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Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Music

"Thula Mama": Vusi Mahlasela on TED.com

South African singer-songwriter Vusi Mahlasela was a crucial artistic voice during the fight against apartheid, and now in the new modern-da...

Aug 16, 2007
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Tackling poverty with "patient capital": Jacqueline Novogratz on TED.com

Jacqueline Novogratz is pioneering new ways of tackling poverty. In her view, traditional charity rarely delivers lasting results. And comme...

Aug 14, 2007
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A freak blog migrates into an institution

After over two years at freakonomics.com, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner — co-authors of the 3-million-copies "Freakonomics&quo...

Aug 14, 2007
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Environment

Wired's Anderson on Lomborg's "Cool It"

Wired editor Chris Anderson got an advance copy of Bjorn Lomborg’s upcoming book Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide...

Aug 12, 2007
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Learning Africa’s stories: Chris Abani on TED.com

Novelist and poet Chris Abani believes the heart of a place can be best understood through its poems and narratives. He talks about African ...

Aug 8, 2007
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Education

Training our next leaders: Patrick Awuah on TED.com

Patrick Awuah left a comfortable life in Seattle to return to Ghana and co-found a liberal arts college. Why? Because he believes that Ghana...

Aug 6, 2007
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News

100 Websites You Should Know and Use (updated!)

In the spring of 2007, Julius Wiedemann, editor in charge at Taschen GmbH, gave a legendary TED University talk: an ultra-fast-moving ride t...

Aug 3, 2007
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TEDGlobal Premiere: Four talks from "Africa: The Next Chapter"

Today we premiere the first online talks from this summer’s extraordinary TEDGlobal: “Africa: The Next Chapter.” The talks...

Aug 1, 2007
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Premiere: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on reconciling aid and trade

After four days of intense discussion on aid versus trade at TEDGlobal 2007, it was up to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Finance Minister o...

Aug 1, 2007
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