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Karen Armstrong: TED Prize Wish: The Charter for Compassion

February 1, 2008 (over 16 years ago)

In this talk, Karen Armstrong reminds us of the Golden rule and that we must always find compassion in every interpretation of scripture. These ideas should combine to make a charter for compassion that will make religion a force for harmony.

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Source: TED

Martin Luther King Jr.: The American Dream

July 4, 1965 (almost 59 years ago)

Martin Luther Kings speaks of the American Dream to be a land of peace and equality for all Americans no matter the color, race, or religion. (Note: Audio may be from a different version of the speech than the transcript below in this case).

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Source: The King Center

Thomas Jefferson: Special Message to Congress on Indian Policy

January 18, 1803 (over 221 years ago)

President Thomas Jefferson outlines the rationale for his act to establish trading houses among the Indian tribes, with the goal of converting them from a hunting to a homesteading lifestyle. If successful, he argues, their new lifestyle will make them more apt to part with the lands they do not...

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George Washington: First Annual Message to Congress

January 8, 1790 (over 234 years ago)

George Washington speaks to Congress on a wide-array of issues, from the need for a standing army to the importance of building knowledge among the citizenry through an education system.

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Kristen Ashburn: Photos of AIDS

February 1, 2004 (over 20 years ago)

In this talk, Kristen Ashburn shows us images of the impact of AIDS in Zimbabwe. Each image is a searing imprint that tells a story of its own.

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Source: TED

Miru Kim: Miru Kim's Underground Art

December 1, 2008 (over 15 years ago)

In this talk, artist Miru Kim tells us about her art. She has explored abandoned, city ruins and photographed herself nude in them. She shows us that we need to preserve these places in our memories before they are gone.

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Source: TED

Martin Luther King Jr.: Why Jesus Called a Man a Fool

August 27, 1967 (over 56 years ago)

Martin Luther King explains who the fools in our society are. A lot of men have forgotten that they are merely creations of a Supreme Being and fail to recognize their weaknesses.

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Source: The King Center

Robert Neuwirth: On Our "Shadow Cities"

July 1, 2005 (almost 19 years ago)

In this talk, Author Robert Neuwirth tells us about our Shadow Cities. Shadow Cities are the squatter communities which Robert considers as the new urban world. He talks about the people living in these places, their qualities, and what it would take to improve and develop these communities.

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Source: TED

Carolyn Porco: Carolyn Porco Flies Us to Saturn

March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)

In this astonishing talk, Planetary scientist Carolyn Porco takes us on a journey to Saturn. Onboard Cassini, She leads us to two of Saturns moons, Titan and Enceladus. Both trips yield amazing discoveries that define historic events in our endeavors for planetary exploration.

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Source: TED

His Holiness the Karmapa: The Technology of the Heart

November 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

In this talk, His Holiness the Karmapa tells us about his life. He also talks about the wonders of design and technology and suggests that we should also have the same advances within our hearts.

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Source: TED

Geoff Mulgan: Post-Crash: Investing in a Better World

July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)

Geoff Mulgan talks about post-crisis issues and the things that we can do to help bring the world economy back up.

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Source: TED

Malcolm X: Interview with Dr. Kenneth Clark

June 1, 1963 (almost 61 years ago)

In this short interview of Malcolm X by Dr. Kenneth Clark, Malcolm X defends their position on being accused of preaching hatred and racism. He states the aims/goals of the Black Muslim Movement in contrast to those of Reverend Martin Luther King's.

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Brian Cox: Why We Need the Explorers

April 1, 2010 (about 14 years ago)

Brian Cox brings the audience with hime to outer spcae through breath taking photographs from explorations to show just how important our planet is to us despite it being just a pale blue dot.

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Source: TED

Alain de Botton: A Kinder, Gentler Philosophy of Success

July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)

Alain de Botton's insights on success sheds light on the pros and cons of a meriticratic society.

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Source: TED

Kavita Ramdas: Radical Women, Embracing Tradition

November 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

Kavita Ramdas shares stories about empowererd women around the globe in order to advocate womens' rights and feminism.

