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TEDxPenn

TEDxPenn was founded in 2010 by students to spark powerful ideas within the vibrant University of Pennsylvania and greater Philadelphia community to challenge ideas and create positive impacts for the world. Today, TEDxPenn Talks have amassed over 15 million views. 

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2024:
Limits to Infinity

The theme is intentionally polysemic—the coexistence of many possible meanings for a word or phrase. In just this year, we’ve witnessed these thresholds approached and tested - in the capabilities of the human body, the performance of our machines, and the balance of our planet’s resources. While limits are cast as antagonists of advancement, they are, paradoxically, agents for innovation and mindful stewardship.

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2023:
(R)evolution

Revolution and evolution are a letter apart, yet they represent two modes of change that are on diametrically opposite ends of how they are achieved. What evolutions are our current realities a product of? What revolution, if any, are we going through now? Most importantly, as their syntaxes suggest, could the processes of revolution and evolution be more closely tied together than we think?

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