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curated list 
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:

Karen Thompson Walker: What fear can teach us

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

Elif Shafak: The politics of fiction

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story

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

Mac Barnett: Why a good book is a secret door

Amy Tan: Where does creativity hide?

Tracy Chevalier: Finding the story inside the painting

Isabel Allende: Tales of passion

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

  • Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow, the secret to happiness

    Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: Flow, the secret to happiness

  • George Ayittey: Africa’s cheetahs versus hippos

    George Ayittey: Africa’s cheetahs versus hippos

  • James Watson: How we discovered DNA

    James Watson: How we discovered DNA

  • The interspecies internet? An idea in progress

    The interspecies internet? An idea in progress

  • Halla Tomasdottir: A feminine response to Iceland’s financial crash

    Halla Tomasdottir: A feminine response to Iceland’s financial crash

  • David Chalmers: How do you explain consciousness?

    David Chalmers: How do you explain consciousness?

  • Mike Matas: A next-generation digital book

    Mike Matas: A next-generation digital book

  • Eric Mead: The magic of the placebo

    Eric Mead: The magic of the placebo

  • Peter Donnelly: How juries are fooled by statistics

    Peter Donnelly: How juries are fooled by statistics

  • Randy Pausch: Really achieving your childhood dreams

    Randy Pausch: Really achieving your childhood dreams

  • Ellen  Gustafson: Obesity + hunger = 1 global food issue

    Ellen  Gustafson: Obesity + hunger = 1 global food issue

  • Brewster Kahle: A free digital library

    Brewster Kahle: A free digital library

  • Jeff Hawkins: How brain science will change computing

    Jeff Hawkins: How brain science will change computing

  • Kevin Breel: Confessions of a depressed comic

    Kevin Breel: Confessions of a depressed comic

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