"Have we used up all our resources? Have we filled up all the livable space on Earth? Paul Gilding suggests we have, and the possibility of devastating consequences, in a talk that's equal parts terrifying... continue reading

posted by ant 1 decade 2 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,065 views • 16:47

Susan Cain argues that we should encourage and celebrate introverts.

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 2 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 1,354 views • 19:04

In this day and age of everything being done with computer animation, does the classic art of "Puppetry" still have any relevance? Granted that this isn't meant to be taken too seriously, but then again... continue reading

posted by mas8705 1 decade 2 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 963 views • 5:33

"Kevin Allocca is YouTube's trends manager, and he has deep thoughts about silly web video. In this talk from TEDYouth, he shares the 4 reasons a video goes viral. (This is the first talk posted from an... continue reading

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 2 years 9 months ago • 1,488 views

From TED: "We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk from TEDxBloomington, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually happiness... continue reading

posted by atara 1 decade 2 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,074 views • 12:21

YT: Horner describes how slicing open fossil skulls revealed a shocking secret about some of our most beloved dinosaurs.

TEDxManhattan - Stephen Ritz - Green Bronx Machine - Growing Our Way Into A New Economy Stephen Ritz is a South Bronx teacher/administrator. With the help of extended student and community family they... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 2 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 2,261 views • 14:42

"What aspects of religion should atheists (respectfully) adopt? Alain de Botton suggests a "religion for atheists" -- call it Atheism 2.0 -- that incorporates religious forms and traditions to satisfy... continue reading

posted by Hybrid 1 decade 2 years 10 months 1 week ago • 2,401 views • 19:21

SOPA is powered by the capital of 'old media'. These are folk who want to maintain an old, outmoded and redundant status quo to the detriment of all of us. Napoleonic justice (guilty till proven... continue reading

posted by ZappaDanMan 1 decade 2 years 10 months 1 week ago • 5,495 views • 14:00

TED: Like all of us, economist Tyler Cowen loves a good story. But in this intriguing talk from TEDxMidAtlantic, he asks us to step away from thinking of our lives -- and our messy, complicated irrational... continue reading

posted by RedSky 1 decade 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 1,337 views • 16:31

y/t: Common good by design not angry politics. Nate Garvis discusses how we live and thrive by public policy outcomes, not angry political inputs, and the path is to honor our community values by designing... continue reading

posted by littledragon_79 1 decade 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,013 views • 10:43

TEDxSF - Mel Robbins

posted by Sagemind 1 decade 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 2,235 views • 21:40

"Those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait, and wait without anxiety." ~A Course in Miracles "So long, Carrie Bradshaw—there's a new role model for go-getting thirty-somethings. Gabrielle... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,080 views • 16:41

YouTube Description: *This video contains a few graphic images and descriptions*The last 30 seconds is just a GE ad...sorry!My own preface: I consider all religions to be forms of cults.At 17, Diane... continue reading

posted by ZappaDanMan 1 decade 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 1,301 views • 6:57

People often credit their ideas to individual "Eureka!" moments. Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the "liquid networks" of London's coffee houses... continue reading

posted by SlipperyPete 1 decade 4 years 2 months ago • 1,249 views

David Damberger discusses "Learning From Failure" at TEDxYYC 2011. David is the founder of Engineers Without Borders Calgary (EWB). After building the organization in Calgary and working with them in... continue reading

posted by Skeeve 1 decade 2 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 1,260 views • 13:01

the first bit just covers how they went from captcha to recaptcha, and why, which most here already know. the second part uses those ideas to explain their new website - duolingo.com

posted by my15minutes 1 decade 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,441 views • 16:40

From TED: What controls aging? Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon has found a simple genetic mutation that can double the lifespan of a simple worm, C. elegans. The lessons from that discovery, and others, are... continue reading

posted by Skeeve 1 decade 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 798 views • 16:24

TED: Damon Horowitz teaches philosophy through the Prison University Project, bringing college-level classes to inmates of San Quentin State Prison. In this powerful short talk, he tells the story of an... continue reading

posted by Gale Wallis (bareboards2) 1 decade 2 years 12 months ago • 1,181 views • 3:51