11 Quotes from TED 2025: Insights That Will Shape Our Future

My mind is still swirling from the conference and all the possibilities of a future that is changing exponentially. 

Here are 11 quotes that struck me from the TED 2025 Talks (more details in my upcoming newsletter).

1. "The hardest part of aging is that people stop relying on you," so you don't feel you matter. Jennifer Wallace

2. "We are creating a future when we will have time to focus on what is important for humans and solve the problems we have." Bernt Bornich

3. "How we feed our kids will determine the future of our planet." Wawira Njiru.

4. "AI dwarfs the power of all other technologies." "What can happen if you put a million unstable scientists working 24/7 at inhuman speed?". "AI is humanity's ultimate test and the greatest invitation to jump into our maturity." Tristan Harris

5. "Humanity flourished when people have tools to succeed and the belief they can." Julienne Oyler

6. "We need a handbrake on AI" so we can "build an algorithm relevant to Africa. Otherwise, this will be colonization at a scale never seen before" since Africa does not currently have any major player in AI.  Sitoyo Lopokoiyit

7. "China and the US will be the defining (AI) battle." It is "unbelievable what is happening. Hopefully, it will be in the right direction." Eric Schmidt

8. "To be sure they are not shut down (AI) will get rid of us." Yoshua Bengio

9. "Freedom is wasted on the free." Lei Cheng, who spent 3 years in prison in China.

10.  "Humanity reinvented is a euphemism for all of us being replaced by machines." Jena Friedman, Comedian.

11. "The future of life is ours to build," says Eric Nguyen, who believes that within months we will be able to create life with AI-generating whole genomes. 

    
    

Which quote(s) resonate with you the most? Share in the comments below.