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Jonathan Harris collects stories | Video on TED.com

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Added August 07, 2008
Jonathan Harris on the art of collecting stories. He also discusses some of his projects. Check out his latest http://polaroidproject.org/ I came across this talk on ted.com and was blown away by the work of Jonathan Harris. His project "The Whale Hunt" is a particular treat and it's web 2.0 att...

Brain Scientist: A Powerful Voice for Brain Recovery

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Added March 24, 2008
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor was a Neuroanatomist when she experienced a stroke.  This is an amazing story of her own experience.  It’s a revelation of the ability of the brain to recover, and the spirit to become whole. The video begins with a description of her life before the stroke, and her relation...

Howard Rheingold: Way-new collaboration

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Added March 03, 2008
http://www.ted.com Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action -- and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group. As he points out, humans have been banding together to work collectively since...

2007 TED Prize Winner E.O. Wilson

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Added November 30, 2007

Karen Armstrong: 2008 TED Prize wish: Charter for Compassio

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Added April 07, 2008
http://www.ted.com As she accepts her 2008 TED Prize, author and scholar Karen Armstrong talks about how the Abrahamic religions -- Islam, Judaism, Christianity -- have been diverted from the moral purpose they share to foster compassion. But Armstrong has seen a yearning to change this fact. Pe...

Richard Dawkins on the strangeness of science: TEDTalks

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Added April 07, 2008
http://www.ted.com Mind-expanding talk that probes the limits of human understanding: Why can't we see atoms? Why can't we hear color? How can we understand randomness? Dawkins suggests that the true nature of the universe eludes us because the human mind has evolved mainly to understand other h...

Michael Pollan: The omnivore's next dilemma

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Added April 07, 2008
http://www.ted.com What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's clever strategy game, the ultimate prize of which is world domination? Author Michael Pollan asks us to see things from a plant's-eye view -- to consider the possibi...

Stephen Hawking: Asking big questions about the universe

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Added April 07, 2008
http://www.ted.com In keeping with the theme of TED2008, professor Stephen Hawking asks some Big Questions about our universe -- How did the universe begin? How did life begin? Are we alone? -- and discusses how we might go about answering them. (less)

Dan Dennett: Ants, terrorism, and the awesome power of meme

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Added March 24, 2008
http://www.ted.com Here's one of those talks that can change your view of the world forever. Starting with the deceptively simple story of an ant, Dan Dennett unleashes a dazzling sequence of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of "memes" -- a term coined by Richard Dawkins for menta...

Al Seckel: Your brain is badly wired — enjoy it!

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Added May 09, 2007
Optical illusions

TED : Jeff Han (2006) Ideas Worth Sharing

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Added April 08, 2007
http://ted.com/tedtalks - Jeff Han is a research scientist for NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and the inventor of a MINORITY REPORT ...

The future of Human Computer Interfaces?

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Added March 08, 2007
Jeff Han is a research scientist for NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and the inventor of a "interface-free" touch-driven computer screen Recorded February 2006

TEDTalks: Barry Schwartz (2005)

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Added May 17, 2007
Author of Paradox of Choice provides flow-based research on the proliferation of decisions required in a crowded marketplace

The Paradox of Choice

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Added July 12, 2007
Barry Schwartz

David Gallo: Underwater astonishments

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Added April 07, 2008
http://www.ted.com David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a shape-shifting cuttlefish, a pair of fighting squid, and a mesmerizing gallery of bioluminescent fish that light up the blackest depths of the ocean. He focuses on the work of two scientists: Edith Wi...

TEDTalks: Mena Trott (2006)

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Added March 24, 2008
http://www.ted.com Mena Trott is the 28-year-old founder of leading blog software company Six Apart (Creators of Typepad, Movable Type, LiveJournal and Vox). In this talk, she explores the personal side of blogging. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 17:30)

Hans Rosling: No more boring data: TEDTalks

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Added March 24, 2008
http://www.ted.com With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to debunk several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder...

TED Talks-Amory Lovins on Alternatives to Fossil Fuels

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Added March 24, 2008
Great talk from www.ted.com by the master of engineering conservation design for a renewable future.

Gever Tulley: 5 dangerous things you should let your kids

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Added March 20, 2008
www.ted.com Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, talks about our new wave of overprotected kids -- and spells out 5 (and really, he's got 6) dangerous things you should let your kids do. Allowing kids the freedom to explore, he says, will make them stronger and smarter and actually safe...

J.J. Abrams' mystery box

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Added January 22, 2008

Jaw-dropping Photosynth demo

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Added September 11, 2007
Cue to about 05:40 to see the concept of photography redefined.

Emily Oster on TEDTalks

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Added July 25, 2007

Secrets of success: Passion, persistence, pushy mothers

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Added March 11, 2007

TED Blog - Pilobolus

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Added February 25, 2007
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