# Why we need strangeness

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@Intel
- Speaker: Maria Bezaitis
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/maria_bezaitis_why_we_need_strangeness)
- 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)

In our digital world, social relations have become mediated by data. Without even realizing it, we're barricading ourselves against strangeness -- people and ideas that don't fit the patterns of who we already know, what we already like and where we've already been. Maria Bezaitis makes a bold call for technology to deliver us to what and who we need, even if it's unfamiliar and strange.

## Lectures

1. [Why we need strangeness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/maria_bezaitis_why_we_need_strangeness/94fd570b499a), 8 min (TED's player)