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TEDxYSE

On November 13, 2010 in Education, Improvement

I attended TEDxYSE today, and I’m finding it hard not to criticize the event, for both its content and its implementation. Overall, I wouldn’t call it a waste of time, but I think it lacked a unifying, examined vision for what it wanted to convey. I expected to hear about design and technological solutions to big problems, but instead I feel like I got hit with more of the same.

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More TED Talks

On October 11, 2010 in Education, Improvement, Technology

As a followup to this post. Michael Specter: The danger of science denial Derek Sivers: How to start a movement Alan Siegel: Let’s simplify legal jargon! Carolyn Steel: How food shapes our cities John La Grou plugs smart power outlets Michael Pritchard’s water filter turns filthy water drinkable Alisa Miller shares the news about the [...]

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Of Oil Spills…

On July 15, 2010 in Improvement, Technology

This oil spill has me rather depressed. Carl Safina discussed the unimaginable horror as well as can be hoped in his talk last month, but I’d like to make some points about this catastrophe myself, reiterating some of his ideas, along with some of my own: 1) No coverage. New Orleans gets leveled in a [...]

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Favorite TED Talks

On July 7, 2010 in Education, Improvement, Technology

I listen to a TED Talk a day. The TED conferences host dozens of events every year, and then they share the lectures online for free! Topics range from music to design to technology to physics, and watching the videos lets me sound intelligent in scores of fields. (Secret’s out, I guess.) Here are some of the [...]

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