The beauty of TED is that it makes the ‘great minds’ of this world accessible to anyone with an Internet connection. It’s just a matter of browsing to TED.com. Thousands of people do so on a daily basis, thus it’s no surprise that some TED talks generate quite a buzz on the web. TED curator Chris Anderson was so kind to mail 20 talks from the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford this summer that ,,created waves”. Here they are, with his comments.
,,Philosopher Alain de Botton describes a gentler notion of success”
,,Britain’s prime minister Gordon Brown says it’s time we adopted a global ethic”
,,89-year-old maverick Elaine Morgan on the aquatic ape theory of human origins”
,,Novelist Chimamanda Adichie ponders the danger of ‘a single story’”
,,Neuroscientist Beau Lotto shows incredible optical illusions – and what they mean”
,,Photographer Taryn Simon takes us inside secret labs, nuclear reactors and CIA facilities”
,,Jonathan Zittrain on how the web promotes surprising acts of generosity”
,,William Kamkwamba reveals how the windmill he hand-built as a boy has changed his life”
,,Willard Wiganexplains how he makes sculptures that fit inside the eye of a needle.”
,,Dan Pink punctures the notion that financial incentives promote creativity”
,,Musician Imogen Heap performs a gorgeous new song self-accompanied on piano”
,,James Balog uses time lapse photography to spectacularly depict vanishing glaciers”
,,Tim Brown says we’re not thinking big enough about design”
,,Charismatic architect Bjarke Ingels gives a thrilling tour of his recent work”
,,Former child soldier Emmanuel Jal brings the audience to its feet with his rap for peace”
,,Eric Giler demos the enticing arrival of wireless electricity”
,,Rebecca Saxe brilliantly depicts the brain science behind moral imagination”
,,Carolyn Steel on how food has shaped the design of cities”
,,Economist Paul Romer says Guantanamo could be the next Hong Kong”
,,Inventor Michael Pritchard conjures pure water from sewage — live on stage”
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