TED Recommendations

Zach Kaplan + Keith Schacht: Toys and materials from the future - test

• Marian Bantjes Intricate beauty by design (23) test
• Larry Page Where's Google going next? (23) test
• Nadjia Yousif Why you should treat the tech you use at work like a colleague (22) test
• Sherry Turkle Connected, but alone? (21) test
• Nancy Duarte The secret structure of great talks (21) test

Zach King: The trick to regaining your childlike wonder - test

• Alex Gendler Can you solve the rebel supplies riddle? (34) test
• Iseult Gillespie The myth of Pandora's box (33) test
• Dustin Yellin A journey through the mind of an artist (33) test
• Olivia Vinckier A colorful case for outside-the-box thinking on identity (29) test
• Tony Porter A call to men (28) test

Zachariah Mampilly: How protest is redefining democracy around the world - test

• Yordanos Eyoel How to build a global pro-democracy movement (44) test
• Bret Stephens and Yordanos Eyoel Democracy requires disagreement. Here's how to do it better (40) test
• Timothy Snyder Is democracy doomed? The global fight for our future (40) test
• Lindiwe Mazibuko Democracy works — we just need better leaders (39) test
• Sarah Longwell What makes someone vote against their political party? (37) test

Zachary Metz: Where did Earth's water come from? - test

• Balsher Singh Sidhu Are we running out of clean water? (52) test
• David Sedlak 4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought (52) test
• Lana Mazahreh 3 thoughtful ways to conserve water (50) test
• Anupam Mishra The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting (50) test
• Deepika Kurup A young scientist's quest for clean water (50) test

Zachary R. Wood: Why it's worth listening to people you disagree with - test

• The TED Interview Mellody Hobson challenges us to be color brave (34) test
• John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson The fight for civil rights and freedom (31) test
• Johann Hari This could be why you're depressed or anxious (30) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (30) test
• Jonathan Haidt Can a divided America heal? (29) test

Zahra Al-Mahdi: The infinite alchemy of storytelling - test

• Tyler Cowen Be suspicious of simple stories (47) test
• Kelly D. Parker The art of persuasive storytelling (39) test
• Lori Gottlieb How changing your story can change your life (38) test
• Sisonke Msimang If a story moves you, act on it (37) test
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The danger of a single story (34) test

Zahra Biabani: The eco-creators helping the climate through social media - test

• Luisa Neubauer Why you should be a climate activist (48) test
• Al Gore, Gloria Kasang Bulus, Nana Firman, Ximena Loría and Tim Guinee Climate change is our reality. Here's how we're taking action (46) test
• Christiana Figueres and Chris Anderson How we can turn the tide on climate (45) test
• Vanessa Nakate and Mary Robinson The global opportunity to accelerate Africa's sustainable future (44) test
• Ayana Elizabeth Johnson How to find joy in climate action (44) test

Zahra' Langhi: Why Libya's revolution didn't work -- and what might - test

• Zainab Salbi Women, wartime and the dream of peace (28) test
• Shad Begum How women in Pakistan are creating political change (28) test
• Cecile Richards The political progress women have made -- and what's next (26) test
• Alaa Murabit What my religion really says about women (25) test
• Robin Hauser The likability dilemma for women leaders (24) test

Zainab Salbi: Women, wartime and the dream of peace - test

• Jane Ferguson Life on the frontlines of war reporting (45) test
• Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Meet the women fighting on the front lines of an American war (43) test
• Kavita Ramdas Radical women, embracing tradition (43) test
• Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Women entrepreneurs, example not exception (41) test
• Madeleine Albright On being a woman and a diplomat (40) test

Zainab Usman: How sci-fi informs our climate future — and what to do next - test

• Olivia Lazard The blind spots of the green energy transition (37) test
• Hans Rosling Let my dataset change your mindset (37) test
• Ian Bremmer How the US should use its superpower status (35) test
• Ian Bremmer The next global superpower isn't who you think (33) test
• Gordon Brown Global ethic vs. national interest (33) test

