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- TED: David Kelley: How to build your creative confidence - David Kelley (2012) (Wed, 16 May 2012 08:30:52 -0700)
Is your school or workplace divided into "creatives" versus practical people? Yet surely, David Kelley suggests, creativity is not the domain of only a chosen few. Telling stories from his legendary design career and his own life, he offers ways to build the confidence to create... (From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.) - TED: Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history - Jean-Baptiste Michel (2012) (Tue, 15 May 2012 08:00:09 -0700)
What can mathematics say about history? According to TED Fellow Jean-Baptiste Michel, quite a lot. From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, he shows how digitized history is just starting to reveal deep underlying patterns. - TED: Tali Sharot: The optimism bias - Tali Sharot (2012) (Mon, 14 May 2012 08:10:53 -0700)
Are we born to be optimistic, rather than realistic? Tali Sharot shares new research that suggests our brains are wired to look on the bright side -- and how that can be both dangerous and beneficial. - TED: Renny Gleeson: 404, the story of a page not found - Renny Gleeson (2012) (Fri, 11 May 2012 08:08:25 -0700)
Oops! Nobody wants to see the 404: Page Not Found. But as Renny Gleeson shows us, while he runs through a slideshow of creative and funny 404 pages, every error is really a chance to build a better relationship. - TED: Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do - Joshua Foer (2012) (Thu, 10 May 2012 08:00:12 -0700)
There are people who can quickly memorize lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much more. Science writer Joshua Foer describes the technique -- called the memory palace -- and shows off its most remarkable feature: anyone can learn how to use it, including him. - TED: JP Rangaswami: Information is food - JP Rangaswami (2012) (Tue, 08 May 2012 09:16:46 -0700)
How do we consume data? At TED@SXSWi, technologist JP Rangaswami muses on our relationship to information, and offers a surprising and sharp insight: we treat it like food. - TED: Michael Tilson Thomas: Music and emotion through time - Michael Tilson Thomas (2012) (Mon, 07 May 2012 07:59:44 -0700)
In this epic overview, Michael Tilson Thomas traces the development of classical music through the development of written notation, the record, and the re-mix. - TED: Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything - Rory Sutherland (2011) (Fri, 04 May 2012 08:07:48 -0700)
The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness. - TED: Gary Kovacs: Tracking the trackers - Gary Kovacs (2012) (Thu, 03 May 2012 08:00:19 -0700)
As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil -- personal data can make your browsing more efficient; cookies can help your favorite websites stay in business. But, says Gary Kovacs, it's your right to know what data is being collected about you and how it affects your online life. He unveils a Firefox add-on to do just that. - TED: Reuben Margolin: Sculpting waves in wood and time - Reuben Margolin (2012) (Wed, 02 May 2012 08:00:12 -0700)
Reuben Margolin is a kinetic sculptor, crafting beautiful pieces that move in the pattern of raindrops falling and waves combining. Take nine minutes and be mesmerized by his meditative art -- inspired in equal parts by math and nature. - TED: Amory Lovins: A 50-year plan for energy - Amory Lovins (2012) (Tue, 01 May 2012 08:30:30 -0700)
In this intimate talk filmed at TED's offices, energy theorist Amory Lovins lays out the steps we must take to end the world's dependence on oil (before we run out). Some changes are already happening -- like lighter-weight cars and smarter trucks -- but some require a bigger vision. - TED: Liz Diller: A giant bubble for debate - Liz Diller (2012) (Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:32:05 -0700)
How do you make a great public space inside a not-so-great building? Liz Diller shares the story of creating a welcoming, lighthearted (even, dare we say it, sexy) addition to the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC. (From The Design Studio session at TED2012, guest-curated by Chee Pearlman and David Rockwell.) - TED: Nancy Lublin: Texting that saves lives - Nancy Lublin (2012) (Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:12:33 -0700)
When Nancy Lublin started texting teenagers to help with her social advocacy organization, what she found was shocking -- they started texting back about their own problems, from bullying to depression to abuse. So she's setting up a text-only crisis line, and the results might be even more important than she expected. - TED: Eduardo Paes: The 4 commandments of cities - Eduardo Paes (2012) (Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:11:34 -0700)
Eduardo Paes is the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, a sprawling, complicated, beautiful city of 6.5 million. He shares four big ideas about leading Rio -- and all cities -- into the future, including bold (and do-able) infrastructure upgrades and how to make a city "smarter." - TED: Michael Norton: How to buy happiness - Michael Norton (2011) (Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:17:33 -0700)
At TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can, indeed buy happiness -- when you don't spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spending can benefit you, your work, and (of course) other people. - TED: Brian Greene: Is our universe the only universe? - Brian Greene (2012) (Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:19:03 -0700)
Is there more than one universe? In this visually rich, action-packed talk, Brian Greene shows how the unanswered questions of physics (starting with a big one: What caused the Big Bang?) have led to the theory that our own universe is just one of many in the "multiverse." - TED: Christina Warinner: Tracking ancient diseases using ... plaque - Christina Warinner (2012) (Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:13:02 -0700)
Imagine what we could learn about diseases by studying the history of human disease, from ancient hominids to the present. But how? TED Fellow Christina Warinner is an achaeological geneticist, and she's found a spectacular new tool -- the microbial DNA in fossilized dental plaque. - TED: Laura Carstensen: Older people are happier - Laura Carstensen (2011) (Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:25:42 -0700)
In the 20th century we added an unprecedented number of years to our lifespans, but is the quality of life as good? Surprisingly, yes! At TEDxWomen psychologist Laura Carstensen shows research that demonstrates that as people get older they become happier, more content, and have a more positive outlook on the world. - TED: Taryn Simon: The stories behind the bloodlines - Taryn Simon (2011) (Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:04:38 -0700)
Taryn Simon captures the essence of vast, generation-spanning stories by photographing the descendants of people at the center of the narrative. In this riveting talk she shows a stream of these stories from all over the world, investigating the nature of genealogy and the way our lives are shaped by the interplay of many different forces. - TED: Drew Curtis: How I beat a patent troll - Drew Curtis (2012) (Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:00:43 -0700)
Drew Curtis, the founder of fark.com, tells the story of how he fought a lawsuit from a company that had a patent, "...for the creation and distribution of news releases via email." Along the way he shares some nutty statistics about the growing legal problem of frivolous patents.
