- -: Simon Lewis: Don't take consciousness for granted
July 7, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com After a catastrophic car accident that left him in a coma, Simon Lewis found ways to recover -- physically and mentally -- beyond all expectations. At the INK Conference he tells how this remarkable story led him to concern over all threats to consciousness, and how to overcome...
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- -: Nina Tandon: Caring for engineered tissue
July 9, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Tissue engineer and TED Fellow Nina Tandon is growing artificial hearts and bones. To do that, she needs new ways of caring for artificially grown cells -- techniques she's developed by the simple but powerful method of copying their natural environments. TEDTalks is a daily v...
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- -: Rebecca MacKinnon: Let's take back the Internet!
July 14, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this powerful talk from TEDGlobal, Rebecca MacKinnon describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace, and asks: How do we design the next phase of the Internet with accountability and freedom at its core, rather than control? She believes the internet ...
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- -: Maajid Nawaz: A global culture to fight extremism
July 14, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Why do transnational extremist organizations succeed where democratic movements have a harder time taking hold? Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamist extremist, asks for new grassroots stories and global social activism to spread democracy in the face of nationalism and xenophobia. A...
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- -: Tim Harford: Trial, error and the God complex
July 15, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Economics writer Tim Harford studies complex systems -- and finds a surprising link among the successful ones: they were built through trial and error. In this sparkling talk from TEDGlobal 2011, he asks us to embrace our randomness and start making better mistakes. TEDTalks i...
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- -: Nadia Al-Sakkaf: See Yemen through my eyes
July 18, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com As political turmoil in Yemen continues, the editor of the Yemen Times, Nadia Al-Sakkaf, talks at TEDGlobal with host Pat Mitchell. Al-Sakkaf's independent, English-language paper is vital for sharing news -- and for sharing a new vision of Yemen and of that country's women as ...
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- -: Mikko Hypponen: Fighting viruses, defending the net
July 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com It's been 25 years since the first PC virus (Brain A) hit the net, and what was once an annoyance has become a sophisticated tool for crime and espionage. Computer security expert Mikko Hyppönen tells us how we can stop these new viruses from threatening the internet as we know...
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- -: Thandie Newton: Embracing otherness, embracing myself
July 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Actor Thandie Newton tells the story of finding her "otherness" -- first, as a child growing up in two distinct cultures, and then as an actor playing with many different selves. A warm, wise talk, fresh from stage at TEDGlobal 2011. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the be...
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- -: Rory Stewart: Time to end the war in Afghanistan
July 25, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com British MP Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan after 9/11, talking with citizens and warlords alike. Now, a decade later, he asks: Why are Western and coalition forces still fighting there? He shares lessons from past military interventions that worked -- Bosnia, for instanc...
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- -: Geoffrey West: The surprising math of cities and corporations
July 26, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Physicist Geoffrey West has found that simple, mathematical laws govern the properties of cities -- that wealth, crime rate, walking speed and many other aspects of a city can be deduced from a single number: the city's population. In this mind-bending talk from TEDGlobal he sh...
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- -: Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure
July 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Why do we like an original painting better than a forgery? Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that human beings are essentialists -- that our beliefs about the history of an object change how we experience it, not simply as an illusion, but as a deep feature of what pleasure (and p...
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- -: Josette Sheeran: Ending hunger now
July 28, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Josette Sheeran, the head of the UN's World Food Program, talks about why, in a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry, still die of starvation, still use food as a weapon of war. Her vision: "Food is one issue that cannot be solved person by person. We hav...
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- -: Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better
July 29, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com In our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, "We are losing our listening." In this short, fascinating talk, Treasure shares five ways to re-tune your ears for conscious listening -- to other people and the world around you. TEDTalks is a daily video podc...
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- -: Adam Ostrow: After your final status update
August 1, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Many of us have a social media presence -- a virtual personality made up of status updates, tweets and connections, stored in the cloud. Adam Ostrow asks a big question: What happens to that personality after you've died? Could it ... live on? TEDTalks is a daily video podcast...
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- -: Harald Haas: Wireless data from every light bulb
August 2, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com What if every light bulb in the world could also transmit data? At TEDGlobal, Harald Haas demonstrates, for the first time, a device that could do exactly that. By flickering the light from a single LED, a change too quick for the human eye to detect, he can transmit far more d...
