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[View \| Download]	Jared Diamond: Why societies collapse http://www.ted.com Why do societies fail? With lessons from the Norse of Iron Age Greenland, deforested Easter Island and present-day Montana, Jared Diamond talks about the signs that collapse is near, and how -- if we see it in time -- we can prevent it. Tags: Culture, Diamond, Environment, Global, History, Issues, Jared, Social, SocietyTechnology, TED, TEDtalks, change, talks 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	Scott McCloud: Understanding comics http://www.ted.com In this unmissable look at the magic of comics, Scott McCloud bends the presentation format into a cartoon-like experience, where colorful diversions whiz through childhood fascinations and imagined futures that our eyes can hear and touch. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 Tags: Arts, Book, Children, Computers, Creativity, Design, Entertainment, Future, History, McCloud, Scott, TED, TEDtalks, talks 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)
[View \| Download]	Philip Zimbardo: Why ordinary people do evil ... or do good http://www.ted.com Philip Zimbardo knows how easy it is for nice people to turn bad. In this talk, he shares insights and graphic unseen photos from the Abu Ghraib trials. Then he talks about the flip side: how easy it is to be a hero, and how we can rise to the challenge. Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/tednews Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives https://www.facebook.com/TED Tags: Education, Philip Zimbardo, Psychology, Stanford, Stanford studies, Stanford study, Stanley Milgram, TED, TEDtalks, War, ZImbardo, abu ghraib, abuse, anonymity, anonymous, bad apple, bad apples, electrocute, evil, hero, heroes, heroism, heros, humiliate, humiliation, interogate, interrogate, interrogation, milgram, milgram experiment, prison, prisoners, schlesinger report, shock, soldier, soldiers, spe, talks, villain, villains, violent 1 Downloads - Last from: (Your Blog here!)