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30 years of TED

The first TED was held in 1984. What kind of predictions did people make 30 years ago? (And did they turn out to be right?) Watch the world change over three decades in this nearly year-by-year playlist.

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5 predictions, from 1984
25:09

Nicholas Negroponte

5 predictions, from 1984

25 minutes 9 seconds
My days as a young rebel
44:18

Frank Gehry

My days as a young rebel

44 minutes 18 seconds
Back to the future (of 1994)
18:53

Danny Hillis

Back to the future (of 1994)

18 minutes 53 seconds
The playful search for beauty
17:55

Eva Zeisel

The playful search for beauty

17 minutes 55 seconds
Nature vs. humans
22:29

Paul MacCready

Nature vs. humans

22 minutes 29 seconds
Play! Experiment! Discover!
29:12

Kary Mullis

Play! Experiment! Discover!

29 minutes 12 seconds
The Web as a city
16:17

Steven Johnson

The Web as a city

16 minutes 17 seconds
The shrimp with a kick!
16:11

Sheila Patek

The shrimp with a kick!

16 minutes 11 seconds
How technology evolves
19:40

Kevin Kelly

How technology evolves

19 minutes 40 seconds
Want to help Africa? Do business here
19:53

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Want to help Africa? Do business here

19 minutes 53 seconds
My stroke of insight
18:24

Jill Bolte Taylor

My stroke of insight

18 minutes 24 seconds
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