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Elif Shafak: The politics of fiction

2010-12-20T04:07:00.000+08:00

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Listening to stories widens the imagination; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel what others feel. Elif Shafak builds on this simple idea to argue that fiction can overcome identity politics.

Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks

2010-12-19T04:07:00.000+08:00

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The controversial website WikiLeaks collects and posts highly classified documents and video. Founder Julian Assange, who's reportedly being sought for questioning by US authorities, talks to TED's Chris Anderson about how the site operates, what it has accomplished -- and what drives him. The interview includes graphic footage of a recent US airstrike in Baghdad.

Naif Al-Mutawa: Superheroes inspired by Islam

2010-12-18T04:06:00.000+08:00

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In "THE 99," Naif Al-Mutawa's new generation of comic book heroes fight more than crime -- they smash stereotypes and battle extremism. Named after the 99 attributes of Allah, his characters reinforce positive messages of Islam and cross cultures to create a new moral framework for confronting evil, even teaming up with the Justice League of America.

Dimitar Sasselov: How we found hundreds of potential Earth-like planets

2010-12-17T04:06:00.000+08:00

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Astronomer Dimitar Sasselov and his colleagues search for Earth-like planets that may, someday, help us answer centuries-old questions about the origin and existence of biological life elsewhere (and on Earth). Preliminary results show that they have found 706 "candidates" -- some of which further research may prove to be planets with Earth-like geochemical characteristics.

Tan Le: A headset that reads your brainwaves

2010-12-16T04:05:00.000+08:00

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Tan Le's astonishing new computer interface reads its user's brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts (and a little concentration). She demos the headset, and talks about its far-reaching applications.

Kevin Stone: The bio-future of joint replacement

2010-12-15T04:05:00.000+08:00

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Arthritis and injury grind down millions of joints, but few get the best remedy -- real biological tissue. Kevin Stone shows a treatment that could sidestep the high costs and donor shortfall of human-to-human transplants with a novel use of animal tissue.

Sheena Iyengar on the art of choosing

2010-12-14T04:04:00.000+08:00

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Sheena Iyengar studies how we make choices -- and how we feel about the choices we make. At TEDGlobal, she talks about both trivial choices (Coke v. Pepsi) and profound ones, and shares her groundbreaking research that has uncovered some surprising attitudes about our decisions.

Susan Shaw: The oil spill's toxic trade-off

2010-12-13T04:04:00.001+08:00

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Break down the oil slick, keep it off the shores: that's grounds for pumping toxic dispersant into the Gulf, say clean-up overseers. Susan Shaw shows evidence it's sparing some beaches only at devastating cost to the health of the deep sea.

John Delaney: Wiring an interactive ocean

2010-12-12T04:03:00.001+08:00

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Oceanographer John Delaney is leading the team that is building an underwater network of high-def cameras and sensors that will turn our ocean into a global interactive lab -- sparking an explosion of rich data about the world below.

Laurie Santos: A monkey economy as irrational as ours

2010-12-11T04:03:00.000+08:00

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Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A clever series of experiments in "monkeynomics" shows that some of the silly choices we make, monkeys make too.

Lewis Pugh's mind-shifting Everest swim

2010-12-10T04:02:00.000+08:00

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After he swam the North Pole, Lewis Pugh vowed never to take another cold-water dip. Then he heard of Lake Imja in the Himalayas, created by recent glacial melting, and Lake Pumori, a body of water at an altitude of 5300 m on Everest -- and so began a journey that would teach him a radical new way to approach swimming and think about climate change.

Jason Clay: How big brands can help save biodiversity - Jason Clay (2010)

2010-12-09T04:02:00.000+08:00

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Convince just 100 key companies to go sustainable, and WWF's Jason Clay says global markets will shift to protect the planet our consumption has already outgrown. Hear how his extraordinary roundtables are getting big brand rivals to agree on green practices first -- before their products duke it out on store shelves.

Sheryl WuDunn: Our century's greatest injustice - Sheryl WuDunn (2010)

2010-12-08T04:01:00.000+08:00

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Sheryl WuDunn's book "Half the Sky" investigates the oppression of women globally. Her stories shock. Only when women in developing countries have equal access to education and economic opportunity will we be using all our human resources.

Peter Molyneux demos Milo, the virtual boy

2010-12-07T04:01:00.000+08:00

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Peter Molyneux demos Milo, a hotly anticipated video game for Microsoft's Kinect controller. Perceptive and impressionable like a real 11-year-old, the virtual boy watches, listens and learns -- recognizing and responding to you.

