Wisdom Blog

Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Invention

Saul Griffith on TED.com

Inventor and MacArthur fellow Saul Griffith shares some innovative ideas from his lab — from “smart rope” to a house-sized...

Feb 20, 2007
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Invention

Neil Gershenfeld on TED.com

MIT professor Neil Gershenfeld talks about his Fab Lab — a low-cost lab that lets people build things they need using digital and anal...

Feb 20, 2007
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Pilobolus on TED.com

Dancers from Pilobolus perform the sensuous duet “Symbiosis.” Does it trace the birth of a relationship? Or the co-evolution of ...

Feb 20, 2007
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NASA: Back in orbit?

Worth a read: Fascinating Op/Ed piece in today’s Times by Carolyn Porco on the brightening future for human space travel, which has be...

Feb 20, 2007
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Gore's SOS — Save Our Selves

Along the social absorption route, there is always a point where complex issues and inconvenient messages percolate into the pop-culture sph...

Feb 16, 2007
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A poetry reading, inspired in part by TED

This Thursday in New York City, poet Amira Thoron will read from her beautiful manuscript, “Elegy for a House.” An excerpt: Wate...

Feb 14, 2007
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Playwright/actor Anna Deavere Smith on TEDTalks

Anna Deavere Smith brings the TED audience to their feet as she brings to life a series of quintessential Americans. The chameleon-like Deav...

Feb 9, 2007
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Theme for TED2008 unveiled

We’re really excited about this. A conference devoted to "The Big Questions".  The questions we have in mind are here. ...

Feb 7, 2007
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Business

And in walked emotion

Yes, that’s a NASCAR racer pictured above, and yes, you’re still on the TEDBlog.  If you think there’s something inco...

Feb 5, 2007
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