Inspiring New Perspectives
Marriott Hotels + TED are bringing you inspiration fit for every moment. Explore the playlists below to find ideas that bring you new perspectives.
What sparks a great idea? These creative thinkers explore the nature of ideas themselves: Where they come from, how they evolve, and how each of us can kindle them.

The disarming case to act right now on climate change | Greta Thunberg
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How to use family dinner to teach politics | Hajer Sharief
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How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time | Baratunde Thurston
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Everything happens for a reason -- and other lies I've loved | Kate Bowler
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What ping-pong taught me about life | Pico Iyer
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3 steps to turn everyday get-togethers into transformative gatherings | Priya Parker
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Inside the bizarre world of internet trolls and propagandists | Andrew Marantz
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An urgent call to protect the world's "Third Pole" | Tshering Tobgay
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How supercharged plants could slow climate change | Joanne Chory
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How your emotions change the shape of your heart | Sandeep Jauhar
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How to transform sinking cities into landscapes that fight floods | Kotchakorn Voraakhom
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Architectural secrets of the world's ancient wonders | Brandon Clifford
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The architectural wonder of impermanent cities | Rahul Mehrotra
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How cohousing can make us happier (and live longer) | Grace Kim
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3 ways to create a space that moves you, from a Broadway set designer | David Korins
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How we can design timeless cities for our collective future | Vishaan Chakrabarti
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Why the "wrong side of the tracks" is usually the east side of cities | Stephen DeBerry
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The genius behind some of the world's most famous buildings | Renzo Piano
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How urban spaces can preserve history and build community | Walter Hood
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What should electric cars sound like? | Renzo Vitale
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Success, failure and the drive to keep creating | Elizabeth Gilbert
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Want to be more creative? Go for a walk | Marily Oppezzo
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The human skills we need in an unpredictable world | Margaret Heffernan
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How craving attention makes you less creative | Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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A powerful way to unleash your natural creativity | Tim Harford
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How to build your confidence -- and spark it in others | Brittany Packnett
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How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas | Manoush Zomorodi
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Need a new idea? Start at the edge of what is known | Vittorio Loreto
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Three ideas. Three contradictions. Or not. | Hannah Gadsby
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How to build a company where the best ideas win | Ray Dalio
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Why you should make useless things | Simone Giertz
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TED-ED: Can you solve the bridge riddle? - Alex Gendler
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The joyful, perplexing world of puzzle hunts | Alex Rosenthal
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TED-ED: Can you solve the jail break riddle? - Dan Finkel
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A Bird Made of Birds | Sarah Kay
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TED-ED: Can you solve the time travel riddle? - Dan Finkel
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Mentalism, mind reading and the art of getting inside your head | Derren Brown
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Stumbling towards intimacy: An improvised TED Talk | Anthony Veneziale
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TED-ED: Can you solve the Mondrian squares riddle? - Gord Hamilton
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TED-ED: Can you solve the vampire hunter riddle? - Dan Finkel
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