Don’t feel sorry for refugees — believe in them


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“We take in so few refugees worldwide. We resettle less than .1 percent. That .1 percent benefits us more than them. It dumbfounds me how the word refugee is consided something to be dirty, something to be ashamed of. They have nothing to be ashamed of. We have seen advances in every aspect of our lives except our humanity. There are 65.3 million people who have been forced out of their homes because of war. The largest number in history. We are the ones who should be ashamed.”

Luma Mufleh

Why Brexit happened — and what to do next


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“We might not achieve that today, but at the very least we have to call upon our politicians and our media to drop the language of fear and be far more tolerant of one another.”

Alexander Betts

How to let altruism be your guide


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“However complex politically, economically, scientifically the question of the environment is, it simply boils down to a question of altruism versus selfishness.”

Matthieu Ricard

Why privacy matters


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“He who does not move does not notice his chains.”

Glenn Greenwald

Codes we live by: Alex Klein at TEDxTeen 2014


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“What you can do with a computer is incredible, because you don’t use it like a tool, you use it like a part of yourself.”

Alex Klein

How the NSA betrayed the world’s trust—time to act


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“And whoever tells you that they have nothing to hide simply haven’t thought about this long enough. ‘Cause we have this thing called privacy. And if you really think that you have nothing to hide, please make sure that’s the first thing you tell me, because then I know that I should not trust you with any secrets because obviously, you can’t keep a secret [sic]”

Mikko Hypponen

The psychology of evil


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“Paradoxically, it was God who created Hell as a place to store evil. He didn’t do a good job of keeping it there, though.”

Philip Zimbardo

1.3 million reasons to re-invent the syringe


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“25 years ago I read a newspaper article which said that one day syringes would be one of the major causes for the transmission of AIDS. I thought this was unacceptable so I decided to do something about it.” Marc Koska’s K1 syringe improves on an old design.

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