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Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Design

MUJI @ MoMA

Got MUJI? If not, you will soon. The opening last week of a MUJI store-within-a-store at the Museum of Modern Art was a great day for great ...

Oct 18, 2005
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Some strange choices on this list…

Here’s a quirky line-up of "the world’s top 20 public intellectuals" published by a couple of magazines after a widely...

Oct 18, 2005
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Honorary TEDster: August Wilson, 1945 – 2005

When Radio Golf opened this year at the Yale Repertory Theater, we knew it was the right moment to invite August Wilson to TED. Who better t...

Oct 18, 2005
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Colbert's debut

I don’t watch much TV, but Jon Stewart gets regular TiVo-time (even if his terrible Bush impressions are getting a little tired), and ...

Oct 18, 2005
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Technology

Time for time-shifted cellular?

Big discovery for me this year is that the key enabling digital technology in the developing world is probably NOT the computer, but the cel...

Oct 18, 2005
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Biology

Bird Flu Genome: Recipe for disaster?

Some of the world’s greatest minds are consumed these days with the threat of avian flu. In an effort to better understand the evoluti...

Oct 17, 2005
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Narcissism rules

Greg Shove introduces me to the intriguing website 43things.com, encouraging people to write down 43 goals and then share progress on meetin...

Oct 17, 2005
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Architecture

TED Prize Winner: Cameron Sinclair

Cameron Sinclair‘s mantra: Design like you give a damn. He’s the co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, a non-profit that seek...

Oct 14, 2005
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Biology

TED Prize Winner: Larry Brilliant

It’s difficult to resist making a pun around the name Larry Brilliant. Board-certified in preventive medicine and public health, Larry...

Oct 14, 2005
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