# We were lied to

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Salon The Rockefeller Foundation
- Speaker: Paul Rucker
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Music
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_rucker_we_were_lied_to)
- 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)

"Leaving out information can be just as detrimental as a lie,” says multidisciplinary artist Paul Rucker. In a talk bookended by two cello performances, he shares photographs of the history we often omit — and introduces Cary Forward, his new museum aimed at spotlighting histories of exclusion and perseverance.

## Lectures

1. [We were lied to](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/paul_rucker_we_were_lied_to/6fc8b85204f2), 14 min (TED's player)