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- -: Mark Pagel: How language transformed humanity
August 3, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Biologist Mark Pagel shares an intriguing theory about why humans evolved our complex system of language. He suggests that language is a piece of "social technology" that allowed early human tribes to access a powerful new tool: cooperation. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast o...
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- -: Jessica Green: Are we filtering the wrong microbes?
August 4, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Should we keep the outdoors out of hospitals? Ecologist and TED Fellow Jessica Green has found that mechanical ventilation does get rid of many types of microbes, but the wrong kinds: the ones left in the hospital are much more likely to be pathogens. TEDTalks is a daily video...
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- -: Philip Zimbardo: The demise of guys?
August 5, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Psychologist Philip Zimbardo asks, "Why are boys struggling?" He shares some stats (lower graduation rates, greater worries about intimacy and relationships) and suggests a few reasons -- and he asks for your help! Watch his talk, then take his short 10-question survey: http://...
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- -: Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my body
August 5, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Poet, writer, activist Eve Ensler lived in her head. In this powerful talk from TEDWomen, she talks about her lifelong disconnection from her body -- and how two shocking events helped her to connect with the reality, the physicality of being human. TEDTalks is a daily video p...
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- -: Alex Steffen: The shareable future of cities
August 8, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com How can cities help save the future? Alex Steffen shows some cool neighborhood-based green projects that expand our access to things we want and need -- while reducing the time we spend in cars. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED ...
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- -: Dyan deNapoli: The great penguin rescue
August 9, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com A personal story, a collective triumph: Dyan deNapoli tells the story of the world's largest volunteer animal rescue, which saved more than 40,000 penguins after an oil spill off the coast of South Africa. How does a job this big get done? Penguin by penguin by penguin ... TED...
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- -: Jeremy Gilley: One day of peace
August 10, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Here's a crazy idea: Persuade the world to try living in peace for just one day, every September 21. In this energetic, honest talk, Jeremy Gilley tells the story of how this crazy idea became real -- real enough to help millions of kids in war-torn regions. TEDTalks is a dail...
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- -: Lucianne Walkowicz: Finding planets around other stars
August 11, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com How do we find planets -- even habitable planets -- around other stars? By looking for tiny dimming as a planet passes in front of its sun, TED Fellow Lucianne Walkowicz and the Kepler mission have found some 1,200 potential new planetary systems. With new techniques, they may ...
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- -: Marco Tempest: The magic of truth and lies (and iPods)
August 12, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Using three iPods like magical props, Marco Tempest spins a clever, surprisingly heartfelt meditation on truth and lies, art and emotion. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers ...
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- -: Dan Ariely: Beware conflicts of interest
August 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this short talk, psychologist Dan Ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of interest: How the pursuit of knowledge and insight can be affected, consciously or not, by shortsighted personal goals. When we're thinking about the big questions, he rem...
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- -: Svante Pääbo: DNA clues to our inner neanderthal
August 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Sharing the results of a massive, worldwide study, geneticist Svante Pääbo shows the DNA proof that early humans mated with Neanderthals after we moved out of Africa. (Yes, many of us have Neanderthal DNA.) He also shows how a tiny bone from a baby finger was enough to identify...
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- -: Julia Bacha: Pay attention to nonviolence
September 1, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com In 2003, the Palestinian village of Budrus mounted a 10-month-long nonviolent protest to stop a barrier being built across their olive groves. Did you hear about it? Didn't think so. Brazilian filmmaker Julia Bacha asks why we only pay attention to violence in the Israel-Palest...
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- -: Skylar Tibbits: Can we make things that make themselves?
September 1, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com MIT researcher Skylar Tibbits works on self-assembly -- the idea that instead of building something (a chair, a skyscraper), we can create materials that build themselves, much the way a strand of DNA zips itself together. It's a big concept at early stages; Tibbits shows us th...
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- -: Joan Halifax: Compassion and the true meaning of empathy
September 2, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Buddhist roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice and on death row). She shares what she's learned about compassion in the face of death and dying, and a deep insight into the nature of empathy. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best ta...
