Jay Walker, curator of the Library of Human Imagination, conducts a surprising show-and-tell session highlighting a few of the intriguing artifacts that backdropped the 2008 TED stage. (Recorded February 2008 in Monterey, California. Duration: 7:09.)
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Jenny Hopper commented on Apr 22 2009
I liked the library, takes great vision to create something like that. I wish I could be there live and tour his library, This looks like an truly amazing project !
Andy Rafferty commented on Mar 24 2009
Interesting topic although some of his theories are a bit dubious to say the least. Yes the bag of coal theory, I don’t believe that! But I liked the library, takes great vision to create something like that.
Mike Crabe commented on Feb 22 2009
Library of human knowledge? This looks like an amazing project.
alan buchanan commented on Feb 9 2009
Some of it does look quite interesting, but yeah, maybe for the younger audience.
Some how i dont think it takes a bag of coal in power to download a 200mb file!!
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Kostas Kostiou commented on Jan 11 2009
Well this is certainly a new way of perceiving the history of the World and connect human achievements. The priceline.com CEO is still innovative, to say the least, in connecting things together. However, I find him more suitable for a very young audience – not for the average adult. (Kostandinos Kostiou)
Robert Riley commented on Mar 26 2009
Just finished watching his show and I must say I enjoyed every bit of it. Well I wouldn’t estimate Jay’s contribution. A lot of companies could take great advantage of his ideas. I wish I could be there live and tour his library… :) I’m curious what he would say about next generation teleconferencing ideas like telepresence