Jamil Abu-Wardeh: The Axis of Evil Middle East Comedy Tour

2010-12-06T04:00:00.001+08:00

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Jamil Abu-Wardeh jump-started the comedy scene in the Arab world by founding the Axis of Evil Middle East Comedy Tour, which brings standup comedians to laughing audiences all over the region. He's found that, by respecting the "three B's" (blue material, beliefs and "bolitics"), the Axis of Evil comics find plenty of cross-border laughs.

Maz Jobrani: Did you hear the one about the Iranian-American?

2010-12-05T04:00:00.001+08:00

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A founding member of the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour, standup comic Maz Jobrani riffs on the challenges and conflicts of being Iranian-American -- "like, part of me thinks I should have a nuclear program; the other part thinks I can't be trusted ..."

Seth Priebatsch: The game layer on top of the world

2010-12-04T04:00:00.001+08:00

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By now, we're used to letting Facebook and Twitter capture our social lives on the web -- building a "social layer" on top of the real world. At TEDxBoston, Seth Priebatsch looks at the next layer in progress: the "game layer," a pervasive net of behavior-steering game dynamics that will reshape education and commerce.

Jim Toomey: Learning from Sherman the shark

2010-12-03T03:55:00.001+08:00

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Cartoonist Jim Toomey created the comic strip Sherman's Lagoon, a wry look at underwater life starring Sherman the talking shark. As he sketches some of his favorite sea creatures live onstage, Toomey shares his love of the ocean and the stories it can tell.

David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization

2010-12-02T03:56:00.000+08:00

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David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut -- and it may just change the way we see the world.

Lisa Margonelli: The political chemistry of oil

2010-12-01T03:55:00.000+08:00

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In the Gulf oil spill's aftermath, Lisa Margonelli says drilling moratoriums and executive ousters make for good theater, but distract from the issue at its heart: our unrestrained oil consumption. She shares her bold plan to wean America off of oil -- by confronting consumers with its real cost.

Dan Cobley: What physics taught me about marketing

2010-11-30T03:54:00.001+08:00

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Physics and marketing don't seem to have much in common, but Dan Cobley is passionate about both. He brings these unlikely bedfellows together using Newton's second law, Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, the scientific method and the second law of thermodynamics to explain the fundamental theories of branding.

Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Index

2010-11-29T03:54:00.001+08:00

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Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation's success by its productivity -- instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people. He introduces the Happy Planet Index, which tracks national well-being against resource use (because a happy life doesn't have to cost the earth). Which countries rank highest in the HPI? You might be surprised.

Johan Rockstrom: Let the environment guide our development

2010-11-28T03:53:00.000+08:00

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Human growth has strained the Earth's resources, but as Johan Rockstrom reminds us, our advances also give us the science to recognize this and change behavior. His research has found nine "planetary boundaries" that can guide us in protecting our planet's many overlapping ecosystems.

His Holiness the Karmapa: The technology of the heart

2010-11-27T03:53:00.001+08:00

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His Holiness the Karmapa talks about how he was discovered to be the reincarnation of a revered figure in Tibetan Buddhism. In telling his story, he urges us to work on not just technology and design, but the technology and design of the heart. He is translated onstage by Tyler Dewar.

Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself

2010-11-26T03:52:00.001+08:00

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After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone, but Derek Sivers says it's better to keep goals secret. He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them.

Rachel Sussman: The world's oldest living things

2010-11-25T03:52:00.001+08:00

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Rachel Sussman shows photographs of the world's oldest continuously living organisms -- from 2,000-year-old brain coral off Tobago's coast to an "underground forest" in South Africa that has lived since before the dawn of agriculture.

Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education

2010-11-24T03:51:00.000+08:00

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Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching.

Carne Ross: An independent diplomat - Carne Ross (2009)

2010-11-23T03:51:00.000+08:00

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After 15 years in the British diplomatic corps, Carne Ross became a "freelance diplomat," running a bold nonprofit that gives small, developing and yet-unrecognized nations a voice in international relations. At the BIF-5 conference, he calls for a new kind of diplomacy that gives voice to small countries, that works with changing boundaries and that welcomes innovation.

Ben Cameron: The true power of the performing arts - Ben Cameron (2010)

2010-11-22T03:50:00.000+08:00

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Arts administrator and live-theater fan Ben Cameron looks at the state of the live arts -- asking: How can the magic of live theater, live music, live dance compete with the always-on Internet? At TEDxYYC, he offers a bold look forward.

Alwar Balasubramaniam: Art of substance and absence - Alwar Balasubramaniam (2009)

2010-11-21T03:51:00.000+08:00

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Alwar Balasubramaniam's sculpture plays with time, shape, shadow, perspective: four tricky sensations that can reveal -- or conceal -- what's really out there. At TEDIndia, the artist shows slides of his extraordinary installations.

