Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from
www.ted.com 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.TEDTalks ...
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Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation
www.ted.com Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories -- and maybe, a way forward.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast...
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- Length: 18:37
- Views: 1264168
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Hans Rosling: No more boring data: TEDTalks
www.ted.com With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, and founder o...
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- Length: 20:35
- Views: 708494
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Susan Cain: The power of introverts
www.ted.com In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated...
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- Length: 19:05
- Views: 362081
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Kevin Allocca: Why videos go viral
www.ted.com Kevin Allocca is YouTube's trends manager, and he has deep thoughts about silly web video. In this talk from TEDYouth, he shares the 4 reasons a video goes viral. (This is the first talk posted from an amazing TEDYouth event. Many others will come on line next month as part of our TED...
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- Length: 7:21
- Views: 217146
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Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders
www.ted.com Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg looks at why a smaller percentage of women than men reach the top of their professions -- and offers 3 powerful pieces of advice to women aiming for the C-suite.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, w...
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- Length: 15:29
- Views: 247148
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Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
www.ted.com Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doe...
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- Length: 20:04
- Views: 3546026
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Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice
www.ted.com Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the T...
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- Length: 20:22
- Views: 923843
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Tony Robbins: Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better
Tony Robbins discusses the "invisible forces" that make us do what we do -- and high-fives Al Gore in the front row.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes...
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- Length: 22:31
- Views: 4184627
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Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action
www.ted.com Simon Sinek presents a simple but powerful model for how leaders inspire action, starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?" His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and the Wright brothers -- and as a counterpoint Tivo, which (until a recent court victory that triple...
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- Length: 18:35
- Views: 895001
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Elizabeth Gilbert: A new way to think about creativity
www.ted.com "Eat, Pray, Love" Author Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius. It's a funny, personal and surprisingly moving talk.TEDTalks is a ...
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- Length: 19:29
- Views: 901607
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TEDxUSC - Kellee Santiago - 3/23/09
Are Video Games Art? Game innovator Kellee Santiago insists that games are more than entertainment. As a student in the MFA Interactive Media program at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Kellees research focused on game design, interactive narrative, and physical and...
Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability
www.ted.com Brene Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.TEDTalks is a...
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- Length: 20:50
- Views: 415638
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Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything
www.ted.com 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.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world'...
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- Length: 18:25
- Views: 75084
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Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our decisions?
www.ted.com Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we're not as rational as we think when we make decisions.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the be...
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- Length: 17:27
- Views: 255837
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Richard Dawkins on our "queer" universe
www.ted.com Biologist Richard Dawkins makes a case for "thinking the improbable" by looking at how the human frame of reference limits our understanding of the universe.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers...
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- Length: 22:42
- Views: 560169
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Sugata Mitra's new experiments in self-teaching
www.ted.com Indian 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 we...
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- Length: 17:26
- Views: 209962
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Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world
www.ted.com Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jane McGonigal says we can, and explains how.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and...
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