TED talks

It started with a human sacrifice and ended with a concise lesson about race relations and economic struggle.

Simon Denny's installations at MoMA PS1 create an unflinchingly faithful and thus deeply confounding portrayal of the tech industry.

I haven't had an independent thought in years. Sometimes, I forget my own name.

From politicians to criminals, relationships to media relations, we're all liars living in a lying world. But how much do we care?

These young rationalists are taking high-paid jobs and giving away their salaries.

I spoke to Zak Ebrahim, whose dad helped to mastermind the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.

We already know the TED Talk tropes, from the aggro-dudes, to the overly maudlin family stories, and the form just endures. Rehashing what's wrong with the lame ones is a waste of everyone's time.

TED Fellow, Jean-Baptiste Michel, says "I really consider this a very direct consequence of my being a TED Fellow." So modest!

Louie Schwartzberg's recent TED Talk gets really up-close-and-personal with nature (we're talking snail tongues...)

Because no one has time to sort through them all.

Janet Echelman's shape-shifting, "Skies Painted With Unnumbered Sparks," parallels the diverse speakers at the 30th TED.

Put your money in the box, leave with someone else's DNA.