The Little Metronome That Wouldn't
Take a metronome. Then take another. Then another. Set them ticking at different times. Look. Lift. (That's the key part.) Watch. Then Laugh. Because you will be dumbfounded.READ MORE
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David Foster Wallace Tells Us About Freedom
What do you get when you get a college diploma? To hear David Foster Wallace tell it, you get a muscle that will help you forever after — in shopping lines, overcrowded parking lots, in traffic jams. This muscle, he says, frees you when the world gets painfully dull.READ MORE
David Foster Wallace Tells Us About Freedom
David Foster Wallace weighs a college diploma. (It's heavy!)READ MORE
Giving It Away
In this hour, TED speakers explore why people are so willing to "give it away."READ MORE
How Do You Get People To Pay For Music?
Don't make people pay for music, says musician Amanda Palmer: Let them.READ MORE
Do We Have The Wrong Idea About Charity?
Fundraiser Dan Pallotta says nonprofits are rewarded for being frugal, not for what they get done.READ MORE
How Can You Give A Community Better Health?
Ron Finley plants vegetables in abandoned lots to promote better health in his community.READ MORE
When Is the Right Time To Give?
Volunteer firefighter Mark Bezos tells a story of an act of heroism that didn't go as expected.READ MORE
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What Is It About Bees And Hexagons?
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Surprise! Our solar system isn't like the others. We're freaks.READ MORE
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Unstoppable Learning
In this hour, TED speakers explore ways kids learn, from the womb to the playground to the Web.READ MORE
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When Does Learning Begin?
Science writer Annie Murphy Paul talks about how fetuses in the womb begin taking cues from outside.READ MORE
