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What did you love? Reactions from the TED crowd
News

What did you love? Reactions from the TED crowd

We’ve been asking people in the crowd to share a TED moment, and this lovely video is the result … Editing: Mindy Ellliott

Feb 28, 2012
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How do we fix medicine? Atul Gawande at TED2012
Health

How do we fix medicine? Atul Gawande at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson How do we get good at anything? Doctor Atul Gawande opens his talk at TED2012 by asking that question. He write...

Feb 28, 2012
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How to spark inner creativity: Julie Burstein at TED2012
Art

How to spark inner creativity: Julie Burstein at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Julie Burstein is waving a pot at us. She is a fan of pottery, it turns out, and she starts off her talk by des...

Feb 28, 2012
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Reason vs. compassion: Rebecca Newberger Goldstein and Steven Pinker at TED2012
Culture

Reason vs. compassion: Rebecca Newberger Goldstein and Steven Pinker at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Steven Pinker  is a linguist and psychologist. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is a philosopher and novelist. The p...

Feb 28, 2012
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The Dinner Party: Session 3 at TED2012
News

The Dinner Party: Session 3 at TED2012

In this session, TED is hosting a dinner party on stage, with various TED attendees and some speakers sitting on stage throughout. Seth Godi...

Feb 28, 2012
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A brief history of classical music: Michael Tilson Thomas at TED2012
Entertainment

A brief history of classical music: Michael Tilson Thomas at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Michael Tilson Thomas is the music director of the San Francisco Symphony, founder and artistic director of the...

Feb 28, 2012
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Solving (for) x: Terry Moore at TED2012
Science

Solving (for) x: Terry Moore at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson The last time we heard from Terry Moore, executive director at the Radius Foundation, he challenged us to reexa...

Feb 28, 2012
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Poems in motion: Billy Collins at TED2012
Art

Poems in motion: Billy Collins at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson “I’m here to give you your recommended daily allowance of poetry.” So says Billy Collins, for...

Feb 28, 2012
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Global Issues

Video: UNHATE showing at TED2012

We’re currently watching this video, shot by director Laurent Chanez for the UNHATE Foundation, founded by the Benetton Group to promo...

Feb 28, 2012
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