The revolutionary power of diverse thought

The revolutionary power of diverse thought | Elif Shafak

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6 жыл бұрын

"From populist demagogues, we will learn the indispensability of democracy," says novelist Elif Shafak. "From isolationists, we will learn the need for global solidarity. And from tribalists, we will learn the beauty of cosmopolitanism" A native of Turkey, Shafak has experienced firsthand the devastation that a loss of diversity can bring -- and she knows the revolutionary power of plurality in response to authoritarianism. In this passionate, personal talk, she reminds us that there are no binaries, in politics, emotions and our identities. "One should never, ever remain silent for fear of complexity," Shafak says.
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@ruthreyesmoreno4670 6 жыл бұрын

"One should never ever remain silent for fear of complexity" this is making it on my quote wall.

@dangernoodle2868 6 жыл бұрын

When your words are met by thunderous applause then you were being axious for nothing and your words were as harmless and inert as could be. If people aren't jeering then your words were too normal and were already well accepted. Some courage, laughable.

@remyllebeau77 6 жыл бұрын

Mr Gorbachev Ruth Reyes, tear down this wall! You should know that walls are racist.

@twinkacast 6 жыл бұрын

I typically think by using a variety of concepts at the same time, sometimes more related to each other sometimes just barely related. I will be juggling 7 or 8 lines and mindsets at once and comparing then all to each other. While this is great for programming puzzles and strategic games any attempt to explain my thought process is met with confusion. Sometimes you need to dumb down and simplify something to explain it effectively.

@Ms.AggieMac 5 жыл бұрын

Its on mine :) I absolutely love this xox

@tyronekim3506 4 жыл бұрын

"One should never ever remain silent for fear of complexity." Huh? I thought most people ask questions because of complexity. I think her premise is not factual, but in Turkey may be otherwise.

@danielj8858 6 жыл бұрын

"I learned silence from the talkative and tolerance from the intolerant and kindness from the unkind" - Khalil Gibran That really touched me. I think it's really time for everyone to listen to each other, perceive each other not as enemies, but as individual people intelligent enough to communicate effectively. Thanks for this talk.

@seksualusis 5 жыл бұрын

You presume intelligent enough. Do you think our times are supportive of such a tendency? Why and how?

@katekane6697 6 жыл бұрын

She is one of the greatest writers of our time.

@jank8041 3 жыл бұрын

She's fine but if you want to read Turkish novelists check out Orhan Pamuk and Yasar Kemal. If you want to read Turkish female novelists I'd recommend Sevgi Soysal.

@asheshsolanki4189 3 жыл бұрын

@@jank8041 Orhan Pamuk is the best. Loved his book 'Snow'

@zai7153 3 жыл бұрын

Can't agree more!

@phyfts 3 жыл бұрын

lmao

@stephaniehoahu 2 жыл бұрын

Hands down

@sharifmorshed7648 4 жыл бұрын

40 rules of love... definitely one of the most sophisticated, smart and clever writing in last 2 decades

@RashmikaLikesBooks 4 жыл бұрын

"we don't have to pick one pain and one place over others." Yes. What a wonderful way of putting it.

@aneeshputhurethappukuttan8054 4 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful mind! Why is that we have less of such people in politics? Souls that peacefully coexist with complexity and ambiguity. Love and respect.

@SajjadKhan-tn6mh 5 жыл бұрын

40 rules of love... One of the best book I've ever read...

@return2innocence221 4 жыл бұрын

Emotional intelligence should be understood and valued ALOT more she is right 🕯️

@cagatayteoman5640 6 жыл бұрын

When she is speaking her magical language with rich vocabulary touches , i feel to be obliged listening. Whatever she talks, she makes it moving like her stories. Eastern wisdom with balkanic beauty. İts very rare. We adore you Elif. As a man how ı would be able to atract you?

@bulentcamoglu 4 жыл бұрын

Neyini begendin lan ?

@pa7957 4 жыл бұрын

You carry all the ingredients to turn your existence into joy. Mix them, Mix them! ~Hafiz

@jazz_and_tea Жыл бұрын

I have just started reading the first book that I purchased written by Elif- The Forty Rules of Love- and after reading the last page on Dreaming in English and the first few pages I could feel how relatable this writer was to me. So I had to look her up and my eyes welled up while listening to this amazing brave speech full of human values and care for the direction towards which the society is heading. 💓🙏

@emnaelmokhtar3758 3 жыл бұрын

Her honesty takes a courage that is palpable to the listener. Admiring and inspiring.

@norahglen5162 2 жыл бұрын

Just amazed how well she put this complexity into words! I became instantly a fan of her. Teşekkürler.

