av Mikael Winterkvist | aug 13, 2023 | Mastodon, TED
In a blistering talk, Nobel Laureate Al Gore looks at the two main obstacles to climate solutions and gives his view of how we might actually solve the environmental crisis in time.
You won’t want to miss his searing indictment of fossil fuel companies for walking back their climate commitments — and his call for a global rethink of the roles of polluting industries in politics and finance.
av Mikael Winterkvist | aug 9, 2023 | TED
What happens when human and machine creativity meet? From an AI model trained on classic works to generate a seemingly infinite stream of portraits to a neural network that envisions otherworldly life-forms in impossible detail, media art curator Eileen Isagon Skyers showcases mind-bending art that embraces our increasingly technological future, showing how AI can stretch the scope of human imagination and help create worlds we could never design alone.
av Mikael Winterkvist | jul 21, 2023 | TED
Opinions about remote work are plentiful and conflicting — but what does the research say? Organizational design expert Mark Mortensen identifies the challenges of navigating the hybrid work debate and shares three conversation topics every workplace should explore as people change the way they show up on the job.
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 30, 2023 | TED
Why is good news so rare? In a special broadcast from the TED stage, journalist Angus Hervey sheds light on some of the incredible progress humanity has made across environmental protection, public health and more in the last year, making the case that if we want to change the story of humanity this century, we have to start changing the stories we tell ourselves. ”When we only tell the stories of doom, we fail to see the stories of possibility,” says Hervey.
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 24, 2023 | TED
Aliens have invaded ancient history: they’ve cropped up in humanity’s past through popular television and movies, displacing facts with absurd yet commonplace beliefs like ”aliens built the pyramids.”
Archaeologist Sarah Kurnick illustrates why these misconceptions perpetuate racist and xenophobic notions of history and culture — and demonstrates how you can help debunk these dangerous, outlandish myths.
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 16, 2023 | TED
Author Jennifer 8. Lee explains how the chopstick spread from the East to the West — and was designed to give you the perfect bite.
