TED 2023, By the Numbers

Interviewing the experimental artist Ersin Han Ersin

Hours on the ground in Vancouver: 123.5

Talks watched: 71, but not all in the theater, more often I was watched from the various simulcast lounges all around the convention center “loop”

Interviews with speakers: 7

Talks I really liked: 5

Bobas consumed in Vancouver: 2

Interviews in front of an audience: 1, with Misan Harriman, the first black photographer to shoot the cover of British Vogue

Times I made it to the gym: 1

TikToks made with the TikTok CEO: 1

Al Gore sightings: 1

Esther Perel sightings: 1

Parties: Unknown, but a lot

Average steps per day: 10,356

Moderating a discovery session conversation with photographer Misan Harriman

The TikTok CEO showing us his latest TikTok

The TED Talks Daily crew with artist Wanechi Mutu