Rob Dunbar: Discovering ancient climates in oceans and ice - Rob Dunbar (2010)

2010-11-20T03:50:00.000+08:00

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Rob Dunbar hunts for data on our climate from 12,000 years ago, finding clues inside ancient seabeds and corals and inside ice sheets. His work is vital in setting baselines for fixing our current climate -- and in tracking the rise of deadly ocean acidification.

Nicholas Christakis: How social networks predict epidemics

2010-11-19T03:48:00.000+08:00

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After mapping humans' intricate social networks, Nicholas Christakis and colleague James Fowler began investigating how this information could better our lives. Now, he reveals his hot-off-the-press findings: These networks can be used to detect epidemics earlier than ever, from the spread of innovative ideas to risky behaviors to viruses (like H1N1).

Caroline Phillips: Hurdy-gurdy for beginners

2010-11-18T03:48:00.000+08:00

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Caroline Phillips cranks out tunes on a seldom-heard folk instrument: the hurdy-gurdy, a.k.a. the wheel fiddle. A searching, Basque melody follows her fun lesson on its unique anatomy and 1,000-year history.

Christien Meindertsma: How pig parts make the world turn

2010-11-17T03:47:00.000+08:00

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Christien Meindertsma, author of "Pig 05049" looks at the astonishing afterlife of the ordinary pig, parts of which make their way into at least 185 non-pork products, from bullets to artificial hearts.

Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from

2010-11-16T03:47:00.000+08:00

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People often credit their ideas to individual "Eureka!" moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the "liquid networks" of London's coffee houses to Charles Darwin's long, slow hunch to today's high-velocity web.

Mitchell Besser: Mothers helping mothers fight HIV

2010-11-15T03:46:00.000+08:00

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In sub-Saharan Africa, HIV infections are more prevalent and doctors scarcer than anywhere else in the world. With a lack of medical professionals, Mitchell Besser enlisted the help of his patients to create mothers2mothers -- an extraordinary network of HIV-positive women whose support for each other is changing and saving lives.

Annie Lennox: Why I am an HIV/AIDS activist

2010-11-14T03:46:00.000+08:00

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For the last eight years, pop singer Annie Lennox has devoted the majority of her time to her SING campaign, raising awareness and money to combat HIV/AIDS. She shares the experiences that have inspired her, from working with Nelson Mandela to meeting a little African girl in a desperate situation.

Fabian Hemmert: The shape-shifting future of the mobile phone

2010-11-13T03:45:00.000+08:00

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At TEDxBerlin, Fabian Hemmert demos one future of the mobile phone -- a shape-shifting and weight-shifting handset that "displays" information nonvisually, offering a delightfully intuitive way to communicate.

Julian Treasure: Shh! Sound health in 8 steps

2010-11-12T03:45:00.001+08:00

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Julian Treasure says our increasingly noisy world is gnawing away at our mental health -- even costing lives. He lays out an 8-step plan to soften this sonic assault (starting with those cheap earbuds) and restore our relationship with sound.

Gary Wolf: The quantified self

2010-11-11T03:44:00.000+08:00

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At TED@Cannes, Gary Wolf gives a 5-min intro to an intriguing new pastime: using mobile apps and always-on gadgets to track and analyze your body, mood, diet, spending -- just about everything in daily life you can measure -- in gloriously geeky detail.

Natalie Jeremijenko: The art of the eco-mindshift - Natalie Jeremijenko (2009)

2010-11-10T03:35:00.000+08:00

Natalie Jeremijenko's unusual lab puts art to work, and addresses environmental woes by combining engineering know-how with public art and a team of volunteers. These real-life experiments include: Walking tadpoles, texting "fish," planting fire-hydrant gardens and more.

Mechai Viravaidya: How Mr. Condom made Thailand a better place

2010-11-09T03:43:00.000+08:00

At TEDxChange, Thailand's "Mr. Condom," Mechai Viravaidya, walks us through the country's bold plan to raise its standard of living, starting in the 1970s. First step: population control. And that means a lot of frank, funny -- and very effective -- talk about condoms.

Jessica Jackley: Poverty, money -- and love

2010-11-08T15:38:00.000+08:00

What do you think of people in poverty? Maybe what Jessica Jackley once did: "they" need "our" help, in the form of a few coins in a jar. The co-founder of Kiva.org talks about how her attitude changed -- and how her work with microloans has brought new power to people who live on a few dollars a day.

Dianna Cohen: Tough truths about plastic pollution

2010-11-07T16:07:00.000+08:00

Artist Dianna Cohen shares some tough truths about plastic pollution in the ocean and in our lives -- and some thoughts on how to free ourselves from the plastic gyre.

