Philip Zimbardo: Philip Zimbardo Prescribes a Healthy Take on Time
February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Social Psychologist Philip Zimbardo briefly explores how our decisions are affected by the way we look at our past, present, and future.
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James Randi: James Randi's Fiery Takedown of Psychic Fraud
February 1, 2007 (over 17 years ago)James Randi explains how we are easily fooled by psychics with the hope of relieving our grief or depression towards our deceased.
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Jeff Bezos: What Matters More Than Your Talents
May 30, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Among the Princeton class of 2010, Jeff Bezos shares his own experience in learning about the difference of being clever and being kind. He urges the graduates to meditate on the fact that their choices are who they are.
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Al Seckel: Our Brains are Mis-Wired
February 1, 2004 (over 20 years ago)Al Seckel shows illusions that violate expectations and definitely bring happiness to onlookers.
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Nalini Nadkarni: Life Science in Prison
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)In this talk, Ecologist Nalini Nadkarni provides a comparison between trees and prisons. She argues that both these entities are not entirely static. She shows us her project that helps our prisons become more dynamic, like the painting of trees.
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John Gerzema: The Post-Crisis Consumer
August 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)John Gerzema brings to light all the improvements consumers have begun to realize after the crisis of the recession.
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Alex Steffen: Alex Steffen Sees a Sustainable Future
July 1, 2005 (almost 19 years ago)Alex Steffen shows how the future can be built with sustainable developments that we can start now.
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Arthur Potts Dawson: A Vision for Sustainable Restaurants
July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)In this talk, Green Chef Arthur Potts-Dawson tells us about his vision for sustainable restaurants. He shows us first how wasteful restaurants are and he shows us all the different types of waste. He then lets us see how a sustainable restaurant works with his 4 R's - reduce, reuse, refuse, and r...
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Virginia Postrel: On Glamour
February 1, 2004 (over 20 years ago)In this talk, Journalist Virginia Postrel tells us about glamour. She describes the different kinds of glamour and what goes on behind-the-scenes to achieve this. She also defines the changing meaning of this word.
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Joseph Lekuton: A Parable for Kenya
January 2, 2007 (over 17 years ago)Joseph Lekuton shares a story that inspired him to take the lead and go back to help his people in Kenya.
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Kristina Gjerde: Making Law on the High Seas
April 1, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Kristina Gjerde sees laws and policies as effective ways of preserving and saving our natural ocean treasures.
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Richard St. John: 8 Secrets of Success
February 1, 2005 (over 19 years ago)Richard St. John gives the eight secrets to achieving success in life.
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John Doerr: John Doerr Sees Salvation and Profit in Greentech
March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)John Doerr uses inspiring success stories of going green to inspire the audience to start minding our CO2 consumption and emission and save the earth from the disasters climate change could ultimately bring about.
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George Ayittey: Cheetahs vs. Hippos
June 1, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)In this very strong talk, George Ayittey condemns the corruption in Africa perpetuated by the government. He speaks of the cheetah generation as the ones who will lead Africa to its salvation. He also gives advice on how to help the Africans where they need it most.
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Jane Goodall: What Separates Us From the Apes
March 1, 2002 (about 22 years ago)Jane Goodall speaks of the human's superiority above animals but also of the humility that must come with it through protecting the environment and the other species that share our diverse habitat.
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George Washington: Talk to the Chiefs and Counselors of the Seneca Nation
December 29, 1790 (over 233 years ago)President George Washington addresses the Seneca Chiefs regarding land issues, buying and selling land, addressing injustices, being at peace and fighting bad indians.
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Barack Obama: A More Perfect Union
March 18, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Barack Obama's speech about the equality of races in the American culture is studded with defense against Reverend Wright's divisive sermons yet embedded with the shining goal of uniting America in all aspects of life.
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Derek Sivers: How to Start a Movement
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Derek Sivers humorously and wittingly shows how a leader can start a movement.
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Emily Pilloton: Teaching Design for Change
July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)In this inspiring talk, Designer Emily Pilloton tells us about Teaching Design for Change. She talks about the current state of America's poor rural areas, particularly Bertie County. She introduces the idea to teach design to these places to transform the community and rejuvinate the rural educa...
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Jane Goodall: Jane Goodall Helps Humans and Animals Live Together
June 1, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)Jane Goodall explains how humans could start helping the environment by helping the human community first through proper education.
