Steve Johnson opens his talk telling us about a cafe in Oxford. The Grand Cafe, about ten blocks away, is the first coffee house to… Read More »TEDGlobal: Steve Johnson – Chance favors the connected mind

Matt Ridley tells us that, when he was a student at Oxford (not all that long ago), the future was bleak. None of the bleak… Read More »TED Global – Matt Ridley on how ideas mate

Editorial cartoonist Patrick Chappatte is a true global citizen – Lebanese/Swiss by birth, born in Pakistan, he publishes in the International Heritage Tribune and other… Read More »TEDGlobal: Patrick Chappatte and global cartooning

Nic Marks founded the Center for Well-Being, a consultancy that tries to expand definitions of social and governmental progress to include broader quantitative and qualitative… Read More »TEDGlobal: Nic Marks and happiness that doesn’t cost the earth

Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa is creating one of the world’s most interesting comic books, The 99. (I had the chance to see him at Pop!Tech last… Read More »TEDGlobal: Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa and the 99

Sheryl WuDunn is an author, lecturer and the first Asian-American to win a Pulitzer Prize. She leads the social investing consultancy TripleEdge. Her new book,… Read More »Sheryl WuDunn – empowering women, defending development aid