It’s time to give paper passports a digital upgrade, says entrepreneur Karoli Hindriks. Looking to Estonia’s technology-driven government for inspiration, she envisions a world where immigration is no longer hindered by bureaucracy and needless repetition. Travel with her to a future beyond borders where universal digital passports replace paper ones — and where outdated systems stop wasting our time and money.
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question ade
January 20, 2022 at 7:34 pm
Grew up behind the iron cutain? Is she 50yrs old? I don’t think so
supplanter
January 20, 2022 at 7:40 pm
You lost me at “World Economic Forum”…
Ricardo Afonso
January 20, 2022 at 7:46 pm
If only we could see the dislike / like ratio
Skevos Kouvaris
January 20, 2022 at 7:49 pm
Am I romanticizing Ted or was it not dogshit at one point?
iloveyouamberappel
January 20, 2022 at 7:59 pm
Immigration is great and in many cases needed. The problem is opening to all with little thought going into it. So everyone who can afford the trip is all of a sudden an American citizen? What is that going to do to the welfare programs? Who is going to pay the cost? What happens when no one lives in Chad anymore?
It all seems a little too much government overreach and big brother to me. Every system is hackable with enough resources and effort.
Wait.. I don’t understand the data provided. 2% of GDP of the world is 1.7 trillion will solve world hunger, so 30 billion. She then goes on to say we could solve world hunger not once but 56 times every year?? Isn’t it solved once it’s solved? I look at all the charities in the food for the hungry market. World Vision, IDEO, American Red Cross, and the like how much hunger have they solved over the decades in business? Billions of dollars go to these… Why haven’t we seen meaningful progress?
Itsiwhatitsi
January 20, 2022 at 8:08 pm
A pink Passport
Miss Liana Secret
January 20, 2022 at 8:43 pm
We definitely need to do it!
Excalibur
January 20, 2022 at 8:47 pm
she is from Estonia, and yes her views are annoy as shes voice
whuzzzup
January 20, 2022 at 8:51 pm
Immigration has nothing to do with passports. What idiot wrote the description?
Raccoonious 🦝
January 20, 2022 at 8:59 pm
I love how most people here hand out their private data to FANG companies like it is Christmas (heck it’s Christmas every day for them) but wouldn’t trust the government to retain information about their toothbrush to save their life.
Seriously people, your data isn’t harvested by an evil, dystopian government that yours will turn into – it is already being done by private companies.
That being said – it does raise some interesting (and valid) questions. If the world as a whole stores data in one place, it simply would not be efficient. We would have to have network of these (probably in the form of CDNs) in several geographical locations. One breach in any could potentially mean compromise of all. Some countries are not as wealthy, or have the willingness or capacity to invest in these systems as the others.
In fact, you’re motivated to spend little as possible (and let other countries spend as much as possible) because yes, it’s good and all having equality and fairness, our economy gives us incentive to cheapen out as much as possible and keep as much to yourself.
Also – what she is suggesting isn’t opening up borders altogether – it is simply making the process quicker so it’s convenient everyone involved. Yes it might lead to higher levels of immigration, but a) it’s good for the economy (if you want a software engineer from India to pay for your NHS bills, all you have to do is not vote Tories, and say yes to immigration. Sometimes they might live next to you, but you probably can’t afford London rent anyway) b) it is about eliminating the inefficiency (which might allow us to actually meet the demand we have) and c) the validation checks (i.e. hotel wants to authenticate you) doesn’t have to be stored. But you’d probably want those in case someone is imitating you (i.e. someone stole your identity) in which case – yeah you would want to know. You would never with paper one and it can take years before you realise, and have some serious damages to your name (and credit history)
All in all, she is right. I fucking hate that our society is not ready for it. Our technological advances are greater than the ones we made with our mentality.
Mohammed Liswi
January 20, 2022 at 9:05 pm
Now is the right moment for freedom of movement.
