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Global Issues

Stewart Brand proclaims 4 environmental ‘heresies’ on TED.com

The man who helped usher in the environmental movement in the 1960s and ’70s has been rethinking his positions on cities, nuclear powe...

Jul 13, 2009
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Global Issues

Q&A with Sophal Ear: From refugee stories to international policies

In yesterday’s TEDTalk, development economist and political scientist Sophal Ear shared the deeply personal story of his family’...

Jul 9, 2009
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Global Issues

Thomas Barnett on the post-Bush world

It’s no secret that the world is on the alert for plans toward political and economic solvency. Strategic planner Thomas Barnett has r...

Feb 19, 2009
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Global Issues

TED Fellows arrive and blog

To get to know the 40 amazing TED Fellows, peek into their minds a bit on the TED Fellows blog. This is a group of people of all ages, from ...

Feb 3, 2009
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Entertainment

Unveiling: TED Fellows

TED is thrilled to present a new program called TED Fellows! It’s an international fellowship program that will bring 40 inspired, tra...

Feb 2, 2009
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Global Issues

Global Catastrophic Risks Conference this July

Pessimists, mark your calendars: July 17-20 comes the Global Catastrophic Risks Conference at the University of Oxford. The conference aims ...

May 29, 2008
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Global Issues

Talks from partner conferences on TED.com

Ever since we started putting TEDTalks online in July 2006, all of the talks and performances on TED.com — more than 160 so far &#8212...

Nov 18, 2007
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Culture

Scenes from "The War Tapes": Deborah Scranton on TED.com

The director of the award-winning documentary The War Tapes, Deborah Scranton makes films that help people tell their own stories. She talks...

Sep 13, 2007
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Environment

Wired's Anderson on Lomborg's "Cool It"

Wired editor Chris Anderson got an advance copy of Bjorn Lomborg’s upcoming book Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide...

Aug 12, 2007
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