Damon Horowitz: Calling for a "Moral Operating System"
May 1, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Damon Horowitz deems is imprtant to come up with a moral operating system after the thousands of years of debate about ethics and the truth.
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William Kamkwamba: Building a Windmill
June 1, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)In this talk, inventor William Kamkwamba from Malawi is being interviewed at TED for the first time. He tells us about the windmill that he made and how he did it.
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Joseph Nye: Global Power Shifts
July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)In this talk, Diplomat Joseph Nye discusses Global Power Shifts in the 21st century. He defines power and provides the different types of power today. He emphasizes the importance of soft power, combined with other factors to achieve smart power on the global political stage.
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Bill Gates: Energy: Innovating to Zero!
February 1, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Bill Gates wishes for energy miracles, and urges people to start maing these miracles into reality, in order to bring down CO2 emission to zero.
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Rory Sutherland: Sweat the Small Stuff
April 1, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Rory Sutherland talks about how the small inexpensive details that produce great impact must be given the limelight.
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Steven Johnson: The Web as a City
February 1, 2003 (over 21 years ago)Steven Johnson
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Stewart Brand: Four Environmental 'Heresies'
June 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Stewart Brand shows four technological advancements that humanity is having a hard time accepting yet which if widely adopted would be essential in getting through our current environmental crisis.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story
July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)In this talk, Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells us about the danger of the Single story. She narrates how she got started in writing and the many experiences she's had with the African Single story. She emphasizes that stories contain power and that we need many stories to get a tue measure of wh...
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William Kamkwamba: How I Harnessed the Wind
July 1, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)In this talk, inventor William Kamkwamba tells us about the invention that changed his life. Because of poverty, famine, and determination, he was able to build his own windmill to provide power to his home. Here is the story on how he harnessed the wind.
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Larry Burns: The Future of Cars
February 1, 2005 (over 19 years ago)Larry Burns talks about cars that are environmentally-friendly using local sources of hydrogen for fuel.
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