Pivot shows the advantage that Microsoft may have as the underdog in search<\/p>\n
http:\/\/getpivot.com\/ presented at #TED<\/p>\n
Nathan Myrvhold: awesome presentation about using lasers to kill mosquitos, they are about to zap them!<\/p>\n
Nathan Myrvhold, at my company we invent for fun and profit, glad that fun comes first because profit has taken a long time.<\/p>\n
Many #TED present ideas for USA that are common in Europe: wind energy, solar, and now Gary Lauder with roundabouts<\/p>\n
http:\/\/yfrog.com\/1e15876369j David Byrne presents theory that historically music composition is a function of venue\/gadget.<\/p>\n
David Byrne on stage at #TED as opposed to other musicians his voice is just like his singing.<\/p>\n
Jane #TED designs games about real life problems like “World without oil”, “Global Extinction Awareness System”<\/p>\n
Herodotus says games were invented to cope with famine, King said on one day you get to eat, another to play games.<\/p>\n
gamers experience urgent optimism, social fabric, blissful productivity, epic meaning, gamers are super empowered hopeful individuals???<\/p>\n
there are half a billion people in the planet who spend at least an hour playing games<\/p>\n
American children spend as many hours going to school as they play gaming, around 10K hours between 6 til 18<\/p>\n
Listening to Jane game designer http:\/\/bit.ly\/cLvvVE describe an “epic win” and saying she wants to see this in real life<\/p>\n
The best argument against nuclear energy is that it is used as an excuse by Iran and others for making nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n
75% of TED audience favors more nuclear energy to fight climate change<\/p>\n
New crime definition “crimes against nature”<\/p>\n
TEDx open source TED in your city. TED gives rules and Brand.<\/p>\n
Visit freetheslaves.net it explains the sad situation<\/p>\n
America is still paying the price of the botched emancipation of 1865, 4m people dumped with no help #TED<\/p>\n
Slavery globally is an estimated $40bn business<\/p>\n
Most slaves become slaves after being offered fake jobs taken away and then they are imprisoned.<\/p>\n
There are 27 million slaves in the world<\/p>\n
Anonymous because none of us are as cruel as all of us<\/p>\n
Christopher Moot Pole 4chan meme factory lol cats<\/p>\n
99% of the #TED audience is in favor of gay marriage<\/p>\n
Michael Sandel http:\/\/bit.ly\/auYJbQ speaking at #TED about the ethics of Justice<\/p>\n
Aristotle justice means giving people what they deserve<\/p>\n
One of the problems of nuclear weapons is that over time many have been lost when planes carrying them fell into the ocean<\/p>\n
For a world without nuclear weapons http:\/\/www.globalzero.org\/<\/p>\n
http:\/\/bit.ly\/cbHrAE Valerie Plame Wilson outed CIA agent, USA and Russia have 96% of the world’s nuclear weapons #TED<\/p>\n
Cheese commercial, unexpected ending #TED :)http:\/\/bit.ly\/8k6pS9<\/p>\n
Connections matter look at how thanks to them carbon can be graphite or diamond.<\/p>\n
Cristakis #TED whether your friends know each other have to do with your genes, do you have generous social genes :)?<\/p>\n
#TED fascinating work on how obesity is social by Nicholas Cristakis http:\/\/digg.com\/u1N59N<\/p>\n
http:\/\/digg.com\/d11DUE2 argues that if commodity prices don’t rise it is hard to argue that we are running out of resources<\/p>\n
Esther Pisani, condom use down among gay men in developed countries going down and infection up because of antiHIV drugs<\/p>\n
Esther Pisani, condom use among sex workers is much higher than among the general population<\/p>\n
#TED Esther Pisani to Pope, “if you think giving condoms makes people have sex look at me, I carry condoms and never get laid”<\/p>\n
Sam Harris http:\/\/www.samharris.org\/ #TED We have to admit that there are right and wrong answers in the domain of human flourishing.<\/p>\n
Sam Harris, in most of USA it is legal for teachers to physically punish and kids at school.<\/p>\n