@Reader_curiosity 4 жыл бұрын

the forty Rules of Love ... Elif Shafak is the best novelist in Turkey. Among the giants of world novel literature with Dostoyevsky, Hugo, Tolstoy, Márquez and others. Shafak approach is closer to Tolstoy's method of adopting just causes and working to enlighten and confront governments and not to involve high towers and revolution on the current conditions and strive for the best.

@deborahwebster7130 Жыл бұрын

Amazing author I've only recently discovered. I am learning so much, thank you for opening my mind with your brilliant story telling. Everything said in this talk makes perfect sense, if only others would listen.

@pa7957 4 жыл бұрын

amazing being .. She is so special and very gentle, delicate, refine, soulful , delightful, elegant, exquisite, divine .... Just beautiful inside and out :)

@lamiaarib4826 4 жыл бұрын

Elf shafaq is an international bestseller writer,she is among my favourite writers. Her books have really changed my life as she said herself in one of her interview. I like also her English pronunciation. It's just amazing. Today all the world is fascinated by her.I truly wish to meet her oneday and talk with her and why not become a famous and renewed writer like her.

@becksmecks 3 жыл бұрын

"Our political systems are replete with emotions" kesinlikle katılıyorum-absolutely right

@neuroplay 6 жыл бұрын

As a creative person who barters in the currency of language, I often take this idea into consideration when choosing each and every word I select to discuss my ideas. I want the thoughts I have to convey using this primitive language to access a specific part of the mind and awaken electrical activity in the listener. Wiring new memories and transmitting the access to original thought they have inside themselves. Use your words carefully. They matter, in some sense, more than you might consider for yourself.

@meepchiche001 6 жыл бұрын

Ofocurse things have different meanings when using different words but do you really want to advocate for thought and word policing while ruining a language while making certain words taboo and others not and making things you deem powerful and turning them into buzzwords?

@deus_ex_machina_ 6 жыл бұрын

neuroplay But doesn't everyone perceive words differently?

@deus_ex_machina_ 6 жыл бұрын

Mendicant Bias I don't think they were suggesting that, although the use of language as a weapon to terminate thought and gain compliance has become scarily common (in some circles).

@Bradybrad2524 4 жыл бұрын

I have read her books, The 40 rules of love and Honour. I immensely adore both.

@ZubairAhmed1024 4 жыл бұрын

I was just listening to this while driving home and was awestruck! ❤️

@TMWriting 6 жыл бұрын

I didn't expect to be so moved by this talk.

@Omnyaalii 3 жыл бұрын

@RashmikaLikesBooks 4 жыл бұрын

I love what she says about plurality. My friend and I were just talking about this, and we have that "comaraderie of the doomed." It's amazing how she totally understands.

@muratguler6592 4 жыл бұрын

I had the same experience in my exchange year in Europe as a Turkish student. I was part of the doomed team and my camaraderie was consisting of people from Brasil, Venezuela, Poland and Ukraine.

@Omnyaalii 3 жыл бұрын

You carry in your soul every ingredient necessary to turn your existence into joy all you have to do is to mix those ingredients ❤️

@MrAykut23 6 жыл бұрын

Whatever followed her talking about demagogue's, was my fav segment

@faizan9413 3 жыл бұрын

I have an unusual association with her. Tho she doesn't know me but still through her stories and her way of expressing has me touched to the core. She's amazing.

@abdelmoumenbelhachemi8115 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ms. Elif for your artful message and musical-like pieces of wisdom your are sharing with the world. The sound minds, hearts and souls all over this planet will resonate with everything you have expressed on their behalf. I am positive that our generation have all that is necessary to design and live an exceptional civilization. Great human beings with great thoughts and hearts who are caring and loving and open-minded will prevail. Negative, sarcastic and those who choose to live with a stinking heart!!! and toxic thoughts should be given hope and opportunity to change to the better otherwise they will be marginalized and unaccepted.

@semihcorbaci 4 жыл бұрын

Such a great talk, Ma'am Shafak. As someone studying university and living in Turkey, i can say that you perfectly summarized our worry... Thank you, çokça teşekkürlerimle. Semih Çorbacı

@bulentcamoglu 4 жыл бұрын

defol

@EclecticPsychotherapist 6 жыл бұрын

I loved this, I found it very inspiring, thankyou. Elif came across very genuine and authentic and passionate. She spoke eloquently and I'm now going to Look up her writings :)

@JimGriffOne 6 жыл бұрын

She makes a great point about the fact that we all live in "liquid" countries, not ones with a solid foundation. It is entirely possible for any country to shift and change in its design, moving to and from Authoritarianism and other horrible ideologies. That's what I took from this talk, minus the feminist overtones.