Tim Jackson's economic reality check

2010-11-06T03:41:00.000+08:00

As the world faces recession, climate change, inequity and more, Tim Jackson delivers a piercing challenge to established economic principles, explaining how we might stop feeding the crises and start investing in our future.

Hans Rosling: The good news of the decade?

2010-11-05T16:33:00.000+08:00

Hans Rosling reframes 10 years of UN data with his spectacular visuals, lighting up an astonishing -- mostly unreported -- piece of front-page-worthy good news: We're winning the war against child mortality. Along the way, he debunks one flawed approach to stats that blots out such vital stories.

Stacey Kramer: The best gift I ever survived

2010-11-04T03:20:00.003+08:00

Stacey Kramer offers a moving, personal, 3-minute parable that shows how an unwanted experience -- frightening, traumatic, costly -- can turn out to be a priceless gift.

Lee Hotz: Inside an Antarctic time machine

2010-11-03T03:56:00.001+08:00

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Science columnist Lee Hotz describes a remarkable project at WAIS Divide, Antarctica, where a hardy team are drilling into ten-thousand-year-old ice to extract vital data on our changing climate.

Stefano Mancuso: The roots of plant intelligence

2010-11-03T03:24:00.003+08:00

Plants behave in some oddly intelligent ways: fighting predators, maximizing food opportunities ... But can we think of them as actually having a form of intelligence of their own? Italian botanist Stefano Mancuso presents intriguing evidence.

Peter Haas: Haiti's disaster of engineering

2010-11-02T13:51:00.000+08:00

"Haiti was not a natural disaster," says TED Fellow Peter Haas: "It was a disaster of engineering." As the country rebuilds after January's deadly quake, are bad old building practices creating another ticking time bomb? Haas's group, AIDG, is helping Haiti's builders learn modern building and engineering practices, to assemble a strong country brick by brick.

Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome

2010-11-01T03:44:00.000+08:00

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Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our "connectome," and it's as individual as our genome -- and understanding it could open a new way to understand our brains and our minds.

Inge Missmahl brings peace to the minds of Afghanistan - Inge Missmahl (2010)

2010-10-31T03:43:00.000+08:00

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When Jungian analyst Inge Missmahl visited Afghanistan, she saw the inner wounds of war -- widespread despair, trauma and depression. And yet, in this county of 30 million people, there were only two dozen psychiatrists. Missmahl talks about her work helping to build the country's system of psychosocial counseling, promoting both individual and, perhaps, national healing.

Ze Frank's web playroom - Ze Frank (2010)

2010-10-30T15:21:00.002+08:00

On the web, a new "Friend" may be just a click away, but true connection is harder to find and express. Ze Frank presents a medley of zany Internet toys that require deep participation -- and reward it with something more nourishing. You're invited, if you promise you'll share.

Eben Bayer: Are mushrooms the new plastic? - Eben Bayer (2010)

2010-10-29T03:42:00.000+08:00

Product designer Eben Bayer reveals his recipe for a new, fungus-based packaging material that protects fragile stuff like furniture, plasma screens -- and the environment.

Barbara Block: Tagging tuna in the deep ocean - Barbara Block (2010)

2010-10-28T03:41:00.000+08:00

Tuna are ocean athletes -- fast, far-ranging predators whose habits we're just beginning to understand. Marine biologist Barbara Block fits tuna with tracking tags (complete with transponders) that record unprecedented amounts of data about these gorgeous, threatened fish and the ocean habitats they move through.

R.A. Mashelkar: Breakthrough designs for ultra-low-cost products

2010-10-27T16:09:00.004+08:00

Engineer RA Mashelkar shares three stories of ultra-low-cost design from India that use bottom-up rethinking, and some clever engineering, to bring expensive products (cars, prosthetics) into the realm of the possible for everyone.

Chris Anderson: How web video powers global innovation

2010-10-26T10:49:00.001+08:00

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TED's Chris Anderson says the rise of web video is driving a worldwide phenomenon he calls Crowd Accelerated Innovation -- a self-fueling cycle of learning that could be as significant as the invention of print. But to tap into its power, organizations will need to

Chris Anderson: How web video powers global innovation - Chris Anderson (TED) (2010)

2010-10-26T03:49:00.003+08:00

Melinda French Gates: What nonprofits can learn from Coca-Cola

2010-10-26T01:49:00.000+08:00

At TEDxChange, Melinda Gates makes a provocative case for nonprofits taking a cue from corporations such as Coca-Cola, whose plugged-in, global network of marketers and distributors ensures that every remote village wants -- and can get -- a Coke. Why shouldn't this work for condoms, sanitation, vaccinations too?