TED talks enlists Terry Moore to find out why we call our unknown variables “X”. Short, concise and illuminating. Filed under: Education Tagged: “X”, TED Talks, Why is X unkown
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350 or bust: TED Talk Tuesday: Follow Your Curiosity
In this talk from a 2012 TEDx conference at the University of Florida, Morris Morrison talks about the subjective nature of what it means to be successful, drawing on his life story to show how even in the bleakest circumstances we can count on our instincts and curiosity to guide
Continue reading350 or bust: TED Talk Thursday: How To Survive Peak Oil & Climate Change
There is an effective response to the climate crisis. In this TED Talk from 2009, Rob Hopkins speaks about a practical and inspiring solution to the challenges of peak oil and climate change, the transition movement. The transition movement helps people prepare for life without oil, and in the process
Continue reading350 or bust: TED Talk Thursday: Muhammad Yunus on Social Businesses
I love Professor Yunus’s advice – “Whatever the banks did, I did the opposite. And it worked!” Prof. Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi economist and founder of the Grameen Bank, an institution that provides microcredit to help its clients establish creditworthiness and financial self-sufficiency. In 2006 Yunus and Grameen received
Continue reading350 or bust: TED Talk Tuesday
I’ve made a few changes around my blog, trying to get a bit more organized. One of the changes I’ve decided to make is to share one of my favourite things, and make Tuesday into TED Talk Tuesday. Many of you will be familiar with TED Talks, which are found
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: TED Talks: There are no mistakes on the Bandstand
One way of understanding Jazz. Filed under: Music Tagged: Jazz, Music, No Mistakes, TED Talks
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Occupy Wall Street: Income Inequality Harms Societies
As Richard Wilkinson says, “Something we instinctively know, inequality is divisive and socially corrosive.” In this TED talk he takes us through the data, charts and numbers that demonstrate the effect this has on us all:
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Occupy Wall Street: Income Inequality Harms Societies
As Richard Wilkinson says, “Something we instinctively know, inequality is divisive and socially corrosive.” In this TED talk he takes us through the data, charts and numbers that demonstrate the effect this has on us all:
Continue readingNEW MEDIA AND POLITICS CANADA: Occupy Wall Street: Income Inequality Harms Societies
As Richard Wilkinson says, “Something we instinctively know, inequality is divisive and socially corrosive.” In this TED talk he takes us through the data, charts and numbers that demonstrate the effect this has on us all:
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Predictable Irrationality – Economics is based on ‘rational actors’ huh?
A fascinating video about how irrational we actually are as a species despite all of our material advancements. I would have to agree with what Dan Ariely says in this talk, we need to simplify our cognitive models and constructs so we can actually make rational, informed choices based on them. How a coffee chain […]
Continue reading350 or bust: The Economy: Stealing The Future, Selling it In The Present, and Calling It GDP
In this TED talk from last month, futurist Alex Steffen shares a vision of the way our cities offer the key to addressing climate change. Cities, Steffen says, can help save the future while offering us a much-improved quality of life. More links: Futu…
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