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Why SOPA is a bad idea: Clay Shirky on TED.com

What does a bill like PIPA/SOPA mean to our shareable world? At the TED offices, Clay Shirky delivers a proper manifesto — a call to d...

Jan 18, 2012
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Technology

Three types of online attack: Mikko Hypponen on TED.com

Cybercrime expert Mikko Hypponen talks us through three types of online attack on our privacy and data — and only two are considered c...

Jan 18, 2012
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What we’re doing about PIPA/SOPA: Talking about it
Technology

What we’re doing about PIPA/SOPA: Talking about it

Today, several of our favorite websites are going dark or blacking out their homepages to raise awareness of two bills, in the US House and ...

Jan 18, 2012
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“I am an atheist, but a gentle one”: Alain de Botton on “religion for atheists”
Culture

“I am an atheist, but a gentle one”: Alain de Botton on “religion for atheists”

As a companion to today’s TEDTalk from Alain de Botton, he sent us this FAQ, a brief introduction to the thinking behind Atheism 2.0: ...

Jan 17, 2012
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Announcing: TEDTalks DVD on Demand!
Technology

Announcing: TEDTalks DVD on Demand!

Spreading ideas just got easier. Today TED announces DVD On Demand, which allows users to create custom TEDTalk DVDs from a library of over ...

Jan 17, 2012
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Culture

Atheism 2.0: Alain de Botton on TED.com

What aspects of religion should atheists (respectfully) adopt? Alain de Botton suggests a “religion for atheists” — call i...

Jan 17, 2012
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Waterwise: Fellows Friday with Sonaar Luthra
Q&A

Waterwise: Fellows Friday with Sonaar Luthra

Sonaar Luthra (watch his TED Talk) is packing water-safety analysis and mobile networking into the Water Canary — a handheld, open-sou...

Jan 13, 2012
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Time for change in Haiti: TED Senior fellow Peter Haas responds
Design

Time for change in Haiti: TED Senior fellow Peter Haas responds

On the TED Fellows Blog today, TED Senior Fellow Peter Haas writes this powerful essay, considering the two-year anniversary of the deadly H...

Jan 12, 2012
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Rising Souls: Inside Out in Haiti
Art

Rising Souls: Inside Out in Haiti

Today marks the 2nd anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti. This morning the people of Port au Prince woke up to portraits of t...

Jan 12, 2012
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