- -: Chris Jordan: Picturing excess
June 23, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Artist Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His supersized images picture some almost unimaginable statistics -- like the astonishing number of paper cups we use every single day.
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- -: Dan Gilbert: Exploring the frontiers of happiness
December 17, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Dan Gilbert presents research and data from his exploration of happiness -- sharing some surprising tests and experiments that you can also try on yourself. Watch through to the end for a sparkling Q&A with some familiar TED faces. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best ...
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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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- -: Sean Gourley on the mathematics of war
May 4, 2009 (about 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com By pulling raw data from the news and plotting it onto a graph, Sean Gourley and his team have come up with a stunning conclusion about the nature of modern war -- and perhaps a model for resolving conflicts. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances...
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- -: Hans Rosling on HIV: New facts and stunning data visuals
May 13, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Hans Rosling unveils new data visuals that untangle the complex risk factors of one of the world's deadliest (and most misunderstood) diseases: HIV. He argues that preventing transmissions -- not drug treatments -- is the key to ending the epidemic. TEDTalks is a daily video p...
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- -: Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math education
June 29, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Someone always asks the math teacher, "Am I going to use calculus in real life?" And for most of us, says Arthur Benjamin, the answer is no. He offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks...
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- -: Hans Rosling's answers to the TED and Reddit community interview
September 8, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://blog.ted.com Here, Hans Rosling answers the top 10 questions asked and voted on by the TED community through Reddit. See the original blog post here: http://blog.ted.com/2009/09/reddit_and_ted.php And see all the questions here: http://www.reddit.com/comments/9ga2p/ask_hans_rosling_ted_roc...
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- -: Hans Rosling: Asia's rise -- how and when
November 25, 2009 (over 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Hans Rosling was a young guest student in India when he first realized that Asia had all the capacities to reclaim its place as the world's dominant economic force. At TEDIndia, he graphs global economic growth since 1858 and predicts the exact date that India and China will o...
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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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- -: Patricia Kuhl: The linguistic genius of babies
February 18, 2011 (about 13 years ago)http://www.ted.com At TEDxRainier, Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another -- by listening to the humans around them and "taking statistics" on the sounds they need to know. Clever lab experiments (and brain scans) show how 6-month-old babies use...
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