared":" 1,280,217  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nikolai_begg_a_tool_to_fix_one_of_the_most_dangerous_moments_in_surgery.html","tags":"TED, talks, Surgery, engineering, invention, medicine, product design","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nikolai_begg_a_tool_to_fix_one_of_the_most_dangerous_moments_in_surgery\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Got a meeting? 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Charles Darwin disagreed with this theory, but she explains, that's because he did not have access to NASA.","times_shared":" 881,059  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nina_jablonski_breaks_the_illusion_of_skin_color.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, anthropology, biology, evolution, human origins, humanity, race, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nina_jablonski_breaks_the_illusion_of_skin_color\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Caring for engineered tissue","author":"Nina Tandon","ddate":" Mar 2011 ","description":"Tissue engineer and TED Fellow Nina Tandon is growing artificial hearts and bones. To do that, she needs new ways of caring for artificially grown cells \u2014 techniques she's developed by the simple but powerful method of copying their natural environments.","times_shared":" 472,946  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nina_tandon_caring_for_cells.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, TED Fellows, biology, biomimicry, biotech, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nina_tandon_caring_for_cells\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How we unearthed the Spinosaurus","author":"Nizar Ibrahim","ddate":" Nov 2014 ","description":"A 50-foot-long carnivore who hunted its prey in rivers 97 million years ago, the Spinosaurus is a \"dragon from deep time.\" Paleontologist Nizar Ibrahim and his crew found new fossils, hidden in cliffs of the Moroccan Sahara desert, that are helping us learn more about the first swimming dinosaur \u2014 who might also be the largest carnivorous dinosaur of all. 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The result is an evocative experience that de la Pe\u00f1a hopes will help people understand the news in a brand new way.","times_shared":" 1,074,920  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nonny_de_la_pena_the_future_of_news_virtual_reality.html","tags":"TED, talks, future, innovation, invention, journalism, media, news, storytelling, virtual reality, visualizations","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/nonny_de_la_pena_the_future_of_news_virtual_reality\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Singing \"What I Want\"","author":"Nora York","ddate":" Dec 2006 ","description":"Nora York gives a stunning performance of her song \"What I Want,\" with Jamie Lawrence (keyboards), Steve Tarshis (guitar) and Arthur Kell (bass). 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She calls for us to start democratizing expertise \u2014 to listen not only to \"surgeons and CEOs, but also to shop staff.\"","times_shared":" 840,093  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/noreena_hertz_how_to_use_experts_and_when_not_to.html","tags":"TED, talks, business, choice, culture, economics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/noreena_hertz_how_to_use_experts_and_when_not_to\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"My green agenda for architecture","author":"Norman Foster","ddate":" Jan 2007 ","description":"Architect Norman Foster discusses his own work to show how computers can help architects design buildings that are green, beautiful and \"basically pollution-free.\" From the 2007 DLD Conference, Munich; www.dld-conference.com","times_shared":" 670,761  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/norman_foster_s_green_agenda.html","tags":"TED, talks, architecture, cities, green","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/norman_foster_s_green_agenda\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"An entertainment icon on living a life of meaning","author":"Norman Lear","ddate":" Feb 2016 ","description":"In the 1970s (and decades following), TV producer Norman Lear touched the lives of millions with culture-altering sitcoms like All in the Family, The Jeffersons and Good Times, pushing the boundaries of the era and giving a primetime voice to underrepresented Americans. In an intimate, smart conversation with Eric Hirshberg, he shares with humility and humor how his early relationship with \"the foolishness of the human condition\" shaped his life and creative vision.","times_shared":" 301,779  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/norman_lear_an_entertainment_icon_on_living_a_life_of_meaning.html","tags":"TED, talks, activism, arts, communication, creativity, entertainment, family, film, identity, interview, life, motivation, personal growth, social change, television","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/norman_lear_an_entertainment_icon_on_living_a_life_of_meaning\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How I help transgender teens become who they want to be","author":"Norman Spack","ddate":" Nov 2013 ","description":"Puberty is an awkward time for just about everybody, but for transgender teens it can be a nightmare, as they grow overnight into bodies they aren't comfortable with. In a heartfelt talk, endocrinologist Norman Spack tells a personal story of how he became one of the few doctors in the US to treat minors with hormone replacement therapy. By staving off the effects of puberty, Spack gives trans teens the time they need. (Filmed at TEDxBeaconStreet.)","times_shared":" 1,175,337  