TEDxWarsaw - Marek Minakowski - 3/5/10

Description: Marek Minakowski is a philosopher, genealogist, historian and the Chief Scientist at DreamLab Onet. He is particularly interested in the plane of interface between classical humanities such as ancient history with information technology and mathematical logic. Logically, therefore, his main field of study lately has been historical demographics of Polish elites. One of the youngest PhDs at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (with a dissertation on formal logic before Aristotle) he is also an accomplished editor and software architect. He is focusing on building a database of descendants of all members of the Great Sejm. His TEDxWarsaw tedxwarsaw.com talk concerned how to tell the future of the internet from a 250-year historical perspective. About TEDx, x=independently organize event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self- organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x=independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)