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TED July 4, 2026 55s

What does success look like for young people? #TEDTalks

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  1. NO, NO, NO, NO, little shaky. NO, NO, NO, NO, little shaky. Do you think the next generation will Do you think the next generation will Do you think the next generation will have more opportunities have more opportunities have more opportunities than yours? We are on a knife's edge as than yours? We are on a knife's edge as than yours? We are on a knife's edge as a as a nation, at least in the United a as a nation, at least in the United a as a nation, at least in the United States. I think this is true around the States. I think this is true around the States. I think this is true around the world, too, when you think about, for world, too, when you think about, for world, too, when you think about, for instance, cuts to USAID and and and aid instance, cuts to USAID and and and aid instance, cuts to USAID and and and aid and the sort of disintegration of the and the sort of disintegration of the and the sort of disintegration of the global world order. Like, we can make a global world order. Like, we can make a global world order. Like, we can make a decision both as the United States and decision both as the United States and decision both as the United States and as a global community to pay forward as a global community to pay forward as a global community to pay forward the wealth, the opportunity, the good the wealth, the opportunity, the good the wealth, the opportunity, the good stuff, the roads, the schools, the or to stuff, the roads, the schools, the or to stuff, the roads, the schools, the or to allow extreme wealth and extreme allow extreme wealth and extreme allow extreme wealth and extreme inequality to pile up. Of course, then inequality to pile up. Of course, then inequality to pile up. Of course, then we haven't even gotten into the impacts we haven't even gotten into the impacts we haven't even gotten into the impacts of climate and all of that. So, I I like of climate and all of that. So, I I like of climate and all of that. So, I I like truly, truly, truly pray we as a world truly, truly, truly pray we as a world truly, truly, truly pray we as a world come to our senses, but I it does keep come to our senses, but I it does keep come to our senses, but I it does keep me up at night.

Summary

The main theme is the precarious state of global affairs and the future opportunities for the next generation, referencing the disintegration of the world order and cuts to aid programs. The practical takeaway is a fervent prayer for a collective return to reason to combat extreme inequality and the impacts of climate change, acknowledging the anxiety this situation provokes.

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