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TEDTalks : The art of collecting stories - Jonathan Harris (2007)
TEDTalks : The art of collecting stories - Jonathan Harris (2007)
from TEDTalks (video) on July 24, 2008
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At the EG conference in December 2007, artist Jonathan Harris discusses his latest projects, which involve collecting stories: his own, strangers', and stories collected from the Internet, including his amazing "We Feel Fine."
TEDTalks : Digging for humanity's origins - Louise Leakey (2008)
TEDTalks : Digging for humanity's origins - Louise Leakey (2008)
from TEDTalks (video) on July 23, 2008
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Louise Leakey asks, "Who are we?" The question takes her to the Rift Valley in Eastern Africa, where she digs for the evolutionary origins of humankind -- and suggests a stunning new vision of our competing ancestors.
TEDTalks : Why is psychology good? - Martin Seligman (2004)
TEDTalks : Why is psychology good? - Martin Seligman (2004)
from TEDTalks (video) on July 21, 2008
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Martin Seligman talks about psychology -- as a field of study and as it works one-on-one with each patient and each practitioner. As it moves beyond a focus on disease, what can modern psychology help us to become?
TEDTalks : Brain magic - Keith Barry (2004)
TEDTalks : Brain magic - Keith Barry (2004)
from TEDTalks (video) on July 18, 2008
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First, Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies -- in a trick that works via podcast too. Then he involves the audience in some jaw-dropping (and even a bit dangerous) feats of brain magic.
TEDTalks : My year of living biblically - A.J. Jacobs (2007)
TEDTalks : My year of living biblically - A.J. Jacobs (2007)
from TEDTalks (video) on July 17, 2008
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Speaking at the most recent EG conference, author, philosopher, prankster and journalist A.J. Jacobs talks about the year he spent living biblically -- following the rules in the Bible as literally as possible.
TEDTalks : Technology, faith and human shortcomings - Billy Graham (1998)
TEDTalks : Technology, faith and human shortcomings - Billy Graham (1998)
from TEDTalks (video) on July 16, 2008
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Speaking at TED in 1998, Rev. Billy Graham marvels at technology's power to improve lives and change the world -- but says the end of evil, suffering and death will come only after the world accepts Christ. A legendary talk from TED's archives.
TEDTalks : The brain in love - Helen Fisher (2008)
TEDTalks : The brain in love - Helen Fisher (2008)
from TEDTalks (video) on July 15, 2008
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Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? To learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love -- and people who had just been dumped.
TEDTalks : Let's look for life in the outer solar system - Freeman Dyson (2003)
TEDTalks : Let's look for life in the outer solar system - Freeman Dyson (2003)
from TEDTalks (video) on July 14, 2008
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Physicist Freeman Dyson suggests that we start looking for life on the moons of Jupiter and out past Neptune, in the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud. He talks about what such life would be like -- and how we might find it.
TEDTalks : "Feminists" and "If I Had You" - Nellie McKay (2008)
TEDTalks : "Feminists" and "If I Had You" - Nellie McKay (2008)
from TEDTalks (video) on July 11, 2008
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The wonderful Nellie McKay sings "Feminists (Don't Have a Sense of Humor)" and "If I Had You" from her sparkling set at TED2008.
TEDTalks : How would you feel if you lost everything? - David Hoffman (2008)
TEDTalks : How would you feel if you lost everything? - David Hoffman (2008)
from TEDTalks (video) on July 09, 2008
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Nine days before TED2008, filmmaker David Hoffman lost almost everything he owned in a fire that destroyed his home, office and 30 years of passionate collecting. He looks back at a life that's been wiped clean in an instant -- and looks forward.
TEDTalks : Telling stories of our shared humanity - Chris Abani (2008)
TEDTalks : Telling stories of our shared humanity - Chris Abani (2008)
from TEDTalks (video) on July 08, 2008
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Chris Abani tells stories of people: People standing up to soldiers. People being compassionate. People being human and reclaiming their humanity. It's "ubuntu," he says: the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me.
TEDTalks : Using biology to make better animation - Torsten Reil (2003)
TEDTalks : Using biology to make better animation - Torsten Reil (2003)
from TEDTalks (video) on July 08, 2008
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Torsten Reil talks about how the study of biology can help make natural-looking animated people -- by building a human from the inside out, with bones, muscles and a nervous system. He spoke at TED in 2003; see his work now in GTA4.
TEDTalks : A hero of the Congo Basin forest - Corneille Ewango (2007)
TEDTalks : A hero of the Congo Basin forest - Corneille Ewango (2007)
from TEDTalks (video) on July 07, 2008
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Botanist Corneille Ewango talks about his work at the Okapi Faunal Reserve in the Congo Basin -- and his heroic work protecting it from poachers, miners and raging civil wars.
TEDTalks : "Everybody" and "Peace on Earth" - Raul Midon (2007)
TEDTalks : "Everybody" and "Peace on Earth" - Raul Midon (2007)
from TEDTalks (video) on July 03, 2008
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Guitarist and singer Raul Midon plays "Everybody" and "Peace on Earth" during his 2007 set at TED.
TEDTalks : A girl, a photograph, a homecoming - Rick Smolan (2007)
TEDTalks : A girl, a photograph, a homecoming - Rick Smolan (2007)
from TEDTalks (video) on July 02, 2008
