Playing the genetic symphony at TED2012
[youtube=http://youtu.be/IzSfKP8wcgo] At TED2012, attendees got to play a fun game with genes: Swab your cheek, submit it to the techs at Ge...
All of our survival is tied to the survival of everyone: Bryan Stevenson at TED2012
Photo: James Duncan Davidson Bryan Stevenson spends most of his time in jails and prisons and on death row. He’s a lawyer, and the fou...
Dueling TEDTalks: Thomas Stat and Andrea Kates at TED2012
Photo: James Duncan Davidson A ‘scheduling snafu’ led to two speakers being booked for the same slot, but Chris Anderson felt he...
Like, want to see my nuclear fusion reactor? Taylor Wilson at TED2012
Photo: James Duncan Davidson Taylor Wilson is a 17-year old nuclear physicist. No, really. He charms the audience from the get-go, making th...
Thinking about the optimism bias: Tali Sharot at TED2012
Photo: James Duncan Davidson Neuroscientist Tali Sharot comes on stage to discuss the “optimism bias.” It’s a topic that s...
Places we don’t want to go: Sherry Turkle at TED2012
Photo: James Duncan Davidson Just a moment ago Sherry Turkle‘s daughter texted her: “Mom, you will rock.” Turkle loved it,...
Can we reframe business around ideals? Jim Stengel makes the case at TED2012
Photo: James Duncan Davidson Jim Stengel enters the TED courtroom to make the case that it’s time to change the state of business. But...
The Courtroom: Session 8 at TED2012
Court really will be in session in this session, in which we gather together forward thinkers to debate provocative ideas of the day. After ...
Mohamed Nasheed: Stamping out the dregs of dictatorship (VIDEO)
Three weeks ago, the first democratically elected president of the island nation of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, was ousted in a coup that...