Wisdom Blog

Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Language

Meet Tony Yet, TED volunteer translator

Tell us about yourself. I was born in China in 1986, and I’ve been living in this land of burgeoning hope for 24 years. I graduated from uni...

May 12, 2010
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Oceans

Glimpses of the pristine ocean: Enric Sala on TED.com

Enric Sala shares glorious images — and surprising insights — from some of the most pristine areas of the ocean. He shows how we...

May 12, 2010
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Language

Meet Sebastian Betti, TED volunteer translator

Tell us about yourself. I was born in a little countryside town called Rauch (in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina) where I had the op...

May 11, 2010
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Invention

Zap! Invention to fight mosquitoes, malaria: Nathan Myhrvold on TED.com

Nathan Myhrvold and team’s latest inventions — as brilliant as they are bold — remind us that the world needs wild creativ...

May 11, 2010
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Culture

Q&A with Nicholas Christakis: Our modern, connected lives

The TEDBlog caught up with physician and social scientist Nicholas Christakis just before his talk posted to ask him a few questions about s...

May 10, 2010
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Uncategorized

The hidden influence of social networks: Nicholas Christakis on TED.com

We’re all embedded in vast social networks of friends, family, co-workers and more. Nicholas Christakis tracks how a wide variety of t...

May 10, 2010
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Music

Thomas Dolby: Spot the Billie Holiday lyrics

Via The Official Thomas Dolby Blog: Thomas Dolby has posted the lyrics to his brand-new song “Love Is a Loaded Pistol,” which pr...

May 7, 2010
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Music

"Love Is a Loaded Pistol": Thomas Dolby’s new song, on TED.com

For his first studio album release in decades, musical innovator Thomas Dolby has been composing music in the uniquely inspirational setting...

May 7, 2010
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Invention

India’s hidden hotbeds of invention: Anil Gupta on TED.com

Anil Gupta is on the hunt for the developing world’s unsung inventors — indigenous entrepreneurs whose ingenuity, hidden by pove...

May 6, 2010
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