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Source: TED

Robert Lee Hotz: Inside an Antarctic Time Machine

July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)

In this talk, journalist Robert Lee Hotz tells us about the science research being done in Antarctica. This is a project to extract information about climate change through the age old ice in the coldest place on earth.

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Source: TED

Barack Obama: On the Courage and Dignity of the People of Iran

June 23, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)

Barack Obama addresses the issues on Iran and acknowledges the virtues the people of Iran hold in their struggle for peace.

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Source: The White House

Matthew Childs: 9 Life Lessons from Rock Climbing

February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

Matthew Childs long years of rock climbing experience gave him his nine rules to live by.

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Source: TED

Peter Donnelly: Peter Donnelly Shows How Stats Fool Juries

July 1, 2005 (almost 19 years ago)

Peter Donnelly explains the importance of statistical knowledge in making decisions especially in court cases where the jury is presented with statistical facts.

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Source: TED

Barack Obama: Memorial in Tucson

January 13, 2011 (over 13 years ago)

In a tense political climate, President Barack Obama speaks to the nation in the wake of an assassination attempt on Congresswoman Gabriel Giffords. Six people were killed and many more injured in the shooting by a mentally ill gunman.

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Source: The White House

Martin Luther King Jr.: Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

December 10, 1964 (over 59 years ago)

Martin Luther King addresses the audience with a speech that speaks of his feelings about the Nobel Prize Award and the current condition of the revolution he is leading. He accepts the award not to place himself on a pedestal but to honor the nameless people who have made the nonviolent revoluti...

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Source: The King Center

Pete Alcorn: On the World in 2200

February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

In this talk, Pete Alcorn presents a future world in positive light. He illustrates two trends that will benefit the world's poor as the population pans out and declines.

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Source: TED

Matt Weinstein: Matt Weinstein: What Bernie Madoff Couldn't Steal from Me

March 1, 2009 (about 15 years ago)

Motivational speaker Matt Weinstein talks about how he and his wife survived being defrauded of their entire retirement fund in the Bernie Madoff investment scandal.

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Source: Matt Weinstein

John Hodgman: Aliens, Love - Where Are They?

February 1, 2008 (over 16 years ago)

In this talk, John Hodgman narrates a humorous story about aliens, alien abduction, and falling in love. A wonderful piece of storytelling.

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Source: TED

Dan Dennett: Dan Dennett on Our Consciousness

February 1, 2003 (over 21 years ago)

Dan Dennett explains consciousness in a very visual manner that most definitely invoked more minds to think about their consciousness.

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Source: TED

Rob Forbes: Rob Forbes on Ways of Seeing

February 1, 2006 (over 18 years ago)

Forbes shares great collections of designs in places you least expect them to come from in the urban jungle.

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Source: TED

Janine Benyus: Biomimicry in Action

July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)

Biomimicry is a steadily growing concept in the design world and Janine Benyus shows how nature has come up with solutions to problems scientists are taking too long to notice.

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Source: TED

Kiran Sethi: Kiran Bir Sethi Teaches Kids to Take Charge

November 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

Kiran Sethi tells the story of how the children of India are infected and empowered with the "I Can" bug.

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Source: TED

Tony Robbins: Tony Robbins Asks Why We Do What We Do

February 1, 2006 (over 18 years ago)

Tony Robbins talks about how emotions and our will to give brings back a sense of fulfillment in our lives.

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Source: TED

Ethan Zuckerman: Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to Global Voices

July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)

Ethan Zuckerman, co-founder of Global Voices Online, talks about the reality behind the global community that we Internet users believe ourselves to be living in.

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Source: TED

Anand Agarawala: BumpTop

March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)

In this talk, Anand Agarawala present Bumptop. A very interactive user-interface that gives you a more reality-based feel on your computer. He's inspiration for this - his actual work desk. As the demonstration goes, it's a richer and more fun way of interacting with all your information.

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Source: TED

Jonathan Drori: What We Think We Know

February 1, 2007 (over 17 years ago)

Jonathan Driori's interesting talk dwells on the common misconceptions we have as adults that stemmed from misinformation from teaching during our early years.

