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The history of our world in 18 minutes. Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is "Big History": an enlightening, wide-angle look at complexity, life and humanity, set against our slim share of the cosmic timeline.
- 2013: The Year in Ideas
In 2013, TED published more than 250 talks, each with an...
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The world is full of leadership programs, but the best way...
- 2013: The Year in Ideas
It'll take you 3 minutes to find out. 03:14. Nilofer Merchant. Got a meeting? Take a walk. Nilofer Merchant suggests a small idea that just might have a big impact on your life and health: Next time you have a one-on-one meeting, make it into a "walking meeting" -- and let ideas flow while you walk and talk. 1.
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In this very funny talk, Norwegian television producer Thomas Hellum shares how he and his team began to broadcast long, boring events, often live -- and found a rapt audience. Shows include a 7-hour train journey, an 18-hour fishing expedition and a 5.5-day ferry voyage along the coast of Norway. The results are both beautiful and fascinating.
- A powerful way to unleash your natural creativity by Tim Harford | TED Talk. “To do two things at once is to do neither.” Harford begins with this quote, but quickly contradicts it by asserting that people should actually strive to do “two things at once—or three or even four.”
- An astronaut’s story of curiosity, perspective and change by Leland Melvin | TED Talk. When he was five years old, Melvin watched Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s historic moon landing on a black-and-white TV set with his family.
- How kids can help design cities by Mara Mintzer | TED Talk. Mintzer, an urban planner, presents the problem at the beginning of her talk: “Our society routinely makes decisions without consulting a quarter of the population.”
- Do schools kill creativity? by Sir Ken Robinson | TED Talk. Sir Ken Robinson explains that kids are inherently creative and unafraid to be wrong. However, as we grow into adults, we learn to fear being wrong, because both corporate and education systems stigmatize mistakes.
In 2013, TED published more than 250 talks, each with an idea worth spreading. And yet, certain ideas seemed to resonate throughout the year, as if speakers at different events were singing parts of the same choral symphony. As 2013 draws to a close, here is a look at some of the big ideas we […]
