Tag: TEDtalks

Graham Hancock Breaks the Set on TED Censorship, Lost Civilizations & War on Consciousness Hancock is interviewed on Russia Today by Abby Martin. The interview covers Ancient civilizations such as Atlantis, maps much older than those known to modern archeologists, censorship of Hancock’s Whitechapel TEDtalk (and Rupert Sheldrake’s), the great mystery of consciousness, which can […]

Andrew Solomon Depression TED Talk Depression, the secret we share. A TEDxMet talk. Writer Solomon shares the story of his years battling depression, and many stories of others who have also suffered. Poignant and meaningful. 29-minute video. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

Sir Ken Robinson on Education: Bring on the learning revolution! Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for personalized learning rather than the standardized, one size fits all educational systems we’ve got. Sir Ken says we’ve got to go further than reform. We must transform. We must have a revolution in education. Life is not linear; […]

Sir Ken Robinson Says Schools Kill Creativity Do schools kill creativity? From my experience, Yes, they do, big time. Sir Ken thinks they do, too. He is a funny guy, in a stand-up comedy kind of way, and in a professorial kind of way, too. He makes audaciously accurate observations, like we ought to value […]

Hans Rosling: Stats That Reshape Your World-View Professor Rosling opens this TEDtalk showing test results of the brightest Swedish college students and Swedish professors in the area of global child mortality. The professors did better than the students, but only on a par with chimpanzees. Rosling is not lacking in the humor department. Nor is […]

Shane Koyczan – To This Day . . . for the bullied and beautiful. A TEDtalk by spoken word poet by Shane Koyczan. This performance was my introduction to the brilliance of Shane Koyczan. 12-minute video. As a former playground wimp, I find this deeply, deeply moving, believe me. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

Ron Finley: A guerilla gardener in South Central LA. Ron grew a vegetable garden on an LA parkway, got in trouble for it, and got the ordinance changed. He is creating organic gardens all over the place and in the process creating his own reality. An inspiring TEDtalk. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

Time: Using Your Past, Present And Future To Make Better Decisions. This article comes with a TED talk on the subject, too. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

What to learn something? The online Khan Academy offers over 4500 videos, interactive challenges and assessment of progress. It’s absolutely FREE! Here’s how Sal Khan himself got started. This is all really inspirational. The inspiration is free, too! TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

Jay Silver: Hack a banana, make a keyboard! Wacky, whimsical, creative, fun. This is a delight to watch. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious