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TED: Ji-Hae Park: T...
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14:58:40 05/24/13

In her quest to become a world-famous violinist, Ji-Hae Park fell into a severe depression. Only music was able to lift her out again -- showing her that her goal ...

TED: Ji-Hae Park: The violin, and my dark night of the soul - ...

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In her quest to become a world-famous violinist, Ji-Hae Park fell into a severe depression. Only music was able to lift her out again -- showing her that her goal needn’t be to play lofty concert halls, but instead to bring the wonder of the instrument to as many people as possible.

TED: Alastair Parvi...
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15:00:31 05/23/13

Architect Alastair Parvin presents a simple but provocative idea: what if, instead of architects creating buildings for those who can afford to commission them, re...

TED: Alastair Parvin: Architecture for the people by the peopl...

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TED: Alastair Parvin: Architecture for the people by the people - Alastair Parvin (2013)

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Architect Alastair Parvin presents a simple but provocative idea: what if, instead of architects creating buildings for those who can afford to commission them, regular citizens could design and build their own houses? The concept is at the heart of WikiHouse, an open source construction kit that means just about anyone can build a house, anywhere.

TED: Judy MacDonald...
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14:58:34 05/22/13

Thinking about death is frightening, but planning ahead is practical and leaves more room for peace of mind in our final days. In a solemn, thoughtful talk, Judy M...

TED: Judy MacDonald Johnston: Prepare for a good end of life -...

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TED: Judy MacDonald Johnston: Prepare for a good end of life - Judy MacDonald Johnston (2013)

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Thinking about death is frightening, but planning ahead is practical and leaves more room for peace of mind in our final days. In a solemn, thoughtful talk, Judy MacDonald Johnston shares 5 practices for planning for a good end of life.

TED: Phil Hansen: E...
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15:00:12 05/21/13

In art school, Phil Hansen developed an unruly tremor in his hand that kept him from creating the pointillist drawings he loved. Hansen was devastated, floating wi...

TED: Phil Hansen: Embrace the shake - Phil Hansen (2013)

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TED: Phil Hansen: Embrace the shake - Phil Hansen (2013)

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In art school, Phil Hansen developed an unruly tremor in his hand that kept him from creating the pointillist drawings he loved. Hansen was devastated, floating without a sense of purpose. Until a neurologist made a simple suggestion: embrace this limitation ... and transcend it.

TED: Peter Singer: ...
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15:23:20 05/20/13

If you're lucky enough to live without want, it's a natural impulse to be altruistic to others. But, asks philosopher Peter Singer, what's the most effective way t...

TED: Peter Singer: The why and how of effective altruism - Pet...

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TED: Peter Singer: The why and how of effective altruism - Peter Singer (2013)

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If you're lucky enough to live without want, it's a natural impulse to be altruistic to others. But, asks philosopher Peter Singer, what's the most effective way to give? He talks through some surprising thought experiments to help you balance emotion and practicality -- and make the biggest impact with whatever you can share. NOTE: Starting at 0:30, this talk contains 30 seconds of graphic footage.

TED: Sergey Brin: W...
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15:03:29 05/17/13

It's not a demo, more of a philosophical argument: Why did Sergey Brin and his team at Google want to build an eye-mounted camera/computer, codenamed Glass? Onstag...

TED: Sergey Brin: Why Google Glass? - Sergey Brin (2013)

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TED: Sergey Brin: Why Google Glass? - Sergey Brin (2013)

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It's not a demo, more of a philosophical argument: Why did Sergey Brin and his team at Google want to build an eye-mounted camera/computer, codenamed Glass? Onstage at TED2013, Brin calls for a new way of seeing our relationship with our mobile computers -- not hunched over a screen but meeting the world heads-up.

TED: Jay Silver: Ha...
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15:06:19 05/16/13

Why can't two slices of pizza be used as a slide clicker? Why shouldn't you make music with ketchup? In this charming talk, inventor Jay Silver talks about the urg...

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TED: Jay Silver: Hack a banana, make a keyboard! - Jay Silver (2013)

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Why can't two slices of pizza be used as a slide clicker? Why shouldn't you make music with ketchup? In this charming talk, inventor Jay Silver talks about the urge to play with the world around you. He shares some of his messiest inventions, and demos MaKey MaKey, a kit for hacking everyday objects.

TED: Liu Bolin: The...
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14:44:26 05/15/13

Can a person disappear in plain sight? That’s the question Liu Bolin‘s remarkable work seems to ask. The Beijing-based artist is sometimes called “The Invisible Ma...

TED: Liu Bolin: The invisible man - Liu Bolin (2013)

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TED: Liu Bolin: The invisible man - Liu Bolin (2013)

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Can a person disappear in plain sight? That’s the question Liu Bolin‘s remarkable work seems to ask. The Beijing-based artist is sometimes called “The Invisible Man” because in nearly all his art, Bolin is front and center — and completely unseen. He aims to draw attention to social and political issues by dissolving into the background.

