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“Future Billions”: Notes and images from Session 4 of TEDGlobal 2011

Niall Ferguson: Most of the $195,000 billion of wealth in the world was made after around 1800 and most is owned by Westerners. Why did weal...

Jul 13, 2011
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TED Prize

Inside Out Edinburgh: Playing with CCTVs

Photo: Circe f. Ervina Announced onstage today at TED: JR, the street artist and the TED2011 TED Prize winner, has been working this week in...

Jul 13, 2011
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“Coded Patterns”: Images and notes from Session 3 of TEDGlobal 2011

Host Bruno Giussani open Session 3 of TEDGlobal 2011: Coded Patterns. Photo: James Duncan Davidson / TED Physicist Geoffrey West asks: Are t...

Jul 12, 2011
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Live from TEDGlobal

Ideas worth translating: TEDGlobal Translator Workshop

For the first time at TEDGlobal, a small group of TED Translators came together to present ideas and talk about the future of the Open Trans...

Jul 12, 2011
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“Everyday Rebellions”: Images and notes from Session 2 of TEDGlobal 2011

Hasan Elahi was targeted for screening by the FBI after a case of mistaken identity. So he decided to open his life completely. “There...

Jul 12, 2011
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“Beginnings”: Images and quotes from Session 1 of TEDGlobal 2011

Chris Anderson, left (with Bruno Giussani, right): “It’s a beautiful truth that all knowledge is connected. And now: It’s ...

Jul 12, 2011
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“Creativity is the life force of the universe”: Report from Session 2 of TED University

Nathalie Miebach, TEDGlobal Fellow, artist, speaking at TED University during TEDGlobal 2011, July 12, 2011. Photo: James Duncan Davidson / ...

Jul 12, 2011
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Q&A

Are you optimistic or pessimistic, and why? TED U audience responds, and so can you

TED University during TEDGlobal 2011, July 12, 2011. Photo: James Duncan Davidson / TED During Session 2 of TED University, host June Cohen ...

Jul 12, 2011
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TED Fellows

“Unlimited possibilities”: Report from Session 1 of TED University

Alex Steffen, author and futurist, speaking at TED University during TEDGlobal 2011, July 11, 2011. Photo: James Duncan Davidson / TED Csaba...

Jul 11, 2011
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