After billions of years of monotony, the universe is waking up

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October 14, 2019 Today's TED Talk The cosmic war between monotony and creativity 15:10 minutes · TED2019 Theoretical physicist David Deutsch delivers a mind-bending meditation on the "great monotony" -- the idea that nothing novel has appeared in the universe for billions of years -- and shows how humanity's capacity to create explanatory knowledge could be the thing that bucks this trend. "Humans are not playthings of cosmic forces," he says. "We are users of cosmic forces." Watch now » Playlist of the Day Are we alone in the universe? Is Earth really the only life-sustaining planet? These speakers think there might just be something or someone else out there -- and urge us to keep looking for it. Watch » 9 talks · Total run time 2:08:17 NEW ON IDEAS.TED.COM 12 delightful, insightful quotes about reading, writing and storytelling, from TED Talks In honor of National Book Month -- which is October in the US -- we've assembled 12 of our favorite quotes from the many TED Talks given by writers and storytellers. Read now »   Download the TED app

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