TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.
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In this TED-Talk, author of “When China Rules the World” and a columnist for the Guardian and New Statesman, Martin Jacques takes to the stage and provides us with a glimpse into the future. In his presentation, he highlights the fact that China is predicted to have a larger economy that the United States by…
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Software entrepreneur Jason Fried is the co-founder of 37signals and co-author of “Rework.” His passions include collaboration, productivity and the nature of work, all of which become intriguingly apparent in this thought-provoking TED-Talk. In his presentation, Fried proposes a somewhat unnerving suggestion: that perhaps the office isn’t the best place to be productive. Fried goes…
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Gaming theorist Tom Chatfield spends his time analyzing games; what we want from them, what we get from them, and how individuals might use their hard-wired desire for a gamer’s reward to change the way they learn. In this fascinating TED-Talk, Chatfield draws our attention to how games are meticulously designed to issue players with…
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Tim Jackson – internationally esteemed economist and researcher – studies the relationships between lifestyle, societal values, and the environment. In this TED-Talk, Jackson takes a look at the concept of prosperity and highlights the notion of global prosperity being a shared endeavor. He juxtaposes our often narrow definition of prosperity with our bleak, resource-poor future….
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Seth Godin – marketer, author, entrepreneur, and blogger – spends his time considering the marketing of ideas in the digital age. In this highly entertaining TED-Talk, Godin takes a look at what it means for something to be “broken”. He clearly identifies 7 of the common reasons they may be that way and goes on…
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Educational scientist Sugata Mitra is the winner of the 2013 TED Prize. In this fascinating TED-Talk, he addresses one of the greatest problems of education; the best teachers and schools don’t exist where they’re needed most. Mitra reflects on research he conducted across the world in order to try and find solutions to this problem….
