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Four TEDsters named 2008 Young Global Leaders by WEF

[Updated 3/12, 10am] Crusading journalist Andrew Mwenda and think tank leader James Shikwati — both stars of TEDGlobal Africa last sum...

Mar 11, 2008
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Music

Tonight in L.A.: Jill Sobule

The wonderful Jill Sobule is playing at Largo tonight in LA, then swings back to NY to play at Ethel‘s 10th birthday party on March 20...

Mar 11, 2008
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Opening the TED archive (beginning with Negroponte, circa 1984)

Today we’re throwing open the door to our back archive, beginning with Nicholas Negroponte’s talk from TED 1. Yes, TED 1. 1984. ...

Mar 11, 2008
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Design

Nicholas Negroponte’s 1984 TED Talk: 5 predictions for the future (4 of them correct)

Speaking at the first TED Conference, in 1984, Nicholas Negroponte talks about the converging fields of technology, entertainment and design...

Mar 11, 2008
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On the verge of creating synthetic life: Craig Venter on TED.com

“Can we create new life out of our digital universe?” asks Craig Venter. And his answer is, yes, and pretty soon. He walks the T...

Mar 6, 2008
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Host a party on Pangea Day, May 10

Pangea Day‘s Saralena Weinfield writes: With two months until May 10, planning for Pangea Day is in full swing. And we are still glowi...

Mar 5, 2008
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Your brain on improv

Two Johns Hopkins researchers have isolated the part of the brain that is most active during improv — the part that Jennifer Lin acces...

Mar 5, 2008
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Education

Alan Kay on TED.com: An infectious idea for teaching ideas

With all the intensity and brilliance he is known for, Alan Kay gives TEDsters a lesson in lessons. Kay has spent years envisioning better t...

Mar 4, 2008
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Music

TED loves classical music

Photo: Andrew Heavens/TED As Megan Barnett writes on > + The “Ode to Joy” comes from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony. Though Zand...

Mar 4, 2008
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