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Coming Out of the Closet: My Climate Trauma (and Yours?)

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Witness, Mental Health, TED Conference, Climate Change, Psychology, Al Gore, Global Warming, 1sky, Psychiatry, Green News
Gillian Caldwell

As I started to immerse myself in the science and early impacts of global warming, I became increasingly distraught.

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Younger Than Barbie, Older Than Barack

Chip Conley | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Barak Obama, Barbie, Credit Card Debt, National Debt, TED Conference, Economic Crisis, Business News
Chip Conley

Barack's Inaugural address basically told us it's time to grow up. I guess he was speaking to me and my classmates who've been "kids in the candy store" for most of our adult life.

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Barry Schwartz on Incentives, Education and Making Wise Choices

Rob Kall | Posted 04.09.2009 | Living

Read More: No Child Left Behind, CEO Pay, The New Yorker, Bobby Jindal, Tenure, Twitter, Child Welfare Services, Mike's Hard Lemonade, Barack Obama, Internet, Barry Schwartz, Education, Wall Street, Rahm Emanuel, TED Conference, Malcolm Gladwell, Rob Kall, Teachers, Technology, Swarthmore, Living News
Rob Kall

It's important to understand that looking for the best is a self-defeating, misery-making strategy; that we should, in general, be looking for good enough, not the best.

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An Open Letter To Jeff Skoll

Julia Moulden | Posted 04.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Ebay, Jeff Skoll Ted, TED Conference, Social Edge, Skoll Foundation, New Radicals, The Giving Life, Jeff Skoll, Living News
Julia Moulden

Dear Jeff Skoll, I always had you pegged as an ideas guy. I mean, co-founder of eBay, how cool is that? But lately I've been starting to see you as ...

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The End is Near: What's Your Personal Apocalypse?

Dan Dubno | Posted 04.02.2009 | World

Read More: Clinton Global Initiative, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Weapons, TED Conference, Pakistan, AQ Khan, Global Warming, Iran Nuclear Weapons, War on Terror, Disarmament, Ufo, Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama, World News, Israel, World Economic Forum, Natural Disasters, Disaster, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, World News
Dan Dubno

It's always good fun predicting how our world will end. So many of us engage in this sport, I'm hoping we can somehow harness the considerable intellectual energy that goes into this question.

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What The Sundance Festival Can Learn From TED

Ron Galloway | Posted 03.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bill Gates, Robert Reford, Sundance Film Festival, TED Conference, Entertainment News
Ron Galloway

Film is an art form, not just a product. Sundance should not be just a deal market or a screening opportunity for distributors. Film is an idea. In TED parlance, film is an "idea worth spreading."

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The Treasure of Temporary Tribes

Chip Conley | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Tribes, Experience Economy, TED Conference, Tim Berners-Lee, Tedtalks, Business News
Chip Conley

Why would someone pay $6,000 to go to the TED conference when they could watch the talks online for free? There's great parties and lots of star-sightings. But, it's something deeper than that.

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TED: A Celebration of Ideas Worth Spreading

Linda Stone | Posted 03.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Environment, Democracy, Living News, Entertainment, Ted, Passion, Technology, TED Conference, Design, The Inner Life, Living News
Linda Stone

This is a conference like no other. Speakers are asked to speak from the heart, to share their passions and knowledge, in 18 minute segments, which can then be viewed by anyone online.

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TED Conference: Elizabeth Gilbert, "Eat, Pray, Love" Author, On Genius And How We Ruin It

TED.com | Posted 03.13.2009 | Living

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Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "...

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TED: Are You In Or Are You Out?

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 03.11.2009 | Living

Read More: The Inner Life, TED Conference, Featured Contributor, Living News
Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

I spent Wednesday at the TED conference in Long Beach listening to inspiring, creative talks about 'doing' good in the world. The theme of most of th...

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"Stimulus? The Dollar Is Toast" Says Harvard MBA Juan Enriquez

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 03.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Ted 2009, Juan Enriquez, Economic Stimulus Package, Ted, TED Conference, Business News
Steve Rosenbaum

If you believe what you read, the battle over the stimulus package has been a partisan one. But Juan Enriquez says the stimulus package will in fact make things worse.

