TED: den fundamentala rätten att söka asyl

av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 22, 2019 | Ted

Refugee and immigrants rights attorney Melanie Nezer shares an urgently needed historical perspective on the crisis at the southern US border, showing how citizens can hold their governments accountable for protecting the vulnerable. ”A country shows strength through compassion and pragmatism, not through force and through fear,” she says.

TED: Befria dig själv från dina filterbubblor

av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 21, 2019 | Ted

Joan Blades and John Gable want you to make friends with people who vote differently than you do. A pair of political opposites, the two longtime pals know the value of engaging in honest conversations with people you don’t immediately agree with. Join them as they explain how to bridge the gaps in understanding between people on opposite sides of the political spectrum — and create opportunities for mutual listening and consideration (and, maybe, lasting friendships).

Opinion | Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy

av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 20, 2019 | Ted

What we learned from the spy in your pocket.

VERY MINUTE OF EVERY DAY, everywhere on the planet, dozens of companies — largely unregulated, little scrutinized — are logging the movements of tens of millions of people with mobile phones and storing the information in gigantic data files. The Times Privacy Project obtained one such file, by far the largest and most sensitive ever to be reviewed by journalists. It holds more than 50 billion location pings from the phones of more than 12 million Americans as they moved through several major cities, including Washington, New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Källa: Opinion | Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy

TED: Så kan vi skydda sanningen i en tid av desinformation

av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 19, 2019 | Ted

Fake news can sway elections, tank economies and sow discord in everyday life. Data scientist Sinan Aral demystifies how and why it spreads so quickly — citing one of the largest studies on misinformation — and identifies five strategies to help us unweave the tangled web between true and false.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxCERN, an independent event. TED’s editors chose to feature it for you.

TED: Därför är pennan så perfekt designad

av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 18, 2019 | Ted

Why are pencils shaped like hexagons, and how did they get their iconic yellow color? Pencil shop owner Caroline Weaver takes us inside the fascinating history of the pencil.

TED: Så här fungerar din dators minne

av Mikael Winterkvist | dec 15, 2019 | Ted

In many ways, our memories make us who we are, helping us remember our past, learn and retain skills, and plan for the future. And for the computers that often act as extensions of ourselves, memory plays much the same role. Kanawat Senanan explains how computer memory works. [Directed by TED-Ed, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Carlos Palomares].