http://www.ted.com Rives — star of the Bravo special “Ironic Iconic America” — tells a typographical fairy tale that’s short and bittersweet.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!

http://www.ted.com Why do societies fail? With lessons from the Norse of Iron Age Greenland, deforested Easter Island and present-day Montana, Jared Diamond talks about the signs that collapse is near, and how — if we see it in time — we can prevent it.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!

http://www.ted.com In this moving talk, documentary photographer Kristen Ashburn shares unforgettable images of the human impact of AIDS in Africa.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!

http://www.ted.com Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi asks, “What makes a life worth living?” Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of “flow.”... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!

http://www.ted.com In 1998, aircraft designer Paul MacCready looks at a planet on which humans have utterly dominated nature, and talks about what we all can do to preserve nature’s balance. His contribution: solar planes, superefficient gliders and the electric car.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!

http://www.ted.com Humorist John Hodgman rambles through a new story about aliens, physics, time, space and the way all of these somehow contribute to a sweet, perfect memory of falling in love.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!

http://www.ted.com Dean Ornish talks about simple, low-tech and low-cost ways to take advantage of the body’s natural desire to heal itself.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!

http://www.ted.com In a timely talk, cultural critic Virginia Postrel muses on the true meaning, and the powerful uses, of glamour — which she defines as any calculated, carefully polished image designed to impress and persuade.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!

http://www.ted.com MOMA design curator Paola Antonelli previews the groundbreaking show “Design and the Elastic Mind” — full of products and designs that reflect the way we think now.... Read More إقرأ المزيد | Share it now!