TED’s mission is to discover and champion the ideas that will shape tomorrow. Powerful ideas, powerfully presented, can move us to feel something, to think differently, to take action and create a brighter future.
TED finds these powerful ideas across disciplines and around the globe, from people who passionately seek a deeper understanding of the world and want to make a difference in it. TED’s spotlight, and its engaged, open-minded audience, help these ideas to create real impact: to shift one person’s perspective, to make a difference within a community or to spark global transformation.
Ideas change everything.
Build the best web application for serious discussion and decision-making.
Create a space where all of us can have private and public discussions in a friendly, nuanced and balanced way.
Visualize all aspects of the most important controversies in an easy to understand manner.
Empower people to make this world a more thoughtful one.
More background info about our mission can be found in this Financial Times interview with our founder:
https://twitter.com/FT/status/956126468635004928