# Why ordinary people need to understand power

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDCity2.0
- Speaker: Eric Liu
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/eric_liu_why_ordinary_people_need_to_understand_power)
- 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: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Far too many Americans are illiterate in power — what it is, how it operates and why some people have it. As a result, those few who do understand power wield disproportionate influence over everyone else. "We need to make civics sexy again," says civics educator Eric Liu. "As sexy as it was during the American Revolution or the Civil Rights Movement."

## Lectures

1. [Why ordinary people need to understand power](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/eric_liu_why_ordinary_people_need_to_understand_power/b5b69962c10f), 18 min (TED's player)