30 April 2009

Find the TEDTalks in the Time 100

Some familiar TED faces appear in the new Time 100 list, listing the world’s most influential people. As always with this great list, look for short, punchy profiles by some well-matched writers and subjects: Bill James on Nate Silver; Bill Gates on Jeff Bezos; Ashton Kutcher on the Twitter Guys … If you want to dig a little deeper on 10 of these fascinating people, check out their TEDTalks, all linked below:

TEDTalks from the Time 100′s “Builders & Titans” list: The Twitter Guys … Indian software executive and visionary Nandan Nilekani (he spoke at TED2009; watch for his TEDTalk online very soon) … and Zipcar visionary Robin Chase.

TEDTalks from the Time 100′s “Artists & Entertainers” list: architect partners Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio … the astonishing young conductor and El Sistema prodigy Gustavo Dudamel

TEDTalks from the Time 100′s “Heroes & Icons” list: pastor Rick Warren … Amazon head Jeff Bezos

TEDTalks from the Time 100′s “Scientists & Thinkers” list: energy expert Amory Lovins … Dan Barber … Shai Agassi … Nate Silver

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