TED: Ideas worth spreading: Keith Barry, Nic Marks, Peter Molyneux, Eve Ensler

I love TED videos!

How about you?

Keith Barry does brain magic

Here’s the link to the video if you want to copy paste it…

http://www.ted.com/talks/keith_barry_does_brain_magic.html

Do you like brain magic? I do. But I remember there is the word ‘magic’ after brain…

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Statistician Nic Marks asks why we measure a nation’s success by its productivity — instead of by the happiness and well-being of its people. He introduces the Happy Planet Index, which tracks national well-being against resource use (because a happy life doesn’t have to cost the earth). Which countries rank highest in the HPI? You might be surprised. (Recorded at TEDGlobal 2010, July 2010 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 16:49)

The Happy Planet Index: Nic Marks on TED.com

Here’s the link to the video if you want to copy paste it…

http://www.ted.com/talks/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index.html

A comment by Luis Perez from Costa Rica

“I like to consider myself a citizen of the world. However, I was born and raised in Costa Rica… and I’m still here! Nick is right, we are very happy We still have a lot of problems and we could do a lot better but we are happy most of the time… Could be our history, could be our weather, but most of all I think is all about “doing the best you can with the tools you have”.

Now, you heard the man:

1. Connect

2. Be active

3. Take notice

4. Keep learning

5. Give

There are a lot of interesting comments, worth to read!

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Peter Molyneux demos Milo, a hotly anticipated video game for Microsoft’s Kinect controller. Perceptive and impressionable like a real 11-year-old, the virtual boy watches, listens and learns — recognizing and responding to you.

(Recorded at TEDGlobal 2010, July 2010 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 11:16)

Meet Milo, the virtual boy: Peter Molyneux on TED.com

Here’s the link to the video if you want to copy paste it…

http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_molyneux_demos_milo_the_virtual_boy.html/

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“Eve Ensler, playwright, activist, created the ground-breaking Vagina Monologues,

whose success propelled her to found V-Day –a movement

to end violence against women and girls everywhere.”

Eve Ensler on security

Here’s the link to the video if you want to copy paste it…

http://www.ted.com/talks/eve_ensler_on_security.html

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Which one is your favourite video and why?