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Tom Shannon: The Painter and the Pendulum
May 1, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Tom Shannon talks about how the universe and the orbits inspire his artwork.
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Brewster Kahle: Brewster Kahle Builds a Free Digital Library
December 1, 2007 (over 16 years ago)In this talk, Brewster Kahle envisions a complete repository of human knowledge. One that is digitized, easily accessible, and free for everyone.
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Barack Obama: President Obama at Michigan Commencement
May 1, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Barack Obama speaks in front of the 2010 University of Michigan graduates and challenges them to make the government better and to participate in national concerns in order to preserve American democracy.
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Martin Luther King Jr.: Address Concluding the Selma to Montgomery March
March 25, 1965 (about 59 years ago)A speech filled with power and assurance that the negroes are close to the land of freedom is delivered by Martin Luther King in conclusion to the culminating march from Selma to Montgomery.
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Barack Obama: President Obama's Eulogy for Senator Edward Kennedy
August 29, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Senator Edward Kennedy or Ted is remembered by Barack Obama through his touching and revealing eulogy about the straight yet rocky path the late senator has always treaded on.
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Seth Godin: The Tribes We Lead
February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Seth Godin shows how effective marketing is simply being a leader of a tribe.
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Barack Obama: The Time for Health Reform is Now
March 19, 2010 (about 14 years ago)The George Mason University enthusiastically applauds US President Barack Obama's speech on the nearing Health Care reform vote.
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Michael Milken: Activism
February 1, 2001 (over 23 years ago)Leveraging different aspects of our personal life and the community can create a big impact on stepping up towards healing the economy and the planet as discussed by Michael Milken.
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Rory Bremner: One-Man World Summit
July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Rory Bremner impersonates famous speakers and intellectuals to make a one-man summit in a matter of fifteen minutes.
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Dan Ariely: Are We In Control of our Decisions?
December 1, 2008 (over 15 years ago)In this talk, Dan Ariely gives us surprising findings in his reasearch about man's decision making. He discusses the various factors affecting us and our cognitive limits which largely determines the way we choose and decide.
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Elaine Morgan: We Evolved from Aquatic Apes
July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Elaine Morgan gives scientific references to how humans could have been hairless and different from our tree-swinging ancestors in addition to Darwin's theory of evolution.
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Steven Johnson: The Web as a City
February 1, 2003 (over 21 years ago)Steven Johnson
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Dan Barber: How I Fell In Love With a Fish
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Dan Barber's romantic relationship with fish brings him to a natural fish farm and bird sanctuary that enlightens him about the global issue of food depletion.
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Dan Barber: Foie Gras Parable
July 1, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)The controversial production of foie gras is given a humane side by the story of a farmer Dan Barber went to meet in Spain.
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Bill Strickland: Bill Strickland Makes Change With a Slide Show
February 1, 2002 (over 22 years ago)Bill Strickland shows his center in Pittsburgh that caters world-class education and livelihood projects for poor children and welfare mothers in the inner city.
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Raghava KK: Five Lives of an Artist
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)In this thoroughly enjoyable talk, artist Raghava KK tells us about his life and his art. He narrates how various reincarnations, of being born again has defined his life and his art in very meaningful ways.
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Thomas Jefferson: Address to the Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation
January 10, 1806 (over 218 years ago)President Thomas Jefferson speaks of his contentment with the progress that the Cherokees have made in their lifestyle changes toward homesteading, and warns that their young warriors must abandon their violence with their neighbors.
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Stephen Palumbi: Following the Mercury Trail
April 1, 2010 (about 14 years ago)In this talk, Stephen Palumbi discusses the state of our Oceans. He explains how the ocean's health is connected to our own by showing us how pollution in the ocean travels all the way back to us through the ecosystem. He also gives us examples on how this problem can be fixed and save not just t...
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Asher Hasan: Message of Peace from Pakistan
November 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)In this talk, Asher Hasan of Pakistan brings his message of peace to India. He shows us images of Pakistan and presents Naya Jeevan, which provides healthcare for the poor.
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Luca Turin: The Science of Scent
February 1, 2005 (over 19 years ago)In this aromatic talk, Biophysicist Luca Turin tells us about the science of scent. He teaches us how our noses work and tells us what fragrances are made of. Using his theory on scent, he now is able to find smells much faster and more economically,
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Barack Obama: DNC Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech
August 28, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Barack Obama declares his acceptance of the nomination for presidency along with his plans to change the American nation for the people and through the people.
