The year in ideas: TED Talks of 2014

What were the most powerful ideas of 2014? Watch our 8-minute highlight reel of the Year in Ideas. Explore a fun, interactive playlist of the TED Talks of the year at http://yearinideas.ted.com/2014/ Below, a time-coded list of the talks in this video: 00:09 Chris Hadfield: What I learned from going blind in space http://go.ted.com/8bW 00:22 Fabien Cousteau: What I learned spending 31 days underwater http://go.ted.com/8bs 00:32 Vincent Moon and Nana Vasconcelos: Hidden musical rituals around the world http://go.ted.com/8bZ 00:42 Daria van den Bercken: Why I take the piano on the road ... and in the air http://go.ted.com/8bw 01:00 Ben Saunders: To the South Pole and back http://go.ted.com/8b7 01:09 Allan Adams: The discovery that could rewrite physics http://go.ted.com/8bQ 01:20 Hugh Herr: The new bionics that let us run, climb, dance http://go.ted.com/8bT 01:29 Leanna Wen: What your doctors won’t disclose http://go.ted.com/8by 01:41 Manu Prakash: A 50-cent microscope http://go.ted.com/8bX 01:52 Jorge Soto: The future of early cancer detection? http://go.ted.com/8bd 02:08 Eric Liu: Why ordinary people need to understand power http://go.ted.com/8bc 02:18 Pia Mancini: How to upgrade democracy http://go.ted.com/8bU 02:25 Jeremy Heimans: What new power looks like http://go.ted.com/8bv 02:40 Simon Anholt: Which country does the most good for the world? http://go.ted.com/8b2 02:51 Michael Green: What the Social Progress Index can reveal about your country http://go.ted.com/8b5 03:00 Nick Hanauer: Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming http://go.ted.com/8bM 03:14 Thomas Pikkety: New thoughts on capital in the twenty-first century http://go.ted.com/8bN 03:20 Charmian Gooch: My wish: To launch a new era of openness in business http://go.ted.com/8b9 03:30 Kenneth Cukier: Big data is better data http://go.ted.com/8bP 03:37 Jennifer Golbeck: The curly fry conundrum: Why social media ‘likes’ say more than you think http://go.ted.com/8bf 03:47 Anne Milgram: Why smart statistics are the key to fighting crime http://go.ted.com/8Cp 03:57 Glenn Greenwald: Why privacy matters http://go.ted.com/8CC 04:09 Richard Ledgett: The NSA responds to Edward Snowden’s TED Talk http://go.ted.com/8C6 04:19 Edward Snowden: Here’s how we take back the Internet http://go.ted.com/8CL 04:24 Keren Elazari: Hackers: The Internet’s immune system http://go.ted.com/8CF 04:34 Melissa Fleming: Let’s help refugees thrive, not just survive http://go.ted.com/8CK 04:40 Kimberley Motley: How I defend the rule of law http://go.ted.com/8CY 04:47 Eman Mohammed: Courage to tell a hidden story http://go.ted.com/8Cj 04:54 Sebastian Junger: Why veterans miss war http://go.ted.com/8Ci 05:00 Kevin Briggs: The bridge between suicide and life http://go.ted.com/8CD 05:10 Sting: How I started writing songs again http://go.ted.com/8CB 05:19 Mark Ronson: How sampling transformed music http://go.ted.com/8Cx 05:24 Sarah Lewis: Embrace the near-win http://go.ted.com/8Cn 05:30 Elizabeth Gilbert: Success, failure and the drive to keep creating http://go.ted.com/8C4 05:40 Jamila Lysicott: 3 ways to speak English http://go.ted.com/8Ca 05:49 Jill Shargaa: Please, please, please, let’s put the ‘awe’ back in ‘awesome’ http://go.ted.com/8CE 06:01 Anne Curzan: What make a word ‘real?’ http://go.ted.com/8Cu 06:14 Nicholas Negroponte: A 30-year history of the future http://go.ted.com/8C8 06:28 Dan Gilbert: The psychology of your future self http://go.ted.com/8CS 06:34 Isabel Allende: How to live passionately—no matter your age http://go.ted.com/8CG 06:43 Ziauddin Yousafzai: My daughter, Malala http://go.ted.com/8Ch 07:03 Zak Ebrahim: I am the son of a terrorist. Here’s how I chose peace. http://go.ted.com/8Cq 07:12 Mellody Hobson: Color blind or color brave? http://go.ted.com/8CH 07:23 Geena Rocero: Why I must come out http://go.ted.com/8Cm 07:31 Shaka Senghor: Why your worst deeds don’t define you http://go.ted.com/8Cg 07:43 Maysoon Zayid: I got 99 problems ... palsy is just one http://go.ted.com/8Ck 08:04 Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly: Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best. http://go.ted.com/8CW 08:12 Andrew Solomon: How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are http://go.ted.com/8CR

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