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Photographer Rick Smolan tells the unforgettable story of a young Amerasian girl, a fateful photograph, and an adoption saga with a twist.
TEDTalks : Stephen Hawking hits zero g - Peter Diamandis (2008)
TEDTalks : Stephen Hawking hits zero g - Peter Diamandis (2008)
from TEDTalks (video) on June 30, 2008
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X Prize founder Peter Diamandis talks about how he helped Stephen Hawking fulfill his dream of going to space -- by flying together into the upper atmosphere and experiencing weightlessness at zero g.
TEDTalks : Breath, music, passion - Sxip Shirey / Rachelle Garniez (2008)
TEDTalks : Breath, music, passion - Sxip Shirey / Rachelle Garniez (2008)
from TEDTalks (video) on June 30, 2008
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Composer Sxip Shirey makes music from the simple, dramatic act of breathing -- alone and together. Open your ears to a passionate 3 minutes.
TEDTalks : "Clonie" - Nellie McKay (2008)
TEDTalks : "Clonie" - Nellie McKay (2008)
from TEDTalks (video) on June 27, 2008
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Singer-songwriter Nellie McKay performs the semi-serious song "Clonie" -- about creating the ultimate companion.
TEDTalks : One Laptop per Child, two years on - Nicholas Negroponte (2007)
TEDTalks : One Laptop per Child, two years on - Nicholas Negroponte (2007)
from TEDTalks (video) on June 25, 2008
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Nicholas Negroponte talks about how One Laptop per Child is doing, two years in. Speaking at the EG conference while the first XO laptops roll off the production line, he recaps the controversies and recommits to the goals of this far-reaching project.
TEDTalks : Classical music with shining eyes - Benjamin Zander (2008)
TEDTalks : Classical music with shining eyes - Benjamin Zander (2008)
from TEDTalks (video) on June 25, 2008
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Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it -- and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections.
TEDTalks : Are children's carseats necessary? - Steven Levitt (2005)
TEDTalks : Are children's carseats necessary? - Steven Levitt (2005)
from TEDTalks (video) on June 24, 2008
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Steven Levitt shares data that shows car seats are no more effective than seatbelts in protecting kids from dying in cars. However, during the Q&A, he makes one crucial caveat.
TEDTalks : A new vision for refrigeration - Adam Grosser (2007)
TEDTalks : A new vision for refrigeration - Adam Grosser (2007)
from TEDTalks (video) on June 22, 2008
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Adam Grosser talks about a project to build a refrigerator that works without electricity -- to bring the vital tool to villages and clinics worldwide. Tweaking some old technology, he's come up with a system that works.
TEDTalks : How engineers learn from evolution - Robert Full (2002)
TEDTalks : How engineers learn from evolution - Robert Full (2002)
from TEDTalks (video) on June 19, 2008
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Insects and animals have evolved some amazing skills -- but, as Robert Full notes, many animals are actually over-engineered. The trick is to copy only what's necessary. He shows how human engineers can learn from animals' tricks.
TEDTalks : Picturing excess - Chris Jordan (2008)
TEDTalks : Picturing excess - Chris Jordan (2008)
from TEDTalks (video) on June 15, 2008
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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.
TEDTalks : The birth of the computer - George Dyson (2003)
TEDTalks : The birth of the computer - George Dyson (2003)
from TEDTalks (video) on June 15, 2008
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Historian George Dyson tells stories from the birth of the modern computer -- from its 16th-century origins to the hilarious notebooks of the first computer engineers.
TEDTalks : Theater and the imagination - Julie Taymor (1998)
TEDTalks : Theater and the imagination - Julie Taymor (1998)
from TEDTalks (video) on June 12, 2008
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Director/designer Julie Taymor talks about her boundary-shattering theater work -- such as turning The Lion King into an astonishing live musical. The key? Always respect, and rely on, the audience's imagination.
TEDTalks : Do all languages have a common ancestor? - Murray Gell-Mann (2007)
TEDTalks : Do all languages have a common ancestor? - Murray Gell-Mann (2007)
from TEDTalks (video) on June 11, 2008
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After speaking at TED2007 on elegance in physics, the amazing Murray Gell-Mann gives a quick overview of another passionate interest: finding the common ancestry of our modern languages.
TEDTalks : The worldwide web of belief and ritual - Wade Davis (2008)
TEDTalks : The worldwide web of belief and ritual - Wade Davis (2008)
from TEDTalks (video) on June 10, 2008
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Anthropologist Wade Davis muses on the worldwide web of belief and ritual that makes us human. He shares breathtaking photos and stories of the Elder Brothers, a group of Sierra Nevada indians whose spiritual practice holds the world in balance.
TEDTalks : A life of fascinations - Nathan Myhrvold (2007)
TEDTalks : A life of fascinations - Nathan Myhrvold (2007)
from TEDTalks (video) on June 04, 2008
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Nathan Myhrvold talks about a few of his latest fascinations -- animal photography, archeology, BBQ and generally being an eccentric genius multimillionaire. Listen for wild stories from the (somewhat raunchy) edge of the animal world.
TEDTalks : Institutions vs. collaboration - Clay Shirky (2005)
TEDTalks : Institutions vs. collaboration - Clay Shirky (2005)
from TEDTalks (video) on June 03, 2008
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In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning.

 




   

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