Wisdom Blog

Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Music

In New York this weekend? Love Eric Lewis?

TED2009 favorite Eric Lewis is playing this Sunday at Joe’s Pub. This amazing improvisatory pianist (whom many people saw for the firs...

Feb 27, 2009
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How to talk while people are Twittering

Three weeks ago, while Evan Williams was onstage at TED2009 talking about Twitter, his audience became an army of #TED tweeters, hunched ove...

Feb 27, 2009
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Listening to Twitter: Evan Williams on TED.com

Twitter has won a small army of lifecasting converts, with its bite-sized notes and instant-gratification communication. Co-founder Evan Wil...

Feb 27, 2009
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Uncovering the footprints of early walking humans

As published today in the journal Science, a dig near Ileret, Kenya, has uncovered early human footprints in a streambed — quite possi...

Feb 27, 2009
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Making art of New York’s urban ruins: Miru Kim on TED.com

At the 2008 EG Conference, artist Miru Kim talks about her work. Kim explores industrial ruins underneath New York and then photographs hers...

Feb 26, 2009
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Oceans

Living and diving: An exclusive interview with Richard Pyle

To say that Richard Pyle is a multifaceted personality is an understatement. He is a world-renowned diver, evolutionary biologist, dive tech...

Feb 25, 2009
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Oceans

Exploring the reef’s Twilight Zone: Richard Pyle on TED.com

In this illuminating talk, Richard Pyle shows us thriving life on the cliffs of coral reefs and groundbreaking diving technologies he has pi...

Feb 25, 2009
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Oceans

Sailing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Capt. Charles Moore on TED.com

Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — an endless floating ...

Feb 24, 2009
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Design

On building blocks: exclusive interview with David Merrill on Siftables

David Merrill is a grad student in the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT’s Media Lab. He and his fellow students in this group work on new...

Feb 23, 2009
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