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Malcolm X: Playboy Interview with Alex Haley
May 1, 1963 (about 61 years ago)Alex Haley of Playboy interviews Malcolm X. In this interview, Malcolm X speaks of how he was changed from nobody to somebody. That this change is the same one preached by Elijah Mohammed and will bring about the inevitable rise of the Black Muslim.
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Marcus du Sautoy: Symmetry, Reality's Riddle
July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)MArcus de Sautoy's talk about the symmetry we find in everyday life leads to better apreciation and understanding of the cryptic language of shapes.
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Ben Dunlap: Ben Dunlap Talks About a Passionate Life
March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)Ben Dumlap vividly narrates the lives of his mentors and idols that fully embody how one should be passionate about life and learning.
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Steven Johnson: Steven Johnson Tours the Ghost Map
November 1, 2006 (over 17 years ago)Steven Johnson recounts how the cholera outbreak in old London and the UK has been resolved.
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Malcolm X: Black Man's History
December 1, 1962 (over 61 years ago)In "Black Man's History", showing his strong Islamic perspective at that time, Malcolm X narrates the History of the Black Man. He emphasizes the need for the Black Man to know his History in order to succeed.
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Brian Greene: String Theory
February 1, 2005 (over 19 years ago)Brian Greene talks about different extra dimensions that can unify all laws of physics into one.
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Seth Priebatsch: The Game Layer on Top of the World
July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)In this riveting talk, Seth Priebatsch tells us about the Game Layer on top of the world. He describes to us what this game layer is and why it's so important. He says that the next decade will be the time of the game layer and that this very powerful tool is something we can use to influence beh...
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Abraham Lincoln: Public Letter to James Conkling
August 26, 1863 (over 160 years ago)In Abraham Lincoln's Public Letter to James Conkling, he resolutely explains his Emancipation Proclamation. He acknowledges their difference in opinion and defends his position on the issue of slavery with regards to saving the Union.
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Nandan Nilekani: Ideas for India's Future
February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)In this talk, visionary Nandan Nilekani tells us about his ideas for India's future. He categorizes these ideas and explains each one. He states that we should also be concerned for India's future as this will have an impact on our own and the world's future.
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Kevin Kelly: How Technology Evolves
February 1, 2005 (over 19 years ago)In this talk, technologist Kevin Kelly discusses technology. He likens it to the evolution of life. He makes arguments on how technology affects our life and how we live it.
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Willard Wigan: Willard Wigan: Hold your Breath for Micro-Sculpture
July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Willard Wigan's microscopic art - sculptures that fit in the eye of a needle - will blow your mind away.
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James Madison: Message on the Special Congressional Session - State of War and Diplomacy
May 25, 1813 (almost 211 years ago)In a special session message to Congress, President James Madison conveys word of Emperor Alexander of Russia's offer to mediate a peace treaty between the United States and Britain, and his acceptance of the request. Madison provides an overview on the state of war before recommending a tax inc...
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Harvey Milk: We Must Fight!
March 24, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Harvey Milk - the first openly gay politican to be elected to office in California - speaks at a rally in Gus Van Sant's drama about his life, "Milk". He is played by actor Sean Penn.
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Malcolm X: The Ballot or the Bullet
April 3, 1964 (about 60 years ago)In this speech, Malcolm X advises the Black man to use the political power of their vote wisely. He also rallies the Black people to unite, to set aside their differences and be as one against a common enemy. He says that this is the key to attaining their freedom.
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Harvey Milk: Give Them Hope
March 24, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Harvey Milk - the first openly gay politican to be elected to office in California - gives a speech on Hope.
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Joel Levine: Why We Need to Go Back to Mars
November 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Joel Levine talks about the exciting and intriguing facts to discover about Mars on an airplane mission to the Red planet.
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Bart Weetjens: Bart Weetjens: How I Taught Rats to Sniff Out Land Mines
June 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Industrial engineer Bart Weetjens talks about an amazing and unusual solution that he developed that is now saving millions of lives in Africa: the training of rats to detect land mines and tuberculosis.
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Rives : Rives Remixes TED2006
February 1, 2006 (over 18 years ago)Rives gives a remix of TED with his wit and catchy rhymes and phrases.