Sam Harris #TED A rational approach to ethics “in talking about values we are talking about facts, facts ARE related to values”<\/p>\n
Michael Specter, Sam Harris, Chris Anderson and many of the speakers at #TED speak against religion, in Europe we mostly ignore it<\/p>\n
America is the most religious industralized nation but the most sucessful people in USA who I meet at conferences like TED are like him<\/p>\n
Speaker at #TED is arguing that eating meat causes more emissions than transportation, true?<\/p>\n
Michael Specter of #denialism we hate big pharma, but we love big placebo (herbs, homeopathy, suplements, etc)<\/p>\n
heard at #TED everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I am sorry, they are not entitled to their own facts<\/p>\n
At dinner last night Marissa Meyer of Google told me that Buzz targets organizations more than social networks. Makes sense.<\/p>\n
Sheryl Crow says at #TED that she is dissapointed with Obama http:\/\/twitpic.com\/12ibud<\/p>\n
Jamie Oliver shows a picture of a king size coffin that is used to bury the obese at #TED<\/p>\n
Jamie Oliver chef activist points out that we are the first generation to live less than our parents #TED<\/p>\n
TED talks have been viewed 200 million times on Youtube, my youtube martinvars only 1 million \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
Learning about Blippy the twitter for your credit card…not for me!<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.skeptic.com\/ americans are believing people thus this magazine<\/p>\n
Michael Shermer on how we are programmed to believe. Google him http:\/\/yfrog.us\/ekfcfz<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.povertyactionlab.com\/ remarkable work<\/p>\n
We can use randomized controlled trials for not just to test medicines but for social problems.<\/p>\n
When a politician speaks you have to know that in this world of deficits he will not have the $ to deliver. Cameron.<\/p>\n
JFK “GDP measures everything except what makes life worthwhile”<\/p>\n
David Cameron: the best way for people to cut energy consumption is to show them what their neighbors spend.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/yfrog.com\/3g1i3cj David Cameron conservative at #TED uses socialist fist and power to the people slogan<\/p>\n
David Cameron: politics now is about how to make things better without spending more money, cause we dont have more money.<\/p>\n
David Cameron at TED politics is like show biz with ugly people.<\/p>\n
Gallup Poll: Americans who make less than 60K per year are unhappy. But those who make more and more r not proportionately happier.<\/p>\n
Memories are the leftovers of experience<\/p>\n
Daniel Kahneman people confuse experience with memory.<\/p>\n
Keith Ferrazzi, a great way to connect to others is to be of service<\/p>\n
How do children become suicide bombers? A documentary http:\/\/digg.com\/u1Myfs Director speaking at TED now.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them” Einstein<\/p>\n
As a conference TED is an a great art gallery, Davos a museum. Both are relevant but TED has the new art.<\/p>\n
If you care about getting followers watch this http:\/\/digg.com\/d1t77t<\/p>\n
Derek Siver followers are what transforms a lone nut into a leader, key is to treat your first followers as equals, they get you others<\/p>\n
Jennifer McCrea, life itself is work in progress<\/p>\n
Danny Sullivan at #TED explains how Flash is not “seen” by Google, when you use Flash add title tags<\/p>\n
at #TED Suzie Katz when you take a picture think of the story behind the picture<\/p>\n
#TED is like speed dating of the mind<\/p>\n
Peugeot and American Movil launch first WiFi car with 3G to WiFi conversion built in http:\/\/bit.ly\/9eLWN6<\/p>\n
This is how TED University looks like http:\/\/yfrog.com\/3ikmzj<\/p>\n
Jessica Green at TED says that we spend 90% of our life indoors<\/p>\n
Kevin Stone presented at #TED on biologic as opposed to bionic implants. Cows and pig knees on humans r coming.<\/p>\n
#TED just heard Daniel Kraft speak on the future of medicine. I hope he is right.<\/p>\n