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Jean-Baptiste Miche...
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14:33:51 05/15/12

What can mathematics say about history? According to TED Fellow Jean-Baptiste Michel, quite a lot. From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, he shows how...

Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history

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Jean-Baptiste Michel: The mathematics of history

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What can mathematics say about history? According to TED Fellow Jean-Baptiste Michel, quite a lot. From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, he shows how digitized history is just starting to reveal deep underlying patterns.

Michael Tilson Thom...
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14:37:08 05/07/12

In this epic overview, Michael Tilson Thomas traces the development of classical music through the development of written notation, the record, and the re-mix.

Michael Tilson Thomas: Music and emotion through time

Added 05/07/12
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Michael Tilson Thomas: Music and emotion through time

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In this epic overview, Michael Tilson Thomas traces the development of classical music through the development of written notation, the record, and the re-mix.

Gary Kovacs: Tracki...
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14:53:35 05/03/12

As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil -- personal data can make your browsing more efficient; cookies can he...

Gary Kovacs: Tracking the trackers

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Gary Kovacs: Tracking the trackers

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As you surf the Web, information is being collected about you. Web tracking is not 100% evil -- personal data can make your browsing more efficient; cookies can help your favorite websites stay in business. But, says Gary Kovacs, it's your right to know what data is being collected about you and how it affects your online life. He unveils a Firefox add-on to do just that.

Nancy Lublin: Texti...
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14:56:59 04/27/12

When Nancy Lublin started texting teenagers to help with her social advocacy organization, what she found was shocking -- they started texting back about their own...

Nancy Lublin: Texting that saves lives

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Nancy Lublin: Texting that saves lives

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When Nancy Lublin started texting teenagers to help with her social advocacy organization, what she found was shocking -- they started texting back about their own problems, from bullying to depression to abuse. So she's setting up a text-only crisis line, and the results might be even more important than she expected.

Drew Curtis: How I ...
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14:59:19 04/17/12

Drew Curtis, the founder of fark.com, tells the story of how he fought a lawsuit from a company that had a patent, "...for the creation and distribution of news re...

Drew Curtis: How I beat a patent troll

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Drew Curtis: How I beat a patent troll

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Drew Curtis, the founder of fark.com, tells the story of how he fought a lawsuit from a company that had a patent, "...for the creation and distribution of news releases via email." Along the way he shares some nutty statistics about the growing legal problem of frivolous patents.

Regina Dugan: From ...
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14:30:18 03/27/12

"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" asks Regina Dugan, then director of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. In this br...

Regina Dugan: From mach-20 glider to humming bird drone

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Regina Dugan: From mach-20 glider to humming bird drone

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"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" asks Regina Dugan, then director of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. In this breathtaking talk she describes some of the extraordinary projects -- a robotic hummingbird, a prosthetic arm controlled by thought, and, well, the internet -- that her agency has created by not worrying that they might fail. (Followed by a Q%A with TED's Chris Anderson)

Jennifer Pahlka: Co...
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15:52:20 03/08/12

Can government be run like the Internet, permissionless and open? Coder and activist Jennifer Pahlka believes it can -- and that apps, built quickly and cheaply, a...

Jennifer Pahlka: Coding a better government

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Jennifer Pahlka: Coding a better government

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Can government be run like the Internet, permissionless and open? Coder and activist Jennifer Pahlka believes it can -- and that apps, built quickly and cheaply, are a powerful new way to connect citizens to their governments -- and their neighbors.

Neil MacGregor: 260...
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16:34:27 02/20/12

A clay cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script, damaged and broken, the Cyrus Cylinder is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and multi-culturalism. In ...

Neil MacGregor: 2600 years of history in one object

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Neil MacGregor: 2600 years of history in one object

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A clay cylinder covered in Akkadian cuneiform script, damaged and broken, the Cyrus Cylinder is a powerful symbol of religious tolerance and multi-culturalism. In this enthralling talk Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, traces 2600 years of Middle Eastern history through this single object.

