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Archive for TED

“If I ran the Internet”

In one of the superb series of TED videos sponsored by BMW, performance poet Rives shares this yummy juicy poem – “If I ran the Internet”:

TED is currently sponsoring a number of videos on the subject of happiness, and what makes us happy, no doubt inspired by the ground-breaking “Happiness and Its Causes” FREE conference coming up this week in San Fransisco (don’t miss it!). One of the TED Happiness videos is of journalist Carl Honoré, talking about the slow movement, and slowness as a key to happiness.

Interconnectedness

Wow… this interconnectedness meme is springing up all over for me these days… here is a TED video from Bob Thurman talking about how connectivity on the internet leads to enlightenment and a recognition of the interconnectedness of all beings.