Dr. Paul Collier, an economist from Oxford, is a provocative thinker on one of the topics I’m most concerned about – why extreme poverty endures.… Read More »TED2008: Paul Collier – Compassion and enlightened self-interest
Entrepreneur Ben Kaufman and his company, Kluster, have been working almost as hard as Bruno and I. To showcase their online collaboration software, they’ve decided… Read More »TED2008: Innovation in the morning
Chris Abani wasn’t the last speaker of the day, but he kicks so much ass, I’m blogging him last. Chris Anderson introduces him, saying, “Ten… Read More »TED2008: Chris Abani – Forgetting their names
Ben Zander is introduced as the conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra – he corrects Chris twice. He’s the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic, and… Read More »TED2008: Ben Zander and one buttock playing
David Griffin is the director of photography for National Geographic magazine. To talk about the power of images, he shows us some of the best… Read More »TED2008: The flashbulb moment
Anthropologist Helen Fisher is always a popular speaker – she appeared at TED two years ago, speaking about her research on the brain functions associated… Read More »TED2008: Helen Fisher and the origins of love