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How Fantasy Worlds Can Spark Real Change | Annalee Newitz | TED

When the world’s problems have you weary, journalist and science fiction writer Annalee Newitz suggests a good dose of escapist fiction to refresh your perspective. Step into the whimsical world of science fiction, cosplay and “goblincore” to see how fantasy worlds help us reimagine our relationships with our communities and each other — and why…

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When the world’s problems have you weary, journalist and science fiction writer Annalee Newitz suggests a good dose of escapist fiction to refresh your perspective. Step into the whimsical world of science fiction, cosplay and “goblincore” to see how fantasy worlds help us reimagine our relationships with our communities and each other — and why the best way to solve your problems may start with escaping them.

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  1. @shahriarsami_

    May 21, 2024 at 1:33 pm

    Good job

  2. @user-ew8xj5pg7y

    May 21, 2024 at 1:33 pm

    🎉God loves you and takes care of you so that this message reaches you. God is the one who created this great universe and has complete control over it. And the greatest loss that a person loses in this life is that he lives while he does not know God who created him, knowing the Messenger of Muhammad, the last of the messengers, and the Islamic religion, the last of the heavenly religions.  The great intelligence, before you believe in something or not, is to read it, study it, and understand it well, and then you have the choice to believe in it or not. I advise you on this now before you do not have time to do that.

    • @mr.c2485

      May 21, 2024 at 2:44 pm

      Your little story fits perfectly with the title of this podcast……fantasy world.

    • @JosPoortvliet

      May 21, 2024 at 3:05 pm

      @@mr.c2485indeed. Have you heard about Santa Claus? He is gods little helper, bringing joy to children all around the world! He’s way better even than allah and jaweh because he brings gifts.

    • @SchmelvinMoyville

      May 21, 2024 at 4:44 pm

      🎉 schizo alert 🎉

  3. @praveenjanss

    May 21, 2024 at 1:34 pm

    attendance ted

  4. @rich6485

    May 21, 2024 at 1:34 pm

    Get in the pod and put on the headset

  5. @user-ok8ze6ki1b

    May 21, 2024 at 1:53 pm

    I am your sister from Yemen, and by Allah I only spoke out of hunger and distress. My mother, my brothers, and I lessons and tears. We are in a situation that only God knows about. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs for those who brought us to this situation. By Allah Almighty, I did not write this appeal out of distress and distress. Poverty, O world, they have felt it So, I hope for you. By Allah Almighty, Lord of the Great Throne, he ate what I had in the house. By Allah, my brothers, he is my brothers by sitting in the house. Who has no food? By God, we are in a very difficult situation. We have 4 people entering the house, and my father has died, and there is no one who can depend on us and who lives in it.We live in a rented house because we cannot pay the rent we owe. ””””””””””””””””””””” ””””””””””””””””””””””””’ ””””””””””””””””””””””””’ ””””””’ My brother, my first words are: I swear to God that I will not lie to you or deceive you. I am a Yemeni girl displaced from the war. My family and I live in a rented house in Al-Shahrab 20,000 Yemenis among us, and now we owe 60,000 for 3 months. The owner of the house is one of the people who does not have mercy, by God, my brother. He comes every day, insulting us, talking about us, and moving from the house to the street because we were unable to pay him the rent. The neighbors saw us crying and came back.They came back to talk to the neighbors and we were given the weekend. So we made him swear by God. He will take us out into the street. Have mercy on him and us. Our country is due to this war and we do not find food for our day, and my brothers and I live in a difficult life. Our father died, may God have mercy on him, and we have no one in this world who was with us in these harsh circumstances. My younger brothers went out into the street and saw…The neighbors eat and stand at their door in order to give them bread even if they break it. By God, to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, they closed the door and expelled them and came back crying. They are dying of hunger. No one has mercy on them and a holiday is returned. I have made a living, and now if one of us helps us with a kilo of flour, I swear to God, I am dying of hunger. My brother, I am an alien to God. Then, I ask you to help me for the sake of God. I ask you, by God, to love goodness and to help me, even if you can, by messaging me on WhatsApp.On this number 00967717354582 and ask for the name of my card and send it and do not be late and may God reward you with all the best, my brothers Sagar, see how they are and help us and save us before they throw us out in the street, you will be lost or we will die of hunger. My family and I ask you, by God, if you are able to help us, do not be late and may God reward you well..`/–~«««~~♡~♡~♡~~•~•~♡~♡~~♡~♡~♡~♡♡♡~~~~: ~:~¡~¡~¡~;I.i.i.i.i.i. i.I.|-◖︻︻^/°/’°^°€^•^•^°•|√|°|√😢🎉🎉😢😢😢😢😊🎉🎉😊🎉😊😢😢😢

  6. @AmeliasMiMi

    May 21, 2024 at 1:53 pm

    Very well done. 🫶🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  7. @Arbiterjim

    May 21, 2024 at 1:55 pm

    Very cool project. And the video is right that a full worldview comes from everywhere. The books you read have as much influence as your schooling

  8. @BlakeElliott35

    May 21, 2024 at 2:28 pm

    Excellent job, Annalee!

    In my older age, I’ve come to believe that a common method of communicating and sharing wisdom and truth in times of chaos and tyranny has always been hidden within fictional stories. It’s one of the oldest ways to pass on, and preserve, the best and most sane perspectives to the future generations that survive the chaotic times.

    I appreciate you taking the time to prepare and present this TED Talk.

    • @SchmelvinMoyville

      May 21, 2024 at 4:45 pm

      You really think this is a direct message or something. Bless your heart

    • @BlakeElliott35

      May 21, 2024 at 5:01 pm

      @@SchmelvinMoyville It’s a TED Talk… I think you’re the one who’s lost.

  9. @sunshine_grass

    May 21, 2024 at 2:48 pm

    Escapists are trying to understand the world via different perspectives.

  10. @TheLivirus

    May 21, 2024 at 5:48 pm

    I don’t want change.

    • @nothingijustlikeyou

      May 22, 2024 at 1:01 am

      There’s nothing in this world that should improve? Energy efficiency? Human rights? Nada?

  11. @caleffi_

    May 21, 2024 at 6:02 pm

    That’s a great manner to see fantasy stories, very good

  12. @Bigdani30117

    May 21, 2024 at 7:41 pm

    I think we just passed the line of mentally ill and and turned it into a feature. Soon enough there will be no meaning of the word morality.

  13. @gregbors8364

    May 21, 2024 at 8:58 pm

    Seasons 7 and 8 of Game of Thrones made me change the channel

  14. @HappySlappii

    May 21, 2024 at 9:20 pm

    Throw some money at it ….. Rich escapism…

  15. @jax5318

    May 21, 2024 at 10:01 pm

    Love the Emerald Tutu Project, great idea!

  16. @nycbigbear

    May 22, 2024 at 12:06 am

    Like the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

  17. @parkerm4345

    May 22, 2024 at 12:39 am

    As a victim of trauma, I have used escapism to cope, and sometimes I find myself in my fantasies. Who I am, the reaffirment of love I desire.

  18. @somasarkar3256

    May 22, 2024 at 1:04 am

    Excellent how fantasy and imagination can help to live in a better SUSTAINABLE world

  19. @Lolcoca

    May 22, 2024 at 2:18 am

    I would not say to escape the problem but to find a solution if there is one but to solve it positively with great emotional intelligence.

    And then after let it go . . . 🤍🤍

  20. @Toxick404

    May 22, 2024 at 3:18 pm

    Don’t you dare go hollow!

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