Chris Anderson gave this talk in 2002, prior to taking over leadership of TED. Founder Richard Wurman was leaving and TED’s future was hanging in the balance. He seeks to persuade TEDsters that what was then a for-profit conference had a secure future as an idea-based nonprofit endeavor.
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TED’s Chris Anderson says the rise of web video is driving a worldwide phenomenon he calls Crowd Accelerated Innovation — a self-fueling cycle of learning that could be as significant as the invention of print. But to tap into its power, organizations will need to embrace radical openness. And for TED, it means the dawn of a whole new chapter …
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Science columnist Lee Hotz describes a remarkable project at WAIS Divide, Antarctica, where a hardy team are drilling into ten-thousand-year-old ice to extract vital data on our changing climate.
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Imagine a world without Photoshop. A short film by The Chopping Block.
Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation’s success by its productivity — instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people. He introduces the Happy Planet Index, which tracks national well-being against resource use (because a happy life doesn’t have to cost the earth). Which countries rank highest in the HPI? You might be surprised.
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At Photoshop World, Julianne Kost demonstrated how to make a time lapse movie from stills with Photoshop.
If you couldn’t make it, you can watch her work her wizardry here.
How could you use time lapse techniques into your creative process?
The credits for the movie The Other Guys are brilliant.
They put recent financial crises in sharp perspective.
It’s a wonderful example of the power of images.
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David McCandless shows how visualizing data makes more information by revealing patterns within it.
See more on data visualization from Hans Rosling’s lecture here.
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“Clay Shirky looks at ‘cognitive surplus’ — the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles. While we’re busy editing Wikipedia, posting to Ushahidi (and yes, making LOLcats), we’re building a better, more cooperative world.”
He points out, “The gap is between doing anything and doing nothing.”
What will you do today, this week, this month, this year, next year?
Carter Emmart offers an inspiring perspective on how we see our home.