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- -: Edward Tenner: Unintended consequences
September 6, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Every new invention changes the world -- in ways both intentional and unexpected. Historian Edward Tenner tells stories that illustrate the under-appreciated gap between our ability to innovate and our ability to foresee the consequences. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of t...
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- -: Sarah Kaminsky: My father the forger
September 7, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Sarah Kaminsky tells the extraordinary story of her father Adolpho and his activity during World War II -- using his ingenuity and talent for forgery to save lives. Translated into English by federica bonaldi Reviewed by Thomas VANDENBOGAERDE TEDTalks is a daily video podcas...
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- -: Lee Cronin: Making matter come alive
September 9, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Before life existed on Earth, there was just matter, inorganic dead "stuff." How improbable is it that life arose? And -- could it use a different type of chemistry? Using an elegant definition of life (anything that can evolve), chemist Lee Cronin is exploring this question by...
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- -: Raghava KK: Shake up your story
September 9, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Artist Raghava KK demos his new children's book for iPad with a fun feature: when you shake it, the story -- and your perspective -- changes. In this charming short talk, he invites all of us to shake up our perspective a little bit. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the be...
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- -: Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth?
September 12, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Economist Yasheng Huang compares China to India, and asks how China's authoritarian rule contributed to its astonishing economic growth -- leading to a big question: Is democracy actually holding India back? Huang's answer may surprise you. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of...
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- -: Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers!
September 13, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code? Underworld investigator Misha Glenny profiles several convicted coders from around the world and reaches a startling conclus...
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- -: Kate Hartman: The art of wearable communication
September 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Artist Kate Hartman uses wearable electronics to explore how we communicate, with ourselves and with the world. In this quirky and thought-proviking talk she shows the "Talk To Yourself Hat", the "Inflatable Heart", the "Glacier Embracing Suit", and other unexpected devices. T...
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- -: Richard Resnick: Welcome to the genomic revolution
September 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this accessible talk from TEDxBoston, Richard Resnick shows how cheap and fast genome sequencing is about to turn health care (and insurance, and politics) upside down. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the w...
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- -: Lauren Zalaznick: The conscience of television
September 16, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com TV executive Lauren Zalaznick thinks deeply about pop television. Sharing results of a bold study that tracks attitudes against TV ratings over five decades, she makes a case that television reflects who we truly are -- in ways we might not have expected. TEDTalks is a daily v...
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- -: Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity
September 19, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and less so the rest? He suggests half a dozen big ideas from Western culture -- call them the 6 killer apps -- that pro...
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- -: What we learned from 5 million books
September 20, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Have you played with Google Labs' NGram Viewer? It's an addicting tool that lets you search for words and ideas in a database of 5 million books from across centuries. Erez Lieberman Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel show us how it works, and a few of the surprising things we can ...
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- -: Amy Lockwood: Selling condoms in the Congo
September 21, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com HIV is a serious problem in the DR Congo, and aid agencies have flooded the country with free and cheap condoms. But few people are using them. Why? "Reformed marketer" Amy Lockwood offers a surprising answer that upends a traditional model of philanthropy. (Some NSFW images.) ...
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- -: Elizabeth Murchison: Fighting a contagious cancer
September 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com What is killing the Tasmanian devil? A virulent cancer is infecting them by the thousands -- and unlike most cancers, it's contagious. Researcher Elizabeth Murchison tells us how she's fighting to save the Taz, and what she's learning about all cancers from this unusual strain....
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- -: Abraham Verghese: A doctor's touch
September 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Modern medicine is in danger of losing a powerful, old-fashioned tool: human touch. Physician and writer Abraham Verghese describes our strange new world where patients are merely data points, and calls for a return to the traditional one-on-one physical exam. TEDTalks is a da...
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- -: Sunni Brown: Doodlers, unite!
September 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Studies show that sketching and doodling improve our comprehension -- and our creative thinking. So why do we still feel embarrassed when we're caught doodling in a meeting? Sunni Brown says: Doodlers, unite! She makes the case for unlocking your brain via pad and pen. TEDTalk...
