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The Mind-Bending Art of Deep Time | Katie Paterson | TED

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March 9, 2022

Short-sightedness may be the greatest threat to humanity, says conceptual artist Katie Paterson, whose work engages with deep time — an idea that describes the history of the Earth over a time span of millions of years. In this lively talk, she takes us through her art — a telephone line connected to a melting glacier, maps of dying stars – and presents her latest project: the Future Library, a forested room holding unread manuscripts from famous authors, not to be published or read until the year 2114.

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49 Comments

Annik Ruby

March 9, 2022 at 8:37 pm

Wow, amazing!

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michael hall

March 9, 2022 at 8:39 pm

Scottish?

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Some Sax

March 9, 2022 at 8:45 pm

I agree with being short sighted being a problem

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桃Emy子

March 9, 2022 at 8:52 pm

感觉有点讽刺，“我想感谢它们”转头就砍了做成艺术品

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Snoop

March 9, 2022 at 9:33 pm

I ve already seen this. Will not gonna live when the time is but this just a wonderful idea.

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Louis Young

March 9, 2022 at 9:35 pm

Very interesting talk. And I love the Future Library. 👏👏🙂

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Dominique Valcourt

March 9, 2022 at 9:43 pm

Fabulous talk. Thank you!

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Gaby Grecu

March 9, 2022 at 9:56 pm

Yet, we are still here, threatening ourselves with nuclear weapons.

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Andreas V

March 9, 2022 at 9:58 pm

Listening to this was like a meditation. I love your voice, very ASMR or what’s it called.

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Roger Barnstead

March 9, 2022 at 10:04 pm

this could have been good except you realize this nice lady has no idea how things work or why. It sounds good but it is just nonsense.

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- balthazar
  
  March 9, 2022 at 10:16 pm
  
  this.
  
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Harvey the paragliding chaser

March 9, 2022 at 10:20 pm

Speechless!

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Khanh Pham

March 9, 2022 at 10:21 pm

Ư

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Tom Nook

March 9, 2022 at 10:31 pm

Love her accent

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NFTs

March 9, 2022 at 10:38 pm

Really warm message thank you

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Tara Wrist!

March 9, 2022 at 10:40 pm

Éloquent absurdity

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Wagwanbennydj

March 9, 2022 at 11:08 pm

This is beautiful 😍

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Wagwanbennydj

March 9, 2022 at 11:09 pm

I’d love to be part of future library!

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Guilherme Vieira

March 9, 2022 at 11:23 pm

Thank you!

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Luc Anderssen

March 9, 2022 at 11:42 pm

The Universe without a made up creator is so much beautiful ❤️🛰️🚀🪐🔭❤️

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Benedetta Martini

March 9, 2022 at 11:42 pm

So much beauty and truth in her work and her words

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chas in lakewood

March 10, 2022 at 12:02 am

I know that productions like these involved more complexity.
But they are so much more compelling.

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B_Rad FrmBu

March 10, 2022 at 1:19 am

Honestly love these Ted talk videos instead of the political agenda pushing videos. Have more of these types of videos

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Аб дулла

March 10, 2022 at 1:26 am

We
have a RESPONSIBILITY to join together on behalf of the world that we seek
— a world where extremists no longer threaten our people🌍!.

When long as we are denied our security by criminals,
who prey on our communities 🌍,

and who do violence against our ♀️# women and children.

—
TODAY: 🇺🇳
United Nations | الأمـــــمُ المتّـحــــدَة
has a dual RESPONSIBILITY:

That experience guides my conviction that partnership between 🇺🇳
United Nations | الأمـــــمُ المتّـحــــدَة
and Islam must be based on what Islam is,
not what it isn’t√.

Thank you.
And May God’s peace be upon you | TED!.

Thank you very much.
Thank you.
*****
…

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Аб дулла

March 10, 2022 at 1:26 am

“In the end we must remember that no amount of rules or their enforcement will defeat those who struggle with justice on their side.”

