7 hours ago by Andi

As I watched Chimamanda Adichie talk about how, as a child, the influence of books shaped her view of who she thought could be part of literature, I remembered my own childhood reading habits. For her, a child in Nigeria, literature consisted of British white children with blonde hair and blue eyes, ...

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18 hours ago by Murphy

金融危機前高盛的預測是在 2025 年, 中國會超越美國, 成為第一大經濟體; 金融危機後法國巴黎銀行在2011年的預測是在 2020 年, 中國會超越美國, 成為第一大經濟體. 中國將會在幾個層面上改變世界: 1. 世界上第一個發展中國家能夠成爲世界最大的經濟體. 2. 成為在現代史上首次主宰世界的非西方國家. 3. 使得西方化成為不切實際的說法. Martin Jacques提出以下三個層面, 來理解中國: 文明國家 (civilization state) 和西方國家不同, 中國不是民族國家 (nation state), 而是文明國家 (civilization state), 藉由共 ...

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1 day ago by RM

Barbara Prainsack TED Barbara Prainsack is a Professor in Sociology and Politics of Bioscience at Brunel University London, Great Britain.

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1 day ago by Raúl Herranz

Aunque debería verse subtitulado, aquí os dejo la trascripción, por si los subtítulos fallan: Hace unos años, sentí como que estaba atrapado en la rutina, entonces decidí seguir los pasos del gran filósofo americano Morgan Spurlock e intentar hacer algo nuevo durante 30 días. La idea es bastante sim ...

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1 day ago

Yet again an amazing TED. While I went numb on the endless stream of life hacking tips and ‘how to be happier’-guides long time ago, this isn’t resembling any of the typical, slightly esoteric waffling. Not only does Shawn Anchor deliver a very entertaining and energised talk, he actually knows what ...

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2 days ago by Ciencia en Canoa

ORIGINAL: TEDxWaterloo "Un boicot es solo parte de lo que es necesario que suceda: se necesitan igualmente acciones positivas, no solo acuerdos en lo que no se debe hacer" En una charla oportuna e incisiva en TEDxWaterloo, Michael Nielsen expuso el tema de la ciencia abierta( o de libre acceso o púb ...

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3 days ago by Andrew Tarvin

An impressive TEDxEast presentation on the secret structure of great talks. I particularly like the metaphor of presenters being the mentor and the audience being the heroes. Related posts: The Secret to Effective Presentations Super Top Secret Humor That Works Secret Page Selecting a Metaphor for B ...

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3 days ago by Todd Van Hoosear

In my copious amounts of free time, I’ve been busy working on organizing a day-long event that is going to be taking place on Sunday, March 4th, called TEDxSomerville. The event idea stems from a more nationally known set of TED Talks which have grown in popularity over the years. TED has created wh ...

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3 days ago

Gen Stanley McChrystal: Listen, learn … then lead “Leaders can let you fail and yet not let you be a failure.” A great, great TED talk that I haven’t ever seen make the rounds. Probably due to politics but such is life.

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3 days ago by useful in parts

a great 12 minute or so talk on p ositive psychology and which in summary says we teach people how to eliminate weird/outlying data in a statistically valid way so we can find a line of best? w hich is fantastic if we're trying to find out about the the average but less useful if we're interested in ...

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