- -: Self-Help Skeptics: How to Lead a Slightly Happier Life
February 1, 2011 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/01/13/Oliver_Burkeman_How_to_Become_Slightly_Happier Self-help skeptic and Guardian columnist Oliver Burkeman shares a few forms of self-help that may actually work. ----- How do you solve the problem of human happiness and fulfillment? It is a subject t...
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- -: Celebrity Activists Bring Visibility to Congo, Not Relief
May 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/18/Bosnia_Libya_and_the_Impact_of_War_Reporting When asked by NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten about the visibility celebrity activists bring to the Democratic Republic of Congo, journalist Lindsey Hilsum retorts, "One of the problems in both journalism and...
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- -: Dr. Hawa Abdi's Message to 21st Century Women
August 12, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/chq_2011_video_sampler Dr. Hawa Abdi, a Somali doctor who runs a hospital and refugee camp that cares for over 90,000 people, shares her perspectives with women around the world. "I think that women can change the world in a better way now. If they ha...
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- -: Aubrey de Grey: For a Long Life, Listen to Your Body
October 12, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/idea_festival_2011 Biomedical gerontologist Aubrey de Grey shares insight on how to prolong one's life. "Do not generalize, do not just buy a book and believe what it says," says de Grey. "Pay attention to your own body, listen to what works for you."...
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Dave deBronkart: Meet e-Patient Dave
April 1, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Dave deBronkart shows how patients have always been undermined in giving aid to their own body. He asks the TEDsters to allow patients to hold their raw medical data and give them the chance to get involved in their own healthcare.
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Andrew Mwenda: Andrew Mwenda Takes a New Look at Africa
June 1, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)Andrew Mwenda sheds light on the real situation of Africa in terms of economic struggle.
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Al Gore: Averting Climate Crisis
February 1, 2006 (over 18 years ago)Former US Vice President Al Gore talks a bit about his life and how homes can start helping out the movement to resolve thge world's climate crisis.
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Ory Okolloh: Becoming an Activist
June 1, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)Ory Okolloh shares her life to instill in the minds of the audience that Africa is not just a poor country but a country with people who are striving to make a change.
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Joseph Lekuton: A Parable for Kenya
January 2, 2007 (over 17 years ago)Joseph Lekuton shares a story that inspired him to take the lead and go back to help his people in Kenya.
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Want to Help Africa? Do Business Here.
March 1, 2007 (about 17 years ago)Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala tells about the other side of Africa where starting a business in this developing country can actually help not just the people but also he business makers.
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