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经济学教授威廉·布莱克指出，2008年金融危机后几乎无人被追责，”大而不倒”的金融机构依然是定时炸弹。由于金融机构已成为两党最大政治献金来源，立法者不会主动改革。文章呼吁公众参与民主，推动真正的问责。

布鲁克林市中心弗拉特布什大道33号的顶层，聚集着一群来自麻省理工学院媒体实验室的校友和TED研究员，涵盖生物学家、工程师、设计师、音乐机器人制造者等截然不同的领域。这个杂乱却充满创意的空间，正是跨学科协作精神的真实写照。

Neuroscientist David Eagleman explains his latest invention, the “versatile extra-sensory transducer,” a vest installed with tiny motors that can convert sound and noise into vibrations on the back, allowing deaf people to hear the world through vibrations.

The “Great Thanksgiving Listen” aims to capture the stories of a generation of elders over one weekend. But the questions you can ask are useful every day.

Maria Popova of brainpickings.org shares some of her favorite books relating to dreams and dreaming.

As technology accelerates our lives, many of us feel an urgent need to slow down. One seductive solution: A secular sabbath. Pico Iyer makes the case, in this meditative excerpt from his new TED Book, The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere

What happens when a city is managed almost completely by private corporations? Visit Gurgaon, India, a boomtown of millions without a citywide system for water, electricity or even public sewers.

How a letter written in 1855 gave Kyra Gaunt a whole new perspective on slavery.

Living on the Moon might just be a chance for humans to learn how to co-exist peacefully and sustainably, proposes Jorge Mañes Rubio, the European Space Agency’s first-ever resident artist. Explore his vision of a new way to settle outer space.

Not all of us are born with one main interest — and we should see that as our biggest strength, not our weakness, says Emilie Wapnick, a writer, coach, artist (and then some).