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curated list 
December 23, 2014

Adventures in mapping

This playlist, curated by TED, is courtesy of TED.com. It comprises 12 talks with a total running duration of about 2 hours and 27 minutes.

Talks in this playlist:

Frederic Kaplan: How to build an information time machine

Steven Johnson: How the “ghost map” helped end a killer disease

Stephen Lawler: Tour Microsoft’s Virtual Earth

Laurie Garrett: Lessons from the 1918 flu

Aris Venetikidis: Making sense of maps

Lalitesh Katragadda: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies

Parag Khanna: Mapping the future of countries

Daniele Quercia: Happy maps

Paula Scher: Great design is serious, not solemn

Eric Sanderson: New York — before the City

Blaise Agüera y Arcas: Augmented-reality maps

Eric Berlow and Sean Gourley: Mapping ideas worth spreading

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Talks in this playlist

Aris Venetikidis: Making sense of maps

Aris Venetikidis: Making sense of maps

Blaise Agüera y Arcas: Augmented-reality maps

Blaise Agüera y Arcas: Augmented-reality maps

Daniele Quercia: Happy maps

Daniele Quercia: Happy maps

Eric Sanderson: New York — before the City

Eric Sanderson: New York — before the City

Frederic Kaplan: How to build an information time machine

Frederic Kaplan: How to build an information time machine

Parag Khanna: Mapping the future of countries

Parag Khanna: Mapping the future of countries

Steven Johnson: How the “ghost map” helped end a killer disease

Steven Johnson: How the “ghost map” helped end a killer disease

Stephen Lawler: Tour Microsoft’s Virtual Earth

Stephen Lawler: Tour Microsoft’s Virtual Earth

Eric Berlow and Sean Gourley: Mapping ideas worth spreading

Eric Berlow and Sean Gourley: Mapping ideas worth spreading

Paula Scher: Great design is serious, not solemn

Paula Scher: Great design is serious, not solemn

Lalitesh Katragadda: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies

Lalitesh Katragadda: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies

Laurie Garrett: Lessons from the 1918 flu

Laurie Garrett: Lessons from the 1918 flu

Other talks

  • Paul Tudor Jones II: Why we need to rethink capitalism

    Paul Tudor Jones II: Why we need to rethink capitalism

  • Hans Rosling: Global population growth, box by box

    Hans Rosling: Global population growth, box by box

  • Bill Gates: Innovating to zero!

    Bill Gates: Innovating to zero!

  • Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. collaboration

    Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. collaboration

  • Noel Bairey Merz: The single biggest health threat women face

    Noel Bairey Merz: The single biggest health threat women face

  • Patricia Ryan: Don’t insist on English!

    Patricia Ryan: Don’t insist on English!

  • Peter Donnelly: How juries are fooled by statistics

    Peter Donnelly: How juries are fooled by statistics

  • Craig Venter: Sampling the ocean’s DNA

    Craig Venter: Sampling the ocean’s DNA

  • Matt Weinstein: What Bernie Madoff couldn’t steal from me

    Matt Weinstein: What Bernie Madoff couldn’t steal from me

  • Robyn Stein DeLuca: The good news about PMS

    Robyn Stein DeLuca: The good news about PMS

  • David Agus: A new strategy in the war on cancer

    David Agus: A new strategy in the war on cancer

  • Nizar Ibrahim: How we unearthed the spinosaurus

    Nizar Ibrahim: How we unearthed the spinosaurus

  • Larry Page: Where’s Google going next?

    Larry Page: Where’s Google going next?

  • Steven Addis: A father-daughter bond, one photo at a time

    Steven Addis: A father-daughter bond, one photo at a time

Notable Selections

  • Jill Bolte Taylor: 10 talks on human nature

    Jill Bolte Taylor: 10 talks on human nature

  • Bill Gates: My 13 favorite talks

    Bill Gates: My 13 favorite talks

  • Reggie Watts: 9 mind-boggling talks

    Reggie Watts: 9 mind-boggling talks

  • Wang Lifen: 5 highly quotable talks

    Wang Lifen: 5 highly quotable talks

  • Ken Robinson: 10 talks on education

    Ken Robinson: 10 talks on education

  • Brandon Boyd: 9 eye-opening talks

    Brandon Boyd: 9 eye-opening talks

  • Diane von Furstenberg’s 5 favorite TED Talks

    Diane von Furstenberg’s 5 favorite TED Talks

  • Pearl Arredondo: 8 talks to spark success

    Pearl Arredondo: 8 talks to spark success

  • Daryl Hannah: 11 talks that inspired me

    Daryl Hannah: 11 talks that inspired me

  • David Blaine: My favorite talks

    David Blaine: My favorite talks

  • Björk: 6 talks that are music to my ears

    Björk: 6 talks that are music to my ears

  • Steve Case: 10 unforgettable talks

    Steve Case: 10 unforgettable talks

  • Andrew Bastawrous’s playlist

    Andrew Bastawrous’s playlist

  • Bobak Ferdowsi: On our home in the universe

    Bobak Ferdowsi: On our home in the universe

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