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How We Learn (48 talks)
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Evolution's Genius (53 talks)
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Chun-Hong Lyu
A comment on Talk: Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense
Veehmot Veehmot
A comment on Talk: Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense
Rick Martinez
A reply on Talk: Barry Schwartz on our loss of wisdom
Evgen Vorobyov
A comment on Talk: Tim Berners-Lee on the next Web
First, creating unlimited access to data worldwide means that Intra-nets (supported by government agencies, companies and individuals) have to be merged into the Internet extensively. This will require to overcome desire to hold control, corporate greed and security concerns. Will a multinational company want competitors to gain access to its customer base? Will CIA permit anyone to view security-related data?
Secondly, this model of data exchange stipulates that current copyright model should be revised and changed to facilitate the information flow. As we have seen lately, information flow in the Internet breaks clashes with the strict limitations imposed by 20th century legal norms. Unless this limitation is removed, 'monopoly' for data will still be there.
Nathan Walker
A comment on Talk: Gustavo Dudamel leads El Sistema's top youth orchestra
Rodney Gagnon
A comment on Talk: Lakshmi Pratury on letter-writing
Aadhaar Verma
A comment on Talk: Dean Ornish on the world's killer diet
andres rios
A comment on Talk: Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense
Evgen Vorobyov
A comment on Talk: Stefana Broadbent: How the Internet enables intimacy
It is sometimes easier to find the "right" person to employ or work with if you make a little research first by checking out a profile in a social network like LinkedIn.
If you deal with people from Turkey or India, Skype can help you a lot - businessmen there use it very often in their job.
Paul Disu-Lord
A comment on Talk: Jay Walker on the world's English mania
Peter Law
-1A comment on Talk: Al Gore warns on latest climate trends
Of course we need to conserve energy etc. but that was always the case. This scare is a scam by governments to gain more power over their people.
Check out ( http://www.olivetreeviews.org/radio/mp3/ ). Go to the 1st. hour of Oct. 24th. If you dont want the whole hour then home in on Lord Christopher Monckton about 15-20mins in. He only speaks for 4mins., but it's well worth listening.
Diana Thompson
A reply on Talk: Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
So now, not only should we over-emphasize science and math based on your biasis but we shouldn't bother about those that do not fit into your definition of "normal'?
Why do you insist that teaching creativity has to come at the expense of teaching science and math? Geometry is a great example that could incorporate both.
Maybe some more creative thinking on your part would help you to discover that you can do both and do both equally and not one at the expense of the other.
PATIENCE FRIMPONG
A reply on Talk: Aimee Mullins and her 12 pairs of legs
Diana Thompson
A reply on Talk: Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
The point is that creativity is what takes knowledge to a new level. Have you seen a primary school here? Standardized tests show that kids from better socio-economic school districts do better at test taking. Test taking is a skill to regergitate short term knowledge not an indicator of understanding or the ability to apply knowledge gained through study.
I want my child to learn the value of creativity, critical thinking, and a love of learning. At 18 he can go on to be anything that he wants and can make his own choices with understanding of the options and consequences of his choices.
Why are you so completed to argue with everyone? So compeled to be right?
cathal o madagain
A reply on Talk: Jennifer Lin improvs piano magic
Diana Thompson
A reply on Talk: Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
I don't know what state you are in but I am in California. I was born and raised here. I lived through the degredation of our primary education with implementation of Prop 13. I watched the arts be taken away. I turned out OK in the end but then I was fortunate enough to live in a very creative household.
I cannot tell what all your biases are. However, one seems to be that you think that people have a responsiblitiy to study and take jobs in fields that are math and science based if they display any tallent. Why? Why do you feel that is a moral obligation? It may be for you but why do you want to impose your values on all parents of school aged children?
Kathleen Stanley
A reply on Talk: Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight
Lionel Agishi
A comment on Talk: Emmanuel Jal: The music of a war child
Holly Elmore
A reply on Talk: Karen Armstrong makes her TED Prize wish: the Charter for Compassion
Holly Elmore
A reply on Talk: Karen Armstrong makes her TED Prize wish: the Charter for Compassion