TEDxBoston wisdom

Revolutionary ideas and remarkable people indeed. I think that is the common thread for most TEDx conferences. Instead of capturing the highlights, I am listing some of my favorite quotes from the speakers at TEDxBoston 2013 with a link to their work.

• Farah Pandith: How can teens be empowered to reject extremism?
  - The best way to disrupt the ideology of extremists is to provide a counter narrative...Let's unleash the power of this youthquake. I believe in them. Do you? 


• Nikita Bier: How can visualizing information change the way we vote?
  - What unites Americans is their shared ignorance over public policy. We consistently vote against our financial self interest. 
outline.com


• Matthew DuPlessie: How can transposing your surroundings change the way you perceive the world?
  - There is a false dichotomy between educational and entertaining experiences. We can do things in real time and in real space that you can't do on a screen. There is a real world outside our glowing rectangles. 


• Geraldine Hamilton: How can tissue engineering transform the way drugs are designed?
  - Academics are great at innovating but fail at translating into the real world. 
wyss.harvard.edu


• Josh Trautwein and Dan Clarke: How can making fresh produce accessible and affordable change our outlook on health?
  - There is a direct correlation between food access and health disparity. 
thefreshtruck.org


• Helen Greiner: How can robots help save lives?
  - In the future flying robots could bring you that cool refreshing water while you are climbing a mountain. 


• Peter Dilworth: How can taking your pen off the paper let you to draw things exactly as you imagine?
  - Even though it may seem small, take pride in everything you do. You never know what the universe will pick to represent you!
the3doodler.com


• Xiao Xiao: How can infusing technology into music change the way we play?
  - Music is about the interplay between abstract ideas, performance and the inner worlds of the player + the audience. 


• Paul Sellew: How can trash fuel our world?
  - Germany recycles 75% of their organic waste, in the US we send 95% of ours to the landfill...Cows fart out the biogas and we capture it.  
harvestpower.com


• Brian Healy: How can homes embrace the new reality of coastal living?
  - 37% of Boston expected to be flooded in 100 years. 


• Vanessa Kerry: How can training new doctors and nurses in resource-limited countries cure more than people?
  - In a dorkier, medical version of online dating, we match doctor volunteers to countries in need of education. 
seedglobalhealth.org


• Sam White: How can off-grid refrigeration change the economics of rural villages?
  - It's easy to dream big. What's hard is when the physics of the real world kick in! 
coolectrica.com


• Steve Ramirez and Xu Liu: How can light shape our minds?
  - We see a world where we can erase memories or edit any memories we like. 


• Eliot Fisk: How can classical music deviate from the expected?
  - Music is the great common language of our species. 


• Sam Aquillano: What can we learn about design by encountering exhibits in unexpected places?
  - Design is everywhere. Everything around you is designed in one way or another. 
designmuseumboston.org


• Nataly Kogan: How can we be happier?
  - Stop saying I'll be happy when ___, start saying I'm happier now because___. Life is made of moments. Choose to create and collect the happy ones.
happier.com