av Mikael Winterkvist | nov 15, 2019 | TED
At the US-Mexico border, policies of prolonged detention and family separation have made seeking asylum in the United States difficult and dangerous. In this raw and heartfelt talk, immigration attorney Erika Pinheiro offers a glimpse into her daily work on both sides of the border and shares some of the stories behind the statistics — including her own story of being detained and separated from her son. It’s a clear-eyed call to remember the humanity that’s impacted by policy — and a warning: ”History shows us that the first population to be vilified and stripped of their rights is rarely the last,” she says.
av Mikael Winterkvist | nov 14, 2019 | TED
Social media has become our new home. Can we build it better? Taking design cues from urban planners and social scientists, technologist Eli Pariser shows how the problems we’re encountering on digital platforms aren’t all that new — and shares how, by following the model of thriving towns and cities, we can create trustworthy online communities.
av Mikael Winterkvist | nov 14, 2019 | TED
In this glimpse into our technological future, cryptographer Craig Costello discusses the world-altering potential of quantum computers, whoch could shatter the limits set by today’s machines — and give code breakers a master key to the digital world. See how Costello and his fellow cryptographers are racing to reinvent encryption and secure the internet.
av Mikael Winterkvist | nov 12, 2019 | TED
All life on Earth— living and inanimate, microscopic and cosmic— is governed by mathematical laws with apparently arbitrary constants. And this opens up a question: If the universe is completely governed by these laws, couldn’t a powerful enough computer simulate it exactly? Could our reality actually be a detailed simulation set in place by a more advanced civilization? Zohreh Davoudi investigates. [Directed by Eoin Duffy, narrated by Christina Greer, music by QB Sound].
av Mikael Winterkvist | nov 12, 2019 | TED
How do you build a product people really want? Allow consumers to be a part of the process. ”Empathy for what your customers want is probably the biggest leading indicator of business success,” says designer Tom Hulme. In this short talk, Hulme lays out three insightful examples of the intersection of design and user experience, where people have developed their own desire paths out of necessity. Once you know how to spot them, you’ll start noticing them everywhere.
av Mikael Winterkvist | nov 9, 2019 | TED
Software developer Mike Matas demos the first full-length interactive book for the iPad — with clever, swipeable video and graphics and some very cool data visualizations to play with. The book is ”Our Choice,” Al Gore’s sequel to ”An Inconvenient Truth.”
