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Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation

Complete description: www.ted.com Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don't Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we thi
Thematic Section: Howto & Style
Duration: 00:13:57.750
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Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from

Complete description: www.ted.com People often credit their ideas to individual "Eureka!" moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the "liquid networks" of L
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:13:42.750
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Elizabeth Gilbert: A new way to think about creativity

Complete description: www.ted.com "Eat, Pray, Love" Author Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a geni
Thematic Section: Entertainment
Duration: 00:14:36.750
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Hans Rosling: No more boring data: TEDTalks

Complete description: www.ted.com With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to present data that debunks several myths about world developm
Thematic Section: News & Politics
Duration: 00:15:26.250
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Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice

Complete description: www.ted.com Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but
Thematic Section: News & Politics
Duration: 00:15:16.500
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Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action

Complete description: www.ted.com Simon Sinek presents a simple but powerful model for how leaders inspire action, starting with a golden circle and the question "Why?" His examples include Apple, Martin Luther King, and t
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:13:56.250
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Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders

Complete description: www.ted.com Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg looks at why a smaller percentage of women than men reach the top of their professions -- and offers 3 powerful pieces of advice to women aiming for the C-suit
Thematic Section: People & Blogs
Duration: 00:11:36.750
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TEDxHouston - Brené Brown

Complete description: Dr. Brené Brown is a researcher professor at the University of Houston, Graduate College of Social Work, where she has spent the past ten years studying a concept that she calls Wholeheartedness, pos
Thematic Section: Education
Duration: 00:15:33.750
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TEDxUSC - Kellee Santiago - 3/23/09

Complete description: Are Video Games Art? Game innovator Kellee Santiago insists that games are more than entertainment. As a student in the MFA Interactive Media program at the University of Southern California School of
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:11:43.500
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David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization

Complete description: www.ted.com David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connecti
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:16:05.250
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Susan Cain: The power of introverts

Complete description: www.ted.com In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introvert
Thematic Section: People & Blogs
Duration: 00:14:18.750
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Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our decisions?

Complete description: www.ted.com Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we'
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:13:05.250
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Sugata Mitra's new experiments in self-teaching

Complete description: www.ted.com Indian education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life e
Thematic Section: Education
Duration: 00:13:04.500
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Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles"

Complete description: www.ted.com As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there's a dangerous unintended consequence We get trapped in a "filter bubble"
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:06:48.750
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Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability

Complete description: www.ted.com Brene Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:15:37.500
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TEDxAustin Robyn O'Brien 2011

Complete description: Robyn shares her personal story and how it inspired her current path as a "Real Food" evangelist. Grounded in a successful Wall Street career that was more interested in food as good business than goo
Thematic Section: Nonprofits & Activism
Duration: 00:13:50.250
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Salman Khan: Let's use video to reinvent education

Complete description: www.ted.com Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:15:20.250
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Kevin Allocca: Why videos go viral

Complete description: www.ted.com Kevin Allocca is YouTube's trends manager, and he has deep thoughts about silly web video. In this talk from TEDYouth, he shares the 4 reasons a video goes viral. (This is the first talk p
Thematic Section: Entertainment
Duration: 00:05:30.750
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John Underkoffler points to the future of UI

Complete description: www.ted.com Minority Report science adviser and inventor John Underkoffler demos g-speak -- the real-life version of the film's eye-popping, tai chi-meets-cyberspace computer interface. Is this how to
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:11:55.500
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Sebastian Seung: I am my connectome

Complete description: www.ted.com Sebastian Seung is mapping a massively ambitious new model of the brain that focuses on the connections between each neuron. He calls it our "connectome," and it's as individual as our gen
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:16:56.250
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Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

Complete description: www.ted.com Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of th
Thematic Section: Education
Duration: 00:15:03
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TEDxUIUC - Sherry Turkle - Alone Together

Complete description: Sherry Turkle talks about why we expect more from technology and less from each other. Sherry Turkle is a professor, author, consultant, researcher, and licensed clinical psychologist who has spent th
Thematic Section: Education
Duration: 00:12:18
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Ray Anderson on the business logic of sustainability

Complete description: www.ted.com At his carpet company, Ray Anderson has increased sales and doubled profits while turning the traditional "take make / waste" industrial system on its head. In a gentle, understated way, h
Thematic Section: Howto & Style
Duration: 00:12:30
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Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world

Complete description: www.ted.com Games like World of Warcraft give players the means to save worlds, and incentive to learn the habits of heroes. What if we could harness this gamer power to solve real-world problems? Jan
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:15:24
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Weyland TED Talk 2023

Complete description: Peter Weyland gives a TED talk... in 2023. A viral PROMETHEUS promotion!
Thematic Section: Film & Animation
Duration: 00:02:21.750
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Kevin Slavin: How algorithms shape our world

Complete description: www.ted.com Kevin Slavin argues that we're living in a world designed for -- and increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer pro
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:11:32.250
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Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids

Complete description: www.ted.com Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs "childish" thinking bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids' big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with
Thematic Section: People & Blogs
Duration: 00:08:03.750
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Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world

Complete description: www.ted.com Clay Shirky looks at "cognitive surplus" -- the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. While we're busy editing Wikipedia, posting to Ushahidi (and yes, making LOLcats), we
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:10:13.500
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Tony Robbins: Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better

Complete description: Tony Robbins discusses the "invisible forces" that make us do what we do -- and high-fives Al Gore in the front row.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Co
Thematic Section: Science & Technology
Duration: 00:16:53.250
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