2010
Internet the Collective Mind – Update One (thx TED Talks)
This is an update from my previous text about the importance and the value of the Internet as we have it today. This collection of videos from TED.com is the true picture of what the world has become today and what the usage of Internet can help us and make us better plus collectively stronger. Thanks to TED.com and the people talking at this web gathering we can truly understand the world in which we exist today.
All the videos are 3 to 25 minutes length
Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us
Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world
Kevin Bales: How to combat modern slavery
David Byrne: How architecture helped music evolve
Evelyn Glennie shows how to listen
Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception
Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we see
Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our own decisions?
Dan Ariely on our buggy moral code
Philip Zimbardo shows how people become monsters … or heroes
Hector Ruiz on connecting the world
Arthur Benjamin’s formula for changing math education
Bjorn Lomborg sets global priorities
Amy Tan on creativity
John Underkoffler points to the future of UI
Evan Williams on listening to Twitter users
So yes, Ted Talks is one of the greatest places on the web where you can find real understanding and examples of the true nature of the reality that you exist in, and use it in it’s true nature and effect.


