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Ted Talk: Mandelbrot (aka God)https://youtu.be/ay8OMOsf6AQ
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Arthor C. Clark explains the Mandelbrot sethttps://youtu.be/Lk6QU94xAb8"... the Mandelbrot Set, the most beautiful and remarkable discovery in all the history of Mathematics" - Arthur C. Clark
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Frank Abagnale: "Catch Me If You Can" | Talks at Googlehttps://youtu.be/vsMydMDi3rIThe person who was depicted by leonardo DeCaprio in Catch Me if You Can
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Al Gore - Ted talk - Global Warming - Good News - winter 2016https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u7E1v24Dllk
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Mr. Rogers before Congress - pitching Sesame Street &PBS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXEuEUQIP3QMr. Rogers testifying before congress on why PBS should be funded.
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When you feel like hurrying, slow down!https://youtu.be/SFU_n1bSyyUChampion freediver and spear fisher (and shark rider) describes, experiences of mindfulness, and discernment.
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Tesla Semi presentationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nONx_dgr55I
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The Best Stats You've Ever Seen
http://youtu.be/usdJgEwMinM		http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.htmlHans Rosling: Interactive statistics show the changes in child mortality (a proxy for improving health) by geographic region economic development over the last 50 years. Very different from what you expect. Brilliantly presented.
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James Lovelock - funny and Grim talk about global warming - by the man who created the modern idea of Gaiahttp://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=29Vip-PbuZQ#t=4The man who conceived the Earth as a single living organism and called that organism "Gaia". Interviewed about his new book about global warming, his work, and his plans to fly in space at 90 years of age.
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The Magic Washing Machinehttp://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_and_the_magic_washing_machine.htmlHans Rosling makes the case for why industrialization is a good thing despite the environmental consequences.
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The Magic Washing Machine, on YouTubehttp://youtu.be/26LVWEuEStQ
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Salman Khan reinvents teachinghttp://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.htmlMr. Khan teaches a million people a month math better than you've ever seen it taught before.
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Book TV: Steven Pinker - The Better Angels of our Nature - presentation poor; content valu on a 1 to10 scale, 1000http://www.booktv.org/Watch/12923/quotThe+Better+Angels+of+Our+Naturequot.aspxContrary to popular belief, we are living in the most peaceable time in history. Book TV - about an hour ... a much more thorough presentation than his short Ted Talk.
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Virtual choir - Eric Whitacre, Composer, Conductor - just beautiful and touchinghttps://youtu.be/2NENlXsW4pMAwesome! This unlikely composer/conductor will astound you with his innovation and talent. And the experience of the choir members around the world is inspiring.
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Anderson Cooper's experience of Mindfulness Meditationhttps://youtu.be/ozyr7jVucz0
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The TED MC interviews Elon Musk about Tesla, Solar City, SpaceXhttp://www.ted.com/talks/elon_musk_the_mind_behind_tesla_spacex_solarcity.htmlElon Musk is begining to look like the Leonardo or Bill Gates or Steve Jobs of the current decade, at least. Invented Pay Pal, successfully designed and produced the rockets resupplying the Space Station; designed and produced the Tesla electric cars; Chairman and funder of Solar City, - working from the question, what can I do to make the world better.
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The future of jobs. Brilliant. what will people do when robots do all the work?http://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mcafee_what_will_future_jobs_look_like.html?source=email#.UcYpjDUuZFB.emailHow tech is replacing jobs. Walter Ruther, UAW president's response to Henry Ford 2's question when viewing new factory robots: how are you going to get them to join the UAW? : How are you going to get them to buy your cars. Boring jobs are going away. People who are not highly educated and creative won't have jobs. What to do?
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Malala - interview - CBChttp://youtu.be/qEUCP3lnFNw
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Nadia Al-Sakkaf: See Yemen through my eyeshttp://www.ted.com/talks/nadia_al_sakkaf_see_yemen_through_my_eyes.htmlNadia Al-Sakkaf is a brilliant, articulate, inspirational woman who took over running her father's independent news paper in Yemen when he was assassinated.
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Malala - The Daily Showhttp://youtu.be/gjGL6YY6oMs
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English Mania - the world learning Englishhttp://www.ted.com/talks/jay_walker_on_the_world_s_english_mania.html
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Stephen Hawkins - PBS, biography - 60 minuteshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RppblO9Iltk&sns=emStephen Hawkin's story. Wonderful presentation. Many interviews with Stephen, his wife, and colleagues.
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Open Source DIY yourself civilization construction kithttp://video.ted.com/talk/podcast/2011U/None/MarcinJakubowski_2011U.mp4
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healing mental illness from the inside - a lesson we can all use. We every one of us have "abnormal" thoughts, feelings, experiences. How to own and use them.http://www.ted.com/talks/eleanor_longden_the_voices_in_my_head.html
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The value of introversionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0KYU2j0TM4&sns=emThis lady speaks my mind. This is not about virtuosity or amazing ability. it's simply about what it's like to be an introvert. Wonderfully articulated. As I am an introvert it's wonderfully affirming for me, and, I think, this lady's TED talk can be helpful to my extraverted friends to understand my feelings and behaviors.
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Why medical bills are .....- the health care scams. Charlie Rose interviews Stephen Brill, who has produced a piece of writing that was thought extinct: journalism.http://www.bloomberg.com/video/steve-brill-on-why-medical-bills-are-killing-us-RPKj7dPxS7KsF4N8~52Viw.html
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FED Chair Bernanke - history of the FEDhttp://bloom.bg/1arjrtpThe chairman of The Federal Reserve Bank, professor Bernanke, describing the 100 year history of the Bank. How enlightening! Both the historical facts and Bernanke's interpretation. And then the Q&A session after caused a trillion dollars of capital appreciation overnight. He talks like he's discussing history and economic theory; but he clearly understands that what he says is driving the world economy. Whew.
