Sal Khan: How AI could save (not destroy) education (www.ted.com)
One way to help is to make a public register of identified offenders (www.ted.com)
What Philip Zimbardo tells us about human psychology is that everyday war crimes are committed by people that hide behind uniforms. Keeping a register of offenders in what appears as potential war crimes would have two positive effects:...
Why privacy matters [20:29 | Oct 2014 | TEDGlobal 2014] (www.ted.com)
Glenn Greenwald is the journalist who has done the most to expose and explain the Edward Snowden files....
Deep sea diving ... in a wheelchair by Sue Austin (www.ted.com)
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The internet's accessibility problem -- and how to fix it (www.ted.com)
Peggy McIntosh: How to recognize your white privilege — and use it to fight inequality (www.ted.com)
Many of us believe that we're living in a meritocracy, deserving of what we have and compassionate toward those with less. But that's not true: white people have been given a headstart and ongoing advantages due to the color of their skin, while people of color suffer from equally arbitrary disadvantages, says scholar and...
Peggy McIntosh: How to recognize your white privilege — and use it to fight inequality [18:26] (www.ted.com)
Many of us believe that we're living in a meritocracy, deserving of what we have and compassionate toward those with less. But that's not true: white people have been given a headstart and ongoing advantages due to the color of their skin, while people of color suffer from equally arbitrary disadvantages, says scholar and...
Kate Raworth Ted Talk "A healthy economy should be designed to thrive, not grow" (www.ted.com)
How AI could save (not destroy) education (www.ted.com)
Richard Reeves: How to solve the education crisis for boys and men (www.ted.com)
While studying inequality and social mobility, Richard Reeves made a surprising discovery: in some countries, like the US and UK, boys are drastically lagging behind girls across many academic measures. He explains why these struggles in school are indicative of the larger crises facing boys and men -- and outlines how society...