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rebecca mackinnon: let039s take back the internet video on tedcom
Bookmarked 744 weeks ago
ted talks in this powerful talk from tedglobal rebecca mackinnon describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace and asks: how do we design the next phase of the internet with accountability and freedom at its core rather than control she believes the internet is headed for a quotmagna cartaquot moment when citizens around the world demand that their governments protect free speech and their right to connection

eve ensler: suddenly my body video on tedcom
Bookmarked 744 weeks ago
ted talks poet writer activist eve ensler lived in her head in this powerful talk from tedwomen she talks about her lifelong disconnection from her body -- and how two shocking events helped her to connect with the reality the physicality of being human

tim harford: trial error and the god complex video on tedcom
Bookmarked 743 weeks ago
ted talks economics writer tim harford studies complex systems -- and finds a surprising link among the successful ones: they were built through trial and error in this sparkling talk from tedglobal 2011 he asks us to embrace our randomness and start making better mistakes

geoffrey west: the surprising math of cities and corporations video on tedcom
Bookmarked 743 weeks ago
ted talks physicist geoffrey west has found that simple mathematical laws govern the properties of cities -- that wealth crime rate walking speed and many other aspects of a city can be deduced from a single number: the city

rebecca mackinnon: let039s take back the internet video on tedcom
Bookmarked 743 weeks ago
ted talks in this powerful talk from tedglobal rebecca mackinnon describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace and asks: how do we design the next phase of the internet with accountability and freedom at its core rather than control she believes the internet is headed for a quotmagna cartaquot moment when citizens around the world demand that their governments protect free speech and their right to connection

tim harford: trial error and the god complex video on tedcom
Bookmarked 743 weeks ago
ted talks economics writer tim harford studies complex systems -- and finds a surprising link among the successful ones: they were built through trial and error in this sparkling talk from tedglobal 2011 he asks us to embrace our randomness and start making better mistakes

dan ariely: beware conflicts of interest video on tedcom
Bookmarked 743 weeks ago
ted talks in this short talk psychologist dan ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of interest: how the pursuit of knowledge and insight can be affected consciously or not by shortsighted personal goals when we

julia bacha: pay attention to nonviolence video on tedcom
Bookmarked 743 weeks ago
ted talks in 2003 the palestinian village of budrus mounted a 10-month-long nonviolent protest to stop a barrier being built across their olive groves did you hear about it didn

dan ariely: beware conflicts of interest video on tedcom
Bookmarked 742 weeks ago
ted talks in this short talk psychologist dan ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of interest: how the pursuit of knowledge and insight can be affected consciously or not by shortsighted personal goals when we039re thinking about the big questions he reminds us let039s be aware of our all-too-human brains

joan halifax: compassion and the true meaning of empathy video on tedcom
Bookmarked 742 weeks ago
ted talks buddhist roshi joan halifax works with people at the last stage of life in hospice and on death row she shares what she039s learned about compassion in the face of death and dying and a deep insight into the nature of empathy

edward tenner: unintended consequences video on tedcom
Bookmarked 742 weeks ago
ted talks every new invention changes the world -- in ways both intentional and unexpected historian edward tenner tells stories that illustrate the under-appreciated gap between our ability to innovate and our ability to foresee the consequences

edward tenner: unintended consequences video on tedcom
Bookmarked 741 weeks ago
ted talks every new invention changes the world -- in ways both intentional and unexpected historian edward tenner tells stories that illustrate the under-appreciated gap between our ability to innovate and our ability to foresee the consequences

dan ariely: beware conflicts of interest video on tedcom
Bookmarked 741 weeks ago
ted talks in this short talk psychologist dan ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of interest: how the pursuit of knowledge and insight can be affected consciously or not by shortsighted personal goals when we039re thinking about the big questions he reminds us let039s be aware of our all-too-human brains

lee cronin: making matter come alive video on tedcom
Bookmarked 741 weeks ago
ted talks before life existed on earth there was just matter inorganic dead quotstuffquot how improbable is it that life arose and -- could it use a different type of chemistry using an elegant definition of life anything that can evolve chemist lee cronin is exploring this question by attempting to create a fully inorganic cell using a quotlego kitquot of inorganic molecules -- no carbon -- that can assemble replicate and compete