Wisdom Blog

Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Biology

Olivia Judson on evolution in progress

Olivia Judson (TED2005) has a provocative piece in the Sunday New York Times, tying together two timely topics in the TED community: Avian f...

Nov 7, 2005
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Development

In search of 250 souls with knowledge to share

So, the quirky competition I launched last week relating to Pledgebank.com has a winner.  It is TEDster Lucy Hooberman.  She&#8217...

Nov 4, 2005
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Music

Last night's TED Salon at Joe's Pub

Boy, what a magical night. Here’s Thomas Dolby’s review…—————–Joe’s Pub was the ...

Nov 4, 2005
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Music

Check out Imogen Heap's new CD…

Imogen ("Immi") made a splash at TED2004 as the female half of Frou Frou. Her new CD "Speak for Yourself" launched this ...

Nov 3, 2005
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Science

Lisa Randall to bring extra dimensions to TED2006

The work of the theoretical physicist dangles just beyond easy comprehension: A world of multiple dimensions, vibrating strings and conceptu...

Nov 1, 2005
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Development

New meets old: Wikipedia may go to print

At TEDGlobal this summer, Jimmy Wales outlined his vision for Wikipedia, his online storehouse of knowledge, collaboratively written by unpa...

Nov 1, 2005
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Design

The season's best buyer's guide

Leave it to Mark Hurst to not only write an extraordinary buyer’s guide, but also provide a comprehensive theoretical framework for do...

Oct 31, 2005
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Design

National Design Awards

The 2005 U.S. National Design Awards were announced last week, with several of our TED friends among them. Congratulations to Burt Rutan (Pr...

Oct 31, 2005
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Biology

On Communicating

A special report from Forbes.com covers the broad topic of Communicating in some interesting ways: from the origins of language in chimps to...

Oct 27, 2005
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