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Nobody has a clue, despite all the expertise that's been on parade for the past four days, what the world will look like in five years' time.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

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Nobody has a clue, despite all the expertise that's been on parade for the past four days, what the world will look like in five years' time.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

(Laughter) When my son was four in England -- actually, he was four everywhere, to be honest.

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

When my son was four in England -- actually, he was four everywhere, to be honest. (Laughter)

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

(Laughter) If we're being strict about it, wherever he went, he was four that year. He was in the Nativity play. Do you remember the story?

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

They just switched. The three boys came in, four-year-olds with tea towels on their heads. They put these boxes down, and the first boy said, "I bring you gold."

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

have a better reality that you then share with other people. Four, you control how you're seen. This one might seem a little too absurdly self-indulgent,

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

Man, I'm blessed. I grew up, I had four grandparents who lived in my hometown.

5 Practical Ways to Take Control of Your Life | Jim VandeHei | TED · TED

I have spent the last four decades in the reality of conflict. As a child,

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

Jen and I boarded a flight to China with our four other children, where we were going to meet Lindsey,

The Simple Habit for a Happier Social Life | Nicholas Epley | TED · TED

by asking. You know, I came from four generations of teachers, and my grandma has always told me,

What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection | Jia Jiang | TED · TED

what he found there was a planet, Jupiter, with four moons circling around it. He then used those moons to follow the path of Jupiter

Why curiosity is the key to science and medicine | Kevin B. Jones

And at the top there is a cup that spins a pound of the world’s finest glitter. You have four phones that will record, then upload their footage to the cloud in real time,

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

In fact, a bunch of the videos and lessons are already available right now, and we'll finish the rest over the next four years, because I know this will be the most important thing I do my whole life.

Mark Rober’s $60 Million Science Experiment | TED · TED

the zombie, mountain climber, free faller, and soldier— yet sleep experts typically simplify them into four basic types: left side, right side, stomach, or back.

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

Take, for example, the least popular position: sleeping prone. Of the four, this also tends to be the least recommended by sleep experts, as it's thought to stretch the natural curvature of your spine.

What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. Salas

The single Waymo driver drives over four million miles per week. And so the way to think about that

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

And so we're, you know, really excited. We're also in four airports right now. You can fly in to San Antonio or Phoenix,

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

it just immediately came to a stop, and it hit him at like, four miles an hour or something. Like he literally just fell on his knees,

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

what is referred to, in the geeky sense, level four and level five. If it is anything less than that --

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

Doesn't mean it won't result in safer driving when you are attentive, but it isn't actually level four autonomy. SK: Yeah, yeah.

Waymo’s Case for a Driverless Future | Tekedra Mawakana, Sal Khan | TED · TED

We moved to LA for my career. We drove four days and three nights from Illinois to California. My dad withdrew his pension,

How I Set Myself Free | Keke Palmer | TED · TED

it had never done in its history: declare a president’s four-trillion-dollar signature initiative unconstitutional. (Applause)

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

So that's not what this is. This is the behind-the-scenes story of four teachers that helped me connect. And it's also about one secret that I've never told anyone about

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

"The computer says so." Four words, human judgment ends, then people just fold like a cheap lawn chair.

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

Liz taught me to listen and Bob taught me stillness. Four teachers, four connections,

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

Four teachers, four connections, one argument.

What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TED · TED

one of the largest countries in the world by population, only four billionaires, about 100 million people live in extreme poverty.

The Problem with Billionaires — and the Debut of True Net Worth | Randall Lane | TED · TED

a good night's sleep. Sleep is composed of four stages, the deepest of which are known as slow-wave sleep

The benefits of a good night's sleep - Shai Marcu

I was recently having dinner with a guy who bragged that he had only gotten four hours sleep the night before. And I felt like saying to him -- but I didn't say --

How to succeed? Get more sleep | Arianna Huffington

Anyone else? Four people! (Laughter)

What Successful Negotiators Do Differently | Kathryn Valentine | TED · TED

Maybe a good friend, maybe a pet. And then you repeat in your mind four phrases: "May you be happy, may you be safe, may you be healthy,

The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk to Yourself | Dan Harris | TED · TED

and you're going to get a much more interesting response. Number four: Go with the flow. That means thoughts will come into your mind

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation | TED · TED

But the aftermath of a setback is when we come up with our best ideas. There are four phases of the Setback Cycle. The first phase is establish.

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

to move to the final phase of the Setback Cycle. Phase four: emerge. Emerging from your setback is exhilarating.