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Misha Glenny: Misha Glenny Investigates Global Crime Networks
July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Journalist Misha Glenny exposes how globalized crime works its way into our lives without us knowing it.
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Alan Russell: Regenerating Our Bodies
February 1, 2006 (over 18 years ago)Alan Russell introduces the possibility of regenerating organs to treat diseases early in their onset.
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Paul Collier: New Rules for Rebuilding a Broken Nation
June 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Paul Collier gives ideas on how governments can implement new ideals and policies on rebuilding nations.
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Christien Meindertsma: How Pig Parts Make the World Turn
July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Christien Meindertsma shows the products pigs are associated with to increase awareness of the audience to what raw materials govern their daily lives.
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Tom Wujec: Tom Wujec: Build a Tower, Build a Team
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)How can people work together to create a successful design? In this video, information designer Tom Wujec attempts to answer this question by sharing the insights that he has gained from conducting team building exercises in design workshops.
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C.K. Williams: C.K. Williams' Poetry of Youth and Age
February 1, 2001 (over 23 years ago)Multi-award winning poet C.K. Williams reads some of his poems about youth and age.
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Caroline Phillips: Hurdy-gurdy for Beginners
July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)In this talk, Musician Caroline Phillips tells us about the Hurdy-gurdy. A thousand year-old instrument that makes a unique combination of music. She gives us a background of its history and how to play it. She also samples a couple of tunes for our enjoyment.
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Diane J. Savino: The Case for Same-Sex Marriage
December 2, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Diane J. Savino gives a speech in favor of same-sex marrige before voting for a bill on the issue in the New York Senate.
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Laura Trice: Laura Trice Suggests We All Say Thank You
February 1, 2008 (over 16 years ago)In this short and sweet talk, Laura Trice suggests that we all say thank you to everyone. She also says that we should express our need to be thanked by the people that we need to hear it from. Gratitude does wonders in both ways.
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Eric Dishman: Take Health Care off the Mainframe
November 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Eric dishman's talk about healthcare encourages the audience to switch from mainframe healthcare to persoanl home care in the coming years of the millenia.
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David Agus: A New Strategy in the War on Cancer
October 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Dr. David Agus provides a different insight on Cancer. He describes a new way in tackling this disease and how to make great strides in developing new treatments.
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Joseph Cinque: Give Us Free!
March 24, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Joseph Cinque played by Djimon Hounsou in Spielberg's film Amistad has a dramatic outburst in the courtroom. He was defended in the real life drama by John Quincy Adams.
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July 1, 2005 (almost 19 years ago)Iqbal Quadir shows how governments should make changes and how his telephone business improved thy economy of Bangladesh.
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Pattie Maes: Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry Demo SixthSense
February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry launch their new invention that could redefine a sixth sense in our world of gadgets and modern technology.
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Rives : Rives Tells a Story of Mixed Emoticons
February 1, 2008 (over 16 years ago)Rives gives a short but quaint presentation using emoticons.
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Johnny Lee: Johnny Lee Demos Wii Remote Hacks
February 1, 2008 (over 16 years ago)Johnny Lee demonstrates his amazing system derivatives from Nintendo Wii that can be used for education and other gaming developemnts.
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David Gallo: David Gallo Shows Underwater Astonishments
March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)From deep sea bioluminescence to shallow water cephalopods, David Gallo awes the audience with animal mechanisms caught on camera.
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Peter Ward: Peter Ward on Earth's Mass Extinctions
February 1, 2008 (over 16 years ago)Paleontologist Peter Ward talks about the prevalent theories behind Earth's mass extinctions, and the valuable lessons they may hold for mankind in the face of climate change.
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Thomas Jefferson: Message to the Inhabitants of Albemarle County
April 3, 1809 (about 215 years ago)President Thomas Jefferson, upon a warm homecoming, conveys his desire to let 'younger and abler' minds take over the stewardship of the Country so that he may enjoy retirement close to friends and neighbors of the place of his birth.
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Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Photosynth Demo
March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)In this demo, Blaise Aguera y Arcas shows us how Photosynth works. Photosynth is a new way of linking individual pictures to other images in order to create an immensely rich visual experience from an entire collective memory.
