David Christian: The history of our world in 18 minutes. Any Given Sunday - joseph - Asperity Employee Benefits Ltd Mail. Stanley McChrystal: Listen, learn ... then lead. Devdutt Pattanaik: East vs. West. How context shapes content: Rodney Mullen at TEDxUSC. 6 ways mushrooms can save the world: Paul Stamets on TED.com. Mycologist Paul Stamets studies mycelium and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world.
Cleaning polluted soil, creating new insecticides, treating smallpox and maybe even the flu … in 18 minutes, he doesn’t get all the way through his list, but he has plenty of time to blow your mind. An audience favorite at TED2008. Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? David Bolinsky: Visualizing the wonder of a living cell. Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight. Lesley Hazleton: A "tourist" reads the Koran.