Lucien Engelen: Cro...
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16:07:08 02/15/12

You can use your smartphone to find a local ATM, but what if you need a defibrillator? At TEDxMaastricht, Lucien Engelen shows us online innovations that are chang...

Lucien Engelen: Crowdsource your health

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Lucien Engelen: Crowdsource your health

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You can use your smartphone to find a local ATM, but what if you need a defibrillator? At TEDxMaastricht, Lucien Engelen shows us online innovations that are changing the way we save lives, including a crowdsourced map of local defibrillators.

Stephen Coleman: Th...
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15:48:58 02/07/12

Pepper spray and tasers are in increasing use by both police and military, and more exotic non-lethal weapons such as heat rays are in the works. At TEDxCanberra, ...

Stephen Coleman: The moral dangers of non-lethal weapons

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Stephen Coleman: The moral dangers of non-lethal weapons

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Pepper spray and tasers are in increasing use by both police and military, and more exotic non-lethal weapons such as heat rays are in the works. At TEDxCanberra, ethicist Stephen Coleman explores the unexpected consequences of their introduction and asks some challenging questions.

Ben Kacyra: Ancient...
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16:50:50 11/09/11

Ancient monuments give us clues to astonishing past civilizations -- but they're under threat from pollution, war, neglect. Ben Kacyra, who invented a groundbreaki...

Ben Kacyra: Ancient wonders captured in 3D

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Ben Kacyra: Ancient wonders captured in 3D

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Ancient monuments give us clues to astonishing past civilizations -- but they're under threat from pollution, war, neglect. Ben Kacyra, who invented a groundbreaking 3D scanning system, is using his invention to scan and preserve the world's heritage in archival detail. (Watch to the end for a little demo.)

Jae Rhim Lee: My mu...
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15:11:53 10/14/11

Here's a powerful provocation from artist Jae Rhim Lee. Can we commit our bodies to a cleaner, greener Earth, even after death? Naturally -- using a special burial...

Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit

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Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit

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Here's a powerful provocation from artist Jae Rhim Lee. Can we commit our bodies to a cleaner, greener Earth, even after death? Naturally -- using a special burial suit seeded with pollution-gobbling mushrooms. Yes, this just might be the strangest TEDTalk you'll ever see ...

Ian Ritchie: The da...
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15:13:45 10/12/11

Imagine it's late 1990, and you've just met a nice young man named Tim Berners-Lee, who starts telling you about his proposed system called the World Wide Web. Ian...

Ian Ritchie: The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee

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Ian Ritchie: The day I turned down Tim Berners-Lee

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Imagine it's late 1990, and you've just met a nice young man named Tim Berners-Lee, who starts telling you about his proposed system called the World Wide Web. Ian Ritchie was there. And ... he didn't buy it. A short story about information, connectivity and learning from mistakes.

Niall Ferguson: The...
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14:51:55 09/19/11

Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and l...

Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity

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Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity

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Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and less so the rest? He suggests half a dozen big ideas from Western culture -- call them the 6 killer apps -- that promote wealth, stability and innovation. And in this new century, he says, these apps are all shareable.

Misha Glenny: Hire ...
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14:41:46 09/13/11

Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code? Underworl...

Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers!

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Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers!

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Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code? Underworld investigator Misha Glenny profiles several convicted coders from around the world and reaches a startling conclusion.

Edward Tenner: Unin...
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13:38:28 09/06/11

Every new invention changes the world -- in ways both intentional and unexpected. Historian Edward Tenner tells stories that illustrate the under-appreciated gap b...

Edward Tenner: Unintended consequences

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Edward Tenner: Unintended consequences

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Every new invention changes the world -- in ways both intentional and unexpected. Historian Edward Tenner tells stories that illustrate the under-appreciated gap between our ability to innovate and our ability to foresee the consequences.

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Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity

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09/19/11

Over the past few centuries, Western cultures have been very good at creating general prosperity for themselves. Historian Niall Ferguson asks: Why the West, and less so the rest? He suggests half a dozen big ideas from Western culture -- call them the 6 killer apps -- that promote wealth, stability and innovation. And in this new century, he says, these apps are all shareable.