This week the TED Conference took place in Long Beach, California. The theme for this year was “What the world needs now”. Earlier we gave you reports on day 1, day 2 and day 3.
Session 11: Simplicity
- Benoit Mandelbrot: Bottomless wonders spring from simple rules repeated without end.
- George Whitesides: A stone is simple. But you can build cathedrals of stones.
- Philip K. Howard: The law must be simple enough that people can internalize it in their daily choices.
- Chip Conley: Bhutan has created the ultimate export: a new global currency of well-being.
Session 12: Wisdom
- James Cameron: Curiosity: it’s the most powerful thing you own.
- John Kasaona: We realized that stopping poaching is completely different from catching poachers.
- Glenna Fraumeni, talking from TEDActive in Palm Springs.
- Adora Svitak: We kids still dream about perfection. Our audacity to imagine helps push the boundaries of reality.
- Sir Ken Robinson: Our children spread their dreams beneath our feet. And we should tread softly.
- Ze Frank with the -comic relief- wrapup.
Click here to view all reports from TED 2010.
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