Paddy Ashdown: The global power shift
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http://www.ted.com Paddy Ashdown claims that we are living in a moment in history where power is changing in ways it never has before. In a spellbinding talk at TEDxBrussels he outlines the three major global shifts that he sees coming. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world... Read more
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- -: Paddy Ashdown: The global power shift
January 5, 2012 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Paddy Ashdown claims that we are living in a moment in history where power is changing in ways it never has before. In a spellbinding talk at TEDxBrussels he outlines the three major global shifts that he sees coming. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and per...
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- -: Phil Borges: Documenting our endangered cultures
January 12, 2007 (over 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Photographer Phil Borges shows rarely seen images of people from the mountains of Dharamsala, India, and the jungles of the Ecuadorean Amazon. In documenting these endangered cultures, he intends to help preserve them. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and p...
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- -: Murray Gell-Mann: Do all languages have a common ancestor?
June 13, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com After speaking at TED2007 on elegance in physics, the amazing Murray Gell-Mann gives a quick overview of another passionate interest: finding the common ancestry of our modern languages.
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- -: Devdutt Pattanaik: East vs west -- the myths that mystify
November 19, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Devdutt Pattanaik takes an eye-opening look at the myths of India and of the West -- and shows how these two fundamentally different sets of beliefs about God, death and heaven help us consistently misunderstand one another. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks ...
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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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- -: Separate Human Rights for Muslims? - Shirin Ebadi
March 11, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/02/Shirin_Ebadi_Human_Rights_and_Civil_Society_in_Iran Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi rejects cultural relativism and the proposal of an Islamic Declaration of Human Rights. Ebadi says that, without a universal standard, basic human rights canno...
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Wade Davis: Endangered Cultures
February 1, 2003 (about 21 years ago)Wade Davis transforms into a storyteller as he reveals the rich cultural diversity that modern times are threatening to dissolve into a monochromatic society.
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