TED talks
Dec. 6, 2010
Darwinian Theories of Art
Are we hardwired to find certain art forms beautiful and to enjoy certain kinds of stories?
Tags: Brian Boyd · Denis Dutton · evolution · storytelling · TED talks · video
Sep. 21, 2010
Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from
“Chance favors the connected mind.”
Tags: Steven Johnson · TED talks · video
Feb. 25, 2010
Bill Gates on Energy
Is there a more demoralizing problem than global warming? Discussing it feels utterly hopeless. Climate skeptics are unmoveable despite the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence. Intelligent, well-meaning conservative friends of mine, people I like and respect, simply reject that the problem exists, let alone that we ought to fix it. So I found this video [...]
Tags: Bill Gates · climate change · TED talks
Jun. 12, 2009
The Economics of Dealing Crack
At TED in 2004, Steven Levitt, the University of Chicago economist and co-author of Freakonomics, analyzes the economics of the street-corner crack trade. Contrary to popular belief, the “corner boys” make less than minimum wage — for a job with a higher mortality rate than death row. The Freakonomics blog is also worth a visit.
Tags: crack · drugs · Steven Levitt · TED talks · video
