- -: Henry Markram: Supercomputing the brain's secrets
October 15, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved -- soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they're made of neurons and electric signals, and he plans to find them with a supercomputer that models all the brain's 100,000,000,000,000 synapses. TEDTalks is a daily vi...
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- -: Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us
October 16, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Playing sound effects both pleasant and awful, Julian Treasure shows how sound affects us in four significant ways. Listen carefully for a shocking fact about noisy open-plan offices. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference,...
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- -: VS Ramachandran: The neurons that shaped civilization
January 4, 2010 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran outlines the fascinating functions of mirror neurons. Only recently discovered, these neurons allow us to learn complex social behaviors, some of which formed the foundations of human civilization as we know it. TEDTalks is a daily video p...
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- -: Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world
June 29, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Clay Shirky looks at "cognitive surplus" -- the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. While we're busy editing Wikipedia, posting to Ushahidi (and yes, making LOLcats), we're building a better, more cooperative world. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the b...
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- -: Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome
September 28, 2010 (over 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our "connectome," and it's as individual as our genome -- and understanding it could open a new way to understand our brains and our minds. ...
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- -: David Brooks: The social animal
March 14, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com Tapping into the findings of his latest book, NYTimes columnist David Brooks unpacks new insights into human nature from the cognitive sciences -- insights with massive implications for economics and politics as well as our own self-knowledge. In a talk full of humor, he shows ...
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- -: Authors@Google: Clay Shirky
July 14, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)The author of the breakout hit Here Comes Everybody reveals how new technology is changing us from consumers to collaborators, unleashing a torrent of creative production that will transform our world. For decades, technology encouraged people to squander their time and intellect as passive consu...
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- -: Effective Forecasting - The Desired vs The Likely
February 8, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/01/11/Paul_Saffo_Secret_to_Effective_Forecasting Technology forecaster Paul Saffo explains the value of objectivity to making effective forecasts. ----- As part of The Long Now Foundation's Seminars About Long-term Thinking, technology forecaster and stra...
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- -: Trucks and Trigonometry: Do Boys Excel in Math and Engineering?
October 7, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/29/Lise_Eliot_Pink_Brain_Blue_Brain Neurologist Lise Eliot addresses the claim that boys tending to surpass girls in the fields of math and engineering. Eliot argues that genetic differences play no role and attributes percieved academic advantages to th...
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- -: Do Animals Grieve for the Dead? - Bernie Krause
October 8, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/22/Dr_Bernie_Krause_The_Great_Animal_Orchestra Dr. Bernie Krause, creator of Wild Sanctuary, argues that animals may posses a degree of emotional depth by playing a sorrowful call from a male beaver after its entire family was killed by humans. "The worl...
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