Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
TEDxNewYork 4/23/09 Helen Fisher (2006)
Love.
Love hurts,
love scars,
love wounds
and mars.
Any heart
not tough
or strong enough
to take a lot of pain,
take a lot of pain.
Love is like a cloud,
holds a lot of rain.
Love hurts
Oooh oooh love hurts
I'm young,
I know
but even so,
I know a thing or two,
I've learned from you.
I've really learned a lot
really learned a lot.
Love is like a stove,
burns you when it's hot.
Love hurts
Oooh oooh love hurts
Some fools think of happiness,
blissfullness,
togetherness,
Some fools fool themselves I guess,
but they're not fooling me.
I know it isn't true,
know it isn't true.
Love is just a lie
made to make you blue.
Love hurts
Oooh oooh love hurts
-B. & F. Bryant
Love hurts,
love scars,
love wounds
and mars.
Any heart
not tough
or strong enough
to take a lot of pain,
take a lot of pain.
Love is like a cloud,
holds a lot of rain.
Love hurts
Oooh oooh love hurts
I'm young,
I know
but even so,
I know a thing or two,
I've learned from you.
I've really learned a lot
really learned a lot.
Love is like a stove,
burns you when it's hot.
Love hurts
Oooh oooh love hurts
Some fools think of happiness,
blissfullness,
togetherness,
Some fools fool themselves I guess,
but they're not fooling me.
I know it isn't true,
know it isn't true.
Love is just a lie
made to make you blue.
Love hurts
Oooh oooh love hurts
-B. & F. Bryant
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
TEDxNewYork 3/16/09 Sherwin Nuland
From TED.com: Surgeon and author Sherwin Nuland discusses the development of electroshock therapy as a cure for severe, life-threatening depression -- including his own. It’s a moving and heartfelt talk about relief, redemption and second chances.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
THE FIRST TEDxNEWYORK SINCE TED 2009 David Merrill & Juan Enriquez
Two from TED 2009 I couldn't wait to share.
Every time I hear Juan Enriquez, I'm inspired.
It makes me wonder if the question posed below will be much harder to answer in our lifetimes.
Every time I hear Juan Enriquez, I'm inspired.
It makes me wonder if the question posed below will be much harder to answer in our lifetimes.
TED TUESDAY 12/16/08 Dan Gilbert, Malcolm Gladwell & Ben Zander
The final TED Tuesday of the year and the topic is happiness. I must say this is probably the best single TED Tuesday yet. By the time we had all sung "Ode to Joy," we all had shining eyes.
Anyway, my holiday wish for everyone this year is happiness. It may be elusive. It may not be where you thought it would be, but whether you find it or synthesize it, I hope you supersize it.
Cheers,
Don
Anyway, my holiday wish for everyone this year is happiness. It may be elusive. It may not be where you thought it would be, but whether you find it or synthesize it, I hope you supersize it.
Cheers,
Don
TED TUESDAY 12/2/08 Wade Davis & Janine Benyus
This week, the worlds we ignore, but should be learning from.
Next Janine Benyus opens a window on the natural world.
Next Janine Benyus opens a window on the natural world.
TWO-FER TUESDAY! 10/6/08 Jill Bolte Taylor & Vilayanur Ramachandran
At the risk of sounding like a DJ on circa 1979 KMET (bonus points for anyone who can correctly sing the KMET jingle), I'm trying out a new format and, as the name suggests, it's double your pleasure, double your TED. Two...two...two treats in one. OK, I'll Stop.
Great TED Tuesday this week as we explore the brain. First Jill Bolte Taylor then Vilayanur Ramachandran.
Great TED Tuesday this week as we explore the brain. First Jill Bolte Taylor then Vilayanur Ramachandran.
TED TUESDAY 10/16/08 Susan Blackmore (2008)
This week, Susan Blackmore.
Will our ability to grasp ideas ultimately kill us? Imagine if our existence was only biological. What if ideas did not catch on and transfer from person to person? What if we were never able to duplicate an action such as making fire? What would the world be like?
This talk made me totally re-access my idea of intelligence. By suggesting that ideas act like genes, Susan Blackmore brings a high level of chance into the equation of evolution and opens up immense variability in what intelligence is. Imagine other life forms suddenly showing up from outer space. We always think of aliens as having a similar intelligence as ourselves. Sure they would be more or less advanced than us, but intelligence would take the same form. However, according to Blackmore, our intelligence is based on imitation and replication with variation. And, she says, that is an incredibly dicey equation for two reasons. First, it isn't easy for brains to do. Ideas had to be had by the first replicators, they had to find special brains. Blackmore referenced Louise Leakey who pointed out earlier that there were several branches in our family tree that didn't make it. Second, big brains are dangerous. They are hard to give birth to and it isn't in our best interest, physically speaking, to have big brains. Big brains are not efficient. Big brains are two percent of our body weight and take 20 percent of our energy to run. Does that make memes more dominate than genes given the right replicator?
So, back to the original question. I think our ability to replicate ideas with variations has had a profound effect on every other species on the planet. We have recreated the Earth in our image. We have created a place specifically for creatures with big brains – a place where ideas shape the landscape, allocate resources, form cultures and create wealth. Ideas have forced the rest of the world to adapt.