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Deborah Gordon: Deborah Gordon Digs Ants
February 1, 2003 (over 21 years ago)Deborah Gordon'd presentation about ants gives us deeper understanding of these invertebrates' organizational processes.
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Barack Obama: Our Security, Our Values
May 21, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Barack Obama's speech in the National Archives dwells on the fact that the values of the American society are what keeps the whole country under strong security and it is what keeps the American citizens a united people.
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Barack Obama: Job Creation and Economic Growth
December 8, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Barack Obama's speech in the Brookings Institution covers the plans and the steps already taken by the Obama administration in order to leverage economic growth.
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Sam Harris: Science Can Answer Moral Questions
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)In this talk, Sam Harris presents his case that Science can answer moral questions. Morality has long been a domain that religion has provided answers to, but with the arguments that Sam Harris shows us, this should change if we are to make a better world.
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David Cameron: The Next Age of Government
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)David Cameron's ideas on how to change the government, its programs and campaigns can change the mindset of people and get them to save energy and conserve resources.
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Oliver Sacks: What Hallucination Reveals About Our Minds
February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Oliver Sacks talks about the Charles Bonnet symdrome that plays silent movie hallucinations for affected patients.
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Philip K. Howard: Four Ways to Fix a Broken Legal System
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)In this talk, Philip K. Howard describes the current state of the US legal system. He shows its effects on the daily lives of the people. He is also advocating four propositions to counteract this issue and discusses them here.
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Barack Obama: The President Gets Laughs at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
May 9, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Barack Obama jokes about his first one hundred days in service and throws friendly banter to different people. He then tops his dinner speech with a serious note about responsible journalism.
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George Washington: Message to the House of Representatives, Declining to Submit Diplomatic Instructions and Correspondence
March 30, 1796 (about 228 years ago)President George Washington addresses the House of Representatives to explain why only the Senate's approval is required to ratify a treaties with other nations. He touches on the process by which this came to be in the Constitution and why it is worth defending.
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George Dyson: The Birth of the Computer
March 1, 2003 (about 21 years ago)George Dyson helps make appreciation of the history of computers easier and even humorous despite the fact that it is one of the reasons bombs have become so successfuly used today.
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Sheryl WuDunn: Sheryl WuDunn: Our Century's Greatest Injustice
July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Sheryl WuDunn reveals the harsh realities of gender inequity in the modern world.
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Bill Gross: New Energy
February 1, 2003 (over 21 years ago)Bill Gross shares how a cheap solar energy collector is simply an old idea made with new technology.
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Joel Burns: It Gets Better
October 12, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Fort Worth, Texas City Councilman Joel Burns tells his personal story in response to an increase in bullying and suicides of LGBT teens across the United States. Hang on, life does get better.
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Rick Smolan: Rick Smolan Tells the Story of a Girl
December 1, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Rick Smolan tells the story of Natasha or Hyun Sook and how his photography led him to reunite an Amerasian girl with her birthright as an American.
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James Madison: Special Message to Congress on the Foreign Policy Crisis - War Message
June 1, 1812 (almost 212 years ago)President James Madison calls on Congress to declare war against Great Britain in a speech in which he lays out the series of wrongs committed against the sovereignty of the Nation.
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Mitchell Besser: Mothers Helping Mothers Fight HIV
July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Mitchell Besser shows how taking care of HIV-positive mothers will save the babies in their wombs.
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David Bismark: E-Voting Without Fraud
July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)David Bismark shows a new method of safer and verifiable electronic voting for elections.
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Jonathan Klein: Photos That Changed the World
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)In this talk, Jonathan Klein of Getty Images tells us about the power of a photograph. He shows us some of the most iconic photos in history and how they have inspired change to happen.
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Martin Luther King Jr.: Where Do We Go From Here?
August 16, 1967 (over 56 years ago)Atlanta, Georgia had the honor of hearing Martin Luther King's speech about the progress of the Negro with the help of Operation Breadbasket. The Negro struggle for freedom is not yet complete and the people must yet strive to love, care and be discontented with the whole American society just to...
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Robert Gupta: Music is Medicine, Music is Sanity
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Robert Gupta shares a story of a schizophreneic Julliard musician who lost everything due to his mental condition and found everything once again through the magic of music.
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Sebastian Wernicke: Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics (about TEDTalks)
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Statistician Sebastian Wernicke gives a very witty statistical analysis of TED talks.
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