Five great talks from 2014 to share and discuss

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talks to share, from TED.com July 26, 2014

Talk of the week Louie Schwartzberg: Hidden miracles of the natural world 07:24 minutes · Filmed Mar 2014 · Posted Apr 2014 · TED2014 We live in a world of unseeable beauty, so subtle and delicate that it is imperceptible to the human eye. To bring this invisible world to light, filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg bends the boundaries of time and space with high-speed cameras, time lapses and microscopes. See highlights from his latest project, a 3D film titled "Mysteries of the Unseen World," which slows down, speeds up, and magnifies the astonishing wonders of nature. Watch now »

Playlist of the summer The 20 most popular talks of all time Are schools killing creativity? What makes a great leader? How can I find happiness? These 20 talks are perfect for sharing. Watch » Total run time 5:42:25

More from TED.com In this fascinating, hilarious and ever-so-slightly creepy talk, science writer Ed Yong tells the story of his favorite parasites -- animals and organisms that live on the bodeis (and brains!) of other organisms, causing them to do their bidding. Do humans have them too? Maybe ... Watch » The subject of race can be touchy. As finance executive Mellody Hobson says, it's a "conversational third rail" -- but that's exactly why we must talk about it. Starting with a jawdropping story, Hobson makes a powerful case that talking about race — and particularly about diversity in hiring -- makes for better businesses and a better society. Watch » Physician and geneticist Wendy Chung shares what we know so far about autism spectrum disorder — a condition that may have multiple, perhaps interlocking, causes. ASD is a diagnosis that comes with many unknowns, but Chung and her team look at what we do know, from studies, treatments and careful listening. Watch » Writer Andrew Solomon has spent his career telling stories of the hardships of others. Now he turns inward, bringing us into a childhood of adversity, while also spinning tales of the courageous people he's met in the years since. In a moving, heartfelt and at times downright funny talk, Solomon gives a powerful call to action to forge meaning from our biggest struggles. Watch »

ideas to share and savor On ideas.ted.com: Revealing Shakespeare's word crimes ... your body's surprising reaction to water ... and a powerful conversation about prison rehab from the inside ...

Quote of the Week “ If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood and sweat and tears." Simon Sinek Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action

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A tool to fix one of the most dangerous moments in surgery

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This week on TED.com July 19, 2014

Talk of the week Nikolai Begg: A tool to fix one of the most dangerous moments in surgery 09:21 minutes · Filmed Nov 2013 · Posted Jul 2014 · TEDxBeaconStreet 2013 Before any laparoscopic surgery, the surgeon has to make a small puncture -- and that single moment carries the most risk of the entire procedure. In a fascinating talk, find out how mechanical engineer Nikolai Begg is combining ideas from both engineering and medicine to update a medical device called the trocar, and make that puncture much safer. Watch now »

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More from TED.com Inspired by biological design and self-organizing systems, artist Heather Barnett co-creates with physarum polycephalum, a eukaryotic microorganism that lives in cool, moist areas. What can we learn from this "semi-intelligent" slime mold? Surprising things ... Watch » When he was young, artist Shih Chieh Huang loved taking toys apart and browsing the aisles of night markets in Taiwan for unexpected objects. Today, this TED Fellow creates madcap sculptures that seem to have a life of their own—with eyes that blink, tentacles that unfurl and parts that light up like bioluminescent sea creatures. Watch » Have you ever wondered: Am I a human being? Ze Frank suggests a series of simple questions that will determine this. Please relax and follow the prompts. Let's begin … Watch » Our consciousness is a fundamental aspect of our existence, says philosopher David Chalmers: “There’s nothing we know about more directly…. but at the same time it’s the most mysterious phenomenon in the universe.” He shares some ways to think about the movie playing in our heads. Watch »

dive into ideas.ted.com Learn how different cultures think about parenting ... get the details on 7 ways stress can be good for you (sometimes) ... and watch a "semi-intelligent" slime mold grow like crazy.  Plus: Elizabeth Gilbert on the 7 books that shaped her.