TED: Maria Bezaitis...
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15:00:03 05/14/13

In our digital world, social relations have become mediated by data. Without even realizing it, we’re barricading ourselves against strangeness -- people and ideas...

TED: Maria Bezaitis: The surprising need for strangeness - Mar...

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TED: Maria Bezaitis: The surprising need for strangeness - Maria Bezaitis (2013)

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In our digital world, social relations have become mediated by data. Without even realizing it, we’re barricading ourselves against strangeness -- people and ideas that don't fit the patterns of who we already know, what we already like and where we’ve already been. A call for technology to deliver us to what and who we need, even if it’s unfamiliar. (Filmed at TED@Intel.)

TED: Meg Jay: Why 3...
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15:08:23 05/13/13

Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twentysomethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade. In this provocative talk, J...

TED: Meg Jay: Why 30 is not the new 20 - Meg Jay (2013)

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TED: Meg Jay: Why 30 is not the new 20 - Meg Jay (2013)

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Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twentysomethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade. In this provocative talk, Jay says that just because marriage, work and kids are happening later in life, doesn’t mean you can’t start planning now. She gives 3 pieces of advice for how twentysomethings can re-claim adulthood in the defining decade of their lives.

TED: Ken Robinson: ...
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15:08:52 05/10/13

Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he...

TED: Ken Robinson: How to escape education's death valley - Ke...

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TED: Ken Robinson: How to escape education's death valley - Ken Robinson (2013)

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Sir Ken Robinson outlines 3 principles crucial for the human mind to flourish -- and how current education culture works against them. In a funny, stirring talk he tells us how to get out of the educational "death valley" we now face, and how to nurture our youngest generations with a climate of possibility.

TED: Angela Lee Duc...
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14:59:48 05/09/13

Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ...

TED: Angela Lee Duckworth: The key to success? Grit - Angela L...

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TED: Angela Lee Duckworth: The key to success? Grit - Angela Lee Duckworth (2013)

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Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of “grit” as a predictor of success.

TED: John Legend: "...
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16:57:29 05/08/13

In a heart-melting moment, TED Talks Education host John Legend sits at the piano to sing "True Colors," giving the lyrics a special meaning for kids and teachers....

TED: John Legend: "True Colors" - John Legend (2013)

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TED: John Legend: "True Colors" - John Legend (2013)

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In a heart-melting moment, TED Talks Education host John Legend sits at the piano to sing "True Colors," giving the lyrics a special meaning for kids and teachers. "So don't be afraid / to let them show / your true colors / are beautiful, like a rainbow."

TED: Geoffrey Canad...
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15:08:01 05/08/13

Why, why, why does our education system look so similar to the way it did 50 years ago? Millions of students were failing then, as they are now -- and it’s because...

TED: Geoffrey Canada: Our failing schools. Enough is enough! -...

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TED: Geoffrey Canada: Our failing schools. Enough is enough! - Geoffrey Canada (2013)

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Why, why, why does our education system look so similar to the way it did 50 years ago? Millions of students were failing then, as they are now -- and it’s because we’re clinging to a business model that clearly doesn’t work. Education advocate Geoffrey Canada dares the system to look at the data, think about the customers and make systematic shifts in order to help greater numbers of kids excel.

TED: Malcolm London...
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15:06:00 05/08/13

Young poet, educator and activist Malcom London performs his stirring poem about life on the front lines of high school. He tells of the “oceans of adolescence” wh...

TED: Malcolm London: “High School Training Ground” - Malcolm ...

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TED: Malcolm London: “High School Training Ground” - Malcolm London (2013)

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Young poet, educator and activist Malcom London performs his stirring poem about life on the front lines of high school. He tells of the “oceans of adolescence” who come to school “but never learn to swim,” of “masculinity mimicked by men who grew up with no fathers.” Beautiful, lyrical, chilling.

TED: Pearl Arredond...
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15:05:00 05/08/13

Pearl Arredondo grew up in East Los Angeles, the daughter of a high-ranking gang member who was in and out of jail. Many teachers wrote her off as having a problem...

TED: Pearl Arredondo: My story, from gangland daughter to star...

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TED: Pearl Arredondo: My story, from gangland daughter to star teacher - Pearl Arredondo (2013)

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Pearl Arredondo grew up in East Los Angeles, the daughter of a high-ranking gang member who was in and out of jail. Many teachers wrote her off as having a problem with authority. Now a teacher herself, she’s creating a different kind of school and telling students her story so that they know it's okay if sometimes homework isn’t the first thing on their minds.

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TED: Michael Anti: Behind the Great Firewall of...

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TED: Michael Anti: Behind the Great Firewall of China - Michael Anti (2012)
07/30/12

Michael Anti (aka Jing Zhao) has been blogging from China for 12 years. Despite the control the central government has over the Internet -- "All the servers are in Beijing" -- he says that hundreds of millions of microbloggers are in fact creating the first national public sphere in the country's history, and shifting the balance of power in unexpected ways.