av Mikael Winterkvist | apr 7, 2018 | Ted
In the US, your taxes fund academic research at public universities. Why then do you need to pay expensive, for-profit journals for the results of that research?
Erica Stone advocates for a new, open-access relationship between the public and scholars, making the case that academics should publish in more accessible media.
”A functioning democracy requires that the public be well-educated and well-informed,” Stone says. ”Instead of research happening behind paywalls and bureaucracy, wouldn’t it be better if it was unfolding right in front of us?”
av Mikael Winterkvist | apr 4, 2018 | Ted
Taryn Simon exhibits her startling take on photography — to reveal worlds and people we would never see otherwise. She shares two projects: one documents otherworldly locations typically kept secret from the public, the other involves haunting portraits of men convicted for crimes they did not commit.
av Mikael Winterkvist | apr 3, 2018 | Ted
How can we make AI that people actually want to interact with? Raphael Arar suggests we start by making art.
He shares interactive projects that help AI explore complex ideas like nostalgia, intuition and conversation — all working towards the goal of making our future technology just as much human as it is artificial.
av Mikael Winterkvist | apr 2, 2018 | Ted
Investor and prankster Yossi Vardi delivers a ballsy lecture on the dangers of blogging. Specifically, for men.
av Mikael Winterkvist | apr 1, 2018 | Ted
At 14, Christian Picciolini went from naïve teenager to white supremacist — and soon, the leader of the first neo-Nazi skinhead gang in the United States.
How was he radicalized, and how did he ultimately get out of the movement? In this courageous talk, Picciolini shares the surprising and counterintuitive solution to hate in all forms.
av Mikael Winterkvist | mar 28, 2018 | Ted
How do you pick up a malicious online virus, the kind of malware that snoops on your data and taps your bank account? Often, it’s through simple things you do each day without thinking twice.
James Lyne reminds us that it’s not only the NSA that’s watching us, but ever-more-sophisticated cybercriminals, who exploit both weak code and trusting human nature.
