The Facets of Being Human

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Isabel Allende tells tales of passion

Sirena Huang dazzles on violin

Jennifer Lin improvs piano magic

Evelyn Glennie shows how to listen

Pilobolus perform "Symbiosis"

Rives on 4 a.m.

Rives remixes TED2006

Publisher Felix Dennis' odes to vice and consequences | Video on

Natasha Tsakos' multimedia theatrical adventure

Miwa Matreyek's glorious visions

Adam Sadowsky engineers a viral music video

Evan Grant: Making sound visible through cymatics | Video on TED

John Walker re-creates great performances

Kaki King rocks out to "Pink Noise"

Herbie Hancock's all-star set

Qi Zhang's electrifying organ performance

Natalie Merchant sings old poems to life

Sophie Hunger plays songs of secrets, city lights | Video on TED

Nellie McKay sings "The Dog Song"

Eric Lewis rocks the jazz world

Eric Lewis plays chaos and harmony

Andrew Bird's one-man orchestra of the imagination

David Holt plays mountain music

Jake Shimabukuro plays "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Benjamin Zander on music and passion

Jose Abreu on kids transformed by music

Itay Talgam: Lead like the great conductors

Eric Whitacre: A choir as big as the Internet

Bobby McFerrin hacks your brain with music

Charles Limb: Your brain on improv

Robert Gupta: Music is medicine, music is sanity | Video on TED.

Pamelia Kurstin plays the theremin

Raul Midon plays "Peace on Earth"

Raul Midon plays "Tembererana"

Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders

Liza Donnelly: Drawing upon humor for change

Shekhar Kapur: We are the stories we tell ourselves | Video on T

Chris Anderson: How web video powers global innovation

Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to global voices

John Hodgman: Aliens, love -- where are they?

Carmen Agra Deedy spins stories

Naif Al-Mutawa: Superheroes inspired by Islam

Elif Shafak: The politics of fiction

Ben Dunlap talks about a passionate life

John Francis walks the Earth

Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks

Taryn Simon photographs secret sites

William Kamkwamba on building a windmill

Chris Abani on the stories of Africa

William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind

Chris Abani muses on humanity

Majora Carter's tale of urban renewal

Seth Godin on the tribes we lead

Martin Luther King Jr.: I have a dream

Kevin Bales: How to combat modern slavery

Vusi Mahlasela sings "Thula Mama"

Vusi Mahlasela's encore, "Woza"

Joseph Lekuton tells a parable for Kenya

John Kasaona: How poachers became caretakers

Rokia Traore sings "M'Bifo"

Let's talk parenting taboos: Rufus Griscom + Alisa Volkman

Karen Armstrong makes her TED Prize wish: the Charter for Compas

Bob Thurman says we can be Buddhas

Robert Thurman: Expanding your circle of compassion | Video on T

Rabbi Jackie Tabick: The balancing act of compassion | Video on

Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf: Lose your ego, find your compassion | Vi

Swami Dayananda Saraswati: The profound journey of compassion |

Robert Wright: The evolution of compassion

Karen Armstrong: Let's revive the Golden Rule

Thomas Barnett draws a new map for peace

Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue "soft" power | Video o

Hans Rosling on global population growth

Hans Rosling: Asia's rise -- how and when

Daniel Goleman on compassion

Jessica Jackley: Poverty, money -- and love

Matthieu Ricard on the habits of happiness

Laura Trice suggests we all say thank you

Rev. James Forbes: Compassion at the dinner table | Video on TED

William Ury: The walk from "no" to "yes"