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Excitement building in Monterey …

With just a few hours left till TED2006, the delicious anticipation is building. Truck after truck has unloaded the physical features of TED...

Feb 22, 2006
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Inigo Montoya On Broadway

Last night I watched the movie The Princess Bride for the 137th time.  It just never gets old.  While the entire star-studded cast...

Feb 19, 2006
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Film

TED: The documentary

Over the last many months, we’ve been working on ways to bring the magic of TED to a wider audience, beyond the 1000 of us who gather ...

Feb 17, 2006
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TED Book Club: What We Believe But Cannot Prove

The irresistible What We Believe But Cannot Prove sprung out of the annual question asked at edge.org by TEDster John Brockman. The contribu...

Feb 17, 2006
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TED Book Club: The Untied States of America

When we selected the books to send TEDsters this month, we just had to include The Untied States of America, the startling new book by futur...

Feb 17, 2006
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Stunning Edward Burtynsky images

Last year one of our TED Prize winners Ed Burtynsky made a powerful wish at TED. He wanted to find a way of using his photography to make pe...

Feb 16, 2006
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Hans Rosling, the great visualizer, to speak at TED

Gapminer founder Hans Rosling to speak at TED2006

Feb 16, 2006
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Learning from the "New Golf"

Like many of you, when a new technology strikes my fancy, I try to learn as much about it as possible.  These days I’m interested...

Feb 15, 2006
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Is Dubai for real?

An interesting combination of factors is driving an astonishing construction boom in Dubai, including:– $70 oil– a ruler with ex...

Feb 13, 2006
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