Communication is usually defined as the transmission of information.
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Sound consultant, Julian Treasure studies sound and advises businesses on how best to use it. In this helpful TED talk, the sound expert demonstrates the how-to’s of powerful speaking – because everyone wants to be heard when they speak. Surely you’ve had that feeling, that you’re talking but nobody’s really listening. Julian Treasure is here to help…
Germany favors Deutsche Telekom AG to replace Verizon Communications Inc. as a network provider after deciding to end the American company’s contract. This, as consequence of reports about spy surveillance by the U.S. The federal government wants to win back more technological sovereignty and therefore prefers to work with German companies,” Tobias Plate, an interior ministry…
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Privacy economist, Alessandro Acquisti studies the behavioral economics of privacy (and information security) in social networks. In this thought-provoking, slightly chilling talk TED talk, he explains how and why the line between public and private has blurred in the past decade, both online and in real life. He shares details of recent and ongoing research — including…
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Principal computer engineer at Intel, Maria Bezaitis, focuses on how constellations of personal data can form new business models. In this TED talk, she means that without even realizing it, we’re barricading ourselves against strangeness in the digital word. Strangeness, meaning people and ideas that don’t fit the patterns of who we already know, what we already…
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Happy New Year from OpEx Society & TED! To celebrate the closing of the year, TED has asked people around their office what talks have inspired the most to make New Year’s resolutions. Check out this article to read their answers, and watch some of the most inspiring talks ever. Hint: many found aspirations hidden in unexpected talks….
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Skeptic Michael Shermer debunks myths, superstitions and urban legends — and explains why we believe them. Along with publishing Skeptic Magazine, he’s author of Why People Believe Weird Things and The Mind of the Market. In this fascinating TED talk, he poses the thought-provoking question of why people see the Virgin Mary on a cheese sandwich or…