@Brutaful 6 жыл бұрын

While I do agree that no country is completely solid, I have to disagree about countries not having a solid foundation. Some countries do have that very solid foundation that lessens the possibility of getting stuck with an authoritarian government. Some countries simply have it better than others and make sure to maintain the polices put in place to ensure that they do better than the countries that don't have similar policies.

@JimGriffOne 6 жыл бұрын

+Brutaful Good point!

@seksualusis 5 жыл бұрын

You just believe, that focused attempt, or simply set of unfortunate preconditions can't change matters surprisingly quickly. Didn't U.S. had nearly best on Earth safety net, being flagship of democracy? How many turn-arounds happening overnight, then. They all walk on sand, if even they did so well before for quite some time. Let this alone, to get hit by global matters. Take a look at the curves of populating, face global warming turning big stuff. Non-authoritarian preservatives are nice to have, of course, yet how true and lasting they are is your next story.

@danilo.moreira 6 жыл бұрын

Sempre bom saber que tem legenda em portugues do Brasil, obrigado galera por compartilhar o conhecimento !!

@user-xc1vw7kk6y 3 жыл бұрын

wow! respect and admiration for this woman and her beautiful mind

@Ludawig 6 жыл бұрын

This ted talk deserves more views imo

@youstinaa.yacoup5673 4 жыл бұрын

Istanbul, Paris, Berlin nice, brussels, Baghdad and Barcelona:We have seen one Horrible terrible attack after another and when you express your sorrow and when you react against the cruelty you get all kinds of reactions, messages on social media but one of them is quite disturbing only because it’s so widespread They say. “Why do you feel sorry for them? Why don’t you feel sorry for civilians in Yemen or civilians in Syria and I think people who write such messages do not understand that we can feel sorry for and stand for solidarity with victims of terrorism and violence in the Middle East, in Europe in Asia in America wherever and everywhere equally and simultaneously! Omg! You are great❤️❤️

@alialidrissi4163 5 жыл бұрын

40 rules of love is great book you should read it

@dottiedarlington-morgan3705 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Refreshing and inspiring..

@shankarsharma_music 4 жыл бұрын

wow... profound and epic talk..! I relate so much to this school of thought.

@worldp3ac3 5 жыл бұрын

Great talk...you nailed it

@MoneyGist 5 жыл бұрын

Homelands are truly portable

@hanadi4431 4 жыл бұрын

What a great speech👌🏻 I'm realy love you Elif shafak♥️

@gbbanjara2206 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful heartfelt talk.

@frainchakrit 6 жыл бұрын

LETS SPREAD LOVE AND PEACE IN THIS WORLD !!!! BROTHERS AND SISTERS LETS BE TOGETHER FOR HUMANITY !!!

@eldanx 6 жыл бұрын

no thank you. I'm fine just like this.

@frainchakrit 6 жыл бұрын

Okay friend :) I wish you for your wonderful life :)

@deus_ex_machina_ 6 жыл бұрын

Frain chakrit You took that surprisingly well. Kudos.

@frainchakrit 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you friend :) God would bless you and your family :)

@remyllebeau77 6 жыл бұрын

Frain chakrit Talk is cheap. How exactly are we going to be "together" and spread love and peace?

@Design111 6 жыл бұрын

Magnificent! Thank you.

@silesiansailor8884 6 жыл бұрын

TED. Great step from your side to subtitle your videos. I am so thankful

@stephaniehoahu 2 жыл бұрын

This woman is phenomenal

@lindakiss7341 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! What a dynamic, powerful speaker. How can it be that I have never heard of her before????

@mercyl3809 Жыл бұрын

"The main stream of political theory pays very little attention to emotions" She is indeed very true

@RakanaxxAlharthy369 5 жыл бұрын

Elif you are great women i love you , you book the forty rules of love one of the greatest pieces of art you have made when i read every word about god and every rule i feel explosion in my conciousness and expanding and that changed me so thank you thank you a lot a lot ❤

@thirdpowerful1 5 жыл бұрын

"The demagogue tells us we'll be safer in our tribes surrounded by our own people." Sounds just like a college safe space to me.

@nirvana680 6 жыл бұрын

That was a delighted speech!!!

@yayaschannel1250 6 жыл бұрын

Philosophical 👌👌👌👌

@teknramus159 4 жыл бұрын

always a joy to see another example of evolution, beautiful

@nasserabbassi7303 3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully the leaders and people of turkey hear your message too in order to accept other languages and cultures in Anatoli

@osmanparlak1756 Жыл бұрын

Amazing talk! thanks for expressing the feelings of the people having to live away from their original yurt but loving the reality of having a welcoming new yurt 👍👏

@stephanie_7811 3 жыл бұрын

Goals! Elif is truly inspiring

@sevinchasanova2097 4 жыл бұрын

Storyland, perfect approach.

