President Barack Obama ended his 2013 State of the Union address just minutes ago saying, “We are citizens. It’s a word that doesn’t just describe our nationality or legal status. It describes the way we’re made … Well into our third century as a nation, it remains the task of us all, as citizens of these United States, to be the authors of the next great chapter in our American story.”

Read the full text of Obama’s speech. Or think more about the issues brought up in it by watching these TED Talks and Playlists.

War and peace:

• Rory Stewart: Time to end the war in Afghanistan
• Jason McCue: Terrorism is a failed brand
• Blaine Harden: Born into a North Korean prison camp
• 9 talks on cybersecurity

Jobs and the economy:

• Jose Vargas: I am an illegal immigrant
• 7 talks with big ideas for hiring
• Adam Davidson: What we learned from teetering on the fiscal cliff
• 7 talks on the wonder of 3D printing

Science, innovation, invention:

• Climate change: 8 talks on how real it is
• 10 talks on the end of oil
• James Watson: How we discovered DNA
• 11 talks on re-imagining school

Leading the world:

• Hans Rosling: New insights on poverty
• 10 bold ideas for ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic
• Jarreth Merz: Filming democracy in Ghana
• 5 talks from and about military generals

And of course, SOTU hero Desiline Victor:

• Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+