# How today's truths shape tomorrow's possibilities

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxNantes
- Speaker: Yannick Roudaut
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Philosophy
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/yannick_roudaut_how_today_s_truths_shape_tomorrow_s_possibilities)
- 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)

For centuries, we believed the Earth was flat, that the sun rotated around the Earth. These were absolute truths, until ... they weren't. Which of our accepted truths will fall apart in the years ahead? Financier-turned-philosopher Yannick Roudaut believes we're on the cusp of another historical reckoning -- and another renaissance.

## Lectures

1. [How today's truths shape tomorrow's possibilities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/yannick_roudaut_how_today_s_truths_shape_tomorrow_s_possibilities/8ef7373ab0ee), 14 min (TED's player)