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TED Day Three: The Mind-Scrambling TED Talk I Won’t Stop Sharing

For a reporter, trying to wrap your head around TED can be difficult. Famous people stride by everywhere. The sessions come in a deluge of sweeping, world-consequential themes: artificial intelligence, climate change, "the future you." By day three, the number of noteworthy events has grown so large that trying to cram them into some kind of overarching narrative becomes a kind of journalistic overreach. The Pope gave a TED talk! Al Gore showed up. Hey, Serena Williams is talking to Gayle King!

Davey Alba

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Mind and meaning: The talks of Session 5 of TED2017

How can we better understand the world within and around us?

In the thought-provoking fifth session of TED2017, hosted by TED’s Editorial Director, Helen Walters, talks about neuroscience, philosophy, cognitive science — and a special experiment in behavioral science — explored issues like filter bubbles, Alzheimer’s and the very essence of existence.

Below, recaps of the talks from Session 5, in chronological order.

Posted by: Brian Greene, Daryl Chen, Julia Dickerson, Kate Torgovnick May and Rebekah Barnett

Mind and meaning: The talks of Session 5 of TED2017

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