What happens after the droids take our jobs? Andrew McAfee at TED2013
The rise of droids Andrew McAfee starts his TED2013 talk by making a forecast: “In the world that we’re creating very quickly, w...
Race with the machines: Erik Brynjolfsson at TED2013
Erik Brynjolfsson says growth is not dead. To make his case in session 1 of TED2013, he points out two moments in the past — one that ...
Is growth over? Robert J. Gordon at TED2013
Could US economic growth be over? That’s the provocative question that economist Robert J. Gordon begins with. And it’s a big qu...
Who controls the world? Resources for understanding this visualization of the global economy
Occupy Wall Street’s slogan “We are the 99%” had been echoing through the United States and the world for just over a month when James B. Gl...
Caine Monroy of Caine’s Arcade takes the TEDx stage
It’s just a beautiful story: a 9-year-old creates a homemade arcade out of cardboard and invites the world to come play with him. Filmmaker ...
7 talks with big ideas for hiring
[ted id=1656] Some employees can work 9am to 5pm, five days a week. Others are available on evenings and weekends. But in today’s talk, film...
Why you need to fail to have a great career
At TEDxUW 2011, economics professor Larry Smith gave a memorable talk titled, “Why you will fail to have a great career.” The hilarious talk...
On our reading list: The Icarus Deception by Seth Godin
Icarus is a mythological character with incredible staying power. Everyone knows his story — his dad made him wings to help him escape...
Favorites of 2012: On being wrong about business talks
[ted id=1533 width=560 height=315] Business talks are boring. Among all the things I was certain of when I started writing for TED, that one...