If you look up TED talks on the internet, you can find more than 2500 talks. They are short, informative and ad-free. They are often by outstanding thinkers and observers and are very worthwhile.
When you watch a TED talk, you can have captions show and/or see a running transcript ot the talk. Some transcripts have errors in what the speaker is saying but names of people, places and books are often clearer in writing.
It can be eye-opening to research the speaker a bit. Some TED talks are available in YouTube and are not listed on the TED talk website. Looking up the name of the speaker in Google will usually give some insight into the person's background. Looking up the speaker in Amazon books will often show what the speaker or sources the speaker uses have written.
Because the globe is entering a stage of greater interconnectedness, more recognition of women, more scientific efforts of all sorts, battles for recognition and supremacy in many fields and types, emergence of all sorts of voices and positions, a much greater variety of speakers and positions is available. TED talks are a good tool for understanding the basics of some of the subjects and questions.
You can sign up for a free weekly overview of TED talks to be delivered to your inbox. I have sent some out before and I will send out another in a few minutes. We use a Roku streamer with our Wi-Fi and have a TED talk channel that I sometimes view, also.
