Amy Webb: A Glimpse Into The Future

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This hour, futurist Amy Webb guides us through innovations that give a glimpse into the future of transportation, wellness, tech, commerce, and travel ... and the impacts they'll have on our lives.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Manou Shire, just a quick note before we start the show.
0:05.5	Over the past year on the Ted Radio Hour, we have taken you on all kinds of new journeys
0:11.0	and maybe introduced you to voices that you might not have heard before, like when we
0:15.8	spoke to Alexis Nicole Nelson about foraging.
0:19.1	I have been searching this whole city and I finally found them.
0:23.0	Black Locust trees and they're blooming.
0:26.1	Before that time, we talked to global travelers, Saleem, Rushamwala about an amazing fossil
0:31.5	discovery.
0:32.6	New Jersey has certain conditions that make it a great place to find fossils of dinosaur
0:40.1	bones.
0:41.1	Some of it has to do with the kinds of marshes, some of it has to do with land movements
0:43.5	that were happening in the area.
0:45.4	We also had a wonderful conversation with National Book Award winner Jason Reynolds
0:51.9	about how he talks to his fans, kids.
0:54.8	The other thing that you have to understand whether you want to be a writer or whether
0:57.4	you want to be anything is that excellence is a habit.
1:01.0	Never forget this, okay?
1:02.6	Thank you Alexis, Saleem and Jason and thank you for supporting me and the team by listening.
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1:14.6	more episodes featuring all kinds of voices.
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