TED Talks

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Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can, indeed buy happiness — when you don’t spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spe…

Drew Curtis, the founder of Fark, tells the story of how he fought a lawsuit from a company that had a patent, “…for the creatio…

“Secrets can take many forms — they can be shocking, or silly, or soulful.” Frank Warren, the founder of PostSecret.com, shares some of the half-million secrets that strangers ha…

Seth MacFarlane as the voice of a 30-something, pot-smoking, chick-banging teddy bear? Yes please. The Family Guy creator does triple duty as writer, director and voice star of Ted…

As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication –…

Chip Kidd doesn’t judge books by their cover, he creates covers that embody the book — and he does it with a wicked sense of humor. In one of the funniest talks from TED2012, he s…

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane hits the big screen for the first time as writer, director and voice of Ted. He tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), a grown man who …

“What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?” asks Regina Dugan, the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. In this breathtaking talk she desc…

Taylor Wilson believes nuclear fusion is a solution to our future energy needs, and that kids can change the world. And he knows something about both of those. When he was 14 he bu…

Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when …

The US consumes 25% of the world’s oil, but as energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens points out, the country has no energy policy to prepare for the inevitable. Is alternative energy our …

Comic author Rob Reid unveils Copyright Math (TM), a remarkable new field of study based on actual numbers from entertainment industry lawyers and lobbyists.

Can government be run like the Internet, permissionless and open? Coder and activist Jennifer Pahlka believes it can and that apps, built quickly and cheaply, are a powerful new wa…