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Signs of friendship: A conversation between Christine Sun Kim & Renée Hlozek
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Signs of friendship: A conversation between Christine Sun Kim & Renée Hlozek

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVSYsKH2AJA&w=560&h=315%5D Above, Christine Sun Kim and Renée Hlozek share a snippet of c...

Mar 20, 2015
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Passion and Consequence: The inspiring talks in Session 11 of TED2015
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Passion and Consequence: The inspiring talks in Session 11 of TED2015

Surfing in the ice. “If shivering is a form of meditation, then I consider myself a monk,” says Chris Burkard, before playing a soaring vide...

Mar 19, 2015
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Sketched takeaways from TED2015
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Sketched takeaways from TED2015

When it comes to note-taking, it’s easy to try to get it all instead of just the important takeaways. Sketchnoting, a process that favors th...

Mar 19, 2015
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Name that story, in four images: A game
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Name that story, in four images: A game

There’s a quiet corner at TED, with two comfortable chairs, a table with some paper and pencils, and a well-placed box of tissues. And...

Mar 19, 2015
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How to rebuild our world from scratch using science: Lewis Dartnell at TED2015
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How to rebuild our world from scratch using science: Lewis Dartnell at TED2015

Time for a thought experiment: Imagine for a moment that global catastrophe struck and you needed to rebuild the world. How would you do it?...

Mar 19, 2015
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Creative ignition: A recap of the fiery talks in Session 10 of TED2015
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Creative ignition: A recap of the fiery talks in Session 10 of TED2015

In a session that honors the “deeply practical and the entirely improbable,” pyromantics and biosynthetic designers meet artists and flag-wo...

Mar 19, 2015
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Dark roast for the daring: TEDsters play truth and dare on coffee sleeves
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Dark roast for the daring: TEDsters play truth and dare on coffee sleeves

“Harumph,” one TEDster smiled. “Get into a boxing ring.” “Moonwalk into the theater,” his partner grinned back. TEDsters don’t usually commu...

Mar 19, 2015
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“We’ll never arrest our way out of this situation”: Rev. Jeffrey Brown speaks on urban violence at TED2015
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“We’ll never arrest our way out of this situation”: Rev. Jeffrey Brown speaks on urban violence at TED2015

Jeffrey Brown is a Baptist minister. And yet, he says, “I learned some of my most important life lessons from drug dealers and gang members ...

Mar 19, 2015
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Just and Unjust: A recap of the powerful talks of Session 9 at TED2015
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Just and Unjust: A recap of the powerful talks of Session 9 at TED2015

Questions of justice and injustice are the most difficult of our world. There’s no app that can fix these things; simple solutions jus...

Mar 19, 2015
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