- -: TEDxBlackRockCity - Spencer Greenberg - Improve Your Life With Probability
October 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Spencer Greenberg is a mathematician with an education in applied mathematics and computer science from Columbia University's School of Engineering and NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Spencer is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rebellion Research, a quantitative fund th...
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- -: TEDxBlackRockCity - Kate Raudenbush - On Socially Concious Art
October 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Kate Raudenbush is a New York City-based artist who creates social commentary through sculpture using themes and symbolism from history and mythology, geometry and architecture. She utilizes welded and laser-cut metal, acrylic, mirror, glass and light to form enveloping allegorical environments i...
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- -: TEDxBlackRockCity - David Koren - FIGMENT: Participatory Art in the Public Realm
October 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)David Koren is the Founder and Executive Producer of FIGMENT (http://figmentproject.org), a free multi-city participatory arts event. He has significant experience in arts, marketing, architecture, theatre, event production, and management. David is an Associate Principal and Director of Marketin...
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- -: TEDxBlackRockCity - Hollis Doherty - The Woergl Experiment and the Evolution of Money
October 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Hollis Doherty is a writer, actress, and currency activist. A lifelong passion for protecting the Earth's natural resources led her to a Biology degree at the University of Colorado. When she recently discovered the true story of the currency experiment during the Great Depression in Woergl, Aust...
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- -: TEDxBlackRockCity - Dan Ariely - Money Changes Everything
October 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Why do we so often fail to act in our own best interest? Why do we promise to skip the chocolate cake, only to find ourselves drooling our way into temptation when the dessert tray rolls around? What are the forces that influence our behavior? Dan Ariely, James B. Duke Professor of Psychology & B...
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- -: TEDxBlackRockCity - Larry Harvey
October 22, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Content comming soon
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- -: TEDxBlackRockCity - Klaudia Oliver - Why TEDxBlackRockCity?
October 23, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Klaudia Oliver is a longtime ambassador of the cultural zeitgeist. Her ability to see what lies beyond the horizon and make it current has given her work as a talent scout and casting director in the entertainment and fashion industries, to publishing a quarterly tourism and culture magazine in ...
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- -: TEDxBlackRockCity - Peter Haas - What Refugee and IDP Camp Planners can learn from Burning Man
October 23, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Peter is the founder of the Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group (AIDG), which supports small infrastructure companies in Haiti and Guatemala. Since founding AIDG in 2005, Peter has become an active voice for poverty issues, speaking at the World Bank, Harvard, MIT and other forums on tec...
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- -: TEDxBlackRockCity - Matthew Schoening
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- -: TEDxBlackRockCity - Reverend Billy - We Are The Town Crier
October 23, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Rev. Billy Talen is spiritual leader of the Church of Stop Shopping, a radical performance community based in NYC. Directed by Savitri D - the group's 35 voice choir is known for performances on four continents, and has won the OBIE, Albert and Dramalogue Awards for their theatre. On the other ...
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