Dan Ariely on our buggy moral code
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http://www.ted.com Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code: the hidden reasons we think it's OK to cheat or steal (sometimes). Clever studies help make his point that we're predictably irrational -- and can be influenced in ways we can't grasp. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from ... Read more
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- -: Dan Ariely on our buggy moral code
April 26, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code: the hidden reasons we think it's OK to cheat or steal (sometimes). Clever studies help make his point that we're predictably irrational -- and can be influenced in ways we can't grasp. TEDTalks is a daily vide...
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- -: Reuben Margolin: Sculpting waves in wood and time
May 2, 2012 (almost 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Reuben Margolin is a kinetic sculptor, crafting beautiful pieces that move in the pattern of raindrops falling and waves combining. Take nine minutes and be mesmerized by his meditative art -- inspired in equal parts by math and nature. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of th...
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- -: Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything
May 4, 2012 (almost 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where t...
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- -: Taryn Simon: The stories behind the bloodlines
April 18, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Taryn Simon captures the essence of vast, generation-spanning stories by photographing the descendants of people at the center of the narrative. In this riveting talk she shows a stream of these stories from all over the world, investigating the nature of genealogy and the way ...
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- -: American Artifacts Preview: The Life of Clara Barton - Historian Susan Rosenvold
April 11, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Part 2 of a visit to Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office in Washington, DC. In this segment, we learn part of her life story.
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- -: Melinda Gates: Let's put birth control back on the agenda
April 11, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Contraception. The topic has become controversial in recent years. But should it be? Melinda Gates believes that many of the world's social change issues depend on ensuring that women are able to control their rate of having kids. In this significant talk, she makes the case fo...
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- -: Van Jones and Eliot Spitzer: The Financial Sector is Sucking America Dry
April 7, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/27/Culture_Project_Blueprint_for_Accountability Van Jones, acclaimed author and President of Rebuild the Dream, and Eliot Spitzer, former Governor of New York, discuss the actors who triggered the 2008 financial collapse and the ramifications of the regu...
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- -: Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?
April 3, 2012 (about 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication -- and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of connection we want to have. TEDTalks is a dai...
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- -: TEDxLaçador - Ana Lucia Meira - Material and Intangible Heritage
April 5, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Ana Lúcia Meira Arquiteta formada pela UFRGS em 1980, mestre em Planejamento Urbano e Regional pela UFRGS e doutora em Planejamento Urbano e Regional pela UFRGS. Especialista em Arquitetura Habitacional pela UFRGS; especialista em Conservação e Restauração de Conjuntos e Monumentos Históricos CE...
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- -: Stories: Legacies of Who We Are
March 12, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Storyteller and educator Awele Makeba combines performing arts and history to tell a powerful story from the American civil rights movement. (Launching a series on Playing with Language)
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