Wisdom Blog

Articles, reflections, and teachings from our community.

Film

TED Prize Winner: Jehane Noujaim

Jehane Noujaim is the gutsy filmmaker behind Control Room, the controversial documentary following events at Al Jazeera — the largest ...

Oct 14, 2005
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Architecture

DeYoung again: Redesigned museum opens in SF

Continuing the global trend toward museum-as-architectural-showpiece, the new DeYoung opens tomorrow in San Francisco — and stays open...

Oct 14, 2005
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Environment

A Macarthur for Majora

Among the newly minted 2005 MacArthur Fellows: Majora Carter, the charismatic pioneer for urban renewal who will speak at TED2006. Carter, w...

Oct 13, 2005
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Design

The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists

When Tom Rielly pointed out the prevalence of hirsute speakers at TEDGlobal (with a wink toward Steven Pinker and Aubrey DeGrey), we didn&#8...

Oct 13, 2005
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Environment

Ed Burtynsky brings the big picture to Brooklyn

TED Prize winner Ed Burtynsky is known for his extraordinary large-format photographs, documenting the impact of humans on Earth. His epic s...

Oct 12, 2005
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Technology

An M&M-sized traffic jam

At TEDGlobal this summer, Richard Dawkins outlined the limitations of the human mind. We live, he explained, in a middle-sized world, and ha...

Oct 12, 2005
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Uncategorized

Welcome, TEDsters

Bowing to extraordinary public pressure, we are pleased to unveil the new TEDBLOG … a little taste of ongoing TEDness for those who fe...

Oct 10, 2005
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Business

Intriguing launch from Seth Godin

Marketing guru Seth Godin, whose “Purple Cow” talk was a hit at TED2003, has launched an ingenious new site called Squidoo. It p...

Oct 10, 2005
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Entertainment

A.J. Jacobs ROCKS

His book The Know-it-all is a current TED Book Club choice. If that isn’t enough for you, try this great article on outsourced assista...

Sep 26, 2005
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