Announcer ted talks war and peace was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. Please welcome your host, baratunde thurston. [applause] welcome, everybody. I am so excited to be hosting ted live here at the town hall in new york city. The theme is war and peace, and before we continue any further, i just want to acknowledge the men and women who have served or are currently serving in our armed services. You and your families are especially welcome tonight, so thank you. [applause] he grew up wanting to be an actor, but his path to the stage was anything but direct. Please welcome actor and veteran adam driver. [applause] i was a marine with 1 1 weapons company, 81st platoon out in camp pendleton, california. Rah. Audience rah i joined a few months after september 11th, feeling like i think most people in the country did at the time, filled with a sense of patriotism and retribution and the desire to do something, that coupled with the fact that i wasnt doing anything.
Announcer ted talks war and peace was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. Please welcome your host, baratunde thurston. [applause] welcome, everybody. I am so excited to be hosting ted live here at the town hall in new york city. The theme is war and peace, and before we continue any further, i just want to acknowledge the men and women who have served or are currently serving in our armed services. You and your families are especially welcome tonight, so thank you. [applause] he grew up wanting to be an actor, but his path to the stage was anything but direct. Please welcome actor and veteran adam driver. [applause] i was a marine with 1 1 weapons company, 81st platoon out in camp pendleton, california. Rah. Audience rah i joined a few months after september 11th, feeling like i think most people in the country did at the time, filled with a sense of patriotism and retribution and the desire to do something, that coupled with the fact that i wasnt doing anything.
Good evening, and welcome to ted talks education. We are so excited to have a packed theater here at town hall in new york city. Thats right. Yes. And a special welcome to those watching on pbs. I would say we wish you were here, but that would make it really uncomfortable, crowded, and new york city rents are high enough, so why dont we both enjoy from where we are. Tonight we will be examining how we teach, marveling at how we learn, and celebrating the timehonored tradition of educating the next generation. The speaker were about to bring to the stage used to work for a hedge fund. Then to help tutor his cousin, he started uploading math lessons to youtube. In true entrepreneurial spirit, he turned these oneonone lessons and grew them into the khan academy, delivering over 380 million lessons in over 36 languages all across the world. Ladies and gentlemen, please, put your hands together for sal khan. [cheering and applause] iim here today to talk about two ideas that, at least base
Good evening, and welcome to ted talks education. We are so excited to have a packed theater here at town hall in new york city. Thats right. Yes. And a special welcome to those watching on pbs. I would say we wish you were here, but that would make it really uncomfortable, crowded, and new york city rents are high enough, so why dont we both enjoy from where we are. Tonight we will be examining how we teach, marveling at how we learn, and celebrating the timehonored tradition of educating the next generation. The speaker were about to bring to the stage used to work for a hedge fund. Then to help tutor his cousin, he started uploading math lessons to youtube. In true entrepreneurial spirit, he turned these oneonone lessons and grew them into the khan academy, delivering over 380 million lessons in over 36 languages all across the world. Ladies and gentlemen, please, put your hands together for sal khan. [cheering and applause] iim here today to talk about two ideas that, at least base