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By Yasheng Huang Earlier this year, economist Yasheng Huang (watch his 2011 TED Talk) sparred with Eric X. Li in the pages of Foreign Affair...
Hyeonseo Lee’s story is a tale bound to pull at your heartstrings. She’s a North Korean refugee — and while helping her family f...
This short post collects messages and reflections on Rita Pierson, who passed away Friday in Texas. If Dr. Pierson’s talk or work touc...
The TED community was deeply saddened to hear that Rita Pierson, whose powerful, funny, heartfelt talk kicked off TED Talks Education just a...
Your life’s turning point — whether it happens in an instant or is the culmination of gradual change — could occur tomorrow. Wou...
Audience members at TEDxWWU, an event at Western Washington University, played a cathartic game of Jenga. The TEDx’ers built and broke down...
Roy Amara’s classic quote goes: “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the lon...
In the past week, vast protests sparked by a bus-fare increase have rocked Brazil, taking its leaders – and the world – by surprise. TED Fel...
“If there is this big difference, with some people worth everything and other people worth nothing, where do you come?” So asks ...