How to Turn Setbacks into Success | Amy Shoenthal | TED · TED

a lot of us have. Studies show that at least one in four employees globally have experienced burnout.

Let Your Ambition Light You Up — Not Burn You Out | Tarveen Forrester | TED · TED

I'll paint the picture for you. It's four weeks away from that big deadline. You have mouths to feed, a home to maintain,

Let Your Ambition Light You Up — Not Burn You Out | Tarveen Forrester | TED · TED

without talking to a single friend or family member. Globally, one in four people feel lonely. And 20 percent of adults worldwide don't feel like they have anyone

Why Social Health Is Key to Happiness and Longevity | Kasley Killam | TED · TED

I was in my first job out of college. A shiny, prestigious Big Four public accounting firm. "Give that work paper to Helen to work on."

Want to Get Ahead at Work? Risk the Awkward Moments | Henna Pryor | TED · TED

AN: I taught school for five years. That's how long I made it. I burned out after four years and then I pushed through one more year. If you have any possible means of reducing the everyday stressors

Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski: The cure for burnout (hint: it isn't self-care) | TED · TED

Two thirds said it's boring. Less than four percent said they get a chance to explore and be in charge of their own learning.

Schools Urgently Need a Redesign. Here’s How | Aylon Samouha | TED · TED

and exceeded district averages in reading and math. Today, one in four DC elementary schools is adopting this approach, and it's spreading to more than 100 schools across the country.

Schools Urgently Need a Redesign. Here’s How | Aylon Samouha | TED · TED

when I was sure that my mother was well looked after, I got into my carm and I drove for four hours along narrow, winding roads up the Californian coastline.

Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

And again, I know this isn't 100 percent guaranteed. Sometimes when I make that four-hour drive up to the retreat house,

Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TED · TED

It's why women who have breast cancer are four times more likely to survive their disease than loners are. Why men who've had a stroke who meet regularly to play poker

The secret to living longer may be your social life | Susan Pinker

And where health begins is not in the four walls of a doctor's office, but where we live

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

I'm pretty young, I'm only about 40 years old. I still have maybe another four decades of work left in me. And it's exceedingly likely that anything I write from this point forward

Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert

to connect people to the resources they need outside the four walls of the clinic. Now you might ask, and it's a very obvious question

What makes us get sick? Look upstream | Rishi Manchanda

>> I swear this here is me trying my hardest. hardest. >> Four. >> Five.

How to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TED · TED

Furthermore, I was probably going to change her four times before lunch. (Laughter)

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

Victor Frankl was four years old in 1909 living in Vienna when he had a piercing

Master

and our transition Kryptonite four in ten people say they're bad at the long goodbye

Superpower

in which there were five options for captions. I picked four of them, and I gave them to cartoonist Shannon Wheeler to draw up.

Can AI Master the Art of Humor? | Bob Mankoff | TED · TED

the idea that he should always be busy after he retired from four decades as a surgeon and tried to make amends with

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and off-label prescribing is actually very common. In fact, one in four prescriptions written every single day in the US is off-label. So I began to study my own blood in the lab

How Nearly Dying Helped Me Discover My Own Cure (and Many More) | David Fajgenbaum | TED · TED

Today, one in eight people in the world are African, like me. By 2050, we'll be one in four. These kids are the future global workforce.

The Blueprint for Serving a Million School Lunches — Every Day | Wawira Njiru | TED · TED

It took months of intense high-stake conversations, starting with a handful of brothers from the four housing projects. During the negotiation,

The Grassroots Movement Transforming Public Safety | Aqeela Sherrills | TED · TED

But bear this in mind. During the first Trump four-year term, investments in the energy transition doubled.

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

during his first term. And we are seeing that 60 percent, during his first four years, of new energy came from renewable energy,

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

In Bangalore, four million people now have to buy expensive water trucked in because their wells have gone dry.

Why Climate Action Is Unstoppable — and “Climate Realism” Is a Myth | Al Gore | TED · TED

More than half of that was in China, actually. Four hundred and forty-four gigawatts is quite a lot. It's more than the power capacity of Japan.

Solar Energy Is Even Cheaper Than You Think | Jenny Chase | TED · TED

and buying 800 pounds of food and bagging chicken leg quarters at four in the morning. What started as someone challenging me to do something

Your Zip Code Shouldn’t Determine Your Lifespan | Dion Dawson | TED · TED

and you've just received a chilling message on social media. Four of your soldiers have been taken, and if demands are not met in the next ten minutes,