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Everything I need to know about comebacks, I learned from Tina Turner: Jimmy Guterman at TED2012
Culture

Everything I need to know about comebacks, I learned from Tina Turner: Jimmy Guterman at TED2012

Image c/o Warner Brothers Pictures, 1985 Jimmy Guterman (curator of TEDxBoston) starts a short audience talk with what is unfortunately an e...

Feb 28, 2012
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My life in story, backwards: Andrew Stanton at TED2012
Entertainment

My life in story, backwards: Andrew Stanton at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Andrew Stanton is the writer behind the three hugely successful Pixar Toy Story movies as well as the writer an...

Feb 28, 2012
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Sculpting waves in wood and time: Reuben Margolin at TED2012
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Sculpting waves in wood and time: Reuben Margolin at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg0KdglaOv0&list=UUjDrcS8Cocvi970K_lPffeQ&index=2&featur...

Feb 28, 2012
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Dancing the grandeur of technology: Quixotic Fusion at TED2012
Entertainment

Dancing the grandeur of technology: Quixotic Fusion at TED2012

A spotlight. A smoke trail. Dancers. Session 2 of TED, The Parlor, opened with a gorgeous performance by Quixotic Fusion, a dance company ou...

Feb 28, 2012
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The Parlor: Session 2 at TED2012
News

The Parlor: Session 2 at TED2012

For this session, we’re resurrecting the 17th century custom of the salon in order to delight and educate everyone gathered both here ...

Feb 28, 2012
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An introverted call to action: Susan Cain at TED2012
Culture

An introverted call to action: Susan Cain at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Susan Cain, the author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, is an introv...

Feb 28, 2012
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Creating a world of abundance: Peter Diamandis at TED2012
Global Issues

Creating a world of abundance: Peter Diamandis at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Chris Anderson comes on stage to acknowledge that the TED stage is more often the domain of the techno-optimist...

Feb 28, 2012
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Bringing Brooklyn bhangra to the main stage: Red Baraat at TED2012
Entertainment

Bringing Brooklyn bhangra to the main stage: Red Baraat at TED2012

Dubbed the “nine-piece party starters” by The Village Voice, Brooklyn-based banghra outfit Red Baraat is playing on the main TED...

Feb 28, 2012
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Fear and the coming collapse of civilization: Paul Gilding at TED2012
Global Issues

Fear and the coming collapse of civilization: Paul Gilding at TED2012

Photo: James Duncan Davidson Paul Gilding starts his TEDTalk with four words that say almost everything: “The Earth is full.” It...

Feb 28, 2012
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