Sebastian Seung asks the room at TEDGlobal whether they are more than their genes. After all, genes seem like they have awesome power. They control… Read More »TEDGlobal: Sebastian Seung mapping the connectome

Botanist Stefano Mancuso sees something moving from the biblical story of the ark. “Where are the plants?” There’s a deep bias in human history that… Read More »TEDGlobal: Stefano Mancuso and plant intelligence

Heribert Watzke isn’t a real popular guy with the raw foods crowd, I suspect. He theorizes that humans aren’t omnivores, but coctivors – we are… Read More »TEDGlobal: Heribert Watzke – We cook therefore we are

Gero Miessenböck tells us he has a dopplegander – Dr. Gero from Dragonball Z. This sinister character has his skull removed and can control things… Read More »TEDGlobal: Gero Miessenböck wants to control our brains

Peter Eigen, the founder of Transparency International, warns us that our governance systems are failing us in the face of a globalized economy. We can… Read More »TEDGlobal: Peter Eigen and global transparency

Auret Van Heerden of the Fair Labor Association holds up a cellphone and tells us that the phone started its life with artisinal mines, run… Read More »TEDGlobal: Auret Van Heerden and bringing human rights into the global supply chain