With all the intensity and brilliance for which he is known, Alan Kay envisions better techniques for teaching kids by using computers to illustrate experience in ways -– mathematically and scientifically -- that only computers can.

Robin Chase founded Zipcar, the world’s biggest car-sharing business. That was one of her smaller ideas. Here she travels much farther, contemplating road-pricing schemes that will shake up our driving habits and a mesh network vast as the Interstate.

"I don't think we're going to make it," John Doerr says in an emotional talk about climate change and investment. To create a world fit for his daughter to live in, he says, we need to invest now in clean, green energy.

In this wide-ranging, thought-provoking talk, Kevin Kelly muses on what technology means in our lives -- from its impact at the personal level to its place in the cosmos.

Tech enthusiast Kevin Kelly asks "What does technology want?" and discovers that its movement toward ubiquity and complexity is much like the evolution of life.

A million refugees arrived in Europe this year, says Alexander Betts, and "our response, frankly, has been pathetic." Betts studies forced migration, the impossible choice for families between the camps, urban poverty and dangerous illegal journeys to safety. In this insightful talk, he offers four ways to change the way we treat refugees, so th...

We are all familiar with being around walls. Walls have kept us safe and provided us with a shelter. But what if breaking down physical walls will help us to build new possibilities? Alan Kueh shares with us how deconstructing walls can bring people, businesses, and the community together. As the Head of AK+, Alan helms an architectural practi...

Goals are achieved by finding your "why." The reason behind what you are doing. The object of your motivation.

11 years after Court Crandall’s TEDxManhattanBeach talk, “The line that unites us” we caught up with Allan to meet the pivotal character in Court’s talk, find out what he’s up to, and why he gave back the $40,000 prize money. This interview is a follow up to Court Crandall’s 2012 TEDxManhattanBeach talk: “Creating the line that unites us” https:...

In this captivating talk, Allen delves into the significance of stories and offers a profound exploration of the value of deep reading. He emphasizes that reading is not simply a passive activity, but an active process that requires us to construct our own ideas, engaging in reading, writing, and speaking. Through thought-provoking insights, All...

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, what can we all learn about how change really happens?

NOTE FROM TED: This talk contains a discussion of child sex trafficking. TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_content_guidelines.pdf Meet K9 Lulu – an electronic detection police dog helping to fight child sex abu...

你为自己创造的实相是什么？挑战墨菲定律，探寻改变生活的密钥。What is the reality that you have created for yourself? Exploration of finding a code to change for a better life by challenging Murphy's Law.