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| Rekindle Your Faith In Humankind: Watch TEDTalks |
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| posted on Saturday, December 23, 2006 |
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EDITOR'S COMMENT:
I've told all of you about the TEDTalks in previous emails:
SIR KEN ROBINSON SPEAKING AT TED (7/14/2006):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/11511
AL GORE SPEAKING AT TED (7/13/2006):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/11509
SUBSCRIBING TO TEDTALKS & TED MAILING LIST (7/13/2006):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nhnenews/message/11510
But now that they have significantly expanded the TEDtalks that are available, I wanted to tell you again. Actually, I wanted to send you a Christmas present. If you are looking for something that will expand your mind, open your heart, and possibly rekindle your faith in humankind, a good place to start is listening to the fabulously inspiring presentations made by the best and brightest among us. Each speaker has been hand-picked for doing remarkable things in the world -- and then put on stage, in front of other movers and shakers, to describe their work, visions, and ideas in an average of about 15 minutes.
http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/
My favorites include:
HANS ROSLING
Hans Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's world-renowned Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a non-profit that brings vital global data to life. (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA.)
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RAY KURZWEIL
Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil is author of The Age of Spiritual Machines, and The Singularity is Near: When humans transcend biology. (Recorded February 2005 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 23:41)
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AUBREY DE GREY
Aubrey de Grey believes aging and death are solvable problems, and we can live for centuries, if we approach the aging process as "an engineering problem." (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 23:31)
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SIR KEN ROBINSON
Sir Ken Robinson is author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, and a leading expert on innovation and human resources. (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA.)
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HELEN FISHER
Helen Fisher is an anthropologist with Rutgers University, specializing in gender differences and the evolution of human emotions. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 24:13)
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DAVID DEUTSCH
Legendary physicist David Deutsch is author of The Fabric of Reality, and the leading proponent of multiverse theory, the astounding idea that our universe is constantly spawning parallel worlds. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 19:45)
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AL GORE
Al Gore, in his own words, "used to be the next President of the United States of America" but has since changed professions. (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA.)
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BONO
Rock star and activist Bono accepts the 2005 TEDPrize with a riveting talk about our moral obligation (and economic incentive) to help lift Africa out of poverty. (Recorded February 2005 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 28:37)
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ED BURTYNSKY
Photographer Ed Burtynsky accepts the 2005 TEDPrize, and presents a stunning slideshow of his work. (Recorded February 2005 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 35:10)
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CAMERON SINCLAIR
TEDPrize winner Cameron Sinclair is founder of Architecture for Humanity, whose motto is "Design like you give a damn." (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA.)
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DEAN ORNISH
In this 3-minute talk, Dr. Dean Ornish tracks the dramatic rise of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease across the globe -- as the world begins to eat, live and die like we do in the U.S. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 3:34)
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RICHARD ST. JOHN
Why do people succeed? Richard St. John compacts seven years of research into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success (Hint: Passion, persistence, and pushy mothers help) (Recorded February 2005 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 3:40)
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JEFF HAN
Jeff Han is a research scientist for NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and the inventor of an "interface-free" touch-driven computer screen. (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 09:32)
--- David Sunfellow
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