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TED: The Big Reboot

TruthUnion — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:00:40 +0000

Even as mega-banks topple, Juan Enriquez says the big reboot is yet to come. But don’t look for it on your ballot – or in the stock exchange. It’ll come from science labs, and it promises keener bodies and minds. Our kids are going to be…different.

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

PopTech: The Stars and Stripes Forever?

TruthUnion — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:00:03 +0000

The stars and stripes forever? Futurist and author Juan Enriquez isn’t sure of that. He cites a long history of borders, countries and flags that have changed, and warns the United States isn’t immune.

Related:

Juan Enriquez – PopTech 2006

As if Things Weren’t Bad Enough, Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S.

TED: David Logan on tribal leadership

TruthUnion — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:00:54 +0000

At TEDxUSC, David Logan talks about the five kinds of tribes that humans naturally form — in schools, workplaces, even the driver’s license bureau. By understanding our shared tribal tendencies, we can help lead each other to become better individuals.

http://www.ted.com/talks/david_logan_on_tribal_leadership.html

TED: Seth Godin on the tribes we lead

TruthUnion — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:00:12 +0000

Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change. He urges us to do so.

http://www.ted.com/talks/seth_godin_on_the_tribes_we_lead.html

TED: “Sixth Sense” Technology Demo

TruthUnion — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:15 +0000

This demo — from Pattie Maes’ lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry — was the buzz of TED. It’s a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine “Minority Report” and then some.

http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/index.htm

TED: How Technology Will Transform Us

TruthUnion — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:06 +0000

Inventor, entrepreneur and visionary Ray Kurzweil explains in abundant, grounded detail why, by the 2020s, we will have reverse-engineered the human brain and nanobots will be operating your consciousness.

We live in a world of abundance, not scarcity, where change is happening faster than ever.

http://www.ted.com/speakers/ray_kurzweil.html

TED: A Stroke Of Insight

TruthUnion — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:59 +0000

Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions — motion, speech, self-awareness — shut down one by one. An astonishing story.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/speakers/jill_bolte_taylor.html

TED: Why are we happy? Why aren’t we happy?

TruthUnion — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:19:13 +0000

Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things don’t go as planned.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/speakers/dan_gilbert.html