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?

“Employers need to pay more attention to the levels of stress and anxiety in the workplace.
Bad managers were the single biggest cause of problems, the group claimed.
But it said simple steps such as giving positive feedback, allowing flexible working and giving extra days off as a reward could cut the impact by a third.
More than 13 million working days a year are lost because of work related stress, anxiety and depression.
Once the pay of staff, lost productivity and replacing ill employees are taken into account, the cost to employers hits £28.3bn a year.”
from BBC News

“Suomi ei ole yksin stressin ja mielenterveyden aiheuttamien työkyvyttömyysongelmien kanssa. 
Myös Ison-Britannian terveysviranomaiset kehottavat työnantajien kiinnittämään työpaikoilla entistä enemmän huomiota työntekijöiden stressiin ja huoliin, sillä työperäisten  mielenterveysongelmien aiheuttamat kustannukset ovat jo neljännes maan kaikista terveysmenoista.”
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