What obligation do social media platforms have to the greater good? | Eli Pariser
Social media has become our new home. Can we build it better? Taking design cues from urban planners and social scientists, technologist Eli Pariser shows how the problems we’re encountering on digita...
7 Nov 201916min
Our immigration conversation is broken -- here’s how to have a better one | Paul A. Kramer
How did the US immigration debate get to be so divisive? In this informative talk, historian and writer Paul A. Kramer shows how an “insider vs. outsider” framing has come to dominate the way people i...
6 Nov 201916min
What happens to people in solitary confinement | Laura Rovner
Imagine living with no significant human contact for years, even decades, in a cell the size of a small bathroom. This is the reality for those in long-term solitary confinement, a form of imprisonmen...
5 Nov 201912min
The business case for working with your toughest critics | Bob Langert
As a “corporate suit” (his words) and former VP of sustainability at McDonald’s, Bob Langert works with companies and their strongest critics to find solutions that are good for both business and soci...
4 Nov 201914min
The next software revolution: programming biological cells | Sara-Jane Dunn
The cells in your body are like computer software: they’re “programmed” to carry out specific functions at specific times. If we can better understand this process, we could unlock the ability to repr...
1 Nov 201914min
What vaccinating vampire bats can teach us about pandemics | Daniel Streicker
Could we anticipate the next big disease outbreak, stopping a virus like Ebola before it ever strikes? In this talk about frontline scientific research, ecologist Daniel Streicker takes us to the Amaz...
31 Okt 201915min
What productive conflict can offer a workplace | Jess Kutch
Got an idea to make your workplace better? Labor organizer and TED Fellow Jess Kutch can show you how to put it into action. In this quick talk, she explains how "productive conflict" -- when people o...
31 Okt 20196min
Lessons from fungi on markets and economics | Toby Kiers
Resource inequality is one of our greatest challenges, but it’s not unique to humans. Like us, mycorrhizal fungi that live in plant and tree roots strategically trade, steal and withhold resources, di...
30 Okt 201915min
