TEDtalks this week: CRAP?
If you’ve taken my advice and watched any of the TEDtalks, you’ll already know they’re definitely not crap. But this week we get a new take on the subject!
In this release of presentations, you’ll spend a mere 9 minutes watching 3 different speakers. Yep, I didn’t have a typo there… 3 speakers in the time it usually takes to watch one presentation.
First up is Richard St. John, who gives us the magical 8 keys to success. He also explains what CRAP is:
Criticism
Rejection
Assholes
Pressure
This is a great lively little presentation with some really cute visual aids.
The second is by spoken artist Rives, who tells us how the internet would be if he owned… ruled… was emperor of… even god of it. Fantastic spoken poetry in this one; listen closely or you’ll miss something. Rives will also be speaking again at TED in ‘07, and he has a neat blog and bookstore (he writes children’s books) at his website ShopliftWindchimes.
Finally, Dean Ornish gives a fast-paced presentation on the “Globalization of Illness”. The rest of the world is starting to eat like Americans, drink like us, live like us… and they’re getting just as sick as we are. Rapidly. 70% of adults at age 30 now have diabetes, and 15% of children do. That’s damn scary. What we’re looking at right now is the first time in history where our children won’t live as long as we do. Watch this one.
TED has also announced its 2007 prize winners, which includes former President Bill Clinton. Watch the announcement here (Hint, when the music stops, don’t turn it off… it’s not finished).
What do you think? I wanna know! Please leave a comment :)
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