# "Being Human"

- Institution: TED
- Department: Countdown Summit
- Speaker: Naima Penniman
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/naima_penniman_being_human)
- 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 this stunning spoken-word performance, poet and "freedom-forging futurist" Naima Penniman celebrates the wonders of the natural world and humanity's connection to it. "I wonder if the sun debates dawn some mornings," she says.

## Lectures

1. ["Being Human"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/naima_penniman_being_human/7660da1e01c9), 4 min (TED's player)