@Anushka275 3 жыл бұрын

this is the best talk i have ever listened too

@fatimakhechen3605 4 жыл бұрын

💯 I am one of Shafak's biggest fan ( & of course her fascinating literature ) and i always noticed the "oppressed" speaker thing she mentioned in all conferences she took part in.

@rosieblunt8638 4 жыл бұрын

En sevdigim konusmasi..harika icimdeki endiseye tercuman resmen

@releasetheanimals 6 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful

@pa7957 4 жыл бұрын

Love is the water of life ......

@moonstarer21 Жыл бұрын

And oh we nearly forgot __ We all are proud global citizens ❤️

@vlu8523 2 жыл бұрын

Great writer in this era 😘

@d.avraba889 Жыл бұрын

Inspiring thoughts-for our times. Excellent writer.

@minamansri7732 6 жыл бұрын

Magical Elif

@thewiseturtle 6 жыл бұрын

The key is to embrace the withdrawal process and to fully accept that it is a time for navel gazing. In our isolation, we can ask ourselves "What are the especially precious persons, places, and things that we lost, and how did those meaningful things make our lives better?" Sharing those stories of loss will reconnect us. I truly believe that.

@kuroazrem5376 4 жыл бұрын

I fully agree with this woman.

@Edijuli-mz3kf 6 жыл бұрын

Really i can't live anles ted,ted always same me wherever i go.

@qingxian6065 4 жыл бұрын

Amazingly good.

@Nowhere9 4 жыл бұрын

شكرا جزيلا لمن ترجم الفيديو إلى العربية 💓

@hadiahamid4895 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best❤

@soyhan 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful talk.

@Qalblozeh2023 3 жыл бұрын

She is a cleaver women and know exactly what she write and the meaning of deep words

@tourissikbal6936 2 жыл бұрын

She is a clever woman, not women

@pa7957 4 жыл бұрын

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers. Khalil Gibran

@nuri2318 4 жыл бұрын

A Turkish girl told me she and Orhan are just pompous figures , politicising matters and should not be seen as a good representative of Turkey. I just asked her if she had read her work and that was her reply. But hearing her I don't know what kind of person she is in Turkey but I really like her ideas, the fluency with which her speech was delivered and I'll see where i can find her works. I'll send this to her too.

@shruthijayavenukumar 2 жыл бұрын

I'm reminded of the book Political Emotions! ❤️❤️

@geraltzhu9085 6 жыл бұрын

Love her accent and don't what is her main point.

@napeakor 6 жыл бұрын

stunning talk!

@piusha9073 2 жыл бұрын

Love her

@nomado3650 2 жыл бұрын

Every single word Elif says in this talk is precious and relevant in this time of the great reset we’ve been dragged through. Bravo.

@thegabo1700 6 жыл бұрын

I'm just gonna leave this here... "The critic Is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his Impression of beautiful things. The highest, as the lowest, form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings In beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there Is hope". (Oscar Wilde)

@ozdigg9254 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Elif

@krishnayedage8130 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@andrzejkorytkowski8151 8 ай бұрын

it was just amazing! no words more.

@testcardII 3 жыл бұрын

Elif Shafak 💝

@zeromailss 6 жыл бұрын

TED video are always interesting, for the better or worse but damn the comment section is more cancerous than Chernobyl power plant

@jafrinajabin8049 4 жыл бұрын

Undoubtedly one of the best TED TALKs

@seksualusis 5 жыл бұрын

From this I will carry the beauty of intelligence.

@heartbreakcats 6 жыл бұрын

Elif şafaaak 💠💠

@0menadds 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic

@elifgulmen 6 жыл бұрын

Ah we have the same name

@blueberrypie4697 5 жыл бұрын

Great 👍👍

@kzeemughal9609 4 жыл бұрын

So this is how Peri dressed up while visiting Azur .. :D

@hollyriver22171 6 жыл бұрын

I'm seeing a lot of left right accusations here but wasn't one of her points to stop thinking everything is a binary just so you can simplify it? Allow for complexity, and don't dismiss what she says entirely because you don't agree with one aspect of it. Certainly we can dismiss things but maybe we should all try and also examine aspects of her speech that hold merit, and that we can adopt to evolve our ways of thinking. If everyone focuses on splitting into two thought groups and we place ourselves in conflict with each other how is anything ever meant to change?