Simple Solutions

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Original broadcast date: November 17, 2017. Sometimes, the best solutions to complex problems are simple. But simple doesn't always mean easy. This hour, TED speakers describe the innovation and hard work that goes into achieving simplicity. Guests include designer Mileha Soneji, chef Sam Kass, sleep researcher Wendy Troxel, public health advocate Myriam Sidibe, and engineer Amos Winter.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Guy here.
0:01.2	So there are so many complex problems out there, and most of the time, we think they require
0:06.8	complex solutions.
0:08.7	But what if some of those problems could be solved by simple answers, staring us in the
0:13.5	face?
0:14.5	Well, on this episode, how sometimes the best solutions are the most simple ones.
0:19.4	It's called Simple Solutions, and it originally aired in November of 2017.
0:24.8	10th of August, 2017.
0:27.6	Is the TED Radio Hour?
0:30.7	Each week, groundbreaking TED Talks?
0:33.6	TED.
0:34.6	TED.
0:35.6	Technology.
0:36.6	Entertainment.
0:37.6	Design.
0:38.6	Is that really what's 10 for us?
0:39.6	I've never known that it delivered at TED conferences around the world.
0:41.9	It's the gift of the human imagination.
0:43.2	We've had to believe in impossible things.
0:46.0	The true nature of reality beckons from just beyond.
0:50.6	Those talks.
0:51.8	Those ideas adapted for radio.
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