JR’s TED Prize wish: Use art to turn the world inside out
Two weeks ago I was in my studio in Paris, and the phone rang and I heard, “Hey, JR, you won the TED Prize 2011. You have to make a wish to save the world.” I was lost. I mean, I can’t save the world....
View ArticleSheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders
So for any of us in this room today, let’s start out by admitting we’re lucky. We don’t live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where career choices for women were so...
View ArticleDerek Sivers: How to start a movement
So, ladies and gentlemen, at TED we talk a lot about leadership and how to make a movement. So let’s watch a movement happen, start to finish, in under three minutes and dissect some lessons from it....
View ArticleMary Roach: 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm
Alright. I’m going to show you a couple of images from a very diverting paper in The Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. I’m going to go way out on a limb and say that it is the most diverting paper...
View ArticleRon Gutman: The hidden power of smiling
When I was a child, I always wanted to be a superhero. I wanted to save the world and then make everyone happy. But I knew that I’d need superpowers to make my dreams come true. So I used to embark on...
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Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit
So I’m here to explain why I’m wearing these ninja pajamas. And to do that, I’d like to talk first about environmental toxins in our bodies. So some of you may know about the chemical Bisphenol A, BPA....
View ArticleSarah Kay: If I should have a daughter …
If I should have a daughter, instead of “Mom,” she’s gonna call me “Point B,” because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me. And I’m going to paint...
View ArticleSarah Kay: If I should have a daughter …
If I should have a daughter, instead of “Mom,” she’s gonna call me “Point B,” because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me. And I’m going to paint...
View ArticleColin Camerer: Neuroscience, game theory, monkeys
I’m going to talk about the strategizing brain. We’re going to use an unusual combination of tools from game theory and neuroscience to understand how people interact socially when value is on the...
View ArticleAngela Lee Duckworth: The key to success? Grit
When I was 27 years old, I left a very demanding job in management consulting for a job that was even more demanding: teaching. I went to teach seventh graders math in the New York City public...
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