TEDxPhoenix - Dave Weaver - Reducing for a Change
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- About Dave Weaver - Dave Weaver is an ad agency president, a relentless self-experimenter, a provocateur, long-time TEDster, and...according to many, "a darn nice guy." Dave Weaver joined Cheil-owned "One Agency" as President in January 2011. In his TEDxPhoenix 11.11.11 TEDxTalk, Dave introduces us to his "What I got rid of today" project, a... Read more
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- -: TEDxPhoenix - Dave Weaver - Reducing for a Change
February 12, 2012 (about 12 years ago)- About Dave Weaver - Dave Weaver is an ad agency president, a relentless self-experimenter, a provocateur, long-time TEDster, and...according to many, "a darn nice guy." Dave Weaver joined Cheil-owned "One Agency" as President in January 2011. In his TEDxPhoenix 11.11.11 TEDxTalk, Dave introdu...
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- -: Creating Emotions from Atoms
December 10, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/11/14/Leon_Cooper_Superconductivity__Other_Insoluble_Problems Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leon Cooper discusses his recent work in the understanding of consciousness from a material point of view. Although there is concern that this might take away from t...
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- -: Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of success
July 28, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Alain de Botton examines our ideas of success and failure -- and questions the assumptions underlying these two judgments. Is success always earned? Is failure? He makes an eloquent, witty case to move beyond snobbery to find true pleasure in our work. TEDTalks is a daily vide...
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- -: Can You Buy Your Way Into the Ivy League?
January 23, 2007 (over 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=566 Author and practicing psychologist Madeline Levine describes how wealthier parents "buy" their children's admissions into prestigious Ivy League schools, and discusses their psychological motivations for doing so. ----- Madeline Levi...
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- -: Harrison Sheppard - Exporting America's "Consumeritis"
February 12, 2007 (about 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=637 Author, pundit, and lawyer Harrison Sheppard argues that the exporting of American consumerism via pop culture has harmed the country's image abroad. ----- Harrison Sheppard talks about "Too Much for our Own Good." Author of Churchil...
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- -: Judith Levine - "Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping"
March 23, 2007 (about 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=778 Author Judith Levine examines her spending habits in relation to those of the average American consumer in an excerpt from her book, "Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping." ----- Judith Levine talks about "Not Buying It: My Year wi...
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- -: Hip Hop's 'Commodity Fetish' - Michael Eric Dyson
June 10, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/27/Michael_Eric_Dyson_Can_You_Hear_Me_Now Author Michael Eric Dyson criticizes the commercialism and sensationalism of today's hip hop. Political messages in hip hop, he argues, have been diluted. "Hip hop has now been reduced to so much commodity fetish...
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- -: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Rails Against Capitalism at COP15
December 21, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/17/Irans_Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_Addresses_the_COP15_Summit Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks out against capitalism and materialism, and the role he says each play in fueling global warming. He blames the crisis on the endless cycle of consumptio...
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