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TED2011 Report – Session 8: Invention and Consequence

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Edward Tenner, historian of technology and culture, shares the intrigue of unintended consequences: “I didn’t always love unintended consequences, but I have learned to appreciate them.” Eythor Bender brings out Amanda Boxtel, a wheelchair user wearing an astonishing new exoskeleton. She is walking. Eli Pariser reveals some frightening data about our online identities: “I call it […]

TED2011 Report – Session 7: Radical Collaboration

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JR made his inspired TED wish: I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating a global art project. And together we’ll turn the world INSIDE OUT. Antony, musician and artist, played gorgeous songs of yearning to close out Session 7. (Photo: Robert Leslie / TED) Chris Anderson makes a […]

TED2011 Report – Session 6: Knowledge Revolution

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In an experimental Session 6, Bill Gates hosted and guest-curated the speaker lineup. David Christian charts our course from the Big Bang to today: “To understand complexity, you have to survey the whole history of the universe. So let’s do it.” Amina Az-Zubair on the UN Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria: “We are making progress. […]

TED2011 Report – Session 5: Worlds Imagined

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Julie Taymor took us on a journey, from Indonesia, where she experienced a seminal moment in her life as a young artist, and through her life’s work, including The Lion King, The Tempest, and Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Morgan Spurlock shares his takeaway from his new marketing documentary, The Greatest Movie Ever Sold: “Today, […]

TED2011 Report – Session 4: Deep Mystery

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Antonio Damasio: "If we are interested in gravity … why should we not be interested in what is happening in the human self?" Damon Horowitz on the Prison University Project: “At that moment … it is not professor and convict, it is two minds ready to do philosophy.” Felisa Wolfe-Simon: “Can a microbe use arsenic […]

TEDx

Video: TEDx — Ideas spreading everywhere

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo24PmD9eic] During Session 6: Knowledge Revolution, TEDx’s Lara Stein played this inspiring video, pulling footage from TEDx events all over the world. Barely into the second year of TEDx, the community of hosts around the world is closing in on 2,000 events of all sizes, sharing great ideas in their schools, companies and hometowns around […]

Education

Join the TED-ED Brain Trust

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Every minute, 300 new learners are born into this world. How can TED play a role in enriching their education? We need your help to answer this question. In a few weeks, TED will be launching an online forum. We’re calling it the TED-ED Brain Trust. We’re seeking the expertise of visionary educators, students, organizations, […]