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  A comment on Talk: Maria Bezaitis: The surprising need for strangeness

  5 days ago: It has become an increasingly common sight to see families or friends (i.e., not "strangers") gather around a restaurant table, each buried in the display of their smartphones, not exchanging a word, and although many think nothing of it, I find that really strange. As for listening intently to unusual ideas from someone I just met, quite often in foreign countries, not so much. In fact, this is how some long lasting friendships I hold dear have started.
  
  I believe what the presenter says has a lot to do with another very interesting Ted talk by Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles", and I am surprised by some of the negative responses.
  
  Thank you, Maria, for a relevant and well-delivered talk about raising awareness to how important it is to look for signs of intelligent life beyond the clique. Sometimes keeping an open mind is all it takes to find them. Being a little less self-centered helps too. ;-)
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  A comment on Talk: Katherine Kuchenbecker: The technology of touch

  Mar 31 2013: What a great idea! I believe that for many people with no health issues it will be a first opportunity to improve their awareness of micro movements, thus being helpful in preventing problems resulting from bad posture, tension, or abrupt movements. That, of course, in addition to all the help it can give to those victims of stroke, people recovering from accidents, dentists, dancers and athletes, among many others.

• A comment on Talk: Robin Chase: Excuse me, may I rent your car?

  Dec 24 2012: Admirable effort, Robin, and so humbling at that, especially when it provokes such opposite reactions. Your talk has given me food for thought during the holiday season. With some luck, meaning the encounter of preparation and opportunity, maybe we can come up with an idea about language education worth spreading with the TED community, bearing in mind the standards you've presented so well in this talk. Big fat WOW! to you.

• A comment on Talk: David Binder: The arts festival revolution

  Dec 9 2012: So true. I believe when he mentions Rio, he's probably talking about the Santa Teresa - Arte de Portas Abertas festival, in its 21st edition. There, local, as well as visiting artists, musicians, actors and other performers literally open their dors to the public and show us their art, their identity, their sense of community. http://subasanta.wordpress.com/category/artistas-e-ateliers-artists-ateliers/ Thanks for sharing all these other beautiful manifestations of art in pure form.

• A reply on Talk: Julian Treasure: Why architects need to use their ears

  Sep 25 2012: Hi, Julian, I just did. I look forward to getting the syllabus and rest assured your cause and your ideas are really worth spreading, as far as this Brazilian is concerned. Three of the architects I emailed the link to have already replied, thanking me and talking about the challenges they face everyday, when clients are unwilling to spend a little more and get the right materials for better acoustics. Bottom-line thinking at its worst, I'm afraid. I wish those people would realize the high costs in health care these savings entail. As for the behavioral changes, the prevailing self-centered narcisism fosters competition, rather than cooperation and no one seems to listen to anyone. Worse yet, they don't listen to themselves, either.
  Anyway, thank you for the reply and the tip and lets keep in touch through the group.
  Warm regards, Marcia B.

• A comment on Talk: Julian Treasure: Why architects need to use their ears

  Sep 23 2012: As an admirer of your work, a volunteer in the TED Open Translation Project, a teacher (and teacher trainer) of both English and Portuguese as a foreign language (for top executives, consultants, lawyers and diplomats), a singer, a stepmother of a 19-year-old hearing impaired young man who's recently got a cochlear implant, but above all, as an audiophile who can tell the difference between good and poor sound, I thank you for your continuous efforts to draw attention to an issue that affects us all in so many ways. Having broken the record (not just my own, I believe) for the longest sentence ever written (profuse apologies for that) I'd really like to tell you I agree with you right in all aspects presented, and I hope there's is some way in which I can volunteer to help raise awareness to such a worthy cause, however taken for granted.
  
  I have used all your previous TED talks in my classes, as well as in my staff meetings, and I intend to forward this particular talk to all architects I currently work with, along with the ones I know. I'll assign a project to make sure they pay special attention to this matter, and maybe they'll see how this information might come in handy if only they can present this to their clients as a competitive edge.
  
  I'm a Brazilian, working in Rio de Janeiro, so you can imagine how much construction work is going on in the city, in preparation for the major upcoming sports events (World Cup and the Olympics), not to mention the absurd bubble of inflated real estate inflated costs.
  
  Our quality of life has deteriorated and noise levels are greatly responsible for that, although most people seem to be unaware of that. However, Cariocas (native people from Rio) who were once known for their kindness and friendliness, are increasingly irritable and intolerant in the classrooms, with neighbors, in traffic, and in public scenes as a whole. It's time people connect the dots.
  
  Let me know if I can be of help in any way.
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  A reply on Talk: Sebastian Wernicke: 1000 TEDTalks, 6 words

  Jan 7 2012: Considerably less funny, I am afraid. (6 words)