Playlist

Let’s get nerdy

Nerd out with these talks that prove you can use all-time classics like Harry Potter and Star Wars to help explain the real world.

Todd Scott

An intergalactic guide to using a defibrillator

Janna Levin

The sound the universe makes

Joseph DeSimone

What if 3D printing was 100x faster?

Taryn Simon

Photographs of secret sites

Colin Stokes

How movies teach manhood

Lemn Sissay

A child of the state

Will Wright

Spore, birth of a game

Kevin Kelly

How technology evolves

Heather Knight

Silicon-based comedy

Chip Kidd

Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is.

P.W. Singer

Military robots and the future of war