Naomi Klein: Addicted To Risk

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Looking at photos from the November spill, so eerily similar to the photos from BP’s April 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico, it’s clear we are still looking for energy in risky places, and largely unprepared to deal with the consequences of failure. One year after the BP spill (which workers soaked up, in large part, with straw bales), the X Prize Foundation announced winners of a million-dollar incentive to develop new tools to clean up oil spills: And many others are looking at this problem too, including one of TED’s Senior Fellows, Cesar Harada. Harada is an inventor — of a staggering number of kinds of things. One of them is the Open_Sailing project, a group of inventors and scientists building open-source hardware and software to explore and study the ocean.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/08/naomi-klein-risk_n_1136389.html?utm_hp_ref=tedtalks2011

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Julia Bacha: Pay Attention To Nonviolence

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In many ways, 2011 was a year when the people finally had their say. From Cairo to Wall Street, throngs of frustrated yet invigorated civilians poured into the streets and took their societies’ futures into their own hands. Though unpredictable, these movements grabbed the world’s attention, and helped remind us that great change comes most often through the courageous actions of ordinary people.

In 2012, we have both an opportunity and a responsibility to learn the necessary lessons from these movements, and to apply them to some of the world’s most pressing problems. There is no better place to start than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, where for too long global attention has been exclusively focused on obstacles at the top, rather than breakthroughs at the bottom.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/12/nonviolence_n_1142021.html?utm_hp_ref=tedtalks2011

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Kevin Slavin: How Algorithms Shape Our World

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Watch game developer Kevin Slavin’s TEDTalk above and then explore his thoughts in this companion essay.

Back at TEDGlobal, the most difficult aspect of preparation was the editing process, chipping away at three hours of material to cut it down into 14 live minutes.

Of all the darlings that were killed, the ones I missed most were a few minutes about genetic algorithms. Like everything I presented, it’s a subject for which I have interest and passion, not training or expertise. It’s going to seem very dull. But stay with me for a few of the missing minutes.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/30/kevin-slavin-how-algorith_n_1120684.html

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Eli Pariser: Beware Online ‘Filter Bubbles’

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Watch author Eli Pariser discuss secret censorship on the Internet, and read is accompanying blog post below following up on his talk.

People love sharing lists — the list is one of the formats that fare well in a Filter Bubble world. So here’s a list of five of the most interesting ideas I’ve come across since I gave my presentation at TED and published The Filter Bubble: What The Internet is Hiding from You.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/14/internet-censorship_n_1147078.html?1323877374

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Anthony Atala: Printing A Human Kidney

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To many people, the idea of growing replacement body parts in the lab sounds like modern-day science fiction. People are often surprised to learn that this notion of harnessing the body’s natural regenerative powers isn’t new. In fact, aviator Charles Lindbergh did research in this area back in the 1930s in hopes of finding a solution for his ailing sister-in-law. The idea has endured because of the desperate need for replacement organs. Every 30 seconds, a patient dies from diseases that could be treated with organ or tissue replacement.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/20/printing-organs_n_1160307.html?utm_hp_ref=tedtalks2011

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John Hunter: World Peace Game

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Watch John Hunter discuss the World Peace Game and what adults can learn from children in approaching today’s most intractable problems.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/26/world-peace-game_n_1169863.html?1324915273

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