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Source: TED

J.J. Abrams: J.J. Abrams' Mystery Box

March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)

In this talk, J.J. Abrams tells us about his Mystery Box. How it has fueled his creativity and imagination. He also says that this mystery box is inside everyone and that there are no longer any limits to what we can create.

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Source: TED

Robert Fischell: Robert Fischell on Medical Inventing

February 1, 2005 (over 19 years ago)

Robert Fischell shows three medical inventions that can be used to avoid heart attack deaths, eliminate migraines and predict an epilipsy attack.

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Source: TED

Bonnie Bassler: How Bacteria "Talk"

February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

Bacteria can talk and they can take votes as scienfically explained by Bonnie Bassler in the molecular level.

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Source: TED

Craig Venter: On the Verge of Creating Synthetic Life

February 1, 2008 (over 16 years ago)

Craig Venter shows new techology and techniques to make an entirely different single-celled organism into a new species by replacing the genome.

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Source: TED

Elif Shafak: The Politics of Fiction

July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)

Elif Shafak talks about how reading books and writing fiction have chnaged her life.

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Source: TED

William Kamkwamba: How I Harnessed the Wind

July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)

In this talk, inventor William Kamkwamba tells us about the invention that changed his life. Because of poverty, famine, and determination, he was able to build his own windmill to provide power to his home. Here is the story on how he harnessed the wind.

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Source: TED

Atticus Finch: All Men Are Created Equal

March 24, 2011 (about 13 years ago)

Atticus Finch, played by Gregory Peck in the film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird, speaks to the jury on behalf of his client - a black man accused of kissing a white woman.

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Source: MovieClips

Ray Kurzweil: A University for the Coming Singularity

February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

In this talk, Futurist Ray Kurzweil tells us about the march of technology. He shows us graphs and statistics about it's exponential growth. He also tells us about the Singularity University, a university that will bring together the brightest minds to study and develop future tech.

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Source: TED

George Washington: Proclamation of Pardons in Western Pennsylvania

July 10, 1795 (almost 229 years ago)

President George Washington pardons those involved in the Whiskey Rebellion, provided that they now agree to abide by the law and pay their excise taxes.

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Barack Obama: Notre Dame Commencement

May 17, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)

Barack Obama calls to the Notre Dame Class of 2009 to become ambassadors of faith, prosperity and sound living through working for the American people.

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Source: The White House

Dan Gilbert: Our Mistaken Expectations

July 1, 2005 (almost 19 years ago)

Our mistaken expectations and bad decision making are given just explanation by Dan Gilbert with the use of different colorful examples on statistics and comparison.

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Source: TED

Tim Brown: Urging Designers to Think Big

July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)

Tim Brown explains how design should be more than adding aesthetic value but also for practical and innovative purposes in the human society.

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Source: TED

George Washington: Eighth Annual Message to Congress

December 7, 1796 (over 227 years ago)

In his final public appearance before taking leave to his farm, Washington congratulates Congress and the American people on the 'success of the experiment' of a new and independent country.

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Elizabeth Pisani: Sex, Drugs and HIV - Let's Get Rational

February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)

In this talk, Elizabeth Pisani sends a strong message about Sex, Drugs, and HIV. One thing she says that contributes to the spread of HIV is that people do stupid things, but for rational reasons. It's time for us now to help make policies which stop this deadly disease.

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Source: TED

Shai Agassi: Bold Plan for Electric Cars

February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

In this talk, Shai Agassi shares with us his plan to a greener environment in the immediate future. His bold scheme includes the use of convenient and affordable electric cars leading to oil-free countries by the year 2020.

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Source: TED

Bruce McCall: Faux Nostalgia

May 1, 2008 (about 16 years ago)

Bruce McCall shows his humorous art in his one and only drawing style that brings a sense of nostalgia and futurism together in perfect chaos.

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Source: TED

Jeff Skoll: Jeff Skoll Makes Movies that Matter

March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)

Jeff Skoll shows how he moved from college to eBay to Hollywood to touch and change lives.

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Source: TED

Dimitar Sasselov: How We Found Hundreds of Potential Earth-like Planets

July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)

Dimitar Sasselov talks about how they discovered Earth-like planets using photos from the Kepler telescope.

