Lawrence Lessig on ‘Openess’: TED Talk
James Cameron – ‘Your imagination creates a reality’
James Cameron’s TED talk. Read More
Jonathan Zittrain: the web as random acts of kindness
[wpvideo 9YEURq4Y] Jonathan Zittrain‘s TED talk from July 2009. Read More
Connected Pt 2
This 3 minute talk by Renny Gleeson gets to the heart of the matter. ‘Shared narratives’ are powerful and being hyperconnected can allow this to happen across, and despite, physical spaces. However, there is a potential cost and I’m sure we are guilty as charged by Renny. I remember my years, in the mid-90s, travelling through India, Nepal, Europe and the UK more than just fondly. In many ways these experiences are central to my... Read More
Do all languages have a common ancestor?
Murray Gell-Mann gives an overview about his passion for finding the common ancestry of our modern languages. Read More
The Wisdom of Crowds
James Surowiecki, the author of The Wisdom of Crowds, argues that people, when we act en masse, are smarter than we think. He suggests in this TED talk that the 2005 tsunami, when YouTube video, blogs, IMs and txts carried the news and preserved moving personal stories from the tragedy was the moment when social media became an equal player in the world of news-gathering. Thanks to Elaine for the link to this talk. Read More
Why are we happy?
I choose happiness! :O)) Read More
Your genes are not your fate
This message, in an unusually brief TED video, is of fundamental importance to all of us, especially teachers. Read More
Will videogames become better than life?
The title of David Perry’s TED talk on videogames instantly reminded me of that Red Dwarf episode and novel, ‘Better Than Life’. Enjoy this amusing and sometimes challenging presentation. Read More
How the law is strangling creativity
Laurence Lessig’s new book, Remix, explores the themes discussed mentioned in this TED video. Some of the remixed clips are pretty funny, especially ‘Jesus – The Musical’. Read More
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