Who hasn’t found themselves at party, standing awkwardly by the guacamole, approximately five feet from another person doing the same? Sometimes it’s just hard to know what to say to start a conversation. Davy Rothbart can help. In his new TED Book, How Did You End Up Here?: The Surprising Ways Our Questions Connect Us, Rothbart […]
The London Olympic Games kick off tomorrow. To get you hyped, here are eight great TEDTalks from Olympians as well as two from inspiring Paralympians. Maarten van der Weijden: On surviving cancer and becoming Olympic champion Long-distance swimmer Maarten van der Weijden became a Dutch national hero in 2008 after winning gold at the Beijing […]