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- -: Geoff Mulgan: A short intro to the Studio School
September 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Some kids learn by listening; others learn by doing. Geoff Mulgan gives a short introduction to the Studio School, a new kind of school in the UK where small teams of kids learn by working on projects that are, as Mulgan puts it, "for real." TEDTalks is a daily video podcast o...
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- -: Jarreth Merz: Filming democracy in Ghana
September 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Jarreth Merz, a Swiss-Ghanaian filmmaker, came to Ghana in 2008 to film the national elections. What he saw there taught him new lessons about democracy -- and about himself. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where th...
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- -: Ben Goldacre: Battling Bad Science
September 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Every day there are news reports of new health advice, but how can you know if they're right? Doctor and epidemiologist Ben Goldacre shows us, at high speed, the ways evidence can be distorted, from the blindingly obvious nutrition claims to the very subtle tricks of the pharma...
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- -: Danielle de Niese: A flirtatious aria
September 30, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Can opera be ever-so-slightly sexy? The glorious soprano Danielle de Niese shows how, singing the flirty "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss." Which, translated, means, as you might guess: "I kiss so hot." From Giuditta by Frans Lehár; accompanist: Ingrid Surgenor. TEDTalks is ...
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- -: Yang Lan: The generation that's remaking China
October 3, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Yang Lan, a journalist and entrepreneur who's been called "the Oprah of China," offers insight into the next generation of young Chinese citizens -- urban, connected (via microblogs) and alert to injustice. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances f...
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- -: Charles Limb: Building the musical muscle
December 1, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Charles Limb performs cochlear implantation, a surgery that treats hearing loss and can restore the ability to hear speech. But as a musician too, Limb thinks about what the implants lack: They don't let you fully experience music yet. (There's a hair-raising example.) At TEDME...
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- -: Kathryn Schulz: Don't regret regret
December 2, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com We're taught to try to live life without regret. But why? Using her own tattoo as an example, Kathryn Schulz makes a powerful and moving case for embracing our regrets. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the worl...
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- -: Authors@Google: Henry Pollack
October 27, 2009 (over 14 years ago)A World Without Ice, a book by Henry Pollack who was a winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate change (alongside Al Gore—who, incidentally, also wrote the foreword for the book). A World Without Ice is the first of its kind that tackles the idea of climate change from the ice...
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- -: Leading@Google: Daniel Pink
April 9, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Daniel H. Pink is the author of the long-running New York Times and BusinessWeek bestseller A WHOLE NEW MIND, as well as THE ADVENTURES OF JOHNNY BUNKO and FREE AGENT NATION. He has written for The New York Times,Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Wired, where he is a contributing editor....
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- -: Al Gore Talks With Charlie Rose
May 29, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)Former Vice President Al Gore discusses why he would run for President.
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- -: Charlie Rose - Al Gore
November 5, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Al Gore, Former Vice President visit www.charlierose.com to see the whole conversation
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- -: Ben Kacyra: Ancient wonders captured in 3D
November 9, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Ancient monuments give us clues to astonishing past civilizations -- but they're under threat from pollution, war, neglect. Ben Kacyra, who invented a groundbreaking 3D scanning system, is using his invention to scan and preserve the world's heritage in archival detail. (Watch ...
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- -: Allan Jones: A map of the brain
November 10, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com How can we begin to understand the way the brain works? The same way we begin to understand a city: by making a map. In this visually stunning talk, Allan Jones shows how his team is mapping which genes are turned on in each tiny region, and how it all connects up. TEDTalks is...
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- -: Charlie Todd: The shared experience of absurdity
November 11, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Charlie Todd causes bizarre, hilarious, and unexpected public scenes: Seventy synchronized dancers in storefront windows, "ghostbusters" running through the New York Public Library, and the annual no-pants subway ride. At TEDxBloomington he shows how his group, Improv Everywher...
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- -: Alexander Tsiaras: Conception to birth -- visualized
November 14, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Image-maker Alexander Tsiaras shares a powerful medical visualization, showing human development from conception to birth and beyond. (Some graphic images.) TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading ...
