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受已故丽塔·皮尔森TED演讲的感动与启发，社区成员艾米·丹尼尔斯分享了自己在韩国教授英语的亲身经历，以及她深刻体会到的——学校是许多年轻人唯一稳定的港湾，而教师的爱与陪伴对学生有着不可替代的重要意义。

In an epic response to a British council candidate’s suggestion that shooting gay people might help them rethink their sexuality, Jon Drytay offers himself. Also in the mix today: sexism and technology, not necessarily together.

“Cookies” and “activism” — those words don’t usually go together. But self-taught baker Jasmine Cho has managed to turn her cookies into canvases to tell deliciously compelling true stories about Asian-American changemakers.

沙卡·森戈尔十九岁因枪杀他人身陷囹圄，在狱中度过了漫长的十九年。正是文学的力量改变了他的人生轨迹。他分享了八本书——从马尔科姆·X自传到柏拉图、一行禅师——这些书将他从黑暗中托举而出，并让他深刻领悟：一个人最糟糕的行为，并不能定义他的全部。

TED研究员尼娜·坦顿与同事萨林德·布米拉塔纳共同创立了骨骼重建公司Epibone，通过将动物去细胞化骨骼支架与人体脂肪干细胞结合，在体外培育出全新骨骼，约三周即可成型。目前该技术已在猪身上完成测试，有望未来革新医疗领域。

Iranian-American Muslim comedian Negin Farsad describes what happens when Islam meets Rumi meets apple pie.

People are living longer thanks to improvements in healthcare, nutrition and technology. This population shift brings with it incredible possibilities — but also a new set of challenges. So … How do we care for our elderly?

See Lahore, Pakistan through the eyes of part-time sign designer and professor Khurram Siddiqi.

Preparation is the key trick used by magicians — and it can help you conjure big wow moments, too, says David Kwong.

Can you optimize a company for calm, not chaos? That’s what entrepreneurs Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson decided to do after they founded Basecamp. Here are 4 strategies they use to minimize distraction and maximize quality work time.