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October 17, 2014

10 talks from authors

This playlist, curated by TED, is courtesy of TED.com. It comprises 10 talks with a total running duration of about 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Talks in this playlist:

Elif Shafak: The politics of fiction

Isabel Allende: Tales of passion

Elizabeth Gilbert: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating

Karen Thompson Walker: What fear can teach us

Young-ha Kim: Be an artist, right now!

Tracy Chevalier: Finding the story inside the painting

Mac Barnett: Why a good book is a secret door

Amy Tan: Where does creativity hide?

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story

Pico Iyer: Where is home?

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Talks in this playlist

Amy Tan: Where does creativity hide?

Amy Tan: Where does creativity hide?

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story

Elif Shafak: The politics of fiction

Elif Shafak: The politics of fiction

Elizabeth Gilbert: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating

Elizabeth Gilbert: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating

Isabel Allende: Tales of passion

Isabel Allende: Tales of passion

Karen Thompson Walker: What fear can teach us

Karen Thompson Walker: What fear can teach us

Mac Barnett: Why a good book is a secret door

Mac Barnett: Why a good book is a secret door

Tracy Chevalier: Finding the story inside the painting

Tracy Chevalier: Finding the story inside the painting

Young-ha Kim: Be an artist, right now!

Young-ha Kim: Be an artist, right now!

Pico Iyer: Where is home?

Pico Iyer: Where is home?

Other talks

  • Edward Burtynsky: Photographing the landscape of oil

    Edward Burtynsky: Photographing the landscape of oil

  • Michael Sandel: Why we shouldn’t trust markets with our civic life

    Michael Sandel: Why we shouldn’t trust markets with our civic life

  • Rick Guidotti: From stigma to supermodel

    Rick Guidotti: From stigma to supermodel

  • Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is.

    Chip Kidd: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is.

  • Lewis Pugh: My mind-shifting Everest swim

    Lewis Pugh: My mind-shifting Everest swim

  • William McDonough: Cradle to cradle design

    William McDonough: Cradle to cradle design

  • Jennifer Golbeck: The curly fry conundrum: Why social media “likes” say more than you might think

    Jennifer Golbeck: The curly fry conundrum: Why social media “likes” say more than you might think

  • Brian Greene: Is our universe the only universe?

    Brian Greene: Is our universe the only universe?

  • Bertrand Piccard: My solar-powered adventure

    Bertrand Piccard: My solar-powered adventure

  • Eve Ensler: Happiness in body and soul

    Eve Ensler: Happiness in body and soul

  • Pawan Sinha: How brains learn to see

    Pawan Sinha: How brains learn to see

  • Jim Simons: A rare interview with the mathematician who cracked Wall Street

    Jim Simons: A rare interview with the mathematician who cracked Wall Street

  • Natalie MacMaster: Fiddling in reel time

    Natalie MacMaster: Fiddling in reel time

  • Elizabeth Loftus: The fiction of memory

    Elizabeth Loftus: The fiction of memory

Notable Selections

  • Jill Bolte Taylor: 10 talks on human nature

    Jill Bolte Taylor: 10 talks on human nature

  • Jamie Oliver: 5 talks that inspired me

    Jamie Oliver: 5 talks that inspired me

  • Bill Gates: My 13 favorite talks

    Bill Gates: My 13 favorite talks

  • Damon Lindelof: 5 talks I sent to friends

    Damon Lindelof: 5 talks I sent to friends

  • Glenn Close: The talks that moved me

    Glenn Close: The talks that moved me

  • Stefan Sagmeister: My all-time favorites

    Stefan Sagmeister: My all-time favorites

  • Philippe Starck: 11 truly thrilling talks

    Philippe Starck: 11 truly thrilling talks

  • Geoffrey Canada: 7 talks on social change

    Geoffrey Canada: 7 talks on social change

  • Steve Case: 10 unforgettable talks

    Steve Case: 10 unforgettable talks

  • Alexis Ohanian: 9 talks about the Internet

    Alexis Ohanian: 9 talks about the Internet

  • Andrew Bastawrous’s playlist

    Andrew Bastawrous’s playlist

  • Robert Simpson’s playlist

    Robert Simpson’s playlist

  • Bobak Ferdowsi: On our home in the universe

    Bobak Ferdowsi: On our home in the universe

  • Bono: 8 talks that give me hope

    Bono: 8 talks that give me hope

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