The nerd's guide to learning everything online

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This week on TED.com July 25, 2015

Talk of the week John Green: The nerd's guide to learning everything online 18:10 minutes · Filmed Nov 2012 · Posted Jul 2015 · TEDxIndianapolis Some of us learn best in the classroom, and some of us ... well, we don't. But we still love to learn -- we just need to find the way that works for us. In this charming, personal talk, author John Green shares the community of learning that he found in online video. Watch now »

Playlist of the week Talks for people who hated math in high school Math may have seemed boring in high school, but it is actually awesome. These six talks share the wonder of numbers. Watch » 6 TED Talks • Total run time 1:09:17

More from TED.com Seventy thousand years ago, our human ancestors were insignificant animals, just minding their own business in a corner of Africa with all the other animals. But now, few would disagree that humans dominate planet Earth; we've spread to every continent, and our actions determine the fate of other animals (and possibly Earth itself). How did we get from there to here? Historian Yuval Noah Harari suggests a surprising reason for the rise of humanity. Watch » Strong faith is a core part of Alaa Murabit's identity -- but when she moved from Canada to Libya as a young woman, she was surprised how the tenets of her belief were used to severely limit women's rights, independence and ability to lead. She wondered: Was this really religious doctrine? With humor, passion and a refreshingly rebellious spirt, she shares how she found examples of female leaders across the history of her faith — and how she speaks up for women using verses from the Koran. Watch » Twitter gives a voice to the voiceless, a way to speak up and hit back at perceived injustice. But sometimes, says Jon Ronson, things go too far. In a jaw-dropping story of how one un-funny tweet ruined a woman's life and career, Ronson shows how online commenters can end up behaving like a baying mob -- and says it's time to rethink how we interact online. Watch » What does this gorgeous street art say? It's Arabic poetry, inspired by bold graffiti and placed where a message of hope and peace can do the most good. In this quietly passionate talk, artist and TED Fellow eL Seed describes his ambition: to create art so beautiful it needs no translation. Watch »

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Quote of the Week “ A lot of the learning I did in high school wasn't about what happened inside the classroom, it was about what happened outside of the classroom. For instance, I can tell you that "There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons -- That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes --" not because I memorized Emily Dickinson in school when I was in high school, but because there was a girl when I was in high school, and her name was Amanda, and I had a crush on her, and she liked Emily Dickinson poetry." John Green The nerd's guide to learning everything online

Join the Conversation On the TED Blog: Meet Greg Gage, a TED Senior Fellow who makes kits for DIY neuroscience. Ever dream of putting all your stuff in storage and traveling cross-country just talking to people? Meet a woman who's doing just that. Got an idea to share on video? Check out our OpenTED project (now in beta). Want to find the next TED Talk you'll love to watch? Take the quiz: What TED Talk are you?

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What enduring love looks like

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This week on TED.com July 18, 2015

Talk of the week Alec Soth + Stacey Baker: This is what enduring love looks like 10:18 minutes · Filmed Mar 2015 · Posted Jul 2015 · TED2015 Don't you love hearing how two people met? So does Stacey Baker, who's a photo editor in New York. She asked photographer Alec Soth to go with her to Las Vegas, to the world’s largest speed-dating event (held on Valentine’s Day, of course) -- and then to the largest retirement community in Nevada. Between these two extremes, they unwound a beautiful story: how a couple goes from meeting to creating a life together. (This talk was part of a TED2015 session curated by Pop-Up Magazine) Watch now »

Playlist of the week Talks to watch when you need five minutes of peace Calming, short talks to watch when you just want to peace out for a bit. Watch » 9 TED Talks • Total run time 41:25

More from TED.com Marlene Zuk delightedly, determinedly studies insects. In this enlightening, funny talk, she shares just some of the ways that they are truly astonishing -- not least for the creative ways they have sex. Watch » Behind the everyday bargains we all love -- the $10 manicure, the unlimited shrimp buffet -- is a hidden world of forced labor to keep those prices at rock bottom. Noy Thrupkaew investigates human trafficking – which flourishes in the US and Europe, as well as developing countries – and shows us the human faces behind the exploited labor that feeds global consumers. Watch » When artist Salvatore Iaconesi was diagnosed with brain cancer, he refused to be a passive patient -- which, he points out, means "one who waits." So he hacked his brain scans, posted them online, and invited a global community to pitch in on a "cure." This sometimes meant medical advice, and it sometimes meant art, music, emotional support -- from more than half a million people. Watch » Abortion is extremely common. In America, for example, one in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime, yet the strong emotions sparked by the topic -- and the highly politicized rhetoric around it -- leave little room for discussion. In this personal, thoughtful talk, Aspen Baker makes the case for being neither “pro-life” nor “pro-choice” but rather "pro-voice" -- and for the roles that listening and storytelling can play when it comes to discussing difficult topics of all kinds. Watch »

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Quote of the Week “ By the time we met Joe and Roseanne, we'd gotten in the habit of asking couples if they had an old wedding photograph. In their case, they simultaneously pulled out of their wallets the exact same photograph. What's more beautiful, I thought to myself, this image of a young couple who has just fallen in love or the idea of these two people holding onto this image for decades? " Stacey Baker and Alec Soth This is what enduring love looks like

