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21 Pictures That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity. Rodney Mullen: Pop an ollie and innovate! TEDxPhoenix - Kelli Anderson - Disruptive Wonder for a Change. An Invocation for Beginnings. Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice. Shirin Neshat: Art in exile. Ben Dunlap talks about a passionate life. Paula Scher gets serious. Carne Ross: An independent diplomat. Benjamin Zander on music and passion. Aimee Mullins: The opportunity of adversity. Randy Pausch: Really achieving your childhood dreams | Video on. Jeff Bezos: What matters more than your talents. David Deutsch on our place in the cosmos. Robert Wright on optimism. Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off. Behind the TEDTalk: New mini documentary starring Sir Ken and Raghava KK. With 300 million views since we started posting video in 2006, TEDTalks have become a powerful cultural force.

But it all starts with a single person on a stage … At TED2010, we sent a video crew to follow two speakers as they prepared to give the talk of their lives. One, the artist Raghava KK, had never spoken at TED before. The other, Sir Ken Robinson, in 2006 gave one of the most emailed TEDTalks of all time; this was his first time speaking at TED since then. Follow both speakers on their journey to the TED stage in this charming 8-minute film: And watch these TEDTalks:Ragava KK’s Five lives of an artistSir Ken Robinson’s: Bring on the learning revolution!

Video credits: Video by m ss ng p eces Executive producer Jason WishnowProduced by Ari Kuschnir and Ben Nabors Filmed by Josh Nussbaum and Todd BanhazlEdited by Adam McClelland Music credits: Music Supervision and Rights Coordination bySamuel Valenti IV & Jeremy Peters at Ghostly Songs Music Supervision.

Engineering the 10 000-Year Clock. The year is 12011. Two hikers cut through a stretch of cactus-filled desert outside what was once the small town of Van Horn, near the Mexican border, in West Texas. After walking for the better part of a day under a relentless sun, they struggle up a craggy limestone ridge. Finally they come to an opening in the rock, the mouth of what appears to be a long, deep tunnel. As they head into the shadows, not quite knowing where the tunnel will lead, the sudden darkness and the drop in temperature startle their senses.

After a few minutes the hikers reach a cool chamber dimly lit from above. A tall column of strange shiny metal gears and rods rises hundreds of meters above them. Steps cut into the walls spiral upward, and the hikers ascend until they reach a platform. A giant metal wheel sits in the middle of the platform, and the visitors each grasp a handle that juts out from its smooth edges. Still, the designers believe there's much more to the project than just geek chic. Malcolm Gladwell on spaghetti sauce. One Minute Interview: Malcolm Gladwell on Culture and Airplane Crashes. Richard St. John's 8 secrets of success. Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobs. Gary Vaynerchuk: Do what you love (no excuses!) | Video on TED.c.

Tim Ferriss: Smash fear, learn anything. The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss. “Everyone’s looking for rules to follow, and the sooner you realize there aren’t any, the better art can be.”– Jerrod Carmichael Jerrod Carmichael is pushing the boundaries of comedy with his groundbreaking work in stand-up, television, and film. Now just 29 years old, what this driven North Carolina native has accomplished is mind-boggling, and 2017 is going to be his biggest year yet. Jerrod stars in the hit NBC series The Carmichael Show, which he also writes and executive produces. The third season of the show premieres in 2017. In March of 2017, Jerrod will star in his second stand-up comedy special on HBO, directed by Bo Burnham. He made his debut on HBO in 2014 with his critically acclaimed one-hour special, Love at the Store, directed by Spike Lee.

Love at the Store is the funniest standup special I’ve seen in many years, and it’s the reason I reached out to Jerrod. Jerrod recently announced his upcoming authorial debut with an as-yet-untitled memoir. Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish. Dan Barber's foie gras parable. Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video. Bruce and Barack: The Rising in Cleveland.