Tag Archives: TED

Links, News, Videos – January 21, 2013

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Brian Gallimore

“Simply because you are a constitutional law professor doesn’t mean you understand the constitution, care about what the constitution says, or want to protect the constitution. And this is what is being taught to the next generation” Lets Give Up … Continue reading →

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The Future of Crime

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Brian Gallimore

Lots of good insight in this TED talk. I was cringing for the first 3/4s of the video in anticipation of where he was going, but he came to the (almost) correct conclusion. (my thoughts about this are below) Marc … Continue reading →

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Technology – Economics – Psychology

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Brian Gallimore

“The circumstances of our lives actually matter less to our happiness than the sense of control we feel over our lives.” –Rory Sutherland Ed is right: Do yourself a favor and watch this sometime today. We need more ideas like … Continue reading →

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Jennifer Pahlka: Coding a Better Government

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Brian Gallimore

“I love this” You won’t hear words like that come from me very often. I love this concept, I love the spirit, I love the execution, and I love the direction. Notice there is no use of force in this … Continue reading →

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Autonomous Robots Have Arrived

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Brian Gallimore

This might blow your mind! TED Talk on U Penn swarming quads now live

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I Was Utterly Wrong – Mike Rowe – Dirty Jobs

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Brian Gallimore

If I’m wrong so often, what other misconceptions do I have? This is a GREAT TED talk by Mike Rowe, describing the epiphany he had while castrating sheep, OSHA, and the multi-front war waged against skilled labor jobs in the USA. … Continue reading →

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TED Talks: Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

I found this video very interesting, take a look, it is worth it!

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Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Brian Gallimore

Alternate titles: “How free trade creates wealth out of thin air”, or “The problem with the survivalist/isolationist mentality”. Interesting video about the progress of humans. It touches on a subject that is very interesting to me, which deals with ease … Continue reading →

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