John Green on fighting diseases of injustice

约翰·格林论抗击不公之疾

WorkLife with Adam Grant

2025-07-15

37 分钟
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You may know John Green as the best-selling author of The Fault In Our Stars or the co-creator of the popular YouTube education channel Crash Course. In this episode, John joins Adam for a live conversation at the Authors@Wharton series to discuss his book Everything is Tuberculosis and his mission to fight diseases of injustice. The two also explore strategies for finding motivation and creativity, address John’s banned books, explain how writing is like playing Marco Polo, and uncover John’s favorite Hank Green invention.  Follow Host: Adam Grant (Instagram: @adamgrant | LinkedIn: @adammgrant | Website: adamgrant.net/) Guest: John Green (Instagram: @johngreenwritesbooks | TikTok: @literallyjohngreen | Website: johngreenbooks.com/)  Links Crash Course YouTube Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green Authors@Wharton Program Subscribe to TED  Instagram: @ted YouTube: @TED TikTok: @tedtoks LinkedIn: @ted-conferences Website: ted.com Podcasts: ted.com/podcasts For the full text transcript, visit ted.com/podcasts/worklife/worklife-with-adam-grant-transcripts Want to help shape TED's shows going forward? Fill out our survey! For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch. Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links: TEDNext: ted.com/futureyou TEDAI Vienna: ted.com/ai-vienna Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • When I got out of college, I thought there were like three jobs, doctor, lawyer, and other.

  • And I knew I was going to be an other.

  • Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant.

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  • I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.

  • John Green sees what's possible more than what seems impossible.

  • John is one of my favorite writers, thinkers, and humans.

  • You might know him as the co-creator of the wildly popular education series Crash Course,

  • or the co-host of Vlogbrothers with his brother Hank,

  • or the best-selling author of beloved books like The Fault in Our Stars.

  • I always loved writing, but it didn't seem like a realistic career option to me.