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 Inspirational PerformancePianist Liu Wei sits quietly to compose himself before plunging into the music. Then he takes off a sock. The 23-year-old, whose arms were amputated after a childhood accident, plays the piano with his toes. Liu was thrust into the limelight earlier this month when he performed on "China's Got Talent." (Watch) |
 Water- The Great MysteryFascinating movie spans the globe to reveal recent discoveries about water, the most amazing yet least studied substance in the world. Witness as researchers, scientists, philosophers and theologians try to understand this unique liquid and all its miraculous properties still waiting to be discovered. (Watch) |
 Jacque Fresco: Future By DesignFuture by Design shares the life and far-reaching vision of Jacque Fresco, considered by many to be a modern day Da Vinci. Peer to Einstein and Buckminster Fuller, Jacque is a self-taught futurist who describes himself most often as a "generalist" or multi-disciplinarian -- a student of many inter-related fields. (Watch) |
 Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood DreamsCarnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. (Watch) |
 Life Is Like A Cup of Coffee A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to hot coffee. (Watch) |
 The Girl Who Silenced the World for 5 Minutes Severn Cullis-Suzuki (born 30 November 1979 in Vancouver, Canada) is an environmental activist, speaker, television host and author. She has spoken around the world about environmental issues, urging listeners to define their values, act with the future in mind, and take individual responsibility. Great video in which Severn describes her youth in which she visited a village in the Amazon forest. She shares slides from that adventure and makes clear how that impacted her to become an environmental and social activist. (Watch) |
 From Homeless to Harvard Future by Design shares the life and far-reaching vision of Jacque Fresco, considered by many to be a modern day Da Vinci. Peer to Einstein and Buckminster Fuller, Jacque is a self-taught futurist who describes himself most often as a "generalist" or multi-disciplinarian -- a student of many inter-related fields. (Watch) |
 Choose Not To FallDaniel likes to share his philosophies on life and movement with others. He believes Parkour is a global movement that will change the way people interact with their environment. To him all ways of being free and expressing yourself are parkour. That's why he often says things such as football is parkour. (Watch) |
 Project PoltergeistThis is the story of two genuine scientific heroes. For forty years, John Bahcall and Ray Davis were engaged in a single extraordinary experiment – to find out why the Sun shines. In the end they would triumph. Davis would win the Nobel Prize and, thanks to their work, a whole new theory about how the universe is put together may have to be created. (Watch) |
 Never Give Up in LifeNicholas James Vujicic (born 4 December 1982) is a motivational speaker – born with Tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by the absence of all four limbs. He struggled as a child, eventually came to terms with his disability and started his own non-profit organization Life Without Limbs – at age seventeen. (Watch) |
 Alex Steffen: The Shareable Future of CitiesMost of the world will soon live in urban areas. Cities and mega-cities are growing around the world, especially in developing nations. So it makes sense that cities should become the front lines in the fight against global warming — most of the world’s energy users and resource consumers will be living in veritable ground zeroes for climate action. (Watch) |
 Ron Gutman: The Hidden Power of Smiling
Ron Gutman reviews a raft of studies about smiling, and reveals some surprising results. Did you know your smile can be a predictor of how long you'll live -- and that a simple smile has a measurable effect on your overall well-being? Prepare to flex a few facial muscles as you learn more about this evolutionarily contagious behavior. (Watch) |
 Mallika Sarabhai: Dance to Change the WorldAt TEDIndia, Mallika Sarabhai, a dancer/actor/politician, tells a transformative story in dance -- and argues that the arts may be the most powerful way to effect change, whether political, social or personal. (Watch) |
 Arvind Gupta: Turning Trash into Toys for Learning
At the INK Conference, Arvind Gupta shares simple yet stunning plans for turning trash into seriously entertaining, well-designed toys that kids can build themselves -- while learning basic principles of science and design. (Watch) |
 John Hunter on the World Peace GameJohn Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4'x5' plywood board -- and lets his 4th-graders solve them. At TED2011, he explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids, and why the complex lessons it teaches -- spontaneous, and always surprising -- go further than classroom lectures can. (Watch) |
 Marcin Jakubowski: Open-Sourced Blueprints for CivilizationUsing wikis and digital fabrication tools, TED Fellow Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing the blueprints for 50 farm machines, allowing anyone to build their own tractor or harvester from scratch. And that's only the first step in a project to write an instruction set for an entire self-sustaining village (starting cost: $10,000). (Watch) |
 Aimee Mullins and Her 12 Pairs of LegsAthlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs -- she's got a dozen amazing pairs -- and the superpowers they grant her: speed, beauty, an extra 6 inches of height ... Quite simply, she redefines what the body can be. (Watch) |
 Jessica Jackley: Poverty, Money -- and LoveWhat do you think of people in poverty? Maybe what Jessica Jackley once did: "they" need "our" help, in the form of a few coins in a jar. The co-founder of Kiva.org talks about how her attitude changed -- and how her work with microloans has brought new power to people who live on a few dollars a day. (Watch) |
 Kiran Bedi - Inspirational & Motivational Speech - Great WomanKiran Bedi, a small woman with a huge mission, has been compared to Mother Theresa and Mahatma Gandhi. She is, in fact, a police woman-- and a reformer. Kiran Bedi has a surprising resume. Before becoming Director General of the Indian Police Service, she managed one of the country's toughest prisons -- and used a new focus on prevention and education to turn it into a center of learning and meditation. She shares her thoughts on visionary leadership at TEDWomen. (Watch) |
