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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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John Delaney: Wiring an Interactive Ocean
April 1, 2010 (about 14 years ago)The ocean being a magical yet powerful place can be used for the survival of the human race in the long run once technology has been funded to reach its depths and analyze its innermost biological secrets as presented by the oceanographer, John Delaney.
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Barack Obama: White House Press Briefing with President Obama: Iran, Clean Energy & Healthcare
June 23, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Barack Obama talks about Iran, clean energy and healthcare reform - all of which are great concerns in his administration for the safety, protection and progress of the American people.
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Randy Pausch: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
September 18, 2007 (over 16 years ago)In this wonderful talk, Professor Randy Pausch tells us about fulfilling childhood dreams and living life. He narrates his childhood dreams and explains how he got to making them come true. He talks about his project that helped countless students to never give up trying to reach for their dreams...
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Mark Bittman: What's Wrong With What We Eat
December 1, 2007 (over 16 years ago)We've always thought that good health equals good food equals good meat but Mark Bittman thinks otherwise.
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Evan Williams: Evan Williams on Listening to Twitter Users
February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Evan Williams tells the audience about the evolution of Twitter (which he co-founded) from a mere status update site to a valuable tool for information dispensation.
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Newton Aduaka: The Story of Ezra
June 1, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)In this talk, Newton Aduaka shows some clips of his films. He relates what cinema means to him and gives emphasis on "Ezra" a film about a child soldier. He presents a contrasting outlook regarding the advancements that Africa has made but to also remember it's past so they would not go back.
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Amory Lovins: Winning the Oil Endgame
February 1, 2005 (over 19 years ago)Amory Lovins shows how to deal with oil depletion as well as oil consumption for the betterment of our environmental health.
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Jill Tarter: Call to Join the SETI Search
February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)In this illuminating talk, SETI Astronomer Jill Tarter asks us to join the SETI search. She talks about how SETI started and what their goals are. She asks for help from all of us with the search for intelligent extra-terrestrial life and for a change of perspective on SETI's vision.
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James Monroe: Third Annual Message
December 7, 1819 (over 204 years ago)President Monroe speaks at length to a treaty between the United States and Spain to among other things cede the Florida territory to the United States. Monroe touches on the delay to the ratification of the treaty by His Majesty of Spain before discussing other matters of the union including a ...
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George Washington: Farewell Address
September 19, 1796 (over 227 years ago)In an incredible speech, President George Washington announces that he will not seek a third term - noting that he had desired to retire after just one term, but had stayed on because the country was not yet stable enough for his conscience to allow it. He expounds upon the value that all parts ...
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Thulasiraj Ravilla: How Low-Cost Eye Care Can Be World-Class
November 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Thulasiraj Ravilla shows how making eye-care available for poor people is clearly possible.
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Paola Antonelli: Design and the Elastic Mind Preview
December 1, 2007 (over 16 years ago)In this talk, Paola Antonelli does a preview on the show "Design and the Elastic Mind". She describes the relation between science and design and has made this exhibit possible. She shows some of the exhibits and explains their function/application which are indicators of how the world is current...
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Louise Fresco: Feeding the Whole World
February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Louise Fresco talks about how the thousands of years of bread-making evolved and changed the value of one of the staple foods we humans have today.
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