Steven Pinker | Profile on TED.com. Susan Savage-Rumbaugh on apes. Morality in Monkeys: A fascinating and funny TED Talk | harrykeydotcomslashblogs. By April 16, 2012 in Speech, TED talks by Any frequent reader will be well aware of my obsession with TED. I am consistently amazed that they can find people who can speak so eloquently and humorously about such nerdy topics. Perhaps they offer training, or maybe they just refuse all the really nerdy ones. In either case, it’s cool. They are making intelligence sexy and complex ideas accessible for dullards like me. I also love the cranky monkey!! Frans de Waal: Moral behavior in animals No Comments » The Empathic Civilization | Jeremy Rifkin. Barry Schwartz on our loss of wisdom. Clay Shirky: Institutions vs. collaboration.
Chris Jordan pictures some shocking stats. Dan Gilbert asks, Why are we happy?