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Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong

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This week on TED.com July 11, 2015

Talk of the week Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong 14:42 minutes · Filmed Jun 2015 · Posted Jul 2015 · TEDGlobalLondon What really causes addiction -- to everything from cocaine to smartphones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder why we treat addicts the way we do -- and if there might be a better way. As he shares in this deeply personal talk, his questions took him around the world, and unearthed some surprising and hopeful ways of thinking about an age-old problem. Watch now »

Playlist of the week Small ways to change the world Little things that you (yes, you) can do now (yes, now) to make a difference. Watch » 10 TED Talks • Total run time 1:51:18

More from TED.com When Memory Banda’s older sister reached puberty, she was sent to be married -- and got pregnant at age 11. Banda, however, refused. Instead, she organized others and asked her community’s leader to issue a bylaw that no girl should be forced to marry before turning 18. She pushed on to the national level … with incredible results for girls across Malawi. Watch » Basketball is a fast-moving game of improvisation, contact and, ahem, spatio-temporal pattern recognition. Rajiv Maheswaran and his colleagues are analyzing the movements behind the key plays of the game, to help coaches and players combine intuition with new data. Bonus: What they're learning could help us understand how humans move everywhere. Watch » For the longest time, doctors basically ignored the most basic and frustrating part of being sick -- pain. In this lyrical, informative talk, Latif Nasser tells the extraordinary story of doctor John J. Bonica, who persuaded the medical profession to take pain seriously -- and transformed the lives of millions. Watch » Ash Beckham recently found herself in a situation that made her ask: who am I? She felt pulled between two roles — as an aunt and as an advocate. Each of us feels this struggle sometimes, she says -- and she offers bold suggestions for how to stand up for your moral integrity when it isn’t convenient. Watch »

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Quote of the Week “ It's hard loving an addict. You are angry a lot of the time. Everyone has a bit of them that looks at an addict and thinks, I wish someone would just stop you." Johann Hari Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong

Join the Conversation From the TED Blog: Two of the coolest demos at TEDWomen, it turns out, were powered by an electronics kit for kids: littleBits. We talk with guitarist Kaki King and Ringly designer Christina Mercando about how littleBits fueled their creative drive. (Bonus: Who created littleBits? TED Fellow Ayah Bdeir!) Meet Aowama Shields, astrobiologist, classically trained actor, and an inspiration for anyone who wants to realize more than one dream in their lifetime. What's on the to-do list for the first people to land on Mars? In this excerpt from Stephen Petranek's new TED Book, find out what will need to happen as soon as we set foot on the Red Planet.

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The amazing story of the man who gave us modern pain relief

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This week on TED.com July 4, 2015

Talk of the week Latif Nasser: The amazing story of the man who gave us modern pain relief 13:51 minutes · Filmed Mar 2015 · Posted Jul 2015 · TED2015 For the longest time, doctors basically ignored the most basic and frustrating part of being sick -- pain. In this lyrical, informative talk, Latif Nasser tells the extraordinary story of wrestler and doctor John J. Bonica, who persuaded the medical profession to take pain seriously -- and transformed the lives of millions. Watch now »

Playlist of the week Claim your independence Brave, personal stories that will make your spirit soar. Watch » 8 TED Talks • Total run time 1:32:26

More from TED.com What do you learn when you sail around the world on your own? When solo sailor Ellen MacArthur circled the globe – carrying everything she needed with her – she came back with new insight into the way the world works, as a place of interlocking cycles and finite resources, where the decisions we make today affect what's left for tomorrow. Watch » In 2011, the US Armed Forces still had a ban on women in combat -- but in that year, a Special Operations team of women was sent to Afghanistan to serve on the front lines. Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells the story of this "band of sisters," an extraordinary group of women warriors who helped break a long-standing barrier to serve. Watch » In this passionate talk, former US President Jimmy Carter shares jaw-dropping stats about the mistreatment of women and girls, the number-one human rights issue on the world today. He sugests three reasons why inequality continues in so many ways in so many parts of the world. The final one? “In general, men don’t give a damn.” Watch » Statistically, the least reliable part of the car is ... the driver. Chris Urmson heads up Google's driverless car program, one of several efforts to remove humans from the driver's seat. He talks about where his program is right now, and shares fascinating footage that shows how the car sees the road and makes autonomous decisions about what to do next. Watch »

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Quote of the Week “ He read every medical textbook he could get his hands on, carefully noting every mention of the word 'pain.' Out of the 14,000 pages he read, the word 'pain' was on seventeen and a half of them. Seventeen and a half. For the most basic, most common, most frustrating part of being a patient." Latif Nasser The amazing story of the man who gave us modern pain relief

Join the Conversation On the TED Blog: In classrooms around the world, teens are talking about bullying, beauty and body image. Watch three powerful talks from TED-Ed Clubs that might change your perspective. Dame Stephanie Shirley survived World War II, started a software company for women in post-war England, and fights for autism rights. So she was not going to let a little thing like laryngitis keep her from giving her TED Talk. How can a rural health clinic get the vaccines it needs for children? One TED Fellow realized: The answer's in fixing the logistics. Hear how a few simple ideas could add up to saving a million lives. Want to find the next TED Talk you'll love? Take the quiz: What TED Talk are you?

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