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Howard Rheingold: Way-new collaboration Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1171 seconds Global video hits: 10859 http://www.ted.com Howard Rheingold talks about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action -- and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group. As he points out, humans have been banding together to work collectively since our days of hunting mastodons. Related: business, collaboration, communication, community, culture, global, howard, issues, rheingold, ted, tedtalks, wikipedia |
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Stephen Hawking: Asking big questions about the universe Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 613 seconds Global video hits: 192636 http://www.ted.com In keeping with the theme of TED2008, professor Stephen Hawking asks some Big Questions about our universe -- How did the universe begin? How did life begin? Are we alone? -- and discusses how we might go about answering them. Related: evolution, hawking, math, physics, science, stephen, ted, tedtalks, universe |
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A.J. Jacobs: My year of living biblically Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1061 seconds Global video hits: 19810 http://www.ted.com Speaking at the most recent EG conference, author, philosopher, prankster and journalist A.J. Jacobs talks about the year he spent living biblically -- following the rules in the Bible as literally as possible. Related: a.j., bible, biblical, christianity, fundamentalism, jacobs, lessons, lifestyle, meaning, religion, ritual, talks, ted, tedtalks |
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Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. collaboration Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 1247 seconds Global video hits: 6336 http://www.ted.com In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning. Related: clay, collaboration, flickr, institution, open, opensource, shirky, source, talks, ted, tedtalks, wiki |
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"If I ran the Internet": Hilarious spoken word from Rives Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 256 seconds Global video hits: 78763 http://www.ted.com From TEDTalks: Three minutes of fast-paced, whip-smart wordsmithing from spoken-word artist Rives, who has some unconventional ideas about how the Internet should be run. (Recorded November 2006 in New York, NY. Duration: 4:15) More TEDTalks at www.TED.com Related: spoken, def, poetry, rives, ted, tedtalks, word |
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Einstein the Parrot: Talking and squawking Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 349 seconds Global video hits: 15349 http://www.ted.com This whimsical wrap-up of TED2006 -- presented by Einstein, the African grey parrot, and her trainer, Stephanie White -- simply tickles. Watch for the moment when Einstein has a moment with Al Gore. Related: animals, education, einstein, entertainment, parrot, performance, talks, ted, tedtalks, the |
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Peter Diamandis: Taking the next giant leap in space Posted by: TEDtalksDirector
Video duration: 963 seconds Global video hits: 3739 http://www.ted.com Peter Diamandis says it's our moral imperative to keep exploring space -- and he talks about how, with the X Prize and other incentives, we're going to do just that. Related: business, design, diamandis, exploration, foundation, peter, prize, science, talks, ted, tedtalks |