Quote of the Week “ My idea of a perfect world really can't be designed by one person or even by a million experts. It's going to be seven billion pairs of hands, each following their own passions." Jay Silver Jay Silver: Hack a banana, make a keyboard!

Join the Conversation   How introverted are TED fans? Surprising results of our poll »   TED's offline for the next two weeks. Find out why » “ Brad Buss on Karima Bennoune: When people of Muslim heritage challenge fundamentalism   One of the most poignant points made in this speech is Marieme Helie-Lucas' definition of Fundamentalisms (for all religions): "Fundamentalisms are the radical politicizations of theology." Though this speech is about Muslim fundamentalism. I think it is worth exploring the relationship between the world's major religions and how each of the fundamentalisms grow each other. It is my assertion that these groups feed off each other and distort the core of the religions and spread the mistruths about each other. This is picked up on by the middle ground (read: normal people), and it affects the way they view other religions."

champions TED speakers -- including Amy Purdy, David Epstein, Diana Nyad and Sarah Lewis -- explore the mindset (and the finely tuned bodies) of athletic champions. »

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Want to innovate? Become a "now-ist"

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This week on TED.com July 12, 2014

Talk of the week Joi Ito: Want to innovate? Become a "now-ist" 12:31 minutes · Filmed Mar 2014 · Posted Jul 2014 · TED2014 “Remember before the internet?” asks Joi Ito. “Remember when people used to try to predict the future?” The head of the MIT Media Lab skips the future predictions and instead shares a new approach to creating in the moment: building quickly and improving constantly, without waiting for permission. This kind of bottom-up, do-it-now innovation is seen in the most fascinating, futuristic projects emerging today. Don’t be a futurist, he suggests: be a now-ist. Watch now »

Playlist of the week The 20 most popular TED Talks of all time Are schools killing creativity? What makes a great leader? How can I find happiness? These 20 talks are the ones that you and your fellow TED fans just can't stop sharing. Watch » Total run time 5:42:25

More from TED.com Karima Bennoune shares four powerful stories of real people fighting against Muslim fundamentalism in their own communities — refusing to allow the faith they love to become a tool for crime, attacks and murder. These personal stories humanize one of the most overlooked human-rights struggles in the world. Watch » We face an endless string of choices, which leads us to feel anxiety, guilt and pangs of inadequacy that we are perhaps making the wrong ones. But philosopher Renata Salecl asks: Could individual choices be distracting us from something bigger? A bold call for us to stop taking personal choice so seriously and focus on the choices we're making collectively. Watch » MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte takes you on a journey through the past 30 years of tech. The consummate predictor highlights interfaces and innovations he foresaw in the 1970s and 1980s that were scoffed at then, but are ubiquitous today. And he leaves you with one last (absurd? brilliant?) prediction for the coming 30 years. Watch » David Kwong is a magician who makes crossword puzzles -- in other words, a pretty nerdy guy. And for his next trick ... Watch » Plus: Read what Will Shortz has to say about the link between crosswords and magic »

exploring ideas every day On ideas.ted.com: The art -- and science -- of sharing a secret. Drones that play cat's-cradle. And Joi Ito's 8 tips for thriving in a world of constant change. Plus: The night Karima Bennoune said, "your fatwa does not apply here."

Quote of the Week “ [The flush toilet is] a wonderful waste disposal device. But I think that it's so good — it doesn't smell, we can put it in our house, we can lock it behind a door — and I think we've locked it out of conversation too." Rose George Rose George: Let's talk crap. Seriously.

Join the Conversation   Meet Januario Jose, the first TEDx organizer in Angola »   "I took a year off, inspired by a TED Talk" »   “ Tim Shutler on Joi Ito: Want to innovate? Become a "now-ist"   The distinction between learning and education is a great one. So is having a purpose, rather than a concrete plan. As the speaker points out he wasn't educated to deal with the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, but he kept learning and his team developed something which worked. Inspiring stuff."

how this talk came to be Simon Sinek became a TEDx star overnight -- but his new fame left him wondering who to trust. Learn how this experience led to write his new TED Talk »

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