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/norman_spack_how_i_help_transgender_teens_become_who_they_want_to_be.html","tags":"TED, talks, LGBT, TEDx, Transgender, gender, medicine, youth","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/norman_spack_how_i_help_transgender_teens_become_who_they_want_to_be\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Human trafficking is all around you. This is how it works","author":"Noy Thrupkaew","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Behind the everyday bargains we all love \u2014 the $10 manicure, the unlimited shrimp buffet \u2014 is a hidden world of forced labor to keep those prices at rock bottom. Noy Thrupkaew investigates human trafficking \u2013 which flourishes in the US and Europe, as well as developing countries \u2013 and shows us the human faces behind the exploited labor that feeds global consumers.","times_shared":" 1,403,834  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/noy_thrupkaew_human_trafficking_is_all_around_you_this_is_how_it_works.html","tags":"TED, talks, Slavery, consumerism, crime, economics, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/noy_thrupkaew_human_trafficking_is_all_around_you_this_is_how_it_works\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Playing with space and light","author":"Olafur Eliasson","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"In the spectacular large-scale projects he's famous for (such as \"Waterfalls\" in New York harbor), Olafur Eliasson creates art from a palette of space, distance, color and light. This idea-packed talk begins with an experiment in the nature of perception.","times_shared":" 468,351  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/olafur_eliasson_playing_with_space_and_light.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, art, arts, cities, design","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/olafur_eliasson_playing_with_space_and_light\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Why great architecture should tell a story","author":"Ole Scheeren","ddate":" Sep 2015 ","description":"For 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.","times_shared":" 1,661,222  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ole_scheeren_why_great_architecture_should_tell_a_story.html","tags":"TED, talks, architecture, cities, collaboration, community, cooperation, creativity, design, development, engineering, environment, industrial design, innovation, productivity, technology, urban, urban planning, work","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/ole_scheeren_why_great_architecture_should_tell_a_story\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What hallucination reveals about our minds","author":"Oliver Sacks","ddate":" Feb 2009 ","description":"Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks brings our attention to Charles Bonnet syndrome \u2014 when visually impaired people experience lucid hallucinations. 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Listen for his four simple steps to writing a letter that works.","times_shared":" 464,686  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/omar_ahmad_political_change_with_pen_and_paper.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, business, culture, democracy, politics, social change","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/omar_ahmad_political_change_with_pen_and_paper\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"What we don't understand about trust","author":"Onora O'Neill","ddate":" Jun 2013 ","description":"Trust is on the decline, and we need to rebuild it. That\u2019s a commonly heard suggestion for making a better world \u2026 but, says philosopher Onora O\u2019Neill, we don\u2019t really understand what we're suggesting. She flips the question, showing us that our three most common ideas about trust are actually misdirected.","times_shared":" 1,364,372  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/onora_o_neill_what_we_don_t_understand_about_trust.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, global issues, government, philosophy, politics","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/onora_o_neill_what_we_don_t_understand_about_trust\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"This is beatjazz","author":"Onyx Ashanti","ddate":" May 2011 ","description":"Musician and inventor Onyx Ashanti demonstrates \"beatjazz\" \u2014 his music created with two handheld controllers, an iPhone and a mouthpiece, and played with the entire body. 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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.","times_shared":" 13,664,332  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/pamela_meyer_how_to_spot_a_liar.html","tags":"TED, talks, culture, psychology, science, society","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/pamela_meyer_how_to_spot_a_liar\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The case for engineering our food","author":"Pamela Ronald","ddate":" Mar 2015 ","description":"Pamela Ronald studies the genes that make plants more resistant to disease and stress. In an eye-opening talk, she describes her decade-long quest to isolate a gene that allows rice to survive prolonged flooding. She shows how the genetic improvement of seeds saved the Hawaiian papaya crop in the 1990s \u2014 and makes the case that modern genetics is sometimes the most effective method to advance sustainable agriculture and enhance food security for our planet\u2019s growing population.","times_shared":" 1,375,606  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/pamela_ronald_the_case_for_engineering_our_food.html","tags":"TED, talks, agriculture, food, global issues, sustainability","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/pamela_ronald_the_case_for_engineering_our_food\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The untouchable music of the theremin","author":"Pamelia Kurstin","ddate":" Feb 2002 ","description":"Virtuoso Pamelia Kurstin performs and discusses her theremin, the not-just-for-sci-fi electronic instrument that is played without being touched. 