Jeff Hawkins: Brain science is about to fundamentally change computing
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http://www.ted.com Treo creator Jeff Hawkins urges us to take a new look at the brain -- to see it not as a fast processor, but as a memory system that stores and plays back experiences to help us predict, intelligently, what will happen next. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where t... Read more
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- -: Jeff Hawkins: Brain science is about to fundamentally change computing
May 23, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Treo creator Jeff Hawkins urges us to take a new look at the brain -- to see it not as a fast processor, but as a memory system that stores and plays back experiences to help us predict, intelligently, what will happen next. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks...
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- -: Kevin Kelly: Predicting the next 5,000 days of the web
July 29, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com At the 2007 EG conference, Kevin Kelly shares a fun stat: The World Wide Web, as we know it, is only 5,000 days old. Now, Kelly asks, how can we predict what's coming in the next 5,000 days?
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- -: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita predicts Iran's future
April 7, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Bruce Bueno de Mesquita uses mathematical analysis to predict (very often correctly) such messy human events as war, political power shifts, Intifada ... After a crisp explanation of how he does it, he offers three predictions on the future of Iran. TEDTalks is a daily video p...
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- -: Nate Silver: How does race affect votes?
April 24, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Nate Silver has answers to controversial questions about race in politics: Did Obama's race hurt his votes in some places? Stats and myths collide in this fascinating talk that ends with a remarkable insight on how town planning can promote tolerance. TEDTalks is a daily video...
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- -: Pete Alcorn on the world in 2200
June 12, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com In this short, optimistic talk from TED2009, Pete Alcorn shares a vision of the world of two centuries from now -- when declining populations and growing opportunity prove Malthus was wrong. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conf...
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- -: Hans Rosling on global population growth
July 9, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com The world's population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years -- and only by raising the living standards of the poorest can we check population growth. This is the paradoxical answer that Hans Rosling unveils at TED@Cannes using colorful new data display technology (you...
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- -: Natalie Portman on Pregnancy and Love
January 19, 2011 (over 13 years ago)The incredibly talented Natalie Portman stopped by and told Ellen all about meeting her fiancé, and handling the pregnancy cravings. Then she let Ellen predict whether the baby will be a boy or girl.
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- -: TEDxHunterCCS -Tony Fisher - Why Using Mathematics to Predict the Future is Futile
November 24, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Why Using Mathematics To Predict The Future Is Futile, And Why We Should Do It Anyway. Dr. Tony Fisher, Acting Principal and former Mathematics Department Chair at Hunter College High School. His mathematics research at the University of Chicago focused on finite group theory. He has taught every...
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- -: Meet the 'Vortex of Despair': Four Predictions for Earth's Future
February 13, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/28/Brainfood_-_Can_You_Imagine_The_Next_60_Years Dr. Chris Luebkeman outlines four different "plausible futures" for the planet the selfish bubble, carbon is crime, ecological age, and vortex of despair. He judges each of these potential futures in term...
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- -: Is Society on the Verge of Collapse?
August 10, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/07/25/Why_Cities_Grow_Corporations_Die_and_Life_Gets_Faster Theoretical physicist Geoffrey B. West discusses the implications of a society that defines success as perpetual exponential growth. West suggests that a collapse may be as inevitable as a heart at...
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