Bran Ferren: To create for the ages, let's combine art and engineering

When Bran Ferren was just 9, his parents took him to see the Pantheon in Rome — and it changed everything. In that moment, he began to understand how the tools of science and engineering become more powerful when combined with art, with design and beauty. Ever since, he's been searching for a convincing modern-day equivalent to Rome's masterpiece. Stay tuned to the end of the talk for his unexpected suggestion.

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[sashwatbhandari]

JRE with Robert Downey jr. brought me here!!

[FlubberGamer]

Glad RDJ mentioned this man briefly on JRE, very inspirational talk

[ABArsenal]

RDJ said something about this guy had to come look

[AtticusAmericanus]

I am very happy my Pantheon has given someone inspiration to create new, innovative things of beauty. The beauties and fascination with architecture did not die with me or my empire. The successive generations of man have created beauties beyond anything I could have imagined. Keep building, Keep Creating. Art and Architecture can be one and the same. They must be.

[holleey]

beautiful talk. easily one of my favourite TED talks of all time.
"failure is an necessary ingredient to success" is an extremely valuable and important thing to learn. sadly, most schools teach the very opposite.

[srimansrini]

How the 2000-years old ancient Pantheon in Rome inspired his life is the subject behind this talk delivered by Bran Ferren. It gives lots of insights about art, engineering and architecture. Combining all these elements, one can create an everlasting masterpiece, he says. We agree. Highly recommended. 

[JoeHuman]

RDJ on JRE name-dropping "Bran Ferren" like an after credits scene. On brand af!

[richargeablebee]

I think his proposition is vividly clear that technologies should be meaningful, that everyone has the potential to make things happen by making art and science as way of life, that idealism is never luxury when it could actually direct our motivations and transform them for our utility, so on and so forth. Brill!

[OriginalPretor]

JRE with Robert Downey jr. brought me here to! Joe, could you please have a podcast with Bran and Elon together....

[videowatcher]

I love this video. I was brought here by RDjr he mentioned Bran Ferren as they were wrapping up his visit with JRE. Thank you guys, it's content like this that really inspires the American Culture and Global development of future society!

[lost_in_translation]

Who is here after they heard RDJ mention the name “bran ferren” on JRE

[SHINYxCHROME]

I'M JUST LIKE A LIL BOY, PLAYING WITH HIS DMT WHEN HE'S NERVOUS.

[juliannevillecorrea]

if the internet blossoms there will be rarely need to travel except for adventure ! and i believe true adventure is sailing, cycling, wingsuiting, trekking, ballooning, swimming, walking, dancing, eating, drinking, hearing, smelling, feeling  etc .. so vehicles suck ...

[QWILDER]

BRILLIANT!!!

Thank you for sharing!

[rachsounds]

Inspiring! I really like this speech. Art, design and engineering together do create a beautiful place... and, autonomous vehicles for the future!!!

[minimaxhall]

Alright, this was brilliant. I mean, I see the unification of humanity rather than a global government. 
This, this... THIS! is just the beginning... for us. All our ancestors and everything they have done, to push us into this moment here and now, with everything it contains. Has made a platform where we can all easily and respectfully work together to achieve the necessary miracles, to make the future better for ourselves, our children and our grand children. I'm totally down.  

[WormfingerBMK]

Great talk! Inspiring and diving into a problem that should have been tackled long ago, traffic.
I want to get from point A to point B and in order to do this, i need to drive. I don't actually want to drive, but it is the only way for me to achieve that goal relatively fast. I'd prefer the trip to take the least amount of time possible, but this is no option today with so many (too many?) vehicles on the road, all controlled by different people with different driving abilities.
Technology is so far ahead these days (and makes the technology we use today seem so prehistoric) that I am confident that it will do the job for me, probably even better, thus leaving me with extra time to do what I really want to do.

The fact that money will be such a big issue on this really bothers me. This will be such an improvement to the lives of all humans and humanity itself that we can't let money obstruct us in achieving this, but that's a whole different story. Thanks Ted!

[Talazorn]

Art+Engineering = Architecture (if Pure and True)

[DesertGardenLV]

I think this talk should be renamed "the birth of the autonomous vehicle."

[johnbob]

I felt that way seeing La Sagrada familia in Barcelona. Also RDJ sent me here!!