Author Robert Wright explains "non-zero-sumness," a game-theory term describing how players with linked fortunes tend to cooperate for mutual benefit. This dynamic has guided our biological & cultural...
Ory Okolloh tells the story of her life & her family -- & how she came to do her heroic work reporting on the doings of Kenya's parlia...http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
Complete video at: fora.tv Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams discusses the impact of Irish American activists on US foreign policy towards Ireland, and argues that further support from activists could l...
Note how global warming 'skeptic' Tom Harris, Canadian lobbyist and Executive Director of the "International Climate Science Coalition", defines "information sharing" and "coordinated local activism"....
For almost three decades, John Francis has been a planetwalker, traveling the globe by foot & sail with a message of environmental respect & responsibility (for 10 of those years without speaking). A ...
In this moving talk, documentary photographer Kristen Ashburn shares unforgettable images of the human impact of AIDS in Africa. Born in Pennsylvania, USA in 1973, Kristen Ashburn's passion for photog...
With subtle accompaniment by longtime friend Herbie Hancock, & a slide show that has opened the minds (and pocketbooks) of CEOs across the country, Bill Strickland tells a quiet & astonishing tale of...
Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tut...