# How 180 strangers built a library together

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxSingapore
- Speaker: Rebecca Toh
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_toh_how_180_strangers_built_a_library_together)
- 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)

Does the fix for a fragmented world begin with a shared bookshelf? Photographer Rebecca Toh traces how she joined with 180 other people to build a community-funded library where strangers rent shelves, fill them with their personal collections and forge something rare: real connection.

## Lectures

1. [How 180 strangers built a library together](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/rebecca_toh_how_180_strangers_built_a_library_together/d96d1bd8b6d9), 11 min (TED's player)