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19 December 2009
10 TEDTalks to Download for the Holidays
Winter is sweeping into the Northern Hemisphere! For many, this will be a season for storytelling and ritual, for reconnecting with family, for taking time off work, for just staying indoors and keeping warm ... and for getting stranded at airports.
Whatever your winter tradition, TED wants to wish you a heartfelt "Happy Holidays!" with this list of 10 great TEDTalks to warm your hearth -- and to keep at-the-ready on your laptop or iPhone for those times when the only other options are mass market paperbacks.
- Stefana Broadbent: How the Internet enables intimacy >>
- Devdutt Pattanaik: East vs. west -- the myths that mystify >>
- Cameron Carpenter's dizzying improv on the organ >>
- Itay Talgam: Lead like the great conductors >>
- Magnus Larsson: Turning sand dunes into architecture >>
- Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we see >>
- Robert Thurman: Expanding your circle of compassion >>
- James Forbes: Compassion at the dinner table >>
- Daniel Pink: The surprising science of motivation >>
- Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off >>
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