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• The Secret of Happiness is . . .

  
  ROTUS — Authority: 100
  “low expectations.” Barry Schwartz, psychologist and Swarthmore College professor’s compelling argument for limited choices. Did you ever notice that poor people seem to be happier than rich ones? Merry Christmas.
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• English For International use

  
  Share and Smile — Authority: 100
  Here is a useful TED India video. It is about English language and its different uses in the international sphere. As the world is but a comity of nations dependent on each other for various needs and requirements like financial, political, economic, social, bilateral or multi-lateral nature the language of English ...
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• AN IDEA ABOUT IDEAS…

  
  Have Coffee Will Write — Authority: 147
  With all the intensity and brilliance for which he is known, Alan Kay envisions better techniques for teaching kids by using computers to illustrate experience in ways -– mathematically and scientifically -- that only computers can.
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• Storytelling with Data: Statistics Tell a Story

  
  The Unquiet Librarian — Authority: 464
  Presentation Zen: Hans Rosling & the art of storytelling with statistics via kwout Earlier this week, I urged librarians to think about ways to tell your library’s story.  Here is a cool post from Garr Reynolds’ Presentation Zen blog, “ Hans Rosling and The Art of Storytelling with Statistics .”   ...
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• A FUTURE FOR SPACE EXPLORATION…

  
  Have Coffee Will Write — Authority: 147
  In this passionate talk, legendary spacecraft designer Burt Rutan lambasts the US government-funded space program for stagnating and asks entrepreneurs to pick up where NASA has left off.
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• Great Guy Gift : Manspaces

  
  dakini notes — Authority: 112
  Sam Martin : Manspaces A Primal Guide to Marking Your Territory   Fab site! Manspaces.com From the book:    You know you need your space, but what’s the answer? Manspace! It’s the shot in the arm, the rallying cry, the inspiration for guys like you to take back a little piece of territory, to have ...
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• Your Favorite TED Talk Ever?

  
  Open Culture — Authority: 607
  What’s the best TED Talk ever? That’s the little debate taking place on Reddit.com , and the answer is not obvious, seeing that TED now has over 500 talks available in its archive. (You can find a constantly updated list of every TED Talk in a  Google spreadsheet here .) Now, what are some of the Reddit ...
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• RECALLING SPUTNIK…

  
  Have Coffee Will Write — Authority: 147
  About this talkFilmmaker David Hoffman shares footage from his feature-length documentary Sputnik Mania, which shows how the Soviet Unions launch of Sputnik in 1957 led to both the space race and the arms race -- and jump-started science and math education around the world.
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• SO HOW DO YOU USE AN ASTROLABE ANYWAY…?

  
  Have Coffee Will Write — Authority: 147
  Rather than demo another new technology, Tom Wujec reaches back to one of our earliest but most ingenious devices -- the astrolabe. With thousands of uses, from telling time to mapping the night sky, this old tech reminds us that the ancient can be as brilliant as the brand-new.
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• MOBILES FIGHT POVERTY…

  
  Have Coffee Will Write — Authority: 147
  Iqbal Quadir tells how his experiences as a kid in poor Bangladesh, and later as a banker in New York, led him to start a mobile phone operator connecting 80 million rural Bangladeshi -- and to become a champion of bottom-up development.
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• Tim Berners-Lee: The next Web of open, linked data

  
  Learn Free Internet Marketing Learn Free Internet Marketing Strategies using Video, Articles, Social Networking, Social Media, Web 2.0, Blogs, Affiliate Marketing — Authority: 167
  www.ted.com 20 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. For his next project, he’s building a web for open, linked data that could do for numbers what the Web did for words, pictures, video unlock our data and reframe the way we use it together.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best [...]
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• CREATING NEW CREATURES…

  
  Have Coffee Will Write — Authority: 147
  Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move -- and even survive -- on their own.
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• East vs. West – The Myths that mystify: TED Talk

  
  Dhimant Parekh — Authority: 110
  About a month ago, I had come across this interesting article about goddess Lakshmi, which gave a very different perspective on the concept of wealth creation and its associated morals. The article was so insightful that I made note of the author, Devdutt Pattanaik, and bought one of his books – Vishnu, an ...
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• ORGANIC DESIGN…

  
  Have Coffee Will Write — Authority: 147
  Designer Ross Lovegrove expounds his philosophy of “fat-free” design and offers insight into several of his extraordinary products, including the Ty Nant water bottle and the Go chair.
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• Pranav Mistry: The Thrilling Potential of SixthSense...

  
  hunsonisgroovy — Authority: 582
  Pranav Mistry: The Thrilling Potential of SixthSense Technology At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data — including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper “laptop.” In an onstage Q&A;, Mistry says he’ll ...
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• Ted Talks - Eric Giler Demos Wireless Electricity

  
  hunsonisgroovy — Authority: 582
  Ted Talks - Eric Giler Demos Wireless Electricity
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• Aimee Mullins has 24 legs: Now what disability would that be?

  
  Our Jacob — Authority: 104
  First of all, go to college online by visiting the TED talks. Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world. Their words. All sorts of topics, all types of people, all walks of life, all corners of the globe. Ideas worth spreading, they call the concept. Hell yes. And when you see Aimee Mullins you better ...
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• FIGHTING INJUSTICE WITH VIDEO…

  
  Have Coffee Will Write — Authority: 147
  Musician and activist Peter Gabriel shares his very personal motivation for standing up for human rights with the watchdog group WITNESS -- and tells stories of citizen journalists in action.
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• LEADERSHIP’S MISSING MANUAL…

  
  Have Coffee Will Write — Authority: 147
  Leadership doesnt have a users manual, but Fields Wicker-Miurin says stories of remarkable, local leaders are the next best thing. At a TED salon in London, she shares three.
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• Sir Ken Robinson in a TED lecture

  
  A Novel Woman — Authority: 119
  For years I watched as the arts programs in my kids schools were slashed - art class gave way to more science classes, gym class was reduced to one hour a week, and computer science was anointed the new king of them all. Not that I have anything against computers. Heck, my relationship with my laptop falls just short ...
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