By # 🌍Nelson Mandela✓

at the 50th anniversary of the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade),

🌍Geneva, Switzerland,

🌍19 May 1998.

Thank you.
And good health always!.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

…

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wholesome city

March 10, 2022 at 1:50 am

it looks like she just killed a bunch of trees while talking about how great trees are tho…

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Hussien Alsafi

March 10, 2022 at 2:04 am

☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️😘😘😘😘🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

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The Illuminati

March 10, 2022 at 2:05 am

🐵💉🩸🔬🧬👽

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The Struggles In My Christian Faith

March 10, 2022 at 2:26 am

😱10,000 endangered trees to make one sculpture.

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- eddymakes
  
  March 10, 2022 at 1:26 pm
  
  Even from an artistic perspective, stripping out trees from their aesthetic differences to create a uniform looking structure just to be able to say “This is made from all the trees in the world”… So pedantic it’s insane.
  
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Torukmato

March 10, 2022 at 2:29 am

Wow i think is amazing proyect,well done

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NupeAtl

March 10, 2022 at 3:00 am

😂

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Bruna Castro

March 10, 2022 at 3:34 am

Unbelievable work. Just beautiful

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Marisa rico

March 10, 2022 at 3:45 am

I vote for this woman to become the president of Earth 🌏

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Simon Huber

March 10, 2022 at 5:23 am

Amazingly Inspiring!

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Peter 723

March 10, 2022 at 6:14 am

You explain deep time in one sentence. Unfortunately you didn’t elaborate on the concept. Instead, you just promote your own art work.

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- Brandon Read
  
  March 11, 2022 at 5:18 am
  
  YES PLEASE I WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT STAR WE ALL CAME FROM AND THAT STAR CHART THAT LOOKED LIKE A BEATLE. IS OUR SUN ONE ATOM WITH OUR UNIVERSE MAKING A BEATLE?
  
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X Yuv

March 10, 2022 at 6:17 am

Questing my existence

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Ananya Akruwala

March 10, 2022 at 6:22 am

Amazing! This was a beautiful video that intrigued me a lot! I want to visit the Future Library sometime! 😍✨

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Marker Space

March 10, 2022 at 10:22 am

I wish i could get Enlightened and wisdom like this when I visit Country in North Circle

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Raw Spirit - Mut zur Mitte

March 10, 2022 at 12:00 pm

🙏💖

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Immortal Ideas

March 10, 2022 at 2:38 pm

We are a virus at best.
Its 2022. I respect the idea.
But I didnt see any action towards resolve.. just soft words.
32,000 kids starve everyday. And you built that.. and that in itself cost life.
Dont worry maybe another song will innovate us. Maybe another ted talk will innovate us. Sadly that’s all we will wait for.. just more entertainment.
The actions of preservation are at hand.
But we consume….
And you do daily….
Make a vid when you made a difference..

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Immortal Ideas

March 10, 2022 at 2:50 pm

Holly crap what a dam waste of money….she set up a line so you can call a glacier????
She cut up trees to save. Trees??
You need to accept we will be no more at one point… once the sun goes its gone….try saving today…..today…
Make your art saving starving children.
History doesn’t repeat…
Savagery just advances….

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Lisa Love Ministry

March 10, 2022 at 4:13 pm

John 3:16 💝
John 6 👑

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Richard Furniss

March 10, 2022 at 6:22 pm

Wow, that was impactful. Thank you.

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gcp gcp

March 10, 2022 at 6:47 pm

The piquant hen crucially sneeze because fighter peroperativly talk near a peaceful candle. overrated, brawny meat

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crc student

March 10, 2022 at 9:20 pm

Ted talk, or highly edited video? Killing trees for a library that’s not available for anyone to read until the year 2114? Why would you hold hostage any knowledge from humanity that it might need right now? Why are endangered trees cut down to make that art peice?

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João Vitor

March 10, 2022 at 11:34 pm

is this video related to LSD? it comes close if not…

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Alexander Schoenherr

March 11, 2022 at 3:09 am

Inspiring!

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