2022-06-06

TED2022 - A New Era

Fellows Talks, Session 1

• Jessie Christiansen
• Adetayo Bamiduro
• Guatam Shah
• Micaela Mantegna
  • Metaverse
  • "Capitalism of cognitive surveilance"
    • How do we ensure the metaverse doesn't become as bad as web 2.0?
  • Goals for the metaverse --> open, accessible, inclusive
  • It's not every day that we get to create a reality, now is our chance to make it a good one
• Ryan Gersava
  • Founder of Virtualahan
    • Breaking down employment barriers for stigmatized people
  • "The only way to build a world where people can find belonging is to start with healing"
• Enzo Romero
  • Building prosthetics that are less expensive to make
    • LAT Bionics
    • 3D printing with plastic from recycled bottles
  • 1 in 7 people around the world have some kind of disability
• Bree Jones
  • Parity Homes
    • https://www.parityhomes.com/
    • Rehabiliting properties to create affordable living
  • Building developers are capitalizing on market distress and cause gentrification
  • VCs told Bree her idea was impossible
    • They'd build empty homes
• Paul Rucker
  • Incredible cello performance
• Lam Ho
  • Held record for most pro bono hours served when at Harvard Law
  • Shifting legal power as a lawyer
• Kyra Gaunt
  • Ethnomusicologist
  • How is music influencing young black women?
• Bektour Iskender
  • Founder of kloop
    • Media company and journalism school
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kloop
• Constance Hockaday
  • Documenting inclusive examples of leadership
  • "The most important thing a person needs to know how to do is express their desires."
  • Pretend you're going to die tomorrow --> what do you have to do before you die?
    • How you answer this question over time is what matters
  • Leaders often forget to listen

• "Blinky" Bill Sellanga