TED - Ideas worth spreading

[Homie]

I had completely forgot about TED, thanks El Mac. BTW, that was a really good presentation. Many of us have heard things along those lines, but never so specific and laid out.

A point: Although he is definitively on to something, I don't know if I completely agree with him. I have worked in a daycare center with kids from 0-6 years old, and some kids just seem evil from the get go, regardless of the circumstances. Of course there is no absolute good/evil line, i.e. nobody is 100% evil or 100% good, but some are just more evil than others, from nature. I believe our makeup, our personality, our genetic predisposed properties, are a big part of who we are in regards to everything in life, including the good/evil ratio.

 

[Homie]

BTW, worst TED ever http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/eve_ensler_on_happiness_in_body_and_soul.html

How on earth was this woman invited as a speaker?
Be warned, she sucks, and not in the good way.

 

[Taliesin]

BTW, worst TED ever http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/eve_ensler_on_happiness_in_body_and_soul.html

How on earth was this woman invited as a speaker?
Be warned, she sucks, and not in the good way.

She wrote the Vagina Monologues, no?

 

[mrt144]

Wheres the LIBOR

 

[Homie]

She wrote the Vagina Monologues, no?

Right, that's what her TED is about. She goes on about vaginas, geezh. It's not funny or interesting.

So, has anyone seen any interesting ones lately. I was looking around a little bit, but didn't find any interesting ones.

 

[Homie]

Wheres the LIBOR

libor?
.......

 

[El_Machinae]

I had completely forgot about TED, thanks El Mac. BTW, that was a really good presentation. Many of us have heard things along those lines, but never so specific and laid out.

A point: Although he is definitively on to something, I don't know if I completely agree with him. I have worked in a daycare center with kids from 0-6 years old, and some kids just seem evil from the get go, regardless of the circumstances. Of course there is no absolute good/evil line, i.e. nobody is 100% evil or 100% good, but some are just more evil than others, from nature. I believe our makeup, our personality, our genetic predisposed properties, are a big part of who we are in regards to everything in life, including the good/evil ratio.

Oh, I disagree with the specifics in some cases too. But I want people to reminded over and over what makes a hero: and it's nothing special, other than knowing how to act when you need to. Add to that knowledge, that most people won't act that way.

I also think that the lessons of Milgram and the Stanford Prison Study should be pounded into everyone's heads.

As for good ones: Haidt has a good one on personality. His talk at Beyond Belief 2.0 expounds more upon its thesis. It's a good one
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html

Gallo's additional look into the deep ocean supplements the other excellent exploration video. So this one is fun
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_gallo_on_life_in_the_deep_oceans.html
This is the amazing one, though. Highly inspiring.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/robert_ballard_on_exploring_the_oceans.html

The three physics ones are good, since cosmological physics is really good for the 'deep' questions.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/patricia_burchat_leads_a_search_for_dark_energy.html
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/brian_cox_on_cern_s_supercollider.html
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/brian_greene_on_string_theory.html

This one is powerfully important from a humanitarian perspective. I mean, gods, a billion people in endemic poverty.
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/paul_collier_shares_4_ways_to_help_the_bottom_billion.html


Those are the ones I quite enjoyed from the last ten pages.

 

[mrt144]

libor?
.......

TED interest rate spread.

 

[Narz]

She goes on about vaginas, geezh. It's not funny or interesting.

So, has anyone seen any interesting ones lately. I was looking around a little bit, but didn't find any interesting ones.

I like my girlfriend's. She just got a brazilian wax!

I could point you to some websites if you like...

 

[Homie]

I like my girlfriend's. She just got a brazilian wax!

I could point you to some websites if you like...

Thanks for that Narz. I was actually completely oblivious to that until you pointed it out. I actually COL (chuckled out loud). Saying I LOL would be an exaggeration.

 

[Phlegmak]

How ordinary people become monsters ... or heroes

This one is very important. Exceedingly. I suspect that the talk is not showy enough for some, but the content is deep. It's personally important to us all. This is part of the battle of good vs. evil.

"Every hero was a normal person who knew how to be a hero when the time came"

Very good.

 

[Narz]

I thought it was good as well!

 

[Phlegmak]

Here's a fun one with Michael Shermer.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things.html

 

[Dr.Mindbender]

Here's a fun one with Michael Shermer.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things.html

Quadro Tracker. LOL

 

[Narz]

Here's a fun one with Michael Shermer.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/michael_shermer_on_believing_strange_things.html

That was actually pretty good. He came on looking a bit cocky & annoying but I liked the lecture & agreed with all of it.

 

[AngryZealot]

I really like this one; sorry if it's already been posted:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/joshua_klein_on_the_intelligence_of_crows.html

 

[El_Machinae]

I wish we could train them to pick up Tim Hortons cups!

 

[Rashiminos]

Transcripts of the videos would be awesome...

 

[El_Machinae]

Very good.

I thought it was good as well!

Were you two familiar with the Milgram studies and the Stanford Prison study beforehand? If not, do you think those concepts were explained well enough?

 

[Phlegmak]

Were you two familiar with the Milgram studies and the Stanford Prison study beforehand? If not, do you think those concepts were explained well enough?

I was familiar with both. I think the Milgram one was explained well enough. The other was not.