The technological future of crime: Marc Goodman at TEDGlobal 2012
Everyone can use technology. Everyone. Marc Goodman starts, cheerily, by saying, “I study the future of crime and terrorism. And quite...
Demand a more open-source government: Beth Noveck at TEDGlobal 2012
As the US’s first Deputy CTO, Beth Noveck founded the White House Open Government Initiative, which developed administration policy on...
Video: Why I translate
TED’s Open Translation Project: 9,000 translators, 88 languages, more than 29,000 volunteer-contributed translations of TEDTalks. In t...
Shadows in the light of openness: Ivan Krastev at TEDGlobal 2012
What’s going wrong with democracy? Iavan Krastev is a political scientist to speak about crisis in Europe. Not, in his words, an inspi...
Self-determination in the digital age: Malte Spitz at TEDGlobal 2012
As curator Chris Anderson says, politicians don’t generally turn up on the TED stage. This year, there are two in a row, as Alex Salmo...
The magic of a group think: TEDGlobal 2012 Day 1 recap
When you hear the word “innovation,” an image may pop to mind of an intrepid inventor toiling in isolation — Benjamin Fran...
How to read our fears: Karen Thompson Walker at TEDGlobal 2012
A story of fear In 1819, off the coast of Chile, 20 American sailors watch their whaleship, the Essex, fill with seawater. It had been struc...
Thinking rationally? Think again: Eddie Obeng at TEDGlobal 2012
Eddie Obeng runs Pentacle, an online business school where he teaches “new world management.” He also has more energy than seems...
“2 ways of holding an idea”: Report from TED University Session 1
TED University is our attendee-driven program, and this year’s is the most globally diverse group of attendees — people are here...