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- -: Yves Rossy: Fly with the Jetman
November 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Strapped to a jet-powered wing, Yves Rossy is the Jetman -- flying free, his body as the rudder, above the Swiss Alps and the Grand Canyon. After a powerful short film shows how it works, Rossy takes the TEDGlobal stage to share the experience and thrill of flying. TEDTalks is...
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- -: Cynthia Kenyon: Experiments that hint of longer lives
November 17, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com What controls aging? Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon has found a simple genetic mutation that can double the lifespan of a simple worm, C. Elegans. The lessons from that discovery, and others, are pointing to how we might one day significantly extend youthful human life. TEDTalks is...
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- -: Robin Ince: Science versus wonder?
November 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Does science ruin the magic of life? In this grumpy but charming monologue, Robin Ince makes the argument against. The more we learn about the astonishing behavior of the universe -- the more we stand in awe. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances...
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- -: Phil Plait: How to defend Earth from asteroids
November 21, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com What's six miles wide and can end civilization in an instant? An asteroid - and there are lots of them out there. With humor and great visuals, Phil Plait enthralls the TEDxBoulder audience with all the ways asteroids can kill, and what we must do to avoid them. TEDTalks is a ...
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- -: Péter Fankhauser: Meet Rezero, the dancing ballbot
November 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Onstage at TEDGlobal, Péter Fankhauser demonstrates Rezero, a robot that balances on a ball. Designed and built by a group of engineering students, Rezero is the first ballbot made to move quickly and gracefully -- and even dance. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best ...
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- -: Joe Sabia: The technology of storytelling
November 23, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com iPad storyteller Joe Sabia introduces us to Lothar Meggendorfer, who created a bold technology for storytelling: the pop-up book. Sabia shows how new technology has always helped us tell our own stories, from the walls of caves to his own onstage iPad. TEDTalks is a daily vide...
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- -: Britta Riley: A garden in my apartment
November 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Britta Riley wanted to grow her own food (in her tiny apartment). So she and her friends developed a system for growing plants in discarded plastic bottles -- researching, testing and tweaking the system using social media, trying many variations at once and quickly arriving at...
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- -: Damon Horowitz: Philosophy in prison
November 28, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Damon Horowitz teaches philosophy through the Prison University Project, bringing college-level classes to inmates of San Quentin State Prison. In this powerful short talk, he tells the story of an encounter with right and wrong that quickly gets personal. TEDTalks is a daily ...
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- -: Annie Murphy Paul: What we learn before we're born
November 29, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Pop quiz: When does learning begin? Answer: Before we are born. Science writer Annie Murphy Paul talks through new research that shows how much we learn in the womb -- from the lilt of our native language to our soon-to-be-favorite foods. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of t...
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- -: TEDxHouston 2011 - Kurt Podezwa
November 3, 2011 (over 12 years ago)As the Camp Director for Camp For All in Burton Texas, a camp for children and adults with special needs and chronic illness, Kurt has had the opportunity to work with a variety of special populations including; traumatic brain injury, spina bifida, down syndrome, muscular dystrophy, cancer, kidn...
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- -: TEDxHouston 2011 - Donte Newman - Spoken Word Artist
November 3, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Born May 12, 1991 in Houston, Texas, Donte Newman is a Spoken Word Artist who has worked collaboratively and individually on a variety of artistic projects. He has performed original pieces in Germany, Tanzania, Africa and Budapest, Hungary. He has written odes for Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Le...
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- -: TEDxHouston 2011 - Michael Holthouse
November 4, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Michael Holthouse became a Houstonian in 1980 after obtaining a degree in Economics and Computer Science from Indiana State University. He is best known in the business world as founder and President of Paranet, Inc., a computer network services company. As an INC. Magazine Entrepreneur of the Ye...
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- -: TEDxHouston 2011 - Jazz Ensemble
November 4, 2011 (over 12 years ago)TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Starting as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 m...
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- -: TEDxHouston 2011 - Micki Fine
November 4, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Founder of Mindful Living in Houston, Texas, and Certified Mindfulness Teacher, Micki Fine was awarded this credential from the University of Massachusetts Medical Center where Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn founded the renowned Center for Mindfulness. She holds a master's degree in counseling psychology and...
