TED Talk: Deborah Gordon...
Posted by Rafe Furst in TED on 04 29th, 2008 | View Comments
How do ants know what to do? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukS4UjCauUs] Click here for Discussion...
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TED Talks: Jonathan Harris...
Posted by Rafe Furst in TED on 04 27th, 2008 | View Comments
The web's secret stories [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAvNlh2Z0GI] Click here for Discussion...
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TED Talks: Majora Carter...
Posted by Rafe Furst in TED on 04 27th, 2008 | View Comments
Greening the ghetto [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ-cZRmHfs4] Click here for Discussion...
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TED Talks: Tod Machover & Dan Ellsey...
Posted by Rafe Furst in TED on 04 25th, 2008 | View Comments
Releasing the music in your head [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj2QoLhfwew] Click here for Discussion...
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TED Talk: Bjorn Lomborg...
Posted by Rafe Furst in TED on 04 24th, 2008 | View Comments
Setting global priorities [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtbn9zBfJSs] Click here for Discussion...
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Charity + Prediction Markets...
Posted by Rafe Furst in Alternative Institutions, Markets, Philanthropy on 04 21st, 2008 | View Comments
A new prediction market site with a twist: your profits in the market get donated to the charity of your choice. I was concerned that it may look noble but that they might be profiting from the bid/ask spread, so I wrote and asked them.  Here is their response: No fees, except the 5% on top of any funds...
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TED Talk: Aubrey de Grey...
Posted by Rafe Furst in TED on 04 21st, 2008 | View Comments
Avoiding aging [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iYpxRXlboQ] Click here for Discussion...
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TED Talk: Jeff Hawkins...
Posted by Rafe Furst in Computation, TED on 04 15th, 2008 | View Comments
How brain science will change computing [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6CVj5IQkzk] Click here for Discussion...
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Open Letter to Gotham Prize...
Posted by Rafe Furst in Alternative Institutions, Limits of Knowledge on 04 12th, 2008 | View Comments
The Gotham Prize is a laudable new effort to provide incentive for new approaches to cancer.  In response to their recent announcement of their first awards, I have sent them the following open letter.  If you would like to express your own opinion on the matter, I encourage you to provide your feedback to...
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TED Talks: Wade Davis...
Posted by Rafe Furst in Culture, TED on 04 11th, 2008 | View Comments
Endangered cultures [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL7vK0pOvKI] Click here for Discussion...
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Cancer Research Surprises...
Posted by Rafe Furst in Cancer, Evolution, Infection, Limits of Knowledge on 04 10th, 2008 | View Comments
Many people would admit to not understanding cancer well, but fewer people would admit to not understanding evolution well.  Here are some challenges to our understanding of both. Starvation may help cancer treatment. "As little as 48 hours of starvation afforded mice injected with brain cancer cells the...
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TED Talks: Al Gore...
Posted by Rafe Furst in Agency, TED on 04 9th, 2008 | View Comments
New thinking on climate crisis [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUO8bdrXghs] Click here for Discussion...
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Notes from TED...
Posted by Rafe Furst in Agency, Alternative Institutions, Computation, Cooperation, Culture, Education, Emergence, Epistemology, Government, Levels, Limits of Knowledge, Models, Networks, Non-linearity, Poverty, Psychology, Social Networks, Society, TED on 04 8th, 2008 | View Comments
Here are some notes that I took at TED 2008.  I have a bunch more on each of the speakers individually which I may post as time permits.  Let me know if you want me to expand any of the notes below into a full post. Themes TED sessions have their own explicit themes, but I detected a few implicit themes...
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TED Talks: Iqbal Quadir...
Posted by Rafe Furst in Alternative Institutions, Poverty, Society, TED on 04 8th, 2008 | View Comments
Mobile phones fight poverty [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixjxvzb2-Fw] Click here for Discussion...
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TED Talks: Ken Robinson...
Posted by Rafe Furst in Education, TED on 04 6th, 2008 | View Comments
Schools kill creativity [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY] Click here for Discussion...
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TED Talk: Dan Gilbert...
Posted by Rafe Furst in TED on 04 6th, 2008 | View Comments
What makes us happy [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTO_dZUvbJA] Click Here for Discussion...
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TED Talk: Amy Smith...
Posted by Rafe Furst in TED on 04 4th, 2008 | View Comments
Simple lifesaving design [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwFkb1x7FJQ] Click here for Discussion...
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World's Best Powerpoint Presentatio...
Posted by Rafe Furst in Culture, Media, TED on 04 3rd, 2008 | View Comments
Some people would say "Best" and "Powerpoint Presentation" are oxymoronic in combination.  But I disagree.  Powerpoint and its digital slideshow ilk (e.g. Keynote) are a relatively new medium, and it is the job of the slideshow creator and the presenter to make the presentation kick ass.  Al Gore proved...
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TED Talk: Hans Rosling...
Posted by Rafe Furst in TED on 04 3rd, 2008 | View Comments
Two for one special... Debunking myths about the "third world" [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUwS1uAdUcI] Click here for Discussion Forum Watch the end of poverty [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpKbO6O3O3M] Click here for Discussion...
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TED Talk: Chris Abani...
Posted by Rafe Furst in TED on 04 2nd, 2008 | View Comments
For those of you who are enjoying these talks and want to check out more than one of my favorites per day, you can cut to the chase on my TED profile favorites page.  You will have to register there, but it's free to do so. Stories of Africa [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrbiIWD_CxI] Click here...
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TED Talk: Barry Schwartz...
Posted by Rafe Furst in TED on 04 1st, 2008 | View Comments
The Paradox of Choice [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO6XEQIsCoM] Click here for Discussion...
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