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It's early days yet, but could a cure be on the horizon?","times_shared":" 1,110,675  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/patience_mthunzi_could_we_cure_hiv_with_lasers.html","tags":"TED, talks, health, medicine, science","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/patience_mthunzi_could_we_cure_hiv_with_lasers\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"Shedding light on dark matter","author":"Patricia Burchat","ddate":" Feb 2008 ","description":"Physicist 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.","times_shared":" 1,320,715  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/patricia_burchat_leads_a_search_for_dark_energy.html","tags":"TED, talks, TED Conference, astronomy, big bang, dark matter, education, energy, physics, science, time, universe","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/patricia_burchat_leads_a_search_for_dark_energy\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The linguistic genius of babies","author":"Patricia Kuhl","ddate":" Oct 2010 ","description":"Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another \u2014 by listening to the humans around them and \"taking statistics\" on the sounds they need to know. Clever lab experiments (and brain scans) show how 6-month-old babies use sophisticated reasoning to understand their world.","times_shared":" 2,175,763  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, brain, children, language, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The coolest animal you know nothing about ... and how we can save it","author":"Patr\u00edcia Medici","ddate":" Aug 2015 ","description":"Although the tapir is one of the world's largest land mammals, the lives of these solitary, nocturnal creatures have remained a mystery. Known as \"the living fossil,\" the very same tapir that roams the forests and grasslands of South America today arrived on the evolutionary scene more than 5 million years ago. But threats from poachers, deforestation and pollution, especially in quickly industrializing Brazil, threaten this longevity. 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It's a passionate defense of translating and sharing ideas.","times_shared":" 1,426,581  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/patricia_ryan_ideas_in_all_languages_not_just_english.html","tags":"TED, talks, TEDx, culture, global issues, language","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/patricia_ryan_ideas_in_all_languages_not_just_english\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"How to educate leaders? Liberal arts","author":"Patrick Awuah","ddate":" Jun 2007 ","description":"A liberal arts education is critical to forming true leaders, says university head Patrick Awuah \u2014 because it builds decision-making skills, an ethical framework and a broad vision. Awuah himself left a career at Microsoft in the US to found a liberal arts school in Africa: Ashesi University, in his home nation of Ghana. A passionate talk about dreaming, doing and leading.","times_shared":" 1,049,457  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/patrick_awuah_on_educating_leaders.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, culture, education, global issues, leadership, politics, social change","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/patrick_awuah_on_educating_leaders\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"The power of cartoons","author":"Patrick Chappatte","ddate":" Jul 2010 ","description":"In a series of witty punchlines, Patrick Chappatte makes a poignant case for the power of the humble cartoon. His projects in Lebanon, West Africa and Gaza show how, in the right hands, the pencil can illuminate serious issues and bring the most unlikely people together.
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Learn more about this molecular superweapon and join Hammond's quest to fight a disease that affects us all.","times_shared":" 1,069,878  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/paula_hammond_a_new_superweapon_in_the_fight_against_cancer.html","tags":"TED, talks, big problems, biomechanics, biotech, cancer, disease, engineering, genetics, health, invention, medical research, medicine, microbiology, nanoscale, science, technology","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/paula_hammond_a_new_superweapon_in_the_fight_against_cancer\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"His and hers \u2026 healthcare","author":"Paula Johnson","ddate":" Dec 2013 ","description":"Every 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. 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Economist Paul Collier lays out a bold, compassionate plan for closing the gap between rich and poor.","times_shared":" 889,752  ","url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion.html","tags":"TED, talks, Africa, TED Conference, activism, business, development, economics, global issues, politics, poverty","transcript_url":"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion\/transcript?language=en"},{"title":"New rules for rebuilding a broken nation","author":"Paul Collier","ddate":" Jun 2009 ","description":"Long conflict can wreck a country, leaving behind poverty and chaos. But what's the right way to help war-torn countries rebuild? 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