Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Antonio Damasio: The quest to understand consciousness

Why do we play games, competing for resources, rather than fulfilling our potential to transcend, through reason, this world.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Chris Anderson: How YouTube is driving innovation

Step Up YOUR Game!
Crowd = Innovators, Commenters, Trend-Spotters, Skeptics, Mavericks, Cheer-Leaders, Super Spreaders
Light = Show Yourself to the World, Radical Openness, Open Source Everything
Desire = Social Status, Sex, Money, Credit (or something else)

It is a Rue-Goldberg Machine, YOU are the teachers, Inventor, Mentor, Sustainability Champion

Organize your own Independent TED - Many to Many, No CENSORS

Monday, November 28, 2011

Damon Horowitz: Philosophy in Prison

What would have happened if we taught Tony Philosophy in High School instead? When we fail our children, we fail the future. Invest in education, teach Shakespear to the huddled masses, teach math to the weak, teach history to the outlaws, and science to the poor. When all else fails, just teach.