From TED webpage: In this deeply personal talk, novelist and poet Chris Abani searches for the heart of Africa through poetry and narrative -- including his own story of artistic and political awakening,... continue reading
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Speaker Gever Tulley explains the necessity of learning through experience for children. When I grew up I did 4 of the 5 and am no worse for the wear.
posted by theaceofclubz 1 decade 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 6,471 viewsBarry Schwartz is a sociology professor at Swarthmore College and author of The Paradox of Choice. In this talk, he persuasively explains how and why the abundance of choice in modern society is actually... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 decade 7 years 2 months ago • 4,994 views • 20:22Author Robert Wright argues that history has an arrow: That humans have continued to evolve -- if not biologically, than culturally and technologically -- toward greater complexity and intelligence. He... continue reading
posted by bluecliff 1 decade 6 years 12 months ago • 5,216 views"In a wildly entertaining discussion with Richard Saul Wurman, architect Frank Gehry gives TEDsters his take on the power of failure, his recent buildings, and the all-important 'Then what?' factor."
posted by jonny 1 decade 5 years 6 months ago • 1,558 viewsThe Gapminder software can now visualize change in life expectancy and income per person over the last two centuries. http://www.gapminder.org/videos/200-years-that-changed-the-world/
posted by fissionchips 1 decade 5 years 1 month ago • 2,070 viewsY/T: 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... continue reading
posted by Fletch 1 decade 3 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 3,432 viewsHans Rosling's famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport's commentator's style to reveal the story of the world's past, present and future development. Now he explores stats... continue reading
posted by geo321 1 decade 3 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 3,099 views • 4:48aka Rob Reid: The $8 billion iPod TED: Comic author Rob Reid unveils Copyright Math (TM), a remarkable new field of study based on actual numbers from entertainment industry lawyers and lobbyists.
posted by TheGenk 1 decade 2 years 1 month 1 week ago • 6,153 views • 5:12"In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks -- human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with... continue reading
posted by Norsuelefantti 1 decade 2 years 2 weeks ago • 1,823 views • 23:41Drew Curtis of Fark.com explains that ..... "Patent trolls have done more damage to the United States economy than any domestic or foreign terrorist organization in history every year."
posted by Barseps 1 decade 2 years 1 week ago • 3,243 views • 6:41TED: Web cartoonist Randall Munroe answers simple what-if questions ("what if you hit a baseball moving at the speed of light?") using math, physics, logic and deadpan humor. In this charming talk, a reader’s... continue reading
posted by Zawash 9 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,384 views • 9:29Published on July 4th, 2014 When he was a child, George Takei and his family were forced into an internment camp for Japanese-Americans, as a "security" measure during World War II. 70 years later, Takei... continue reading
posted by Grimm 9 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 577 views • 15:59"Right now, you are inhabited by trillions of microorganisms. Many of these bacteria are harmless (or even helpful!), but there are a few strains of ‘super bacteria’ that are pretty nasty — and they’re... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 9 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 152 views • 4:35Inspired teacher will not be silenced anymore. /eric3579 Published on Aug 15, 2014 "We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't,"... continue reading
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