Chris Anderson still sees technology – particularly AI – as able to bring out the best in humanity, as he hands off the organization behind TED to Sal Khan.

TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to 'ideas worth spreading.' At TED, the world's leading thinkers and doers are asked to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Talks then are made ...

Chris Anderson took over TED 25 years ago, when the internet was young and optimism abounded about the future it could deliver. Since then, the New York-based conference series has become globally ...

Against TED Oil Spill Conference Politics Daily's Joe Keohane writes, "While the junk shot tried and failed to plug BP's oil gusher with golf balls and trash, an event called TEDxOilSpill will attempt ...

Science fiction is fictional, but it can also be a visionary insight into future technology and the environment, as in the case of 'Catching Crumbs from the Table' is a short story by Ted Chiang, ...