How Star Trek will finally come true
by Nilofer Merchant In the next 30 years, the full Star Trek story will actually come true. Already, we’ve seen many of the show’s far-fetc...
What it will mean to live on a legible planet
by Andrew Blau, Deloitte Technology advances over the last 30 years mean that we have crossed an invisible threshold: for the first time in ...
In case you missed it: Day 5 of TED2014
This year’s packed conference came to a close on March 21, 2014: Day 5 at TED2014. Here are some highlights from this Friday: Mark Ron...
Behind the scenes at TED2014: More photos!
TED2014 has been a mind-bending experience. We looked back at the past 30 years of progress, and started writing “The Next ChapterR...
Forge meaning, build identity: Andrew Solomon at TED2014
The extraordinary and eloquent Andrew Solomon closes TED2014 with a talk that brought the theater to its feet. Popular wisdom, begins Solomo...
As told to Aunt Bonnie: Julia Sweeney wraps up TED2014
In a naked grab for the new TED/XPRIZE, Julia Sweeney has spent the last day and a half building an AI. It rolls onstage to give a convincin...
Better, stronger, tougher: Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly at TED 2014
In January 2011, US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head in an attack on her entourage at a constituent meeting near Tucson. Six peo...
The top 10 words of TED2014, according to Erin McKean
A surprise superquick talk from wordnik Erin McKean, who reads from her magic notebook the top 10 words of this TED. The full list follows; ...
Disrupting higher education: Shai Reshef at TED2014
Shai Reshef believes higher education is a right, not a privilege. In January 2009, he founded University of the People, a nonprofit, tuitio...