Why do young people join terrorist groups? These extremists aren't all naturally violent sociopaths -- many of them are deliberately recruited and radicalized in a process that doesn't fit into a neat pattern. Erin Marie Saltman discusses the push and pull factors that cause people to join extremist groups and shares innovative ways to prevent and counter radicalization. Watch » In a mind-bending talk that blurs the line between science and art, Tomás Saraceno shares his gorgeous, air-inspired sculptures and installations designed to usher in a new era: the "Aerocene." From giant, cloud-like playgrounds suspended 22 meters in the air to a balloon sculpture that travels the world without burning a single drop of fossil fuel, Saraceno's work invites us to explore. (In Spanish with English subtitles.) Watch » | When the astronauts saw Earth from space for the first time, it changed them forever. Benjamin Grant aims to provoke this same feeling of overwhelming scale and beauty in each of us ... through a series of stunning, perspective-shifting satellite images. Come fly with him. Watch » Underneath every shiny new megacity, there's often a story of communities lost. In this moving, poetic talk, OluTimehin Adegbeye details how government land grabs are destroying the lives of thousands who live in the coastal communities of Lagos, Nigeria, to make way for a "new Dubai." As she says: "The only cities worth building, indeed the only futures worth dreaming of, are those that include all of us, no matter who we are or how we make homes for ourselves." Watch » | |
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