| TEDTalks: Barry Schwartz (2005) |
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http://www.ted.com Barry Schwartz is a
sociology professor at Swarthmore College and
author of The Paradox of Choice. In this
talk, he persuasively explains how and why
the abundance of choice in modern society is
actually making us miserable. (Recorded July
2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 20:22
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| TEDTalks: Malcom Gladwell (2004) |
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http://www.ted.com Malcolm Gladwell is a
staff writer for The New Yorker, and
best-selling author ofThe Tipping Point and
Blink. In this talk, filmed at TED2004, he
explains what every business can learn from
spaghetti sauce. (Recorded February 2004 in
Monterey, CA. Duration: 18:15)
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| Richard Dawkins on the strangeness of science: TEDTalks |
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http://www.ted.com Mind-expanding talk that
probes the limits of human understanding: Why
can't we see atoms? Why can't we hear color?
How can we understand randomness? Dawkins
suggests that the true nature of the universe
eludes us because the human mind has evolved
mainly to understand other humans -- and to
look for human motives even in natural
processes. Thus, we create a humanlike God to
explain phenomena we can't otherwise
comprehend; right or wrong, we're simply
wired for it. Dawkins is Oxford's Professor
for the Public Understanding of Science, and
the author of the landmark 1976 book The
Selfish Gene and the 2006 bestseller The God
Delusion. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK)
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| TEDTalks: Dan Dennett (2006) |
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http://www.ted.com Dan Dennett is a Tufts
philosophy professor and cognitive scientist,
renowned for his books, Consciousness
Explained (1991) and Darwin's Dangerous Idea
(1995). His most recent book, Breaking the
Spell: Religion as a natural phenomenon calls
for a rational examination of religion as a
cultural phenomenon that has co-evolved over
milennia to meet human needs. In this talk,
which followed the presentation by Pastor
Rick Warren, he takes issue with some of
Warren's claims in The Purpose-Driven Life.
(Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA.
Duration: 25:29)
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| TEDTalks: Dan Gilbert (2005) |
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http://www.ted.com Dan Gilbert is a
psychology professor at Harvard, and author
of Stumbling on Happiness. In this memorable
talk, filmed at TED2004, he demonstrates just
how poor we humans are at predicting (or
understanding) what will make us happy.
(Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration:
22:02)
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Durée : 1321 s |
| TEDTalks: Cameron Sinclair |
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http://www.ted.com TEDPrize winner Cameron
Sinclair is founder of Architecture for
Humanity, and author of Design Like You Give
A Damn: Architectural Responses to
Humanitarian Crises In this presentation, he
demonstrates the need for a design response
to humanitarian crises, and unveils his
TEDPrize wish: to create a community that
actively embraces open-source design to
generate innovative and sustainable living
standards for all.
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Durée : 1454 s |
| TEDTalks: Aubrey de Grey (2005) |
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http://www.ted.com Aubrey de Grey, British
biogerontologist and founder of SENS,
controversially claims to have created a
roadmap to defeat biological aging. In this
talk, he argues that aging - like other
diseases - can be cured, and that humans can
live for centuries, if only we approach the
aging process as "an engineering problem."
(Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration:
23:31)
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Durée : 1411 s |
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