Zak Ebrahim: I am the son of a terrorist. Here's how I chose peace. - test

• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (39) test
• Yvonne van Amerongen The "dementia village" that's redefining elder care (37) test
• Laura Carstensen Older people are happier (37) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (37) test
• Deeyah Khan What we don't know about Europe's Muslim kids (37) test

Zaria Forman: Drawings that show the beauty and fragility of Earth - test

• Kristin Poinar What's hidden under the Greenland ice sheet? (35) test
• James Balog Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss (30) test
• Kate Stafford How human noise affects ocean habitats (30) test
• Paul Nicklen Animal tales from icy wonderlands (29) test
• Lee Hotz Inside an Antarctic time machine (28) test

Zarlasht Halaimzai: What it's like to be a war refugee - test

• Gabrielle Rifkind How to prevent — or stop — a war (48) test
• Samantha Nutt The real harm of the global arms trade (47) test
• Rachel Kleinfeld A path to security for the world's deadliest countries (45) test
• Keith Lowe Why we need to stop obsessing over World War II (45) test
• Janine di Giovanni What I saw in the war (43) test

Ze Frank: Are you human? - test

• Manoush Zomorodi How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas (24) test
• David Pogue Cool tricks your phone can do (22) test
• Cesar Kuriyama One second every day (22) test
• Ric Elias 3 things I learned while my plane crashed (21) test
• Malte Spitz Your phone company is watching (20) test

Ze Frank: My web playroom - test

• Linus Torvalds The mind behind Linux (43) test
• Justin Trudeau Leadership lessons from the prime minister of Canada (43) test
• Amanda Palmer The art of asking (42) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (42) test
• Tanya Menon The secret to great opportunities? The person you haven't met yet (41) test

Ze Frank: Nerdcore comedy - test

• Amanda Palmer The art of asking (41) test
• Christopher "moot" Poole The case for anonymity online (40) test
• Larry Page Where's Google going next? (38) test
• Chris Anderson TED's nonprofit transition (38) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (37) test

Zeresenay Alemseged: The search for humanity's roots - test

• Louise Leakey A dig for humanity's origins (54) test
• Spencer Wells A family tree for humanity (47) test
• Juliet Brophy How a new species of ancestors is changing our theory of human evolution (40) test
• David Wengrow A new understanding of human history and the roots of inequality (37) test
• Svante Pääbo DNA clues to our inner neanderthal (36) test

Zeynep Ton: The case for good jobs — and why they're good for business too - test

• Warren Valdmanis What makes a job "good" -- and the case for investing in people (47) test
• Adriann Negreros Don't be a jerk to your barista — and other thoughts on frontline work (43) test
• Juliet Schor The case for a 4-day work week (42) test
• David Lee Why jobs of the future won't feel like work (39) test
• Roy Bahat and Bryn Freedman How do we find dignity at work? (38) test

Zeynep Tufekci: Machine intelligence makes human morals more important - test

• Jeremy Howard The wonderful and terrifying implications of computers that can learn (37) test
• Nick Bostrom What happens when our computers get smarter than we are? (37) test
• Zeynep Tufekci We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads (36) test
• Shyam Sankar The rise of human-computer cooperation (35) test
• Cathy O'Neil The era of blind faith in big data must end (33) test

Zeynep Tufekci: Online social change easy to organize, hard to win - test

• Zachariah Mampilly How protest is redefining democracy around the world (33) test
• Wael Ghonim Let's design social media that drives real change (33) test
• Bruno Torturra Got a smartphone? Start broadcasting (33) test
• Gordon Brown Wiring a web for global good (30) test
• Gordon Brown Global ethic vs. national interest (30) test

Zeynep Tufekci: We're building a dystopia just to make people click on ads - test

