TEDtalks: 3511 Produkte
Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections betwee…
Sangu Delle: In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa
Ted Talk: In this short, provocative talk, financier Sangu Delle questions whether microfinance — small loans to small entrepreneurs — is t…
A story of mixed emoticons | Rives
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Rives -- star of the Bravo special "Ironic Iconic America" -- tells a typographical fairy tale that's short an…
Todd Humphreys: How to fool a GPS
Ted Talk: Todd Humphreys forecasts the near-future of geolocation when millimeter-accurate GPS "dots" will enable you to find pin-point loc…
Why societies collapse | Jared Diamond
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Why do societies fail? With lessons from the Norse of Iron Age Greenland, deforested Easter Island and present…
Michael Pollan: A plant's-eye view
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com What if human consciousness isn't the end-all and be-all of Darwinism? What if we are all just pawns in corn's…
How nationalism and globalism can coexist | Wanis Kabbaj
Ted Talk: Why do we have to choose between nationalism and globalism, between loving our countries and caring for the world? In a talk with…
Archeology from space | Sarah Parcak
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com In this short talk, TED Fellow Sarah Parcak introduces the field of "space archeology" -- using satellite imag…
"Good" and "bad" are incomplete stories we tell ourselves | Heather Lanier
Ted Talk: Heather Lanier's daughter Fiona has Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, a genetic condition that results in developmental delays -- but tha…
Why some people are more altruistic than others | Abigail Marsh
Ted Talk: Why do some people do selfless things, helping other people even at risk to their own well-being? Psychology researcher Abigail M…
Luke Syson: How I learned to stop worrying and love "useless" art
Ted Talk: Luke Syson was a curator of Renaissance art, of transcendent paintings of saints and solemn Italian ladies -- serious art. And th…
Why 1.5 billion people eat with chopsticks | Small Thing Big Idea, a TED series
Ted Talk: Author Jennifer 8. Lee explains how the chopstick spread from the East to the West -- and was designed to give you the perfect bi…
"Chasms" | Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes
Ted Talk: Writer and activist Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes lights up the stage with a powerful poem about hope, truth and the space between who…
How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment | Michael Shellenberger
Ted Talk: "We're not in a clean energy revolution; we're in a clean energy crisis," says climate policy expert Michael Shellenberger. His s…
Sirena Huang: An 11-year-old's magical violin
Ted Talk: http://www.ted.com Violinist Sirena Huang gives a technically brilliant and emotionally nuanced performance. In a charming interl…