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get some culture // TED TALKS
it's not all about fast food and beer pong
You only need 18 minutes and a computer to connect to hundreds of the world's most fascinating "ideas worth spreading." TED, com, the internet home of the Technology; Entertainment and Design conference, hosts the presentations of the world's greatest minds who are invited to the biannual, four-day meeting to give a talk on any subject they find to be worth presenting.
"The conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com," says Laura Galloway, head of media relations for the TED conferences.
The website has more than 630 talks translated into 80 languages. A new talk is put up each weekday. The talks could be anything from mental magic shows to illustrated population data trends. Videos are rated under categories such as courageous, inspiring, beautiful or jaw-dropping. At the 2007 TED conference, Dean Kamen, the man behind the Segway, premiered a new prosthetic arm for amputees.
Others among the hundreds who have presented during the years are Malcolm Gladwell, who gave a speech on spaghetti sauce and happiness, and comedian John Hodgeman, who spoke on alien life. Bill Gates gave a presentation on energy
consumption and Bill Clinton presented on providing healthcare around the world.
The original TED talk was founded 25 years ago and has expanded over time. "The conference has spread far beyond these [original] three themes to include virtually any idea worth spreading, be it science, the arts, global development and beyond," Galloway says.
// BEN SULLIVAN
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Viral knowledge. TED talks first began 25 years ago and feature speakers who discuss a variety of subjects online.
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