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Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

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Playing the name game

NameVoyager lets you track the rise and fall of names over time.

Nov 29, 2005
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Another Brilliant article

An article in the Pacific Sun on TEDPrize winner Larry Brilliant

Nov 29, 2005
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Design

A TV commercial to wake up with

Sleepy? This 60-second spot – which begins with modern art making a break for it – is the triple venti latte of TV commercials.

Nov 28, 2005
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Entertainment

Madonna goes a-krumpin'

There’s a familiar TED face in the Madonna video, Hung-Up.

Nov 23, 2005
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Entertainment

Julia Sweeney: Sold out. But coming to TED

Julia Sweeney’s extraordinary one-woman show, “Letting Go of God,” comes to New York. Sweeney to perform at TED2006.

Nov 23, 2005
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Entertainment

LA Times: Hollywood is losing race with zeitgeist

The era of mass movie-going is over, says the L.A. Times. Hollywood is “in a losing race with the zeitgeist.”

Nov 22, 2005
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Technology

Steven Pinker on Jews and genetics

What to make of recent research positing that ‘selective breeding’ over the last two milennia has resulted in superior intellige...

Nov 22, 2005
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Go ahead: Judge them by their cover

Penguin released a line of gorgeous little paperbacks celebrating Great Ideas.

Nov 21, 2005
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Design

Occasionally, you have to tip your hat…

Despair, Inc sells profoundly demotivating posters and placards

Nov 20, 2005
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