TED 2020

All talks at TED 2020

106 talks·101 with video·102 speakers·Vancouver, Canada

"TRY"
by Madison McFerrin
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3 questions to ask yourself about US citizenship
by Jose Antonio Vargas
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3 ways we can redesign cities for equity and inclusion
by Vishaan Chakrabarti
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4 steps to ending extreme poverty
by Shameran Abed
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5 needs that any COVID-19 response should meet
by Kwame Owusu-Kesse
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6 essential lessons for women leaders
by Hon Julia Gillard
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A COVID-19 "exit" strategy to end lockdown and reopen the economy
by Uri Alon
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A dose of reality about generic drugs
by Katherine Eban
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A friendly, autonomous robot that delivers your food
by Ali Kashani
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A global pandemic calls for global solutions
by Larry Brilliant
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A stealthy reimagining of urban public space
by Elizabeth Diller
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A virus detection network to stop the next pandemic
by Pardis Sabeti
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A vision for the future of Afghanistan
by Ashraf Ghani
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Activism, changemakers and hope for the future
by Malala Yousafzai
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Africa is a sleeping giant -- I'm trying to wake it up
by Adeola Fayehun
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Art in the age of machine intelligence
by Refik Anadol
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Can beauty open our hearts to difficult conversations?
by Titus Kaphar
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Can we call it a "world map" if it's missing a billion people?
by Rebecca Firth
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Can we create vaccines that mutate and spread?
by Leor Weinberger
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Can we learn to talk to sperm whales?
by David Gruber
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Civilization on the Moon -- and what it means for life on Earth
by Jessy Kate Schingler
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Could we treat spinal cord injuries with asparagus?
by Andrew Pelling
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COVID-19 unraveled the workforce. Here's how to fix it
by Mary L. Gray
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Crisis support for the world, one text away
by Nancy Lublin
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Dear Facebook, this is how you're breaking democracy
by Yaël Eisenstat
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Dignity isn't a privilege. It's a worker's right
by Abigail Disney
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Every day you live, you impact the planet
by Jane Goodall
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How businesses can serve everyone, not just shareholders
by Dame Vivian Hunt
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How city mayors are taking action on climate change
by Eric Garcetti
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How COVID-19 human challenge trials work -- and why I volunteered
by Sophie Rose
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How digital innovation can fight pandemics and strengthen democracy
by Audrey Tang
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How drawing can set you free
by Shantell Martin
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How health workers are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic
by Dr. Esther Choo
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How humanity can reach the stars
by Philip Lubin
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How museums help communities heal
by Honor Harger
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How quinoa can help combat hunger and malnutrition
by Cedric Habiyaremye
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How schools should respond to COVID-19
by Nora Flanagan
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How tech companies can help combat the pandemic and reshape public health
by Karen DeSalvo
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How technology changes our sense of right and wrong
by Juan Enriquez
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How the coronavirus is impacting India -- and what needs to happen next
by Gayathri Vasudevan
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How the pandemic will shape the near future
by Bill Gates
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How the US medical community fails Black mothers
by Wanda Irving
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How to channel your presence and energy into ending injustice
by Rashad Robinson
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How to make pandemics optional, not inevitable
by Sonia Shah
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How to meaningfully reconnect with those who have dementia
by Anne Basting
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How to quickly scale up contact tracing across the US
by Joia Mukherjee
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How to rebuild the global economy
by Kristalina Georgieva
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How to reduce the wealth gap between Black and white Americans
by Kedra Newsom Reeves
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How to support and celebrate living artists
by Swizz Beatz
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How we can navigate the coronavirus pandemic with courage and hope
by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
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How we could make carbon-negative concrete
by Tom Schuler
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How we're using AI to discover new antibiotics
by Jim Collins
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I stepped out of grief -- by dancing with fire
by Danielle Torley
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If you adults won't save the world, we will
by Xiye Bastida
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Let's make the world wild again
by Kristine Tompkins
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Meditations on the intersection of humanity and technology
by Olivia Arthur
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My secret to staying focused under pressure
by Russell Wilson
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Nature, folklore and serendipitous photo collaborations
by Riitta Ikonen
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New ways to understand life in a pandemic
by Aaron Maniam
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Simple, effective tech to connect communities in crisis
by Johanna Figueira
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Stop being a bystander in your own life
by Tracy Edwards
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The ACLU's call to defund the police
by Anthony D. Romero
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The alliances needed to rebuild the developing world
by Achim Steiner
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The ancient, earth-friendly wisdom of Mongolian nomads
by Khulan Batkhuyag
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The bill has come due for the US's history of racism
by Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff
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The case to infect volunteers with COVID-19 to accelerate vaccine testing
by Nir Eyal
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The courage to live with radical uncertainty
by Shekinah Elmore
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The COVID-19 crisis is a chance to do capitalism differently
by Mariana Mazzucato
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The difference between being "not racist" and antiracist
by Ibram X. Kendi
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The economic benefits of climate action
by Marcelo Mena
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The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life
by Michael Levin
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The invisible life hidden beneath Antarctica's ice
by Ariel Waldman
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The life unfolding inside your cells, revealed in 3D
by Gokul Upadhyayula
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The link between climate change, health and poverty
by Cheryl Holder
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The neuroscience of psychedelic drugs, music and nostalgia
by Frederick Streeter Barrett
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The new urgency of climate change
by Al Gore
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The path to ending systemic racism in the US
by Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff
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The power of venom -- and how it could one day save your life
by Mandë Holford
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The psychological traits that shape your political beliefs
by Dannagal G. Young
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The restorative potential of nature's beauty
by Louie Schwartzberg
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The secret weapon against pandemics
by Georges C. Benjamin
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The seeds of change helping African farmers grow out of poverty
by Andrew Youn
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The transformative role of art during the pandemic
by Anne Pasternak
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The trials, tribulations and timeline of a COVID-19 vaccine
by Jerome Kim
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The tyranny of merit
by Michael Sandel
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The US needs a radical revolution of values
by Dr. Bernice King
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TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat -- and the rise of bite-sized content
by Qiuqing Tai
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We need to green the economy while restarting it
by Nigel Topping
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What COVID-19 means for the future of commerce, capitalism and cash
by Dan Schulman
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What COVID-19 revealed about US schools -- and 4 ways to rethink education
by Nora Flanagan
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What happens when biology becomes technology?
by Christina Agapakis
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What if you could help decide how the government spends public funds?
by Shari Davis
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What it takes to create social change against all odds
by Ralph Nader
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What it takes to crush a pandemic
by Johanna Benesty
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What it takes to make change
by Jacqueline Novogratz
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What role does luck play in your life?
by Barry Schwartz
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What the Irish wake teaches us about living and dying
by Kevin Toolis
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What to do when everything feels broken
by Daniel Alexander Jones
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Why children stay silent following sexual violence
by Kristin Jones
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Why we must stop dancing to the sound of our own oppression
by Madame Gandhi
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You shouldn't have to choose between filling your prescriptions and paying bills
by Kiah Williams
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"All Together Now"
by Rokia Traore
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"Fearless"
by Apiorkor Seyiram Ashong-Abbey
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"The Muse" / "Spring Song"
by Rokia Traore
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How we can actually pay people enough -- with Paypal CEO Dan Schulman
by Rokia Traore
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What female military leadership can teach us about overcoming self-doubt
by JoAnne S. Bass
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"All Together Now"

"Fearless"

"The Muse" / "Spring Song"

How we can actually pay people enough -- with Paypal CEO Dan Schulman

What female military leadership can teach us about overcoming self-doubt