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2017: Superpowers
In this time of accelerated history and unprecedented change, each of us possesses unique insights and talents – their true impact often not yet discovered.
Whether through incredible leaps in science or in simple grace amid great trials, all of us together will overcome today’s challenges to forge a surprising future. Perhaps unfamiliar, it will still be recognizable: fair, kind, human… even super-human.
Join us, as we discover SUPERPOWERS both known and waiting to be discovered, through stories of individual triumph and global interconnectedness; this future is one we will enthusiastically embrace.
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Mindy Fullilove: How we start envisioning a future where all of us live as equals
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Jackie Savitz: Transparency Can Save the Oceans
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FK Day: The Power of Bicycles
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Rachel Wurzman: Disconnected Brains: How isolation fuels opioid addiction
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Paul Shapiro: What Will Future Generations Think of Our Treatment of Animals?
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Randi Gloss: A #hashtag isn’t enough
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Susan Shaw: Science, Lies, and Politics
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Hasini Jayatilaka: How cancer cells communicate — and how we can slow them down
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Travis Rieder: The agony of opioid withdrawal — and what doctors should tell patients about it
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Andy Suzuki & The Method: Fight
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Destiny Watford: How a student helped her community stop a polluting incinerator
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Chris Ullman: What can we each do to heal our divided society?
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Molly Joyce: Going beyond ability
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Amanda Rivkin: Active Resistance: How we can defend against foreign interference
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Jordan Randall Smith: “Catalyst” by Ben Goldberg – World Premiere
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Erricka Bridgeford: We have the power to stop violence in our communities
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Dale Beran: Where the alt-right came from
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Leanne Pittsford: How Lesbians Are Solving Tech’s Diversity Problem
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Monty Hoffman: How to innovate our cities by designing for community
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Walter Woods: We must stay connected to our growing elder population
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Hans Taparia: The Past, Present and Future of Food
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Stephanie Hill: The Superpowers of STEM
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Shawn Martinbrough: How one ‘Black Panther’ comic artist is changing perceptions
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Topeka K. Sam: Prison is no place for women and girls
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Lyn Slater: How I became an accidental fashion icon at 64
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Bart Paulhamus: Our Future with Intelligent Systems (It’s Better than You Think)
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David and Sarah Trustman: Making memory more memorable
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Hakan Lidbo: We need to practice imagination just like athletes
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Carla Dirlikov Canales: How singing can make the world a better place
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Julien Xuereb: Music: A vehicle for imagination
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Gulrez Shah Azhar: The world is heating up. Here’s what we can do to adapt
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Bernard Olayo: Saving lives one breath at a time
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