
TED2017
The Future You
April 24-28, 2017 Pacific Time (US & Canada; GMT -07:00)
A week to explore the most pressing questions of our time and to imagine what our shared future might look like. From how we'll work to how we'll connect and interact to how we'll collectively thrive in a world full of change, we'll ask – and try to answer – the big questions of the moment.
NOTE: Archive (on-demand) passes purchased will not be available for viewing until June 7, 2017.
TED2017 | The Future You
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Session 5: Mind, Meaning
- "2D RUN - MMP 3 (Mixed Motion Project)"-Video interstitial
- Michael Patrick Lynch0:04:05Michael Patrick Lynch examines truth, democracy, public discourse and the ethics of technology in the age of big data.
- Dan Ariely and Mariano Sigman0:20:40In "Predictably Irrational," Dan Ariely told us why the dismal science of economics is not as firmly grounded in actual behavior as was once supposed. In his provocative, mind-bending book "The Secret Life of the Mind," neurologist Mariano Sigman reveals his life’s work exploring the inner workings of the human brain.
- TED-Ed0:41:00Video interstitial
- Anika Paulson0:43:48Anika Paulson’s love for music permeates her understanding of herself, her surroundings and the mysteries that make up the smallest and biggest parts of life.
- Lisa Genova0:54:15Through her fiction, Lisa Genova beckons us into the lives of people with neurological disease, making their worlds real and relatable.
- Robin Hanson1:09:25Does humanity have a future as uploaded minds? In his work, Robin Hanson asks this and other extra-large questions.
- "Preposterous"1:22:15Video interstitial
- Anil Seth1:23:37How can the "inner universe" of consciousness be explained in terms of mere biology and physics? Cognitive neuroscientist Anil Seth explores the brain basis of consciousness and self.