Paradise Lost And Found

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

We often view paradise as a place of safety, beauty, tranquility. It's an ideal we long for, but one we can rarely find. This hour, TED speakers search for utopia and come to terms with reality.

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0:55.0	Our job now is to dream big.
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1:01.0	Around the world.
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1:06.0	ideas that will surprise you. You just don't know what you're gonna find.
1:10.3	Challenge you. We have to ask for ourselves like why is it noteworthy and. challenge you. We truly have to ask for ourselves, like, why is it noteworthy?
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