Openness about injuries: Q&A with Joshua Prager
Until he was 19, Joshua Prager wanted to play professional baseball or be a doctor. After 19, he was just glad he could walk. For eight year...
Made your 200-year plan yet? 3 other majorly long-term projects
Do you have a 5-year plan? A 10-year plan? Even if you’ve mapped out your life 20 years into the future, chances are that multidisciplinary ...
Looking forward, looking back: TEDGlobal 2012 recap
When it comes to time, there is the past, the present and the future. But during day four of TEDGlobal, speakers seemed especially concerned...
In praise of cooperation without coordination: Clay Shirky at TEDGlobal 2012
Amy Cuddy must be proud: Clay Shirky walks on stage and promptly strikes a power pose. Then he tells us of a 9-year-old Scottish girl who li...
Everything is a remix: Kirby Ferguson at TEDGlobal 2012
In 1964 Bob Dylan was near the pinnacle of his career, pouring out now-classic songs at a near-miraculous pace. But a few critics claim that...
Unreasonable people unite: John Wilbanks at TEDGlobal 2012
John Wilbanks arrives on stage with some bad news, some good news and a task. But first, he says, let’s be honest. We all get sick. We...
The glass is half empty and half full: TEDGlobal 2012 Day 3 recap
There are two ways to see a glass of water—some view it as half full, others refer to it as half empty. During the third day of TEDGlobal, t...
Speaking of the future: Keith Chen at TEDGlobal 2012
Keith Chen is a Yale economist who made a stir earlier this year with an intriguing working paper relating economics and language — a ...
Entering the second age of enlightenment: Heather Brooke at TEDGlobal 2012
Heather Brooke starts her talk by telling us a fairy tale. It’s a tale of children, scolded for daring to question the authority of th...