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Rethinking the way we sit down: Niels Diffrient on TED.com

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Design legend Niels Diffrient talks about his life in industrial design (and the reason he became a designer instead of a jet pilot). He details his quest to completely rethink the office chair starting from one fundamental data set: the human body. (Recorded at TED2002, February 2002, in Monterey, California. Duration: 17:20.) Watch Niels Diffrient’s []

A trickster’s theory of everything: Emily Levine on TED.com

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Philosopher-comedian Emily Levine talks (hilariously) about science, math, society and the way everything connects to everything else. She’s a brilliant trickster, poking holes in our fixed ideas and bringing hidden truths to light. Settle in and let her ping your brain. (Recorded at TED2002, February 2002, in Monterey, California. Duration: 22:52.) [ted id=510 width=560 height=315] []

My father, my architect: Nathaniel Kahn on TED.com

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Nathaniel Kahn shares clips from his documentary My Architect, about his quest to understand his father, the legendary architect Louis Kahn. It’s a film with meaning to anyone who seeks to understand the relationship between art and love. (Recorded at TED2002, February 2002, in Monterey, California. Duration: 10:28.)   Watch Nathaniel Kahn’s talk from TED2002 []

How John Wooden changed my life: Exclusive interview with Steve Jamison

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Steve Jamison has co-authored five books with John Wooden, produced a documentary about him, and is consultant to his leadership program at UCLA. All this came about after one fateful meeting, for an innocuous interview. Coach Wooden has influenced the lives of many, and he discusses his inspirational philosophy on personal success in today’s heartwarming []

10 ways the world could end: Stephen Petranek on TED.com

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Stephen Petranek reveals the question that occupies scientists at the end of the day (and the beginning of happy hour): How might the world end? He lays out the challenges that face us in the drive to preserve the human race. Will we be wiped out by an asteroid? Eco-collapse? How about a particle accelerator []

Dan Dennett on dangerous memes, on TED.com

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Here’s one of those talks that can change your view of the world forever. Starting with the deceptively simple story of an ant, Dan Dennett unleashes a dazzling sequence of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of “memes” — a term coined by Richard Dawkins for mental concepts that are literally alive and []