Lewis Pugh‘s job is tougher than yours. He swims in very, very cold water – three years ago, he swam across the North Pole. The… Read More »TEDGlobal: Lewis Pugh swims for the environment

Yale professor Laurie Santos tells us that homo sapiens are extremely smart and extremely vain. Despite the fact that we’re really smart, we can be… Read More »TEDGlobal: Laurie Santos, irrationality and our primate financial advisors

Columbia University psychologist and business professor Sheena Iyengar promises to take us around the world in her 18 TED minutes. She begins in Kyoto, Japan… Read More »TEDGlobal: Sheena Iyengar and the paradox of choice

I enjoy blogging conferences, and I especially enjoy blogging TED. And while I’m pretty good at conferenceblogging, blogging my own talk is beyond me. So… Read More »A wider world, a wider web: my TEDGlobal 2010 talk

Peter Molyneux apologizes that his talk might be a bit of inside baseball. But since he’s a legendary game designer, everyone is willing to give… Read More »TEDGlobal: Peter Molyneux wants you to talk to your TV

Chris Wild modestly tells us that he’s created the best chat-up line in history: would you like to see my time machine? He’s happily married,… Read More »TEDGlobal: Chris Wild wants to show you his time machine