What do you know? Arrive as a student. | Tareq Taylor | TEDxMalmö

What if disagreement became a place to learn rather than a battle to win? Drawing on encounters in kitchens and communities around the world, Tareq Taylor explores how asking ‘What do you know that I don’t?’ can replace certainty with curiosity. His invitation is simple: meet difference by arriving as a student. Tareq Taylor is a Swedish chef, restaurateur and author whose work has long explored the relationship between food, culture and human connection. Through restaurants, television, books and entrepreneurship, he has spent decades meeting people across cultures and learning through the stories, traditions and knowledge carried through food.

Drawing on these encounters — as well as his own family history and experiences of migration and belonging — Tareq explores what can happen when we approach other people with curiosity rather than certainty. His work is grounded in a simple idea: we understand more when we arrive ready to learn. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx