
TED2023
Possibility
April 17-21, 2023 Pacific Time (US & Canada; GMT -07:00)
Much of today’s public conversation is eaten up by zero-sum battles between divided groups. But the world doesn’t have to be zero-sum. At TED2023 we will explore together a strange and beautiful space called the adjacent possible.
TED2023 | Possibility
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Session 1: In which we start things off with a bang
- Song of the Ambassadors-"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 TED0:09:41
- Angus Hervey0:11:33Angus 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 Kauffman0:31:10Stuart 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 Project0:45:57The 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 Doudna0:49:37The 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"0:59:26Coldplay & Golshifteh Farahani perform Shervin Hajipour's "Baraye".
- Golshifteh Farahani1:00:27Exiled from her home country of Iran, Golshifteh Farahani continues to push boundaries in both her work and activism.
- Video: Jacquemus "CHAMPAGNE?"1:07:50Directed by Pantera.
- Tom Graham In conversation with Chris Anderson1:09:03Tom Graham is using AI to make the impossible possible. He speaks with Chris Anderson about his work.
- Karen Bakker1:23:39Karen Bakker explores the relationship between digital innovation and environmental sustainability.
- Wangechi Mutu1:39:08Wangechi Mutu investigates what it means to represent ourselves, seeking to understand the human inclination to remake and redefine who we are.
- Benjamin Zander1:52:05A leading interpreter of Mahler and Beethoven, Benjamin Zander is known for his unyielding energy and charismatic pre-concert talks.
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