Ideas
Where Good Ideas Come From
Submitted by Singularitarian on Mon, 2011-12-19 08:06
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Steven Johnson One of our most innovative, popular thinkers takes on-in exhilarating style-one of our key questions: Where do good ideas come from?
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The Story Behind "TED: Ideas Worth Spreading"
Submitted by Singularitarian on Thu, 2011-06-02 15:20
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June Cohen Executive producer of TED Media, June Cohen, looks at how she brought a lecture series with an attendance of a few hundred to over 150 million people across the world. She discusses how innovation and the spread of ideas is key to keeping TEDTalks a platform for doers and thinkers to be heard by the rest of the world.
(May 11, 2011)
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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
Submitted by Singularitarian on Fri, 2011-03-18 18:21
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Matt Ridley Science journalist Ridley believes there is a reason to be optimistic about the human race, and he defies the unprecedented economic pessimism he observes. His book is about the rapid and continuous change that human society experiences, unlike any other animal group.
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