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A new civic gathering, awarding disobedience, and the case for resettlement

By Joseph Isaac, Rebekah Barnett and Julia Dickerson

on Mar 24, 2017

As usual, the TED community has lots of news to share this week. Below, some highlights. A new civic gathering. To cope with political anxiety after the 2016 elections, Eric Liu has started a gathering called Civic Saturday. He explained the event in The Atlantic as “a civic analogue to church: a gathering of friends […]

I am British: Alexander Betts at TEDSummit

By Emily McManus

on Jun 29, 2016

“I am British.” Alexander Betts says this, and pauses. “Never before has the phrase ‘I am British’ elicited so much pity.” Betts is here to talk about the June 24 Brexit vote — in which 52% of UK voters expressed their wish that their country leave the European Union. It’s a move that divided the country […]