Health and Happiness

How Hannah Gadsby broke comedy I don’t think I’m qualified to speak my own mind,” says Australian comic Hannah Gadsby. “I’m not so good at turning the thinking into the talking. And you’re wondering how someone who’s so bad at the chat could be a standup comedian?” She starts off …

How to Take Responsibility for Your Life and Change What Isn’t Working “The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.” ~Lou Holtz I spent a devastatingly large part of my life trapped, blaming others for my troubles. I felt …

“It was no one’s job to ask: What could go wrong?” Roger McNamee speaks at TED2019 Investor Roger McNamee sits in conversation with TED’s Chris Anderson during TED2019: Bigger Than Us, April 17, 2019, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED Nine days before the 2016 US presidential election, …

Why to Try Fermentation in Your Own Kitchen I often sing the praises of bone broth as a healing food, but fermented foods are just as important for a healthy body. Fermented foods are a great way to get probiotics in the diet (among other things) and are very easy …

Vulcan Holodome at TED2019: An immersive 360-degree world… without a headset? Step up close to, and almost into, the work of Monet, a favorite artist of Vulcan founder Paul Allen. Vulcan brought their new Holodome environment to TED2019: Bigger Than Us, in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED …

Imagination: Notes from Session 6 of TED2019 Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy talks about her documentary film on honor killings — and the lengths she went to to get the film seen in her home of Pakistan, at TED2019: Bigger Than Us, on April 17, 2019, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Photo: Bret Hartman / …

RDs! We’re Hiring! Looking To Fill A Full-Time Permanent And Possibly Some Part-Time Positions Will copy our job posting below, but the tl;dr version is we’re both growing (our digital distance tool is deep into development and should be ready for beta-testing come late spring or early summer) and one …

Life in the Tech Playground at TED2019 The temi robot, a telepresence unit, home AI and media player, inhabits the living room of the Tech Playground at TED2019: Bigger Than Us, April 15–19, 2019, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo: Ryan Lash / TED How much technology can you live with? In …

Jonny Sun: Making the internet a bit less lonely Writer, creator, cartoonist and online star Jonny Sun speaks at TED2019: Bigger Than Us on April 17, 2019, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED “For many people,” says Canadian illustrator and author Jonny Sun, “the internet can feel like …

Want to speak at TED2020? Enter our worldwide Idea Search If you have an idea the world needs to hear, put your name forward to speak at next year’s TED conference! We’ve just opened applications in our TED2020 Idea Search, a worldwide hunt for the next great idea. The theme …