Anyone here on EcigForum enjoy TED videos?

[Plumes.91]

I was wondering if there were any TED watchers here? If you don't know the website, its: TED: Ideas worth spreading One of my favorite websites and time killers. Instead of getting addicted to today's popular TV shows, I get lost in the TED archives every once in a while. I make a big bowl of popcorn and lay down and pick the ones that interest me. For those that don't know, TED is a website full of speeches about physics, astrophysics, psychology, sociology, philosophy, science, education, philanthropy, geology, and the list goes on and on. You will never get bored. If you enjoy learning new things, or learning about topics your interested in, TED is the place to go. Right around when my eyes get heavy and I know I should be closing them and going to sleep, with work in the morning, I pop on a TED video, I tell myself I'll only watch one, and I'm stuck on the TED website for hours. lol.

The title says it all. TED: Ideas Worth Spreading

So, I'm spreading them.

 

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The global health statistics guy is pretty interesting.

 

[Eddie.Willers]

Yuh-huh!
They have some fascinating and thought-provoking presentations.

 

[Plumes.91]

One of my favorite videos on the front page right now is the "Shape Shifting Dinosaurs?" video. I can definitely recommend this one to my ecf friends. Its a great video about a paleontologist that has actually discovered that MANY of the dinosaurs we know today, are actually NOT dinosaurs at all... I don't want to spoil the suprise, so please check it out for yourself. TED: Ideas worth spreading

 

[Plumes.91]

OffTopic, he was pretty interesting, thanks for sharing that, didn't see it on the site.

 

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I was in the military in the late 80's. My job made me a target for terrorism... oddly, they sent an ex CIA guy to teach us terrorism 101. Most of what I learned gave me a view that was contrary to the popular view in the post 9/11 US.

This guy knows what he's talking about. It's about an hour. It's worth watching.

 

[Plumes.91]

Your signature is definitely interesting. Will watch the video when I get a chance.

 

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Hans Rosling: Let my dataset change your mindset | Video on TED.com

 

[Plumes.91]

Ahh yes I watched that video last night, that was a good one. I found it interesting. We really need to be focusing on energy and population standard of living in the next 10-20 years. I would like to see the poorest of countries prospering by the time I am on my death bed.

 

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It's simple, really. Get the population down. Lower birth rates increase the relative supply of everything...except labor...which drives wages up.

You want a world that lives in peace? You want a world without disease and starvation? Get the world population below 2 billion by means of birth rates.

 

[moondragon]

I like the TED videos. I don't visit there as much as I would like to, but when I do, I can spend several hours there. I haven't watched any of the ones mentioned here, yet. Two of my favorites are: Brene Brown on Vulnerability and There Are No Scraps of Men.

I also liked How Healthy Living Nearly Killed Me because it was an entertaining talk.

 

[DaveP]

I was in the military in the late 80's. My job made me a target for terrorism... oddly, they sent an ex CIA guy to teach us terrorism 101. Most of what I learned gave me a view that was contrary to the popular view in the post 9/11 US.

This guy knows what he's talking about. It's about an hour. It's worth watching.

I'm 28 minutes into this video and I agree that it's a good watch if you are interested in the minds of people who were directly involved in the scenario leading up to 9/11 and afterwards. He is very careful to give enough information to paint the picture without giving out secrets. Still, it provides insight into Bin Laden and al Queda and the role of various countries surrounding the Iraq and Afghanistan. He talks a good bit about the reasons that we are looked at as meddlers in the ME.

I'll finish it in the AM.