Bjorn Lomborg: Our priorities for saving the world
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http://www.ted.com Given $50 billion to spend, which would you solve first, AIDS or global warming? Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg comes up with surprising answers.
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January 12, 2007 (over 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Given $50 billion to spend, which would you solve first, AIDS or global warming? Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg comes up with surprising answers.
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- -: Bill Gates: How I'm trying to change the world now (includes the infamous mosquito release!)
February 6, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Bill Gates hopes to solve some of the world's biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy. In a passionate and, yes, funny 18 minutes, he asks us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performan...
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- -: Esther Duflo: Social experiments to fight poverty
May 4, 2010 (about 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Alleviating poverty is more guesswork than science, and lack of data on aid's impact raises questions about how to provide it. But Clark Medal-winner Esther Duflo says it's possible to know which development efforts help and which hurt -- by testing solutions with randomized tr...
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- -: Nathan Myhrvold: Could this laser zap malaria?
May 11, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Nathan Myhrvold and team's latest inventions -- as brilliant as they are bold -- remind us that the world needs wild creativity to tackle big problems like malaria. And just as that idea sinks in, he rolls out a live demo of a new, mosquito-zapping gizmo you have to see to beli...
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- -: Can Recycling Prevent Malaria? - Wangari Maathai
June 29, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/21/Wangari_Maathai_The_Challenge_for_Africa Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai argues that a community-based approach may succeed in reducing waste while also curbing the spread of malaria. She explains that mosquitoes often breed in pools formed in litter a...
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- -: Wangari Maathai: Money Alone Won't Help Africa
June 30, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/21/Wangari_Maathai_The_Challenge_for_Africa Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai argues that well-intentioned aid to Africa may have unexpected negative consequences. She draws from Sharon Stone's pledge to buy anti-malaria bed nets in Tanzania to explain why ...
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Bill Gates: Mosquitos, Malaria and Education
February 1, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Bill Gates is optimistic with the fight against malaria with the use of effective education and whole-hearted willingness to help the countries greatly affected by this disease.
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Esther Duflo: Social Experiments to Fight Poverty
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Esther Duflo's talk on social experiements to fight poverty is all about how education and the power of persuasion can get the third world countries to believe in prevention rather than in cure.
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Nathan Myhrvold: Could this Laser Zap Malaria?
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Nathan Myhrvold shows a laser that could probably be the answer to the malaria gripping some developing countries.
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Bjorn Lomborg: Bjorn Lomborg Sets Global Priorities
February 1, 2005 (over 19 years ago)Bjorn Lomborg gives the top four priorities that people should be talking about and doing something about to help the whole world.
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