TED Weekends dissects our collective notion of beauty
Cameron Russell wants to have a discussion about the way that we, as a society, perceive beauty. Media representations of women, she says, a...
5 mnemonic devices for reading Chinese characters
To an outsider, the Chinese language “seems to be as impenetrable as the Great Wall of China,” says ShaoLan Hsueh in today’s talk, given at ...
Does documenting your life online keep you from actually living it?: An excerpt from the new TED Book, Our Virtual Shadow
By Damon Brown The morning of our wedding, my wife and I only had one major discussion: Should we bring our cell phones? She loved Facebook ...
A new TED playlist delivers talks on language from curious wordsmiths
Language is at the heart of all our interactions — whether you’re texting, emailing, talking, singing or heatedly debating. So of cour...
TED Weekends shares the story of a once locked-in grafitti artist
Completely paralyzed except for his eyes, graffiti artist Tony “TEMPT” Quan could no longer create his art, let alone communicate with his f...
Last night at TED headquarters: a salon on life hacks
Last night in the TED office, we held a salon all about spring cleaning — for your life. Themed “A Better You,” the event ...
Meet the translator: Elena Montrasio, who brings you talks in Italian
TED Talks are available in 100 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese, thanks to the tireless work of our translators. So far, more than 9,4...
Texting as a “miraculous thing”: 6 ways our generation is redefining communication
Was it a suicide? A homicide? Or an accident? Read and decide….
TED Weekends explores the catharsis of revealing secrets
In 2004, Frank Warren began a massive undertaking: he distributed 3,000 blank postcards and invited strangers to share their secrets with hi...