My Favorite TED Talks of 2009
Click here to view the embedded video. My other favorites were these: Tim Berners-Lee Bonnie Bassler Rosamund Zander Willie Smits Dan Ariely Liz Coleman I’ll post their talks when they come out, but...
View ArticleTED Talk: Linked Data
One of my favorite talks of TED 2009 was from Tim Berners-Lee, the man often credited with (actually) inventing the Web. He’s been going on for quite a while about the coming of the “semantic web” and...
View ArticleHow to Change the Climate in 3 Years
Oh, and re-grow the rainforrest, strengthen the social, political and economic climate, save endangered species and increase biodiversity and resilliance all at the same time without any budget. Click...
View ArticleBehavioral Economics With Dan Ariely
Click here to view the embedded video. If you liked this talk (as I do), check out Ariely’s 3 irrational lessons from the Bernie Madoff scandal.… Related posts: Red Pill or Blue Pill? Don't Eat That...
View ArticleMilitary-Industrial Complex Redux
Click here to view the embedded video.… Related posts: TED Talk: Susan Blackmore Focusing Sound Mass Adoption of Electric Cars
View ArticleThe Vanguard of Science: Bonnie Bassler
The import of this talk goes way beyond the specific and stunning work that Bassler and her team have done on quorum sensing. In my mind, this is the prototype for good biological science: Click here...
View ArticleMass Adoption of Electric Cars
Click here to view the embedded video.… Related posts: Focusing Sound Reinventing Liberal Arts Education Military-Industrial Complex Redux
View ArticleDon't Eat That Marshmallow!
Short but brilliant TED talk by Joachim de Posada. I love the economic point he makes at the end. Related posts: Red Pill or Blue Pill? Behavioral Economics With Dan Ariely Notes from TED
View ArticleReinventing Liberal Arts Education
This was one of the most important and encouraging talks of this year’s TED conference: Click here to view the embedded video.… Related posts: How to Change the Climate in 3 Years TED Talk: Linked Data...
View Article“Bad people do bad things”
In listening to this account of Hemant Lakhani, convicted in 2005 of illegal arms dealing, I was reminded of another This American Life episode about Brandon Darby. Underlying both stories are...
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