- -: Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies
October 24, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health, lifespan, even such basic values as trust. ...
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- -: Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsight
October 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Master storyteller Malcolm Gladwell tells the tale of the Norden bombsight, a groundbreaking piece of World War II technology with a deeply unexpected result. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leadin...
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- -: Hasan Elahi: FBI, here I am!
October 31, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com After he ended up on a watch list by accident, Hasan Elahi was advised by his local FBI agents to let them know when he was traveling. He did that and more ... much more. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the wo...
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- -: Paul Zak: Trust, morality - and oxytocin
November 1, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Where does morality come from -- physically, in the brain? In this talk neuroeconomist Paul Zak shows why he believes oxytocin (he calls it "the moral molecule") is responsible for trust, empathy, and other feelings that help build a stable society. TEDTalks is a daily video p...
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- -: Daniel Wolpert: The real reason for brains
November 3, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert starts from a surprising premise: the brain evolved, not to think or feel, but to control movement. In this entertaining, data-rich talk he gives us a glimpse into how the brain creates the grace and agility of human motion. TEDTalks is a daily vi...
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- -: Marco Tempest: The augmented reality of techno-magic
November 4, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Using sleight-of-hand techniques and charming storytelling, illusionist Marco Tempest brings a jaunty stick figure to life onstage at TEDGlobal. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and...
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Ethan Zuckerman: Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to Global Voices
July 1, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Ethan Zuckerman, co-founder of Global Voices Online, talks about the reality behind the global community that we Internet users believe ourselves to be living in.
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