TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference and TEDGlobal — TED includes the award-winning TED Talks video site, the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.

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There are hundreds of TED programs that provide cutting-edge thinking on Technology, Entertainment, and Design. One of the best is presented by Jason Pontin during which he discusses whether or not technology can solve our biggest problems.

In 1969, Buzz Aldrin’s historical step onto the moon leapt mankind into an era of technological possibility. The awesome power of technology was to be used to solve all of our big problems. Fast forward to present day, and what’s happened? Are mobile apps all we have to show for ourselves? Journalist Jason Pontin looks closely at the challenges we face to using technology effectively…for solving problems that really matter.

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Jason Pontin is the editor-in-chief and publisher of MIT Technology Review. To learn more about him, please click here.