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- -: TEDxHouston 2011 - Michael Skelly
November 4, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Michael Skelly led the development of Horizon Wind Energy from a two-man company to a leadership position in the U.S. wind industry. Founded by the Houston-based Zilkha family, Horizon was acquired by Goldman Sachs in 2005. In mid-2007 Goldman Sachs sold Horizon Wind to EDP in the largest trans...
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- -: TEDxHouston 2011 - Laura Spanjian
November 4, 2011 (over 12 years ago)TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Starting as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 m...
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- -: TEDxHouston 2011 - Nina Godiwalla
November 4, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Nina Godiwalla is the bestselling author of Suits: A Woman on Wall Street, which The New York Times describes as the Devil Wears Prada of investment banking. It's an insider's perspective on her experience at Morgan Stanley from an outsider's point of view- woman, second-generation Indian America...
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- -: TEDxHouston 2011 - Will Reed
November 4, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Will Reed serves as the President and CEO of Technology For All (TFA), an organization he helped found in October 1997. With TFA, Dr. Reed has focused on digital inclusion projects in Houston and beyond that empower low-income and under-resourced communities through the tools of technology. He cu...
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- -: TEDxHouston 2011 - Angela Blanchard
November 4, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Angela Blanchard is recognized for her pioneering work in asset-based community development that focuses on the human, social and cultural strengths of vulnerable populations. Blanchard is the President and CEO of Houston-based Neighborhood Centers Inc., one of the top 1% of U.S.-based charitable...
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- -: Will Military Voters Support Democrats?
March 21, 2007 (about 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=780 Jeremy Rosner, polling research expert and former special advisor to President Clinton, discusses poll data from the 2006 midterm elections that suggests traditionally Republican U.S. military voters may be switching to the Democratic p...
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- -: Bill Bradley - Big Money, Lobbyists, and American Politics
July 23, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1124 Former New Jersey Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Bradley criticizes the influence of lobbyists and high-dollar campaign contributors on American politics. ----- "A Troubling Nexus: Big Money and Politics" with Se...
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- -: Is Ethanol a Good Idea?
May 19, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/07/Uncommon_Knowledge_T_J__Rodgers Economic libertarian and solar-power entrepreneur T.J. Rodgers evaluates ethanol's potential as a clean energy source. ----- The Free-Market Case for Green with T.J. Rodgers. A dedicated, unabashed, free market capit...
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- -: Obama vs. McCain on Pollution Controls
May 19, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/07/Uncommon_Knowledge_T_J__Rodgers Economic libertarian and solar-power entrepreneur T.J. Rodgers compares Barack Obama's and John McCain's respective plans for dealing with U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. ----- The Free-Market Case for Green with T.J. ...
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- -: Are Humans to Blame for Global Warming?
September 11, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/27/California_Cool_Low_Carbon_Economy_Panel Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and Mary Nichols, Chair of the California Air Resources Board, dismiss skeptics' claims that humans are not contributing to ...
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- -: Joe Lieberman on McCain's Iraq Exit Strategy
November 4, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/03/Joe_Lieberman_-_What_Would_A_McCain_Presidency_Do Joe Lieberman, U.S. Senator (I-CT) and former Democratic Vice-Presidential Nominee, discusses Senator John McCain's plans for ending the Iraq war. ----- Joe Lieberman argues that John McCain's experi...
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- -: End the Electoral College - John Koza
November 4, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/24/The_Electoral_College_and_National_Popular_Vote Stanford University computer scientist John Koza explains the National Popular Vote Bill, a plan that, if enacted, would effectively circumvent the role of the Electoral College in determining the Presid...
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- -: 5 Reasons to Keep the Electoral College - Daniel Lowenstein
November 4, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/24/The_Electoral_College_and_National_Popular_Vote UCLA Law Professor Daniel Lowenstein offers five arguments to maintain the Electoral College as the method for choosing the President of the United States. ----- The Electoral College was developed by ...
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- -: Al Gore: 'Planetary Solution' Needed to Address Climate Crisis
February 7, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/30/Rising_to_the_Challenge_of_Copenhagen Addressing the upcoming Climate Conference in Copenhagen, Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer emphasizes the importance of the big country club, while former Vice President Al Gore stresses the significance ...
