"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment
before starting to improve the world." - Anne Frank
Michael Pawlyn explains how computational design tools allow architects to mimic the natural world in order to create buildings that positively contribute to the health of the environment.
The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.
"If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it, anything you want to, do it. Want to change the world? There's nothing to it." Keeping the world of imagination alive.
Here are some alternative and eco-friendly building materials which can replace concrete and steel. These sustainable materials come from sources you would never have thought such as seaweed, mushrooms and even coffee.
The most watched and shared TED talk ever, over 20M views. Insightful and funny, this talk launched a revolution in education.
An inspiring talk on how to cope with the capricious nature of creativity.
Akala demonstrates and explores the connections between Shakespeare and Hip-Hop, and the wider cultural debate around language and it's power.
An powerful talk by a neuroscientist who had a stroke from a tumour in her left brain and was able to experience the brain without words.
An inspirational look at evolution and how we are maturing from a competitive to a collaborative mode of living.
Brazilian CEO Ricardo Semler practices a radical new democratic system in his companies and schools.
Peter Diamandis makes a case for optimism, that we will invent, innovate and create ways to solve the challenges that loom over us. "I'm not saying we don't have our set of problems; we surely do. But ultimately, we knock them down."
The incredible Yumna explains her three pillars to transform our approach to young people, which can and should be implemented in our education system. We are fortunate to have her on our advisory board!
"You will learn...to enrich your life. You will discover an exhilarating, original way of seeing and enjoying your world as you develop powerful strategies for creative thinking and new approaches to self-expression."
"Surely education has no meaning unless it helps you understand the vast experience of life with all its subtleties, with its extraordinary beauty, its sorrows and joys. You may earn degrees, you may have a series of letters after your name and land a good job, but then what? What is the point of it all if in the process your mind becomes dull, weary, stupid?"
"There are four main pathways to the truth - intuition, science, reason and imagination."
"Skills are embodied and therefore are largely intuitive, they resist rule following...a skill can not be formulated in words or rules, it can be learnt only by watching and following with ones hands and ultimately ones whole being."
"The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them. The hunt to uncover those jewels - that's creative living. The courage to go on that hunt in the first place - that's what separates a mundane existence from a more enchanted one."
"The future belongs to a very different kind of mind - creators and empathisers, pattern recognisers, and meaning makers. These people - artists, inventors, designers, storytellers, caregivers, consolers, big picture thinkers - will now reap society’s richest rewards and share its greatest joys."
"Creatives are remarkable for their ability to adapt to almost any situation and to make do with whatever is at hand to reach their goals" "If being a prodigy is not a requirement for later creativity, a more than usually keen curiosity about one’s surroundings appears to be."
"“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” Scott Adams" "To be an original, you need to take radical risks…Having a sense of security in one realm gives us freedom to be original in another."