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Follow-up: Worldmoon
Probably the most groundbreaking idea on TEDxAmsterdam 2010 was Martine de Wit's Worldmoon. Read all about the science and the fiction of this idea.
General Peter van Uhm, Chief of Defence
Peter van Uhm was born in Nijmegen, the Netherlands in 1955. In 1972, after his secondary education, he attended the Infantry officer training course at the Royal Military Academy in Breda. After training, he was assigned as platoon commander to 48
Barry Schwartz, Idea Technology
Barry Schwartz, Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action at Swarthmore College Barry Schwartz is a psychologist and author of numerous articles and books on the subject of wisdom and contemporary society. He is the D
Prof. Eveline Crone
Prof. Eveline Crone is full professor in the Developmental and Educational Psychology Unit of the Institute of Psychology at Leiden University. She obtained her master’s degree in developmental psychology from the University of Amsterdam, based on
Pep Rosenfeld
Pep Rosenfeld, co-founder and artistic director at Boom Chicago Pep Rosenfeld is one of the founders of Boom Chicago, Artistic Director and co-creator of their current productions ‘Social Media Circus’ and ‘9/11 Forever.’
Gary Wolf, Self-knowledge through numbers
Gary Wolf, contributing editor Wired magazine, co-founder Quantified Self Gary Wolf is a contributing editor at Wired magazine, where he writes regularly about the culture of science and technology. He is also the co-founder (with W
Alan McSmith, Wilderness is not a place… it’s a way of life
Alan McSmith, nature guide and founder of Wilderness Vision Alan McSmith is the founder of Wilderness Vision, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of the wild. For over 20 years he has served as a professional guide, having walked
Dr. ir. David Lentink, Nature-inspired flight: beyond the leap
Dr. ir. David Lentink, Assistant Professor, Experimental Zoology Group Wageningen University and Associate Concord Field Station at Harvard University. David Lentink works in the experimental zoology group at Wageningen University. For his PhD (Cum l
Esra’a Al-Shafei, Creating New Visions of the Middle East
Esra’a Al Shafei, founder and Executive Director of MideastYouth.com Esra’a Al Shafei is the founder and Executive Director of MideastYouth.com whose mission is to amplify diverse and progressive voices advocating for chan
Henkjan Honing, We’re all musical creatures
Prof. dr Henkjan Honing holds a KNAW-Hendrik Muller chair in Music Cognition at the University of Amsterdam and conducts his research under the auspices of the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), and the University o




