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  • A different way to measure success in health care | Andrew Bastawrous

    A different way to measure success in health care | Andrew Bastawrous
    Feb 6 2026

    After building a smartphone app to bring eye care to millions of people in remote areas, eye surgeon and TED Fellow Andrew Bastawrous confronted a new question: What do we lose when health care chases speed and efficiency? He offers a quiet provocation for how to get better outcomes for patients and health care workers alike.


    (Following the talk, Lily James Olds, director of the TED Fellows program, interviews Bastawrous on how his company, Peek Vision, is rethinking access to eye care. The surprising solution isn’t AI or optimization, but addressing the human behaviors that make patients feel more seen — starting with how doctors can be more compassionate.)

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    34 mins
  • Will AI take your job in the next 10 years? Wrong question | Vinciane Beauchene

    Will AI take your job in the next 10 years? Wrong question | Vinciane Beauchene
    Feb 5 2026

    As AI agents take over more tasks at work, the question isn’t whether or not humans matter — it’s how we make our impact count. Leadership expert Vinciane Beauchene challenges some commonly held assumptions about how AI will transform the workplace, sharing a blueprint for leaders to design organizations where people can focus on what truly makes a difference.

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    14 mins
  • What ancestral intelligence can teach us about AI | Nanjira Sambuli

    What ancestral intelligence can teach us about AI | Nanjira Sambuli
    Feb 4 2026

    There's a common African proverb: "When elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers." Policy researcher Nanjira Sambuli says we must apply this thinking to today's AI evolution, asking: When tech giants battle for dominance, who gets trampled in the process? She introduces a new ethical compass for AI, showing how people across the continent are charting a different path for the future of tech.

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    9 mins
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