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TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Science, Society & Culture, Technology

4.3 • 21.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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How can we create public places that feel welcoming and safe for everyone? This hour, TED speakers examine our physical and digital spaces—how they run, who they serve, and how to make them better. Guests include community organizer Shari Davis, researcher Eli Pariser, Wikipedia Library founder Jake Orlowitz, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, and artist Matthew Mazzotta.

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1:20.2	And as we begin to gather again in parks, city centers, or at school, I've been wondering,
1:28.8	why do we want to meet in certain places but not others? What do the best public places have in common?
1:38.2	The first thing that I think of is safety and the second thing is creativity.
1:44.2	And when we are in spaces where we can be together safely, I think that we can do things that we
1:52.0	maybe didn't imagine. This is Sherry Davis. They help communities and local governments decide,
1:59.2	together, how to spend public money. I talk to Sherry as they stood outside one of their
2:05.3	favorite public places, the library. I am just out front of a really awesome neighborhood branch
2:13.8	library. And around me are summer camp students or young people, children, basketball courts.
2:26.0	It is a beautiful day in California. Sherry is at a branch of the Berkeley Public Library.
2:31.8	But this library offers more than books. People can come here for all kinds of resources.
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