Jing Jin
January 20, 2022 at 9:18 pm
General feeling in the comments:
1. People don’t trust governments
2. People didn’t have to apply for a lot of visas to travel
3. A whole lot of western centric views (just like she said about passport if you are not a mixologist that cannot understand things when the speaker wears pink)
Tom Murphy
January 20, 2022 at 9:21 pm
I am wrong for this planet. No amount of paperwork is apt to change this.
Nagito Yup
January 20, 2022 at 9:40 pm
This talk felt like an advertisement for an immigration agency.
Kongolox
January 20, 2022 at 9:47 pm
I wholheartldy agree with her! freedom of movement is what humanity had before all this modernization.
There are many ways to prevent unauthorized access to information using blockchain, biometrics and/or encryption or many other technologies.
Vlad S
January 20, 2022 at 9:56 pm
Guys, censoring comments where no insult or any violent words are used? Really? Just saying my opinion… Brave New World…. Is this the world you wish to your children? You will fail in the end how all utopies in the past…
anki nigam
January 20, 2022 at 10:26 pm
German Ausländer office is pathetic… I am still struggling with tons of redtapizum and inefficiencies
Arup Sanyal
January 20, 2022 at 10:28 pm
Just awesome … really need of the hour
Karen Smith
January 21, 2022 at 12:14 am
After the 2 year fiasco we just had with people having adverse reactions left and right and the gov’ts just ignoring it and saying they are all coincidence. I wouldn’t trust the gov’t and Big Pharma to give me a roll of toilet paper much less an entire digital identity pass. They blew it. NO ONE is gonig to trust them EVER AGAIN.
Stephen Delaney
January 21, 2022 at 12:57 am
Open borders is a race to the bottom
Stephen Delaney
January 21, 2022 at 12:58 am
I don’t have a passport and never will. Don’t recognise the right of another entity to infringe on my right to travel
CalvinK
January 21, 2022 at 5:32 am
Amazing! I live in one of the smallest countries in the world so I love my passport as it allows me to travel to many parts of the world. I love traveling but I wonder how you exercise your right to travel?
Antonio Usai
January 21, 2022 at 11:30 am
There are easier ways to say you’re too poor to travel.
Jokes apart, I get your point, but I’d not sacrifice the opportunity to see new places and meet new people for that.
S Wallace
January 21, 2022 at 2:06 am
This was def an ad. WEF we know what you are trying to do and we dont want it.
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January 21, 2022 at 4:08 am
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Alexander Neumann
January 21, 2022 at 4:39 am
Really a shame TED blocked the comments from Hongqiao Lius TED Talk. Shame on you TED.
Tanechka Kisleechka
January 21, 2022 at 5:44 am
страна советов
Lavender
January 21, 2022 at 8:36 am
Who owns this digital personal information and who controls it? What corporation.
Dumb money
January 21, 2022 at 9:51 am
21t views, 600 likes… The reason why they disabled unlike counter 👆
Werdna457
January 21, 2022 at 11:57 am
2:22 I’m pretty sure you can’t make the whole world richer? Isn’t that how economics works? That if everyone’s currency count is doubled, the purchasing power of each currency unit halves?
FreekyMage
January 21, 2022 at 10:08 pm
It’s more like we would save a lot of money that was wasted on paperwork or those 88 days she talked about at the end.
J.S[기마이]Varaba
January 21, 2022 at 12:32 pm
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Necate
January 21, 2022 at 1:24 pm
She’s the CEO of Jobbatical – which sounds like a platform for companies to find people looking for a job.
So a company that would prefer if people could be moved around the globe more easily, specifically for tech and media companies.
In short:
– “It helps poor people” is a pretty hollow point and likely not what she’s after.
– She has a direct incentive to push for this.
– Wearing pink and picking the worst examples, followed up by “stories like this are not the exception” (5:00) is a pretty big red flag …
– Adressing security concerns with a “it is done safely” (with magic and glitter we’ll surely make it work, I guess …)
– Not mentioning issues with autocratic countries at all (do they get a separate treatment or will it just always be a one way trip? Will they be able to bastardize this new global system for citizen surveillance? Will data be available to every country?)
ClockworkAvatar
January 21, 2022 at 2:46 pm
to preserve the sovereignty of countries, this is a stupid question, or at the very least disingenuous.
