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The post-crisis consumer: John Gerzema on TED.com

John Gerzema says there’s an upside to the recent financial crisis — the opportunity for positive change. He identifies four maj...

Oct 19, 2009
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TEDxTaipei live webcast begins soon

As the TEDx program continues to gain momentum, TEDxTaipei has announced that they will be streaming all three sessions of today’s con...

Oct 16, 2009
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The 4 ways sound affects us: Julian Treasure on TED.com

Playing sound effects both pleasant and awful, Julian Treasure shows how sound affects us in four significant ways. Listen carefully for a s...

Oct 16, 2009
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Q&A with Rory Sutherland: An advertarian’s take on the world

The TED Blog caught up with ad man Rory Sutherland the evening before we posted his TEDTalk. Drawing on the work of behavioral economists, N...

Oct 15, 2009
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Supercomputing the brain’s secrets: Henry Markram on TED.com

Henry Markram says the mysteries of the mind can be solved — soon. Mental illness, memory, perception: they’re made of neurons a...

Oct 15, 2009
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Life lessons from an ad man: Rory Sutherland on TED.com

Advertising adds value to a product by changing our perception, rather than the product itself. Rory Sutherland makes the daring assertion t...

Oct 14, 2009
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TED and Reddit interview Evgeny Morozov

Today, Internet scientist Evgeny Morozov answers questions from the latest Reddit-powered, TED community-driven interview. Enjoy! rras asks:...

Oct 13, 2009
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Robots that "show emotion": David Hanson on TED.com

David Hanson‘s robot faces look and act like yours: They recognize and respond to emotion, and make expressions of their own. Here, an...

Oct 13, 2009
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New York City’s natural history: Eric Sanderson on TED.com

400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta’s fascinating pre-city ecology ...

Oct 12, 2009
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