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 17:34 minutes · Filmed Nov 2017 · Posted Feb 2018 · TEDMED 2017 If we hope to heal the racial tensions that threaten to tear the fabric of society apart, we're going to need new skills to talk about it. By teaching the ability to read, recast and resolve a racially tense situation, psychologist Howard C. Stevenson helps kids and parents learn to defuse threats. In this inspiring, quietly awesome talk, learn how to help young people build confidence and stand up for themselves in productive ways. | |
Ready for a change? Let these talks help you move out of your comfort zone and embrace the beauty of sharing who you are with the world. Watch » 8 TED Talks • Total run time 1:31:30 | |
 Very few of us hold jobs that line up directly with our past experiences or what we studied in college. Take TED Resident Jason Shen; he studied biology but later became a product manager at a tech company. In this quick, insightful talk about human potential, Shen shares some new ideas on how job seekers can make themselves more attractive -- and why employers should look for ability over credentials. Watch »  Driving in Johannesburg one day, Tapiwa Chiwewe noticed a cloud of air pollution hanging over the city. He really wanted to do something about it, but he's not an environmental expert -- he's an engineer. So he did some research, and figured out how his skills could actually make a big difference. Watch this inspiring talk about finding your own individual way to make the world a better place. Watch » |  Every three years, more than 30 million Hindu worshippers gather for the Kumbh Mela in India, the world's largest religious gathering, to wash away their sins. With massive crowds descending on small cities and towns, deadly stampedes are inevitable. In 2014, then 15-year-old Nilay Kulkarni put his skills as a self-taught programmer to use by building tech to help prevent these deadly human stampedes. Learn more about his invention -- and how it helped the 2015 Nashik Kumbh Mela have zero stampedes and casualties. Watch »  From our fear of women's bodies to our sheepishness around the word "nipple," our ideas about sex need an upgrade, say sex educators (and hilarious women) Tiffany Kagure Mugo and Siphumeze Khundayi. In a radical new take on sex positivity, the duo take the TED stage to suggest we look to Africa for erotic wisdom both ancient and modern, showing us how we can shake off problematic ideas about sex we've internalized and re-define pleasure on our own terms. (This talk contains mature content.) Watch » |  The prevailing image of a refugee home is in a temporary camp in a desolate, isolated landscape -- but in reality, nearly 60 percent of refugees worldwide end up in cities. TED Fellow Robert Hakiza takes us inside the lives of urban refugees, and shows how his organization is teaching one group of refugees the skills they'll need to become self-sufficient and start rebuilding their lives. Watch »  As a research scientist at Google, Margaret Mitchell helps develop computers that can communicate about what they see and understand. She tells a cautionary tale about the gaps, blind spots and biases we subconsciously encode into AI -- and asks us to consider what the technology we create today will mean for tomorrow. Watch » | | |
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| “ | The hiring systems we built in the 20th century are failing us -- and causing us to miss out on people with incredible potential. Let's stop equating experience with ability, credentials with competence. Let's stop settling for the safe, familiar choice and leave the door open for someone who could be amazing." | | |
Why do we harshly judge certain behaviors or conditions, making it harder to talk honestly about them? In this hour, TED speakers Johann Hari, Nikki Webber Allen, Arik Hartmann and Juno Mac confront stigmas around addiction, depression, HIV and sex. Listen on Apple Podcasts or through the TED Android App. | |
coming soon: Worklife with adam grant Coming on February 28: a new podcast from TED called WorkLife with Adam Grant. We spend a quarter of our lives at work, but too little time thinking about how to make it better. Each week we'll take you inside unconventional workplaces to explore the ideas we can all use to make work more meaningful and creative. Check out the trailer now on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen.
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