13 July 2010

Report from TEDGlobal Session 2: Human Systems

The Rational Optimist Matt Ridley says prosperity is “the saving of time while satisfying your needs.” The discussion of individual IQ is irrelevant. The collective brain is what matters to social prosperity.

Steven Johnson, author of Where Good Ideas Come From: We should value connecting ideas more than protecting them. A lot of important ideas have very long incubation periods, and I call this the “slow hunch.”

Chris Wild explains what it means to be a “retronaut.” He asks, “What was everybody in the past doing?”

Peter Molyneux wants to revolutionize storytelling. He says “films and TV are rubbish because they don’t involve the audience.” He demos “Milo,” an interactive story built for Microsoft’s new Kinect game control system.

Photos: TED / James Duncan Davidson

Discuss this Blog Post

Henrique Almeida
Jul 14 2010
When we could get the video of the Molyneux presentation in TED’s website or youtube?
- Niklas Wahrman
  Jul 16 2010
  Yeah I want to see that talk too! Really looking forward to see how real Milo acts
Rico Alexander
Jul 21 2010
Where’s the freakin’ Molyneux Milo talk?
Petter Solberg
Jul 23 2010
When will you release the video of Molyneux’s talk?
Petter Solberg
Jul 23 2010
When will you release the video of Molyneux’s talk?
Petter Solberg
Jul 23 2010
When will you release the video of Molyneux’s talk?
Petter Solberg
Jul 23 2010
When will you release the video of Molyneux’s talk?
Niklas Wahrman
Aug 10 2010
When will you release the video of Molyneux’s talk?
Samuel Batista
Aug 15 2010
Seriously now… it’s been a month and you guys still haven’t posted the video?! I hope you guys aren’t going to wait until the game comes out, because I really want to see what Molyneux and his team have accomplished with this device.
Roger Peters
Aug 20 2010
you can find the video embedded here:
http://kotaku.com/5615876/what-if-the-xbox-kinect-virtual-child-simulator-is-great