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- -: Is Al Gore Misrepresenting Global Warming? - Patrick Michaels
April 15, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/12/Climate_of_Extremes Patrick Michaels argues that, when discussing climate change, "people accept the strangest things without really fact checking." Michaels argues that many of Al Gore's claims and presumptions about global warming are false. ----- ...
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- -: Will Obama Prosecute Torture Memo Authors?
May 13, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/27/Obamas_First_100_Days Journalist Byron York and political consultant Stanley Greenberg discuss whether or not Obama will prosecute the architects of the Bush torture memos. ----- Historians and journalists discuss President Barack Obama's first 100 ...
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- -: Can Obama Mend Economy AND Fight Climate Change?
May 20, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/27/Obamas_First_100_Days Journalist Byron York and political consultant Stanley Greenberg debate whether or not addressing climate change will remain a priority for President Obama given the current economic crisis. ----- Historians and journalists dis...
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- -: Can Earth Heal Itself from Environmental Damage? - Steven Hayward
May 20, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/30/Uncommon_Knowledge_Steven_Hayward Steven Hayward, Senior Fellow at the Pacific Research Institute, argues that the environmental movement fails to take into account the ability of the Earth to recover from environmental disaster. He references the fas...
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- -: Not In My Backyard: Is Activism Impairing Energy Reform?
June 18, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/14/Americas_Energy_Future_A_Debate Christine Todd Whitman, Karen Harbert and James Woolsey argue that the Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) activist movement prevents improvement to the national energy grid. Harber says 244 energy projects have been halted by l...
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- -: Energy Reform: Nuclear Power and Carbon Caps
June 22, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/14/Americas_Energy_Future_A_Debate John Podesta, Karen Harbert and Christine Todd Whitman debate the setbacks and advantages to nuclear power and carbon pricing. "I'm in favor of a cap and trade program," says Whitman, but "the devil is in the details." ...
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- -: Did Reagan's Small-Gov't Goals Fall Short? - Steven Hayward
September 22, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/21/Steven_Hayward_The_Age_of_Reagan Author Steven Hayward argues Ronald Reagan did not entirely succeed in his goal to reform government at the constitutional level. He puts forward what a modern constitutional movement might look like today. ----- Dis...
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- -: Reagan and the Nuclear Button - Steven Hayward
October 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/21/Steven_Hayward_The_Age_of_Reagan Author Steven Hayward says that former President Ronald Reagan waited a year and a half into his presidency to learn the full "nuclear football" operating procedure in case of an attack from the Soviet Union. He claims...
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- -: Blue Dogs Preventing Dems from Progressive 'Slam Dunk'?
October 13, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/28/Steve_Hildebrand_Obama_and_the_LGBT_Community Political strategist Steve Hildebrand blames conservative "Blue Dog" Democrats for what he views as a lack of progress made by the Democratic majority within Congress. With majority control, he says, healt...
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- -: Have Gay Rights Advanced in the 40 Years Since Stonewall?
October 15, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/28/Steve_Hildebrand_Obama_and_the_LGBT_Community "In the 40 years since Stonewall, the Congress of the United States has done almost nothing to further equality for LGBT Americans," says Democratic political strategist Steve Hildebrand. Referencing "don'...
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- -: How Sure Are Scientists About Global Warming? - Henry Pollack
November 9, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/27/A_World_Without_Ice_Mans_Impact_on_Climate_Change Dr. Henry N. Pollack, author of A World Without Ice, addresses accusations of climate change as an uncertain theory. "Uncertainty should not lead to policy paralysis," he says. "Uncertainty is part of ...
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- -: Vaclav Klaus: Global Warming a Politician's 'Myth'
December 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/06/Uncommon_Knowledge_Vaclav_Klaus Vaclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic, slams Al Gore and defends his previous statement that "global warming is a myth." As an "excellent political idea," Klaus believes global warming is a convenient way for po...
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- -: Al Gore Warns Polar Ice May Be Gone in Five Years
December 16, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/14/COP15_Gore_and_Store_Report_on_Arctics_Melting_Ice Former Vice President Al Gore references computer modeling to suggest that the north polar ice cap may lose virtually all of its ice within the next seven years. "Some of the models suggest that there...
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