# What happens when you lose everything

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2008
- Speaker: David Hoffman
- Year: 2008
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/david_hoffman_what_happens_when_you_lose_everything)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Nine days before TED2008, filmmaker David Hoffman lost almost everything he owned in a fire that destroyed his home, office and 30 years of passionate collecting. He looks back at a life that's been wiped clean in an instant -- and looks forward.

## Lectures

1. [What happens when you lose everything](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/david_hoffman_what_happens_when_you_lose_everything/1ea58642ba0c), 4 min (TED's player)