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Emmanuel Kant's 'Dare To Know' represented a foundational challenge to the Enlightenment. Yet, even today humanity finds it difficult to embrace new knowledge. This talk calls for the affirmation of the spirit of experimentation in every dimension of life.
True Heroes
Superheroes exist. They live among us. They put on their capes everyday. In offices, in labs, on the sports track, in garages. Creating, designing, educating, entertaining, informing - making a true difference. To a true hero, every detail matters, every second is important, every inch counts. They lead by example driven by their own targets. They are the ones that will not conform, willing to face challenges and to set out on journeys to uncertain endings. Yet, they do not know how to give up. And once they succeed - because like any true hero they always succeed - change is created.
Dr. Frank Furedi, author and broadcaster & professor of sociology at the University of Kent in Canterbury. He is well known for his work on sociology of fear, education, therapy culture, paranoid parenting and sociology of knowledge.
Furedi has published widely about controversies relating to issues such as health, parenting children, food and new technology. His studies on childhood and parenting are oriented towards exploring the obstacles that stand in the way of young people gaining independence intellectually and socially. He is passionately committed to promoting the ideals of a humanists education and the value of the liberal arts. His book, The Continuing Rise And Fall Of The Reader; From Twitter to Socrates is published by Bloomsbury in October 2015.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx