TEDxOKC - Dr. Robin Meyers - "The Empathic Imagination: Escaping the Prison of Self"
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Dr. Meyers is a tenured Professor in the philosophy department at Oklahoma City University and the Senior Minister at Mayflower UCC Church. Dr. Meyer is also a syndicated columnist, an award winning commentator for NPR and the author of six books. At TEDxOKC he discussed the idea that the failure to develop the empathic imagination is a univers... Read more
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- -: TEDxOKC - Dr. Robin Meyers - "The Empathic Imagination: Escaping the Prison of Self"
June 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Dr. Meyers is a tenured Professor in the philosophy department at Oklahoma City University and the Senior Minister at Mayflower UCC Church. Dr. Meyer is also a syndicated columnist, an award winning commentator for NPR and the author of six books. At TEDxOKC he discussed the idea that the failur...
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- -: Bob Thurman: Becoming Buddha -- on the Web
June 20, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com In our hyperlinked world, we can know anything, anytime. And this mass enlightenment, says Buddhist scholar Bob Thurman, is our first step toward Buddha nature. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's lea...
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- -: Did Coffee Fuel the Age of Enlightenment? - Steven Johnson
February 9, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/17/Steven_Johnson_The_Invention_of_Air Author Steven Johnson links the rise of coffee house culture to the Age of Enlightenment. Before coffee replaced beer as the daytime drink of choice, says Johnson, "the entire culture basically was drunk all day lon...
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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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