Wisdom Blog

Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Film

How Benjamin Button got his face: Ed Ulbrich on TED.com

In the latest release from TED2009, Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that all...

Feb 23, 2009
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Science

Exclusive interview with TED Prize-winner Jill Tarter of SETI

Astronomer Jill Tarter is director of the Center for SETI Research at the SETI Institute. She was awarded the TED Prize in 2009, and at the ...

Feb 20, 2009
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TED Prize

Why the search for alien intelligence matters (TED Prize winner): Jill Tarter on TED.com

From TED2009! The SETI Institute’s Jill Tarter makes her TED Prize wish: to keep looking for cosmic company. Using a growing array of ...

Feb 20, 2009
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Global Issues

Thomas Barnett on the post-Bush world

It’s no secret that the world is on the alert for plans toward political and economic solvency. Strategic planner Thomas Barnett has r...

Feb 19, 2009
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Art

Get to know Tinkering School through a webcomic

Two years ago, software engineer and tinkerer Gever Tulley told us five dangerous things you should let your kids do. He returned in 2009 to...

Feb 19, 2009
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Language

UNESCO's endangered language report: We've lost Manx

The newest edition of UNESCO’s Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger totes up 6,000 world languages — and counts 2,500 ...

Feb 19, 2009
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TED Prize

Sylvia Earle’s TED Prize wish: Here’s how to protect the blue heart of the planet

From TED2009! Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean — and shocking stats about its rapid decl...

Feb 19, 2009
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TED Prize

How a transformative musical experience came to TED

In a basement studio in Caracas, Venezuela, three weeks ago, I had the most powerful musical experience of my life. TED Prize Director Amy N...

Feb 18, 2009
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TED Prize

Bonus TEDtalk tonight! Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra

A bonus TED Prize talk from TED2009: The Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra contains the best high school musicians from Venezuela’s life-...

Feb 18, 2009
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