• The TED Interview Roger McNamee takes on big tech (46) test
• Jennifer Golbeck Your social media "likes" expose more than you think (43) test
• Brian S. Lowery and Kylan Gibbs What makes us human in the age of AI? A psychologist and a technologist answer (42) test
• Larry Page Where's Google going next? (40) test
• Paul Hudson and Lindsay Levin Leadership in the age of AI (39) test

Ziauddin Yousafzai: My daughter, Malala - test

• Mary Maker Why I fight for the education of refugee girls (like me) (42) test
• Shabana Basij-Rasikh Dare to educate Afghan girls (37) test
• Shameem Akhtar To learn is to be free (37) test
• Eve Ensler Embrace your inner girl (34) test
• Kakenya Ntaiya A girl who demanded school (33) test

ZigZag: Step 1 The Puls‪e‬ - test

• Chieh Huang How to know if it's time to change careers (40) test
• Carol Fishman Cohen How to get back to work after a career break (34) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (34) test
• Sarah Aviram Does more freedom at work mean more fulfillment? (33) test
• Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper The best career path isn't always a straight line (33) test

Zineb Sqalli: Climate action's hidden opportunities for women - test

• Gaby Barrios Why gender-based marketing is bad for business (48) test
• Rumaitha Al Busaidi Women and girls, you are part of the climate solution (48) test
• Cecile Richards The political progress women have made -- and what's next (47) test
• Shad Begum How women in Pakistan are creating political change (46) test
• Jimmie Briggs 3 things men can do to promote gender equity (46) test

Ziyah Gafić: Everyday objects, tragic histories - test

• Fredy Peccerelli A forensic anthropologist who brings closure for the "disappeared" (20) test
• Paul Rucker A new museum to spotlight omitted history (18) test
• Gabrielle Rifkind How to prevent — or stop — a war (17) test
• James Nachtwey My wish Let my photographs bear witness (16) test
• Zarlasht Halaimzai What it's like to be a war refugee (16) test

Zoe Pierrat: Earth's mysterious red glow, explained - test

• Lucianne Walkowicz Light waves, visible and invisible (41) test
• Lieven Scheire How quantum mechanics explains global warming (40) test
• Victoria Hwang What is the rarest color in nature? (39) test
• Colm Kelleher Is light a particle or a wave? (33) test
• Joanne Chory How supercharged plants could slow climate change (32) test

Zohreh Davoudi: Are we living in a simulation? - test

• Katie Mack Life-altering questions about the end of the universe (40) test
• Andrew Zimmerman Jones Does time exist? (35) test
• Stephen Hawking Questioning the universe (32) test
• Sean Carroll Distant time and the hint of a multiverse (32) test
• Lee Smolin Science and democracy (31) test

Zoya Lytvyn: Ukraine's fight to keep educating its children - test

• Yuval Noah Harari The war in Ukraine could change everything (39) test
• Oleksandra Matviichuk The ordinary people doing extraordinary things in Ukraine (35) test
• Olesya Khromeychuk What the world can learn from Ukraine's fight for democracy (33) test
• Amel Karboul The global learning crisis -- and what to do about it (32) test
• Nicholas Negroponte Taking OLPC to Colombia (31) test

Zoë Karl-Waithaka: Got millet? How marketing could improve the lives of African farmers - test

• Agnes Kalibata How to empower farmers — and nourish the planet (45) test
• Mohammad Modarres Why you should shop at your local farmers market (43) test
• Eric Sannerud Without farmers, you'd be hungry, naked and sober (38) test
• Eleni Gabre-Madhin A commodities exchange for Ethiopia (37) test
• Anushka Ratnayake A transparent, easy way for smallholder farmers to save (36) test

Zubaida Bai: A simple birth kit for mothers in the developing world - test

• Cecile Richards The political progress women have made -- and what's next (39) test
• Shad Begum How women in Pakistan are creating political change (37) test
• Miriam Zoila Pérez How racism harms pregnant women -- and what can help (37) test
• Srishti Bakshi My long walk across India for women's freedom (35) test
• Sheryl Sandberg So we leaned in ... now what? (34) test

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