Finally, Blackmore brings us to temes and says technology is the next replicator (the t in temes). I wonder if the recent stock market crash is an example of machines blurring the lines – computers set to sell stock at a certain price trigger a cataclysmic melt-down of the global economy. Sounds like sci-fi and there is a decidedly Matrixy feel to the whole thing.
Will our ability to grasp ideas ultimately kill us? Imagine if our existence was only biological. What if ideas did not catch on and transfer from person to person? What if we were never able to duplicate an action such as making fire? What would the world be like?
This talk made me totally re-access my idea of intelligence. By suggesting that ideas act like genes, Susan Blackmore brings a high level of chance into the equation of evolution and opens up immense variability in what intelligence is. Imagine other life forms suddenly showing up from outer space. We always think of aliens as having a similar intelligence as ourselves. Sure they would be more or less advanced than us, but intelligence would take the same form. However, according to Blackmore, our intelligence is based on imitation and replication with variation. And, she says, that is an incredibly dicey equation for two reasons. First, it isn't easy for brains to do. Ideas had to be had by the first replicators, they had to find special brains. Blackmore referenced Louise Leakey who pointed out earlier that there were several branches in our family tree that didn't make it. Second, big brains are dangerous. They are hard to give birth to and it isn't in our best interest, physically speaking, to have big brains. Big brains are not efficient. Big brains are two percent of our body weight and take 20 percent of our energy to run. Does that make memes more dominate than genes given the right replicator?
So, back to the original question. I think our ability to replicate ideas with variations has had a profound effect on every other species on the planet. We have recreated the Earth in our image. We have created a place specifically for creatures with big brains – a place where ideas shape the landscape, allocate resources, form cultures and create wealth. Ideas have forced the rest of the world to adapt.
Finally, Blackmore brings us to temes and says technology is the next replicator (the t in temes). I wonder if the recent stock market crash is an example of machines blurring the lines – computers set to sell stock at a certain price trigger a cataclysmic melt-down of the global economy. Sounds like sci-fi and there is a decidedly Matrixy feel to the whole thing.
TED TUESDAY 8/12/08 Bill Stone
Bill Stone's stunning announcement wowed the crowd this week and sparked a discussion about the lack of global enthusiasm over exploration. We came up with a number of possible reasons for this this. My favorite was along the lines of Al Gore's comment that we live in an age of mass distraction. I'd be curious to see what everyone else thinks about this. Why are we so apathetic about exploration? Is it because the definition of an explorer is not as focused as it was in Shackleton's time or even in Neil Armstrong's time? Being an explorer once had a rugged, devil-may-care image attached to it, mostly, I believe because of the things that were being explored (dangerous new territories for instance). Now there are a lot of different kind of things being explored and a lot of different kind of explorers.
Also, if anyone from TED is reading this blog and has info on what Bill is doing now, please share.
Also, if anyone from TED is reading this blog and has info on what Bill is doing now, please share.
TED TUESDAY 7/2/08 Juan Enriquez
This talk by Juan Enriquez was my introduction to TED. I find the insight about language to be the most fascinating part of this talk.
TED TUESDAY 6/20/08 James Howard Kunstler (2004)
One of my all-time favorites, the angriest man to ever speak at TED: James Howard Kunstler
Also check out his five-part series on the end of peak oil.
The discussion was varied on this our first go out of the gate. A lot of it surrounded the end of peak oil and the demise of Walmart (an event Kunstler predicts). But we soon shifted to urbanism and the culture suburbia forces on us, which seemed to some in our group to be more hype than reality.
The question what can we do right now to stave off the "long period of pain" Kunstler talks about as a result of the end of peak oil came up and led us to a discussion of living locally (buying locally, working locally, finding ways to have more value to our neighbors).
Here's a question (or two) to everyone – what can we do to move the conversation from consumerism to living locally? What kind of tools can we build to facilitate that behavior? For instance, what about a craigslist-style message board where local growers can connect with local customers? A co-op message board. Any ideas?
Also check out his five-part series on the end of peak oil.
The discussion was varied on this our first go out of the gate. A lot of it surrounded the end of peak oil and the demise of Walmart (an event Kunstler predicts). But we soon shifted to urbanism and the culture suburbia forces on us, which seemed to some in our group to be more hype than reality.
The question what can we do right now to stave off the "long period of pain" Kunstler talks about as a result of the end of peak oil came up and led us to a discussion of living locally (buying locally, working locally, finding ways to have more value to our neighbors).
Here's a question (or two) to everyone – what can we do to move the conversation from consumerism to living locally? What kind of tools can we build to facilitate that behavior? For instance, what about a craigslist-style message board where local growers can connect with local customers? A co-op message board. Any ideas?
LAWRENCE LESSIG, RIVES
Everyone, this is the first talk we watched today. Feel free to comment.
And here's the poet Rives.
Found @ TED.com
And here's the poet Rives.
Found @ TED.com
Saturday, April 11, 2009
A NEW ROLE FOR THIS BLOG
We are proud to announce that in addition to being TED's agency partner, GREYnyc is the home of TEDxNewYork. TEDxNewYork will replace TED Tuesdays and this blog will replace kingsofsimulcast. Read below this post for Chel's wonderful live blogging from TED 2009 in Palm Springs. For those of you searching for something blogged about from TED 2008, I will keep kingsofsimulcast live for awhile longer.
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