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Source: TED

Peter Hirshberg: On TV and the Web

December 1, 2007 (over 16 years ago)

In this talk, Peter Hirshberg tells us about the history of media with regards to technology. He narrates how radio, TV, the computer, and the internet fit in this specific history. He provokes us to think how we are shaping this new media and at the same time, how it is shaping us.

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Source: TED

Aimee Mullins: Aimee Mullins and Her 12 Pairs of Legs

February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

Aimee Mullins shows off her wonderful legs that she does not simply use to look "complete" but also to look beautiful and embody humanity's strength and creativity.

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Source: TED

Viktor Frankl: Why to Believe in Others

May 1, 1972 (about 52 years ago)

Viktor E Frankl talks about how a man should be thought of and treated to make him the person he can be at his optimum condition.

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Source: TED

George Washington: Talk to the Cherokee Nation

August 29, 1796 (over 227 years ago)

President George Washington councils the Cherokee Nation on how to till the land and farm and weave so that they may enjoy 'all the good things which make life comfortable and happy.'

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Barack Obama: Post G20 Economic Summit Remarks and Press Conference

April 2, 2009 (about 15 years ago)

Barack Obama's speech capped the G20 Economic summit with his insights on how the summit had turned out and with his answers to questions from the press of different nations.

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Source: The White House

Elizabeth Gilbert: Nurturing Creativity

February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

Elizabeth Gilbert lfts the audience into her mind's creativity on how creativity should be thought of to keep sanity.

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Source: TED

Rebecca Saxe: How We Read Each Other's Minds

July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)

Rebecca Saxe talks about how humans perceive the minds of others and how this innate ability affects our moral judgements.

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Source: TED

Tom Wujec: Tom Wujec on 3 ways the Brain Creates Meaning

February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

Information designer Tom Wujec explains how we can create and communicate more meaningful images by understanding how our brain processes meaning from the things we see.

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Source: TED

Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the Art of Roughness

February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)

Benoit Mandelbrot shows how he started to study roughness and its great contribution to the understanding of mathematics.

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Source: TED

Martin Luther King Jr.: The Quest for Peace and Justice

December 11, 1964 (over 59 years ago)

Martin Luther King's lecture about peace and justice right after his acceptance of the Nobel Prize for Peace sheds light to the curent dilemma faced by mankind: the intricacies of racial injustice, poverty and war. These three seemingly separate issues are closely ralated to each other not just i...

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Source: Nobelprize.org

Zeresenay Alemseged: Looking for Humanity's Roots

June 1, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)

Zeresenay Alemseged, an Ethiopian paleoanthropologist, talks about his discoveries on the earliest human fossils and how they help in the study of evolution. He also challenges the current situation we have in Africa and hopes for a better future legacy.

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Source: TED

Jacqueline Novogratz: Investing in Africa's Own Solutions

July 1, 2005 (almost 19 years ago)

In this persuasive talk, Philanthropist Jacqueline Novogratz tells us about global poverty. She identifies who the poor people are and gives an account of their living conditions. She then shows a more effective way of truly ending poverty.

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Source: TED

Ken Robinson: Schools Kill Creativity

February 1, 2006 (over 18 years ago)

Ken Robinson talks of how our modern education systems have put creativity and the arts on the back burner for quite some time.

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Source: TED

Helen Fisher: Helen Fisher Tells Us Why We Love + Cheat

February 1, 2006 (over 18 years ago)

How does love, lust, attraction and attachment start and why are all these important? Fisher answers all these questions in this very interesting and informative speech.

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Source: TED

Amber Case: We Are All Cyborgs Now

December 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)

Amber Case is a cyborg anthropologist and in this speech she discusses how people are using technology to augment their physical and mental selves.

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Source: TED

Chris Abani: On the Stories of Africa

June 1, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)

In this talk, Chris Abani takes from his personal experiences to talk about transformation. He expounds on language, on stories that unbound the imagination and help us identify who we are as human beings.

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Source: TED

A.J. Jacobs: Year of Living Biblically

December 1, 2007 (over 16 years ago)

A.J. Jacobs share his one-year experiment on following every law in the Bible and the things he learned from that experience.

