Shashi Tharoor – TED Talk TRANSCRIPT As an Indian, and now as a politician and a government minister, I’ve become rather concerned about the hype we’re hearing about our own country, all this talk about India becoming a world leader, even the next superpower. In fact, the American publishers of my book, “The Elephant, The …
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TED-Ed Lesson TRANSCRIPT Asgard, a realm of wonders, was where the Norse Gods made their home. There Odin’s great hall of Valhalla towered above the mountains and Bifrost, the rainbow bridge, anchored itself. But though their domain was magnificent, it stood undefended from the giants and trolls of Jotunheim, who despised the gods and sought …
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In this talk titled “Reconnecting With Compassion”, journalist Krista Tippett deconstructs the meaning of compassion through several moving stories, and proposes a new, more attainable definition for the word. Krista Tippett – TED Talk TRANSCRIPT We’re here to celebrate compassion. But compassion, from my vantage point, has a problem. As essential as it is across …
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Following is the full text of philosopher Albert Hobohm’s talk titled “How to stop your thoughts from controlling your life” at TEDxKTH conference. In this talk, Hobohm shows us our critical situation as a species and how to start taking control over our mental operating systems. Albert Hobohm – Entrepreneur & Philosopher How many of …
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Here is the full text of transgender care expert Kristie Overstreet’s talk titled “Why Are Many Doctors Scared of Transgender Patients?” at TEDxLivoniaCCLibrary conference. Kristie Overstreet – Transgender care expert About six months into my career as a therapist, I was working at a drug and alcohol rehab facility. I got a call from one …
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Michel Dugon – Zoologist Well, hello. This is Sophie. It’s all right, don’t worry, everything’s going to be fine. There are some people on the balcony that are very happy to be up there now. So this is Sophie — not Sophia — no, Sophie. She has a French name. And you wonder why? So …
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Leah Georges – Social psychologist So, for the first time in America’s modern history, we have five generations interacting at work. The veterans, born between 1922 and 1943, are known as the Greatest Generation, the matures, the silents. They’re known for their self-sacrifice, respect for authority and work as its own reward. The Boomers came …
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Ethan Lindenberger – TED Talk TRANSCRIPT To start, I want to share with you guys something about my hometown of Norwalk, Ohio. Now, as this video stated, I am from Norwalk, which is an extremely small town, about 15,000 people. And really, in Norwalk, if you want to do something fun, you go to Walmart …
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Following is the full text of designer Douglas Thomas’ talk titled “How A Typeface Helped Launch Apollo” at TED conference in which he shares Futura’s role in launching the Apollo 11 spacecraft — and how it became one of the most used fonts in the world. Douglas Thomas – TED Talk TRANSCRIPT In 1969 in …
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Here is the full text of David Peterson’s talk titled “Why Language is Humanity’s Greatest Invention” at TED conference. In this talk, language creator and author, David J. Peterson shares the importance of learning languages in today’s society and redefines language as more than just a tool. David Peterson – Author, The Art of Language …
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