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Elon Musk demos new UI for Engineering - including Oculus Riff http://youtu.be/xNqs_S-zEBY
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Paul Bloom on the Origins of Pleasure - Ted Talkhttp://www.ted.com/talks/paul_bloom_the_origins_of_pleasure.htmlPsychologist explains how our experience is conditioned by our beliefs. Funny and profound.
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21 year old American girl builds Orphanage in Nepalhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/01/maggie-doyne-blinknow-nepal_n_869906.htmlStory of a 21 year old American woman who built an orphanage and school in rural Nepal
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Then, here is the video the woman made 3 years laterhttp://vimeo.com/15991500Video of this American describing how she did it
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CyberSmart Africahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OguKZMeRrQcA video of the work of CyberSmart Aftica, an education development organization using technology to bring modern education to villages without infrastructure. Remarkable. Especially the "interactive whiteboard".
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Paul MacCready flies on solar wings - TEDhttp://www.ted.com/talks/paul_maccready_flies_on_solar_wings.htmlThe man who engieered human powered flight & the solar powered plane which has the world's altitude record for propeller aircraft - flies a robotic bird glider plane in an auditorium after sharing his thoughts on the future
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James Lovelockhttp://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=29Vip-PbuZQ#t=4The man who conceived the Earth as a single living organism and called that organism "Gaia". Interviewed about his new book about global warming, his work, and his plans to fly in space at 90 years of age.
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60 Minutes story - Musical Savanthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak2jxmhCH1M&feature=player_embedded 60 Minutes story on a musical idiot savant that will amaze and touch you.
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Report of a kind of spider that lives underwaterhttp://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/06/spiders.html?ref=hpThese spiders spin a web to hold air they bring from the surface. This web air container acts like gills and extracts oxygen out of water so the spiders can stay underwater 24 hours before replenishing air from the surface
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And then, video of these spidershttp://www.arkive.org/water-spider/argyroneta-aquatica/video-03.html
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Tim Berners Lee: a new web of "linked data"http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web.htmlTim Berners Lee created the World Wide Web: you know, WWW, - what you do when you browse the internet; yes, he invented that. Tim talks about how he did it and his new effort to create a new type of XXXX (I don't know what to call it because it doesn't exit yet) ... but it's a way of increasing human knowledge exponentially by linking all the information in databases around the world so they work together in ways you and I don't understand, but will marvel at - if it works
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Amory Lovins on winning the oil endgamehttp://www.ted.com/talks/amory_lovins_on_winning_the_oil_endgame.htmlAmory Lovins convinced power companies to subsidize insulating homes as a better investment than new power plants, so he has a track record. A number of his ideas which he presents with great conviction haven't materialized, which, for me, confirms my view that the world is much more chaotic than we are comfortable with. The limits of knowing and understanding are profound.
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Elon Musk speaks at Oxford Universityhttp://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/videos/view/211Elon Musk talks at Oxford about his projects: Paypal, Tesla, SpaceX, and SolarCity ... And the future of transportation and energy.
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Book TV: Steven Pinker - The Better Angels of our Nature - http://www.booktv.org/Watch/12923/quotThe+Better+Angels+of+Our+Naturequot.aspxContrary to popular belief, we are living in the most peaceable time in history. Book TV - about an hour ... a much more thorough presentation than his short Ted Talk.
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Ted Talk: Steven Pinker - The Better Angels of our Nature - http://www.ted.com/talks/steven_pinker_on_the_myth_of_violence.htmlSteven Pinker argues that we are living in the most peaceable era in human existence.
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Making Peace - Activismhttp://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/william_ury.htmlWilliam Ury: The walk from "no" to "yes" | Video on TED.com
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Wade Davis on Endangered Cultureshttp://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures.htmlWade Davis on endangered cultures | Video on TED.com
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James Cameron: how he came to make movieshttp://www.ted.com/talks/james_cameron_before_avatar_a_curious_boy.htmlJames Cameron describes his journey of curiosity, wonder, and creativity.
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Paul Stamets - The wonder and technology of Mushroomshttp://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world.htmlPauls Stamets will dazzle you with his information about mushrooms and his research on how they can be used to solve environmental problems.
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Amatuer video of baby robinshttp://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9479342&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1Wonderful video of robins -- the last few seconds really shows what it means to be an empty nester.
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Flying - Norway cliffshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4WnFhiw_eYMen parachuting off clifts in Norway after free falling, with winged suits for several minutes first. Amazing daring,creativity, skill and foolishness.
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Chinese Base Jumping - easyhttp://player.vimeo.com/video/31481531?autoplay=1Chinese base jumping like going skiing ... less macho, more fun, better music - a long way from Chairman Mao
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Bloomberg Biographical Sketches ... well donehttp://www.bloomberg.com/video/game-changers/Steve Jobs, A.K. Rowling, John Stewart, Zuckerman, Bezo, Andreesan ... many more ... fascinating.
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Bottle lighting in the Philippines http://www.wimp.com/lightenup/Social Entrepreneur creates jobs, lighting, recycling with simple ingenuity
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Using viruses to grow batterieshttp://www.ted.com/talks/angela_belcher_using_nature_to_grow_batteries.htmlMIT Prof developing viral technology for growing nanostructures
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Peace Corps Pictures of Nepla 1960s - 70shttp://roundsimaging.com/galleries/nepal-photo-history-contributors/
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Waldorf 8th Grade: The History of Computers and How they Workhttp://icelu.com/computerclass.html
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