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Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Entertainment

Jill! Susheela! Rachelle! On stage in New York

Some of the most memorable moments at any given TED come from the hand-picked performers, who often make us feel we’ve unearthed a rar...

Jan 18, 2006
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Design

A "Slow Design" movement?

At TEDGlobal, Carl Honore explained the motivation behind his book, In Praise of Slowness: While reading his son a “One-Minute Bedtime...

Jan 17, 2006
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Martin Luther King's Iconic speech

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evid...

Jan 16, 2006
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Architecture

Google Earth Released for the Mac

At long last, Google Earth — which has been demoed at several TEDs in different contexts — has been released for the Mac. TEDste...

Jan 12, 2006
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Noah Feldman on politics and presidential power

At TED2003, NYU Professor Noah Feldman was fresh off the publication of his first book, After Jihad: America and the struggle for Islamic de...

Jan 11, 2006
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Art

Flickr: Museum of the future?

A collection of mid-century science magazines points to Flickrs potential as the museum of the future

Jan 10, 2006
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Entertainment

Video Games and the Evolution of Microprocessors

I’ve just returned from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. CES is a veritable festival of microprocessors. Ther...

Jan 9, 2006
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Science

The Year of Thinking Dangerously

Each year, EDGE founder John Brockman poses a question to members of the so-called Third Culture. Last year’s question (What is it you...

Jan 5, 2006
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Entertainment

Ze Frank: "Santa ain't fat"

Annual holiday hilarity from philosopher comic Ze Frank

Dec 23, 2005
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