Beyond Tolerance

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2017

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Most of us were raised to believe that tolerance is a good thing, but is it enough or just the bare minimum? This hour, TED speakers on how to move beyond tolerance to a place of deeper understanding. Guests include social scientist Arthur Brooks, diversity advocate Verna Myers, author Aspen Baker, and social entrepreneur and educator Aziz Abu Sarah. (Original broadcast date: April 22, 2016)

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, we're gonna be back next week with a brand new episode of the Ted Radio Hour,
0:04.6	but in the meantime check out this one from our archives it's called Beyond Tolerance,
0:08.8	and it's about moving away from just tolerating people to actually trying to understand who they are.
0:14.4	And you're gonna hear from Ted Speakers including Arthur Brooks,
0:17.5	Verne Myers, and Aspen Baker.
0:20.9	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:26.0	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
0:29.4	Ted Talks.
0:30.4	Ted.
0:31.4	Ted Technology.
0:32.4	Entertainment Design.
0:33.4	Design.
0:34.4	Is that really what's 10 for just a minute?
0:35.4	I've never known that.
0:36.4	Delivered at Ted Conferences around the world.
0:38.4	It's the gift of the human imagination.
0:39.4	We've had to believe in impossible things.
0:42.4	The true nature of reality beckons from just beyond.
0:46.4	Those talks, those ideas, adapted for radio, from NPR.
0:56.4	I'm Guy Ross.
0:58.4	So tolerance.
1:00.4	Shall I read you this statement?
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