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I watch a lot of TED talks, and I like to keep track of the one's I have seen so I can easily find them in the future. Bullet points below the descriptions are my own commentary.
[edit] Internet/Computers/Programming
- A 3-minute story of mixed emoticons - Rives (3:18)
- Rives -- star of the Bravo special "Ironic Iconic America" -- tells a typographical fairy tale that's short and bittersweet.
- "If I controlled the Internet" (a poem) - Rives (4:07)
- How many poets could cram eBay, Friendster and Monster.com into 3-minute poem worthy of a standing ovation? Enjoy Rives' unique talent.
- The Web's secret stories - Jonathan Harris (17:11)
- Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the emotional world of the Web. With deep compassion for the human condition, his projects troll the Internet to find out what we're all feeling and looking for.
- Really amazing web app called "We Feel Fine" which scans every blog post on the web for sentences that say "i feel" or "we feel" and gauges feelings on the web.
- What's so funny about the Web? - Ze Frank (18:57)
- Performer and web toymaker Ze Frank delivers a hilarious nerdcore standup routine, then tells us what he's seriously passionate about: helping people create and interact using simple, addictive web tools.
[edit] Environment
- Inspired ideas for a sustainable future - Alex Steffen (17:34)
- Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanity’s ecological footprint is incredibly vital now, as the western consumer lifestyle spreads to developing countries.
- Nature vs. humans, and what we can do about it - Paul MacCready (22:49)
- In 1998, aircraft designer Paul MacCready looks at a planet on which humans have utterly dominated nature, and talks about what we all can do to preserve nature's balance. His contribution: solar planes, superefficient gliders and the electric car.
[edit] Thinking/Innovation
- The real crisis? We stopped being wise - Barry Schwartz (20:45)
- Barry Schwartz makes a passionate call for “practical wisdom” as an antidote to a society gone mad with bureaucracy. He argues powerfully that rules often fail us, incentives often backfire, and practical, everyday wisdom will help rebuild our world.
- Talks about how "adding more rules" and "adding more incentives" too often causes more problems than it solves.
[edit] Science
- The universe is queerer than we can suppose - Richard Dawkins (21:57)
- Biologist Richard Dawkins makes a case for "thinking the improbable" by looking at how the human frame of reference limits our understanding of the universe.
[edit] Religion/Spirituality
[edit] To be sorted
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