Wisdom Blog

Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Biology

Hurry up and evolve!

At TED2006, Robert Wright proposed that humans are still evolving, culturally and morally — progress that picks up where genetic evolu...

Apr 11, 2006
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Entertainment

Vanity Fair Goes Green With Gore

It seems we aren’t the only ones impressed by Al Gore and the clarion call he’s sounding on global warming. Gore features promin...

Apr 10, 2006
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Design

Solar-powered surprise from Ross Lovegrove

After designing “the iPod of toilets” this fall, Ross Lovegrove (TED05) introduced in Milan this week a solar-powered concept ca...

Apr 7, 2006
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Uncategorized

Ads We Love: "noitulovE" (That's "Evolution." Backwards.)

In honor of yesterday’s thrilling announcement that scientists have discovered — in fossil-form — a missing link between f...

Apr 7, 2006
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Music

Piano For 10 Hands

What would it have been like if the von Trapps had played piano instead of sung? Well, for one, the hills would not likely have been quite s...

Apr 3, 2006
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Music

Stew's smallest fan

Here’s one straight from the In-Box: TEDster David Hornik emailing Joe’s Pub Director Bill Bragin, who introduces us to TED2006 ...

Apr 3, 2006
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Entertainment

Ads We Love: "Boardroom"

Each year at TED, we punctuate the program with interstitial videos: TV commercials, short films, music videos and montages that represent s...

Mar 31, 2006
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Entertainment

Keeping up with the Dolbys

It’s a great month for following TED favorites online. First Malcolm Gladwell, and now Thomas Dolby has launched a blog. Of course, Th...

Mar 30, 2006
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A generation of women defined

Arranged marriages and online dating, political protests and pre-natal care: These are just some of the topics that surface when women in th...

Mar 29, 2006
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