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how we can design timeless cities for our collective future vishaan chakrabarti
Bookmarked 407 weeks ago
there039s a creeping sameness in many of our newest urban buildings and streetscapes says architect vishaan chakrabarti and this physical homogeneity -- the result of regulations mass production safety issues and cost considerations among other factors -- has blanketed our planet in a social and psychological homogeneity too in this visionary talk chakrabarti calls for a return to designing magnetic lyrical cities that embody their local cultures and adapt to the needs of our changing world and climate

how fashion helps us express who we are -- and what we stand for kaustav dey
Bookmarked 423 weeks ago
no one thinks twice about a woman wearing blue jeans in new york city -- but when nobel laureate malala wears them it039s a political act around the globe individuality can be a crime and clothing can be a form of protest in a talk about the power of what we wear kaustav dey examines how fashion gives us a nonverbal language of dissent and encourages us to embrace our authentic selves

do you really know why you do what you do petter johansson
Bookmarked 423 weeks ago
experimental psychologist petter johansson researches choice blindness -- a phenomenon where we convince ourselves that we039re getting what we want even when we039re not in an eye-opening talk he shares experiments designed in collaboration with magicians that aim to answer the question: why we do what we do the findings have big implications for the nature of self-knowledge and how we react in the face of manipulation you may not know yourself as well as you think you do

a parkland teacher039s homework for us all diane wolk-rogers
Bookmarked 417 weeks ago
diane wolk-rogers teaches history at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland florida site of a horrific school shooting on valentine039s day 2018 how can we end this senseless violence in a stirring talk wolk-rogers offers three ways americans can move forward to create more safety and responsibility around guns -- and invites people to come up with their own answers too above all she asks us to take a cue from the student activists at her school survivors whose work for change has moved millions to action

the new political story that could change everything george monbiot
Bookmarked 350 weeks ago
to get out of the mess we039re in we need a new story that explains the present and guides the future says author george monbiot drawing on findings from psychology neuroscience and evolutionary biology he offers a new vision for society built around our fundamental capacity for altruism and cooperation this contagiously optimistic talk will make you rethink the possibilities for our shared future

how adoption worked for me christopher ategeka
Bookmarked 432 weeks ago
talent is universal but opportunity isn039t says ted fellow christopher ategeka in this charming hopeful talk ategeka tells his story of being orphaned at a young age -- and how being adopted gave him the chance to experience a new culture acquire an education and live up to his full potential

success stories from kenya039s first makerspace kamau gachigi
Bookmarked 435 weeks ago
africa needs engineers but its engineering students often end up working at auditing firms and banks why kamau gachigi suspects it039s because they don039t have the spaces and materials needed to test their ideas and start businesses to solve this problem gachigi started gearbox a makerspace and hardware accelerator that provides a rapid prototyping environment for both professionals and people with no formal engineering background in this forward-thinking talk he shares some of the extraordinary projects and innovations coming out of his kenyan fab lab

why i039m done trying to be quotman enoughquot justin baldoni
Bookmarked 436 weeks ago
justin baldoni wants to start a dialogue with men about redefining masculinity -- to figure out ways to be not just good men but good humans in a warm personal talk he shares his effort to reconcile who he is with who the world tells him a man should be and he has a challenge for men:

i don039t want children -- stop telling me i039ll change my mind christen reighter
Bookmarked 439 weeks ago
one in five women in the united states will not have a biological child and christen reighter is one of them from a young age she knew she didn039t want kids in spite of the insistence of many people including her doctor who told her she039d change her mind in this powerful talk she shares her story of seeking sterilization -- and makes the case that motherhood is an extension of womanhood not the definition

future tech will give you the benefits of city life anywhere julio gil
Bookmarked 446 weeks ago
don039t believe predictions that say the future is trending towards city living urbanization is actually reaching the end of its cycle says logistics expert julio gil and soon more people will be choosing to live and work in the countryside thanks to rapid advances in augmented reality autonomous delivery off-the-grid energy and other technologies think outside city walls and consider the advantages of country living with this forward-thinking talk

how to design a library that makes kids want to read michael bierut
Bookmarked 460 weeks ago
when michael bierut was tapped to design a logo for public school libraries he had no idea that he was embarking on a years-long passion project in this often hilarious talk he recalls his obsessive quest to bring energy learning art and graphics into these magical spaces where school librarians can inspire new generations of readers and thinkers

how we can find ourselves in data giorgia lupi
Bookmarked 468 weeks ago
giorgia lupi uses data to tell human stories adding nuance to numbers in this charming talk she shares how we can bring personality to data visualizing even the mundane details of our daily lives and transforming the abstract and uncountable into something that can be seen felt and directly reconnected to our lives

the refugee crisis is a test of our character david miliband
Bookmarked 460 weeks ago
sixty-five million people were displaced from their homes by conflict and disaster in 2016 it039s not just a crisis it039s a test of who we are and what we stand for says david miliband -- and each of us has a personal responsibility to help solve it in this must-watch talk miliband gives us specific tangible ways to help refugees and turn empathy and altruism into action

what happens in your brain when you pay attention mehdi ordikhani-seyedlar
Bookmarked 462 weeks ago
attention isn039t just about what we focus on -- it039s also about what our brains filter out by investigating patterns in the brain as people try to focus computational neuroscientist mehdi ordikhani-seyedlar hopes to build computer models that can be used to treat adhd and help those who have lost the ability to communicate hear more about this exciting science in this brief fascinating talk

this is what democracy looks like anthony d romero
Bookmarked 461 weeks ago
in a quest to make sense of the political environment in the united states in 2017 lawyer and aclu executive director anthony d romero turned to a surprising place -- a 14th-century fresco by italian renaissance master ambrogio lorenzetti what could a 700-year-old painting possibly teach us about life today turns out a lot romero explains all in a talk that039s as striking as the painting itself