Stephen Friend, MD, PhD, is President, Co-Founder and Director of Sage Bionetworks, a nonprofit biomedical research organization created to revolutionize how researchers approach the complexity of human biological information and the treatment of disease. Stephen explains that we have all of the ideas and tools at our disposal to drastically improve health and provides unique ideas as to how to progress despite our nature to work against solutions. About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)