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Gabbing with Gates: We Talk Meltdown, Malaria, Mosquitoes, and How Not Getting Enough Sleep Lowers His IQ

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Bill Gates Mosquitoes, Economic Stimulus Package, TED Conference, Ted, Malaria, Elizabeth Gilbert, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Bill Gates Warren Buffett, Gates Foundation, Pneumonia and Diarrhea, Business News
Arianna Huffington

Notes from the TED conference, and my conversation with the world's most maniacal polymath, Bill Gates, in which we discuss the economy, his charitable giving, and what happens if he doesn't get enough sleep. READ MORE CNBC's Clueless Mark Haines Calls Me "Clueless" on Morning Joe: I Respond Only people like Mark Haines, their vision limited by Wall Street blinders, don't see the lunacy of allowing stockholders to reap rewards at taxpayers' expense. READ MORE Stimulus Package: If You Jump Halfway Across a Chasm You Fall Into the Abyss If we are going to spend two trillion dollars (and most likely more) trying to deal with the economic crisis, shouldn't we do it right? READ MORE Watch: Arianna On MSNBC, Discussing Obama Admitting His Mistakes: "A Teachable Moment"

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The TED Conference: Day One: Highlights

Christiana Wyly | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Tim Berners Lee, Entertainment, Change the World, Design, Bill Gates, Life-Changing, Nandan Nilekani, Clean Coal Myth, The TED Conference, Bill Gates Mosquitoes, World-Changing, Jacqueline Novogratz, Seth Godin, Palm Springs, Overpopulation, TED Unveiling, Tribes, Al Gore Clean Coal, Evolution, Homo-Evolutis, Disney, Technology, Oceans, TED.Com, Jake Eberts, Ted 2009, Worldchanging, TED Conference, Unveiling, Green News
Christiana Wyly

I decided to do a series of highlights to share some reflections from TED. The range of the unveilings in the fields of art, music, and technology have been astonishing.

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TED Day 3: Elizabeth Gilbert's Creative Demons

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 03.09.2009 | World

Read More: Elizabeth Gilbert, Ted, Creativity, Eat Pray Love, Writing, TED Conference, Ted 2009, Technology, World News
Steve Rosenbaum

Just when you think you've seen every cool robot, or the latest adhesive wall-climbing robotic gecko - TED goes and surprises you with one of the most unexpected and moving emotional talks of the conference so far.

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TED Conference Unveiling: Three Remarkable People On Their World Changing Wishes (VIDEO)

TED | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business

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Watch three remarkable people reveal their wishes to change the world live from the TED Conference in Long Beach, California, via webcast at 5 PM Paci...

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Bill Gates Unleashes Mosquitoes On Audience At TED Conference

MSNBC | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business

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"Bill Gates just released mosquitos into the audience at TED and said, 'Not only poor people should experience this.'" That was the post by Facebook'...

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TED - Day 1ch

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 03.07.2009 | World

Read More: Bill Gates, Chris Anderson, Ted, Ted 2009, Internet, Academia, TED Conference, World News
Steve Rosenbaum

At a time when ideas are needed to change the world, both the distribution and the wide interest in TED talks suggest that there is a hunger for knowledge, and an appetite for ideas.

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What would TED Do?

Rick Smith | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Ted, TED Conference, Davos, Business News
Rick Smith

TED has grown into one of the most influential gatherings in the world, frequently mentioned in the same breath with Davos.

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Be Thankful For Fresh Thinking

Julia Moulden | Posted 12.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Bill Clinton, University of Toronto, Thomas Homer-Dixon, Ken Caldeira, Paul Simon, Carnegie Institution, New Radicals, Obama, E.O. Wilson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Philippee Starck, Government, New Yorker, Climate Change, Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict, TED Conference, Michael Specter, Cameron Diaz, World Economic Forum, The Giving Life, Living News
Julia Moulden

I'm giving a speech on Monday about authentic leadership - with references to President-elect Obama sprinkled liberally throughout - to an association...

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Politics And Morals: 5 Values That Influence Your Vote

Ted.com | Posted 10.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Morality, TED Conference, Jonathan Haidt, Political Choice, Living News

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the moral foundations of politics and explores how we might develop more productive discourse by understanding the...

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