Wisdom Blog

Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Film

Last full day to enter TED's short film contest

The deadline is tomorrow, Oct. 12, for TED’s first-ever short film contest. Films selected from this contest will be screened at TEDIn...

Oct 11, 2009
Read
Uncategorized

New-wave campaigning for climate change

On Saturday, October 17, president Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives will conduct his national cabinet meeting … 20 feet beneath the surface o...

Oct 9, 2009
Read
Architecture

The quirky world of "manspaces": Sam Martin on TED.com

Author Sam Martin shares photos of a quirky world hobby that’s trending with the XY set: the “manspace.” (They’re cu...

Oct 9, 2009
Read
Q&A

Q&A with Beau Lotto: On seeing yourself see

Neuroscientist and artist Beau Lotto joined the TED Blog for a short Q&A after his 2009 talk from TEDGlobal. He covered some of the fasc...

Oct 8, 2009
Read
Uncategorized

Optical illusions show how we see: Beau Lotto on TED.com

Beau Lotto‘s color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can’t normally see: how your brain works. This fun...

Oct 8, 2009
Read
Playlist

3 TEDTalks for National Poetry Day

Today is National Poetry Day in the UK, and why not everywhere? We found out about it in the stateless world of Twitter trending topics. If ...

Oct 8, 2009
Read
News

The danger of a single story: Chimamanda Adichie on TED.com

Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authenti...

Oct 7, 2009
Read
Uncategorized

TEDTalks embeds in WordPress now even easier

We’ve tweaked our “Share” feature to make it even easier to embed a TEDTalk in your WordPress blog. Below the video window...

Oct 6, 2009
Read
Uncategorized

TEDxSaoPaulo integrates TED's Open Translation Project

TEDxSão Paulo has launched a sleek new website and used the TED Open Translation Project to feature TEDTalks subtitled in Portuguese. It&#82...

Oct 6, 2009
Read
Visit full blog on WordPress