av Mikael Winterkvist | okt 5, 2023 | TED
Fifteen years ago, Uruguay was experiencing an energy crisis brought on by its reliance on fossil fuels; today, the nation produces 98 percent of its electricity from renewable sources (and even exports extra energy to neighboring countries).
How did they turn things around so quickly? Uruguay’s former secretary of energy, Ramón Méndez Galain, explains how they pulled off this unprecedented shift — and shares how any other country can do the same.
av Mikael Winterkvist | okt 1, 2023 | Mastodon, TED
”Why does a vibrator make us uncomfortable, but Viagra does not?” asks cognitive-behavioral coach Robin Buckley. Sharing her own personal story of empowering her teenage daughter to explore the power of pleasure,
Buckley encourages parents to talk to their teens about healthy sexual development — and shares why the awkward conversations are worth it.
av Mikael Winterkvist | sep 20, 2023 | TED
”North Korea is unimaginable,” says human rights activist Yeonmi Park, who escaped the country at the age of 13. Sharing the harrowing story of her childhood, she reflects on the fragility of freedom — and shows how change can be achieved even in the world’s darkest places.
av Mikael Winterkvist | sep 1, 2023 | TED
While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.
av Mikael Winterkvist | aug 30, 2023 | TED
Right now, invisible signals are flying through the air all around you. Massive radio waves carry information between computers, GPS systems, cell phones, and more. And the sky is flooded with interference from routers, satellites, and, of course, people flying who haven’t put their phones on airplane mode.
So, what exactly does airplane mode do? Lindsay DeMarchi explains the setting’s importance. [Directed by Sofia Pashaei, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by João Pamplona Mendes, AIM Creative Studios].
av Mikael Winterkvist | aug 26, 2023 | Mastodon, TED
Based on her work for a CIA task force aimed at predicting civil wars, political scientist Barbara F. Walter examines the rise in extremism and threats to democracies around the globe — and paints an unsettling picture of the increasing likelihood of a second civil war in the United States.