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Source: TED

Andrew Jackson: Fifth Annual Message to Congress

December 3, 1833 (over 190 years ago)

In his first message to Congress after his re-election, President Andrew Jackson addresses a myriad of topics - from updates on foreign relations with multiple powers around the globe, to an increase in suspicious accidents of steam-powered vessels. Jackson also provides the latest news regardin...

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Martin Luther King Jr.: Guidelines for a Constructive Church

June 5, 1966 (almost 58 years ago)

Martin Luther King's sermon on guidelines serves as an eye-opener for those who are looking forward to seeing and experiencing the acceptable year of the Lord.

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Source: The King Center

Martin Luther King Jr.: Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution

March 31, 1968 (about 56 years ago)

Martin Luther King talks about keeping guards up at the times of revolution; to make appropriate changes in self and in ways in order to make the revolution fruitful in every sense.

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Source: The King Center

Rob Dunbar: Discovering Ancient Climates in Oceans and Ice

April 1, 2010 (about 14 years ago)

Rob Dunbar talks about the dangers our oceans are facing due to climate change and other phenomena such as ocean acidification.

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Source: TED

Michael Sandel: The Lost Art of Democratic Debate

February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)

Michael Sandel explores justice and democratic debate interactvely with the audience.

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Source: TED

Lewis Pugh: Swimming the North Pole

September 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

In this exhilirating talk, coldwater swimmer Lewis Pugh tells us about Swimming in the North Pole. He risked his life and made a historic and symbolic swim. He did this to send a message and to make a stand on the issue of Climate change.

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Source: TED

Saul Griffith: Kites Tap Wind Energy

February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

Saul Griffith introduces kites as another clean way of producing energy.

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Source: TED

David Carson: Design + Discovery

February 1, 2003 (over 21 years ago)

David Carson shows some of the works he did that showed his creativity to convey the messages he works at communicating to the audience.

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Source: TED

Stuart Brown: Play is More Than Fun

May 1, 2008 (about 16 years ago)

Stuart Brown's research on play shows how play is important in shaping our personalities throughout our whole lives.

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Source: TED

James Madison: Message on the Special Congressional Session / State of Foreign Affairs

May 23, 1809 (almost 215 years ago)

President James Madison speaks to Congress of renewed relations with Britain and France after the former agrees to compensate the injured parties for their losses in the attack on the frigate Chesapeake.

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Sherwin Nuland: On Hope

February 1, 2003 (over 21 years ago)

In this inspiring talk, Doctor and Author Sherwin Nuland gives us his take on the idea of Hope. He makes his definition from the inherent love of humankind by the indominable human spirit.

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Source: TED

Al Gore: Al Gore Warns on Latest Climate Trends

February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

Former US Preseident Al Gore shows how we are moving forward with trends in saving the environment from climate change but also warns us of false advertising from so-called green alternatives.

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Source: TED

Larry Brilliant: Stopping Pandemics

February 1, 2006 (over 18 years ago)

Previous pandemics and pending pandemics are discussed by Larry Brilliant to advocate the "early detection, early response" technique to stopping these pandemics.

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Source: TED

Barack Obama: The President Explains His Larger Vision on the Economy

April 14, 2009 (about 15 years ago)

The hustle and bustle of the White House since President Barack Obama took over are all stepping stones to the bigger plan of helping the American economy to flourish again.

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Source: The White House

Ze Frank: Ze Frank's Web Playroom

July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)

At first glance, this speech may be all fun and games. But, if you listen closer, Ze Frank strikes a chord in the human emotion here by illustrating how simple but thoughtful acts shared through the internet can snowball from utter randomness to a work of art which can touch our hearts.

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Source: TED

Martin Van Buren: Proclamation

January 5, 1838 (over 186 years ago)

President Martin Van Buren - in the face of an eruption of war in the British Territories of Canada - reminds citizens of the United States stance of neutrality, and warns of punishment for any individuals whose actions could be perceived to compromise that neutrality.

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Erin McKean: Erin McKean Redefines the Dictionary

March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)

Erin McKean shows how dictionaries shouldn't be objectively constrained by structure, form and connotation to be able to shift the study of words into a more scientific manner.

