"The more powerful you are, the more your actions will have an impact on people, the more responsible you are to act humbly", Pope Francis said. "If you don't, your power will ruin you and ruin the other", the Pope said.
In it Francis rails against today's "culture of waste" which these days extended beyond food and goods but to people themselves.
Pope Francis said on Wednesday he has always identified with migrants as he is the son and grandson of impoverished Italians who went to Argentina with nothing. "And often there is this habit, by people who call themselves 'respectable, ' of not taking care of the others, thus leaving behind thousands of human beings, or entire populations, on the side of the road".
The theme of TED's conference was "The Future You", and Francis did what he does best, delivering a plainspoken sermon on the importance of interconnection and tenderness.
In a speech that was videotaped and shown at a TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference in Vancouver on "The Future You", the Pope urged the world to show more solidarity with the poor and weak.
It took more than a year to make Pope Francis' TED talk happen.
In his recorded TED Talk shown on Tuesday at TED's worldwide conference in Vancouver, the 80-year-old spoke out about compassion and caring for others, but also used the opportunity to warn arrogant leaders.
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"I would love it if this meeting could help to remind us that we all need each other, none of us is an island, an autonomous and independent 'I, ' separated from the other, and we can only build the future by standing together, including everyone", the pope said.
"Tenderness is the path of choice for the strongest, most courageous men and women". "It is the path of solidarity, the path of humility".
In his almost 18-minute address, the Pope declared: "A single individual is enough for hope to exist, and that individual can be you".
"With a heart full of joy and gratitude I will soon visit your beloved country, the cradle of civilization, the gift of the Nile, the land of sun and hospitality, the land where Patriarchs and Prophets lived, and where God, Benevolent and Merciful, the Almighty and One God, made his voice heard", said Pope Francis.
TED is a media organisation that posts talks from its annual conference online for free.
The pope ended his address encouraging the world to engage in a "revolution of tenderness", calling the characteristic a sign of fortitude.
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