Archive for June, 2006
TEDTalks : Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you’ve ever seen – Hans Rosling (2006)
You’ve never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called “developing world.”
TEDTalks : Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better – Tony Robbins (2006)
Tony Robbins discusses the “invisible forces” that motivate everyone’s actions — and high-fives Al Gore in the front row.
TEDTalks : 15 ways to avert a climate crisis – Al Gore (2006)
With the same humor and humanity he exuded in An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore spells out 15 ways that individuals can address climate change immediately, from buying a hybrid to inventing a new, hotter “brand name” for global warming.
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TEDTalks : Greening the ghetto – Majora Carter (2006)
In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx — and shows how minority neighborhood suffer most from flawed urban policy.
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TEDTalks : When it comes to tech, simplicity sells – David Pogue (2006)
New York Times columnist David Pogue takes aim at technology’s worst interface-design offenders, and provides encouraging examples of products that get it right. To funny things up, he bursts into song.
TEDTalks : Do schools kill creativity? – Ken Robinson (2006)
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
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