 Stacey Kramer: The Best Gift I Ever SurvivedCo-founder of Brandplay, a brand strategy firm, Stacey Kramer also founded Word for Word, a naming and branding consultancy serving national and global companies -- from big, recognizable names to next year's newsmaking startups. In 2009, Kramer found herself confronting a terrifying diagnosis: a CAT scan revealed she had a brain tumor -- the size of a golf ball. She told her remarkable, personal story at TED2010. (Watch) |
 Living PonoOne individual changing the world for the better is internationally acclaimed film and stage actor Jason Scott Lee, who is making an inspiring effort to live more sustainably off the grid--and on water catchment--at his natural taro farm on the Big Island of Hawaii. (Watch) |
 Anthony Robbins interview with Deepak ChopraDr. Chopra explores the power of physiology to alter human emotion and behavior, and the forces beyond physical reality that really shape our lives. Anthony Robbins interview with Deepak Chopra examines the principle of certainty in terms of both its benefits and pitfalls, as well as the links between the mind, body, and spirit. (1, 2) |
 The Happiest People on EarthFor the past 30 years, scientific researchers and survey results have all reached the same conclusion---Danes are consistently happier than the rest of the world. On the "world map of happiness"---a map created by a social psychologist in England---Switzerland, Austria and Iceland rank just below Denmark on the happiness scale. Canada comes in at number 10, while the United States is a distant 23rd. (Watch) |
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of Laughter Yoga with John CleeseJohn Cleese meets Dr Madan Kataria founder of Laughter Yoga, discovers Laughter Yoga and visits a Laughter Yoga session in an Indian jail. The brainchild of Dr. Madan Kataria, a Physician from Mumbai, India, launched the first Laughter Club at a Park on March 13, 1995, with merely a handful of persons. Today, it has become a worldwide phenomenon with more than 6000 Social Laughter Clubs in about 60 countries. (Watch) |
 Carl Honore Praises SlownessJournalist Carl Honore believes the Western world's emphasis on speed erodes health, productivity and quality of life. But there's a backlash brewing, as everyday people start putting the brakes on their all-too-modern lives. (Watch) |
 Jeff Giiterman, Author of Beyond Success"I started Beyond Success to question and redefine what prosperity means in our culture. For too long our focus has been on what we can extract from the world rather than what we can contribute. True and lasting success can only come from our highest expression in service to the whole." (Watch) |
 The Power of Coincidence with Deepak ChopraAcknowledged as one of the world's greatest leaders in the field of mind body medicine, Deepak Chopra, M.D. continues to transform our understanding of the meaning of health. Through his creation of The Chopra Center for Well Being in California in 1995, Chopra established a formal vehicle for the expansion of his healing approach using the integration of the best of western medicine with natural healing traditions. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) |
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Human Face is a 4 part BBC series that examines the science behind facial beauty, expression, and fame in an entertaining fashion. John Cleese, actor, comedian, visiting professor, and best-selling author on psychology, sets out on an odyssey to discover the mysteries of identity, perception, creativity and sexuality hidden behind the mask of life itself. This four-part series combines art, technology and deeply moving human interest stories to uncover the secrets of the human face. (1,
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 Daniel Goleman Daniel Goleman is an internationally known psychologist who lectures frequently to professional groups, business audiences, and on college campuses. Working as a science journalist, Goleman reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times for many years. His 1995 book, Emotional Intelligence (Bantam Books) was on The New York Times bestseller list for a year-and-a-half; with more than 5,000,000 copies in print worldwide in 30 languages, and has been a best seller in many countries. (Watch) |
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By Me | Playing for Change | Song Around the WorldFrom the award-winning documentary, "Playing For Change: Peace Through Music", comes the first of many "songs around the world" being released independently. Featured is a cover of the Ben E. King classic by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it travelled the globe. Playing for Change is a multimedia music project created by the American producer and sound engineer Mark Johnson with his Timeless Media Group, that seeks to bring together musicians from around the world. (Watch) |
 Mind Power Burt GoldmanBurt Goldman, fondly known to his fans as The American Monk, is a world renowned meditation master, a spiritual coach and mind power expert and has dedicated his life to helping people find their inner confidence and self esteem in their own lives. When he is not helping others, he is on a constant quest to better himself and always working on new and exciting projects. (Listen) |
 Compassion and the True Meaning of EmpathyAs director of the Project on Being With Dying, Joan Halifax has helped caregivers cope with death and dying for more than three decades. Her book Being With Dying helps clergy, community activists, medical professionals, social workers and spiritual seekers remove fear from the end of life. Halifax is a distinguished invited scholar of the U.S. Library of Congress. (Watch) |
 Light PhotographyDenis Smith was struggling in life and had nearly hit rock bottom. His job was very demanding and draining him and his wife. He was drinking heavily, struggling financially, and depressed. Then he discovered a creative outlet that would change his life – photography and light painting. That was 2 years ago. Today, Denis is turning that creative outlet into more than just a hobby. A true inspiration for anyone struggling in life. (Watch) |
 Awakening Connections with Paul GangnierPaul Gangnier of The Highest Thoughts interviews Lilou Mace, world traveler, light worker, and video blog diva. Lilou has started a 12-month inspirational filmed tour across the US and the world, on 1-11-2011. The Juicy Living tour is an “on the road” internet program based on discovering "everyday inspiration" through the spiritual exploration. (Watch) |