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An excerpt from "Figuring"

Maria Popova · TED

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In a striking spoken-word performance, poet and thinker Maria Popova reads an excerpt from her book "Figuring," accompanied by cellist Dave Eggar and guitarist Chris Bruce. This stunning meditation on the interconnectivity of lives shatters "the illusion of separateness, of otherness."

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TED Salon: Border Stories
Speaker
Maria Popova
Year
2019
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Literature and writing
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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