John M
January 21, 2022 at 4:35 pm
Can’t understand her accent!
Életem morzsái blog
January 21, 2022 at 5:36 pm
Unfortunately free movement isn’t good. I only support the idea that people who have proper documents, clear criminal record, only want to work & willing to respect an other country rules + religion are allowed to move freely. And of course time to time to report about how they are doing.
But on the other hand if you let everybody to move freely no matter what, you will end up having criminals, benefit seekers, people who don’t want to work just want the lifestyle/ better healthcare, won’t respect your culture & religion.
Life on the road With Alex
January 21, 2022 at 5:46 pm
First woman I know that said her passport needed an upgrade and not the interior of her house 🙈😂
Virtual Treadmill Walk, Nature Sounds
January 21, 2022 at 9:48 pm
Interesting prospective ❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸 Stat Active Stay Healthy
James Patton
January 22, 2022 at 1:23 am
IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!!!
THE USA WILL NOT LET IT
HAPPEN… AND IF YOU THINK 🤔 I AM WRONG !
ON YOUR DEATH BED REMEMBER WHAT I SAID.
Thunderbolt Wisdom
January 22, 2022 at 11:50 am
Great talk. Brilliantly delivered.
✿Shahrezad Nor💜 Mohammadiy
January 22, 2022 at 12:48 pm
Yes 🌏 why?
” we are talked a lot about, but we are not listened to ” -why?
😀
Thank you.
🌏🌍🌎
😀
Charbel Tannios
January 22, 2022 at 2:26 pm
Thank you 👍👍
Mike Munro
January 22, 2022 at 7:23 pm
Totalitarianism is bad ok.
Jonathan
January 23, 2022 at 6:14 am
Interesting discussion, but no mention of this “digital” privacy.
marwan qannam
January 23, 2022 at 7:12 am
Unfortunately we should admit that we are becoming just only a game of the international forces which is seeking control on the human behaviour .they are using the coronavirs pandemic for change our cultural principles and social awareness of the biggest issues . They are incapable of making the difference between the other countries the most important thing is the money The USA and Europe and China have become the biggest enemy of the human existence .
marwan qannam
January 23, 2022 at 7:18 am
Living with this artificial intelligence one of the biggest problems is effect on our Human existence.
People think the social media is an individual platform to practice freedom of expression but in the fact all types of social media are only a tool for watching you and observer your behaviour .
Don’t believe when you hear anything which talk about the individual freedom it’s a joke 🤣
Odyssey Thijs
January 24, 2022 at 3:33 am
She can not be trusted, she is promoting the agenda of the world economic forum. To digitalise our identity is to enslave us!!Thats their plan.
james kirk
January 25, 2022 at 7:07 am
I can see a problem with this, All criminals, felons, and illegals are not going to have one of these or have access to one. Second, if everyone on the planet were required to have this, that would be n extreme danger of governmental control. Or something else I haven’t thought of. I like the idea, because I’m tired of undocumented people entering my country. I would like them tracked. But I’m not giving up my privacy because illegals are crossing our boarder.
Drawn By Paige
January 25, 2022 at 8:08 am
In 2019 Australia experienced devastating bushfires. One town on the east coast was stranded on the beach and in the ocean as the fires burned homes. When the fire had gone they came out to find the power was out and mobile signal lost. Those who had cash could buy what they needed but those who had adapted to use only the modern tap and go, payWave and eftpos systems were stranded with their homes and possessions burnt and no way to buy anything, even a loaf of bread. This event highlighted a need for caution towards replacing things with technology rather than improving it with the addition of it.
J
January 25, 2022 at 9:54 am
China should be ranked as the least friendly nation with regard to travel and immigration during covid . They spread the disease to the whole world , but the vulpine nature of their governance is evident in their draconian entry policies imposed on all the foreign people who have been striving to meet their families , rejoin for work in their country since Jan 2020
Noukz
January 25, 2022 at 10:03 am
Amen sista! Yes please, I’ve been wanting this for sooooo long, especially because I own two East-European passports XD