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TED2023 | Possibility

Session 1: In which we start things off with a bang

  • Song of the Ambassadors
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    "Song of the Ambassadors" is a collaborative opera conceived and written by K Allado-McDowell, scored by Derrick Skye and illuminated by multimedia artist Refik Anadol. It posits a future humanity in harmony with life and the cosmos.
  • Video: It's time for TED
    0:09:41
  • Angus Hervey
    0:11:33
    Angus Hervey is an economist, journalist and editor of Future Crunch, a newsletter covering topics including human rights, global health, scientific breakthroughs and conservation victories.
  • Stuart Kauffman
    0:31:10
    Stuart Kauffman's work on the origin of life on Earth posits that complex biological systems may have resulted as much from self-organization as from natural selection.
  • The Audacious Project
    0:45:57
    The Audacious Project is a collaborative funding initiative catalyzing social impact on a grand scale. Every year we select and nurture a group of big, bold solutions to the world’s most urgent challenges, and with the support of an inspiring group of donors and supporters, come together to get them launched.
  • Jennifer Doudna
    0:49:37
    The founder and chair of the Innovative Genomics Institute's governance board, Jennifer Doudna earned the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work developing the groundbreaking genome-engineering technology CRISPR-Cas9.
  • Video: Coldplay & Golshifteh Farahani - "Baraye"
    0:59:26
    Coldplay & Golshifteh Farahani perform Shervin Hajipour's "Baraye".
  • Golshifteh Farahani
    1:00:27
    Exiled from her home country of Iran, Golshifteh Farahani continues to push boundaries in both her work and activism.
  • Video: Jacquemus "CHAMPAGNE?"
    1:07:50
    Directed by Pantera.
  • Tom Graham In conversation with Chris Anderson
    1:09:03
    Tom Graham is using AI to make the impossible possible. He speaks with Chris Anderson about his work.
  • Karen Bakker
    1:23:39
    Karen Bakker explores the relationship between digital innovation and environmental sustainability.
  • Wangechi Mutu
    1:39:08
    Wangechi Mutu investigates what it means to represent ourselves, seeking to understand the human inclination to remake and redefine who we are.
  • Benjamin Zander
    1:52:05
    A leading interpreter of Mahler and Beethoven, Benjamin Zander is known for his unyielding energy and charismatic pre-concert talks.
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