The future of the U.S. economy: TED fans join in the Robert Gordon/Erik Brynjolfsson debate
Last week, TED speakers Robert Gordon and Erik Brynjolfsson joined us for a live, one-hour debate on the future of the US economy. It was a...
Walking meetings? 5 surprising thinkers who swore by them
In today’s talk, Nilofer Merchant gives a startling statistic: we’re sitting, on average, for 9.3 hours per day—far more than the 7.7 hours ...
The future of work and innovation: Robert Gordon and Erik Brynjolfsson debate at TED2013
Economists Robert Gordon and Erik Brynjolffson see very different things when they look at the stagnation of the U.S. economy in recent year...
What motivates us at work? 7 fascinating studies that give insights
“When we think about how people work, the naïve intuition we have is that people are like rats in a maze,” says behavioral economist Dan Ari...
Five big ideas from TED@Intel
Last week, Intel hosted a unique event — an afternoon of TED Talks delivered by their very own resident innovators, thinkers and dream...
A critical eye on Keystone XL Pipeline in this TED Book
The proposed Keystone XL pipeline would stretch 1,700 miles from Western Canada to the Gulf Coast of Texas. And it has become a touchstone f...
Unlikely collaborations: 5 TED Talks that reach across fields
Architecture and microbiology may seem like an odd couple, but TED Senior Fellow Jessica Green would beg to differ. In today’s talk, she rev...
12 talks about the future of cars, planes and rockets
On March 1 — just two days after Elon Musk appeared on the TED2013 stage — a SpaceX CRS-2 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral ...
How to pick the charity that’s right for you
In 1994, Dan Pallotta created the AIDS Rides — a series of long-distance fundraising cycling journeys that netted $108 million for HIV...