For the past few weeks I have been completely addicted to the TED Conference web casts. Within the first week of discovering them through Russell Davies' blog I had finished all the archives, and ever since I have signed up for the email and diligently checked the blog every week for a new speaker posting and have occasionally experienced the shakes from Passionate Knowledge withdrawal.
These are a few of my favorites....
Majora Carter made me cry with her passion for Sustainable South Bronx:
Helen Fisher explained the psycho-physiological effects of romantic love and the possible ill effects of long-term antidepressant use:
Malcolm Gladwell (always brilliant) on mass customization via spaghetti sauce:
Steven Levitt on the economics of drug dealing:
Jehane Noujaim on the ills of cultural bias in news and the hope of creating shared experiences:
Joshua Prince-Ramus (designed the Seattle Public Library) made me think about Information Architecture in the physical world:
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