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wasn't valued, or was actually stigmatized. And I think we can't afford to go on that way. In the next 30 years, according to UNESCO,

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

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wasn't valued, or was actually stigmatized. And I think we can't afford to go on that way. In the next 30 years, according to UNESCO,

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

Now this is a terrifying new reality on the battlefield. It's also one that we can't afford to ignore in the West. But I want to use my time today

The Invisible Infrastructure in the Sky | Adam Bry | TED · TED

there is no common ground to be found in the past. Instead, we focused on what you cannot afford to lose: security,

The Missing Ingredient in Every Peace Deal | Hiba Qasas | TED · TED

of Eros, of energy that sex used to afford them, or that they've hoped it would afford them.

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

that sex used to afford them, or that they've hoped it would afford them. And so I began to ask a different question.

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel | TED · TED

if restaurants and grocery stores, or at least all of the ones you can afford, sell an abundance of high-sugar,

Olivia Affuso: 3 ways community creates a healthy life | TED · TED

if you work three jobs, when are you going to get to the store next? If you get there, can you afford it? And if you can, which one you choose?

How to Do Laundry When You're Depressed | KC Davis | TED · TED

with a professional coach not every family can afford to pile on the extracurricular activities

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somehow stifles innovation, that it's only the big AI companies that can afford these huge upfront licensing fees.

How AI Models Steal Creative Work — and What to Do About It | Ed Newton-Rex | TED · TED

has also made us so rich that we could afford to divert millions of workers from agriculture and weaving

I’ll Probably Lose My Job to AI. Here’s Why That’s OK | Megan J. McArdle | TED · TED

And a nation so rich that when a pandemic strikes, people can afford to wait that out at home while scientists, like --

I’ll Probably Lose My Job to AI. Here’s Why That’s OK | Megan J. McArdle | TED · TED

kers inside Russia by the ukrainians which they can hardly afford right now militarily they also are continuing to

The Biggest Global Risks for 2025 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer · TED

First, extreme-scale AI models are so expensive to train, and only a few tech companies can afford to do so. So we already see the concentration of power.

Why AI Is Incredibly Smart and Shockingly Stupid | Yejin Choi | TED · TED

And I work at a university and nonprofit research institute, so I cannot afford a massive GPU farm to create enormous language models. Nevertheless, I believe that there's so much we need to do

Why AI Is Incredibly Smart and Shockingly Stupid | Yejin Choi | TED · TED

Put that way, none of us can afford not to prioritize sex. It isn't a nice-to-have or an if-I-get-to-it,

The Relationship Between Sex and Imagination | Gina Gutierrez | TED · TED

increase the health inequalities in the world because people could -- only rich people could afford these treatments originally. It would greatly exacerbate our runaway population growth problem

Steven Johnson: How humanity doubled life expectancy in a century | TED · TED

time management, and accounting. And thirdly, if you can afford it, it's probably a good idea to budget for some benefits for yourself

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All the expectant mothers are feeling sad that they cannot afford apples and grapes. And people just kind of forget the fruits

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