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March 2010

And now, the real news: Kirk Citron on TED.com

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How many of today’s headlines will matter in 100 years? 1000? Kirk Citron‘s “Long News” project collects stories that not only matter today, but will resonate for decades — even centuries — to come. At TED2010, he highlights recent headlines with the potential to shape our future. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, []

Q&A

Behind the scenes of McMafia: Exclusive video Q&A with Misha Glenny

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  In an incisive talk at TEDGlobal 2009 in Oxford, investigative journalist Misha Glenny (author of McMafia) described the global shadow economy and crime networks in minute details. After his talk, several attendees asked TED European director Bruno Giussani to invite Misha back to discuss not only the results of his investigations and research, but []

Development

Teaching one child at a time: Shukla Bose on TED.com

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Educating the poor is more than just a numbers game, says Shukla Bose. She tells the story of her groundbreaking Parikrma Humanity Foundation, which brings hope to India’s slums by looking past the daunting statistics and focusing on treating each child as an individual. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 16:24) []

Live from TED

How to combat modern slavery: Kevin Bales on TED.com

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In this moving yet pragmatic talk, Kevin Bales explains the business of modern slavery, a multibillion-dollar economy that underpins some of the worst industries on earth. He shares stats and personal stories from his on-the-ground research — and names the price of freeing every slave on earth right now. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in []

New Best of the Web talk: Patsy Rodenburg

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Patsy Rodenburg: Why I do theater Patsy Rodenburg says the world needs actors more than ever. In this intimate talk at Michael Howard Studios, she tells the story of a profound encounter that reveals the deeper role theater can play in people’s lives. Watch Patsy Rodenburg’s talk >>

Design

Alan Siegel's credit card agreement redesign

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In his 2010 TEDTalk, Alan Siegel called for a simple, sensible redesign of legal paperwork — to make it intelligible to the rest of us. Here’s one of the redesigned documents he showed: a sample credit card agreement which is easy to understand and, dare we say, pretty? Download the PDF >>

Design

Let’s simplify legal jargon: Alan Siegel on TED.com

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Tax forms, credit agreements, healthcare legislation: They’re crammed with gobbledygook, says Alan Siegel, and incomprehensibly long. He calls for a simple, sensible redesign — and plain English — to make legal paperwork intelligible to the rest of us. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 04:26) Watch Alan Siegel’s talk on TED.com, []

Science

Science can answer moral questions: Sam Harris on TED.com

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Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can — and should — be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life. (Recorded at TED2010, February 2010 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 23:07) Watch Sam []

Biology

New Best of the Web talk: Douglas Adams

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Douglas Adams: Parrots, the universe and everything Blind river dolphins, reclusive lemurs, a parrot as fearless as it is lovelorn … Douglas Adams’ close encounters with these rare and unusual animals reveal that evolution, ever ingenious, can be fickle too — in a University of California talk that sparkles with his trademark satiric wit. Watch []

TED Prize

Help the Abreu Fellows win a grant

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The Abreu Fellows are in the running for a $250K grant from Pepsi. You can vote for them once a day … all month. The Abreu Fellows program is a project of Jose Abreu’s 2009 TED Prize wish — to teach children around the world to play music using El Sistema (“the system”), a proven []

Q&A

Q&A with Chef Dan Barber: Can organic farming feed the world?

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At TED2010, Chef Dan Barber drew a standing ovation with his unlikely love story about fish: sustainably farmed, outrageously delicious fish, which offers a model for the future of food production. A key figure in the farm-to-table movement, Dan occupies an unusual space as chef-scholar: His op/eds appear regularly in The New York Times and []

TED Senior Fellow Naomi Natale launches One Million Bones

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On Sunday, Naomi Natale — installation artist, photographer, social activist and TED Senior Fellow — launched her latest project, One Million Bones. She writes: One Million Bones is a fundraising art installation designed to recognize victims of present genocides. Our mission is to increase global awareness of these atrocities while raising the critical funds needed []

Language

Offering Your Content in 100 Languages

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From left: Seth Bindernagel, Director of Localization for Mozilla; Leonard Chien, Director, Lingua Project for Global Voices; June Cohen, Executive Producer of TED Media. TED’s June Cohen led a panel on social translation at South by Southwest this weekend. The panel — run as a tight, advice-dense conversation — brought together leaders from three of []