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Source: TED

David Gallo: David Gallo on Life in the Deep Oceans

February 1, 1998 (over 26 years ago)

David Gallo and Bill Lange show different underwater wonders that thrive along the unexplored deep-sea volcanic vents to promote the conservation of these unknown yet fascinating communities in the ocean.

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Source: TED

Carl Honore: Praising Slowness

July 1, 2005 (almost 19 years ago)

In this talk, journalist and author Carl Honore tells us about the Slow Movement. He discusses the need to slow things down from our everyday race so that we would get a much higher quality of life.

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Source: TED

Abraham Lincoln: July 4th Message to Congress

July 4, 1861 (almost 163 years ago)

In Abraham Lincoln's July 4th Message to Congress, he asks Congress for their support in the Civil War effort. He then describes the circumstances causing the war and what immense role the government plays to improve the life of the people. He also gives the reasons for the war and encourages us ...

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Nick Sears: Nick Sears Demos the Orb

March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)

Nick Sears shows a 3D LED display currently being developed for companies to use as icons.

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Source: TED

Yves Behar: Supercharged Motorcycle Design

February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

Yves Behar, together with Forrest North, launches their "baby" - a fully electric motorcycle.

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Source: TED

Barack Obama: Nomination of Regina M. Benjamin for U.S. Surgeon General

July 13, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)

Barack Obama inroduces Dr. Benjamin as the next US Surgeon General and lays out the crisis in healthcare that the Surgeon General will be working on to resolve.

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Source: The White House

James Balog: Time-Lapse Proof of Extreme Ice Loss

July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)

Global warming has indeed been making silent changes in the earth's topography and James Balog catches all these action in his time-lapse photographs.

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Source: TED

Martin Luther King Jr.: We Shall Overcome

June 17, 1966 (almost 58 years ago)

Martin Luther King inspires and encourages a lot of negroes in one of the last speeches he delivered during his lifetime.

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Source: The King Center

Jimmy Wales: Jimmy Wales on the Birth of Wikipedia

July 1, 2005 (almost 19 years ago)

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales gives the audience an inside tour of the world's biggest encyclopedia

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Source: TED

Alex Tabarrok: How Ideas Trump Crises

February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)

In this powerfully positive talk, Economist Alex Tabarrok tells us about how Ideas trump crises. He talks about how man has progressed economically through history and that we are now living in a world moving inexorably towards prosperity. With free trade, globalization, and the proliferation of ...

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Source: TED

Catherine Mohr: Catherine Mohr Builds Green

February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)

Catherine Mohr

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Source: TED

David Keith: Unusual Climate Change Idea

September 1, 2007 (over 16 years ago)

In this talk, Environmentalist David Keith tells us about climate change. How this has already been an issue for conversations since the 1950's and what we have been able to do so far. He also presents some radical ideas for climate control and airs his concerns regarding man's march towards geo-...

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Source: TED

Marcel Dicke: Why Not Eat Insects?

July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)

Insects are beneficial to us not just ecology-wise, but also health-wise. Marcel Dicke presents a few of these pros why we should consider incorporating insects into our everyday diet.

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Source: TED

Jonathan Harris: The Web's secret stories

March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)

In this talk, Jonathan Harris shares some of his websites that try to define the world's emotional state. It is a grand marriage between the internet and man that shows feelings and thoughts on a huge scale. The way we express ourselves has dramatically evolved due to the internet.

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Source: TED

Martin Luther King Jr.: MIA Mass Meeting at Holt Street Baptist Church

December 5, 1955 (over 68 years ago)

Martin Luther King's speech during the MIA mass meeting speaks about how one Negro woman was discriminated against on a bus and how the Negro people should act in such situations. The speech talks about loving your neighbor and how justice and equality are actually byproducts of Christianity's gr...

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Source: The King Center

John Quincy Adams: Second Annual Message

December 5, 1826 (over 197 years ago)

On the 50th Anniversary of the Independence of the United States, President John Quiny Adams reviews the state of the union, including updates on foreign relations, the budget, economy and military. Quincy Adams marvels at how far the country has come in the past 50 years.

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