Digest for 3/7/2026

Tom Gruber shares his vision of a future where AI helps each person achieve their full potential — and still leaves us in control of our lives.

What will a future with intuitive AI look like? Futurist Maurice Conti offers a look at technology that augments human creativity and intelligence, from generative design to augmented reality.

Computer scientist Grady Booch argues that we should embrace AI's potential while addressing fears, emphasizing how it will transform society and our future.

School can be rife with stress, anxiety, panic attacks and even burnout -- but there's hope. Hailey Hardcastle explains why schools should offer mental health days to help students recharge and seek help if they need it.

When stress got to be too much for TED Fellow Sangu Delle, he had to confront his own deep prejudice: that men shouldn't take care of their mental health. In a personal talk, Delle shares how he learned to handle anxiety in a society that's uncomfortable with emotions. As he says: "Being honest about how we feel doesn't make us weak -- it makes us human."

That resilience is one of the most important traits to have, is capacity to bounce back and is trained like a muscle is no secret. But how do we build our resilience muscle? Charles Hunt draws on his experience as a survivor of childhood trauma to share how we can all build resilience.

Allan Savory has devoted his life to stopping desertification. He now believes -- and his work so far shows -- that a surprising factor can protect grasslands and even reclaim degraded land that was once desert.

Sustainability provocateur Leyla Acaroglu shares surprising facts about the environmental impact of some common items and encourages rethinking our daily choices for a more sustainable future.

Human growth has strained the Earth's resources, but as Johan Rockström reminds us, our advances also give us the science to recognize this and change behavior.