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Exposing what life looks like in Afghanistan after a 20-year US occupation and the Taliban’s stunning and rapid takeover, TED Fellow and documentary photographer Kiana Hayeri...
The TED Audio Collective is a collection of podcasts for the curious. Subscribe on YouTube: Historian and futurist Yuval Noah Harari has a story about the...
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What if the commonly accepted narratives about the foundation of civilization are all wrong? Drawing on groundbreaking research, archaeologist David Wengrow challenges traditional thinking about the...
With his art, photographer Platon seeks to strip away assumptions and leave viewers with a window into his subject’s character, filling our eyes with wonder and...
Where did all the lumps and bumps on buildings go? When did city architecture become so … dull? Here to talk about why cities need inspiring...
Social entrepreneur Bernhard Kowatsch shares real-life examples of how a business approach focused on accelerating tech (like a blockchain-supported way to bring food to refugees or...
Famed for enormous black-and-white portraits that are pasted on surfaces ranging from the Louvre to the US-Mexico border wall, multimedia artist JR continues to tackle ambitious...
What happens when the data-driven capabilities of AI are combined with human creativity and ingenuity? Shining a light on the opportunities this futuristic collaboration could bring...