“Being Human” Naima Penniman | TED Countdown
In this stunning spoken-word performance for TED, poet and “freedom-forging futurist” Naima Penniman celebrates the wonders of the natural world and humanity’s connection to it. “I wonder if the sun debates dawn some mornings,” she says.
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