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Would you try this reading challenge? #TEDTalks

Ann Morgan considered herself well read — until she discovered the “massive blindspot” on her bookshelf. Amid a multitude of English and American authors, there were very few books from beyond the English-speaking world. So she set an ambitious goal: to read one book from every country in the world over the course of a…

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Ann Morgan considered herself well read — until she discovered the “massive blindspot” on her bookshelf. Amid a multitude of English and American authors, there were very few books from beyond the English-speaking world. So she set an ambitious goal: to read one book from every country in the world over the course of a year. Now she’s urging other Anglophiles to read translated works so that publishers will work harder to bring foreign literary gems back to their shores.

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  1. @michaelkatz4068

    September 29, 2026 at 7:15 pm

    Wow how cool. Good for you, lady

  2. @Jerry-k3q8m

    September 29, 2026 at 8:04 pm

    30 seconds in and i simply don’t give af

    • @swordzanderson5352

      September 30, 2026 at 3:46 am

      @Jerry-k3q8m yet gave enough to signal to everyone how much you don’t.

  3. @misslusixseven67

    September 29, 2026 at 8:30 pm

    Libraries are great for this. I find that just browsing and not judging my picks works very well. Then if a book is something I want to get, I can then invest.

  4. @LEV1ATHYN

    September 29, 2026 at 8:41 pm

    Oh man, TED has sunk so low. Just nonsense drivel from unremarkable people, often pushing a leftist political agenda.

    • @gnocchidokie

      September 29, 2026 at 9:25 pm

      If only we could all make contributions to the world like you have with your youtube channel. TED sure could learn a thing or two from you. Thanks for inspiring me!

    • @coderoshi

      September 29, 2026 at 9:52 pm

      Wait, so reading is Leftist? That explains a lot I guess.

    • @gnocchidokie

      September 29, 2026 at 10:01 pm

      @coderoshilook at his youtube channel lol

    • @lucky6829

      September 30, 2026 at 5:52 am

      Wow. You’re that mad about someone reading books from around the world? In different languages? And made a blog of a year’s worth of global books they read? Seems remarkable to me. That’s good she’s here encouraging people to do the same.

    • @susanshook1930

      September 30, 2026 at 7:41 am

      How about someone just showing that opening a book from another culture, particularly if you can’t travel there, opens your mind. Forget it, Leviathan. Not for your closed mind. Btw, I was a lifetime Republican but not MAGA with this cruel, clearly non literate, non reader ensconced in a role where being open to and knowledgeable about other cultures SHOULD be a job requirement. So please refrain from the always blaming liberals drivel. Grouch

  5. @kick-ass-women

    September 29, 2026 at 10:14 pm

    Love the way books can widen our worldviews.

  6. @SalahZoghaib

    September 30, 2026 at 5:13 am

    This is ingenious! I do envy you. I hope i have the same access. You did great ❤

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Why We Should Design Cities Like Disney | Zach DeBoer | TED

Where you live shapes your relationships, your emotions and even how long you live, says community designer Zach DeBoer. After studying what a century of building cities around cars has done to downtowns in the US, he turned to lessons from some of the most walkable, carefully designed streets in the country: the ones inside…

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The real danger isn’t the technology itself, but rather the communities it leaves behind #TEDTalks

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