It has been a refreshing experience for me in it’s first season, like many other interesting podcasts that I follow during my drives and walks….though more on drives recently : ) Adam Grant’s WorkLife Podcast is a TED original Podcast; something you need to subscribe and listen to. Each episode comes with a perspective of work and life.. about taking criticism, the secret of creativity … Continue reading TED WorkLife Podcast with Adam Grant
It is true that many of the people living in US are not aware of the real numbers… but United states stands second, next only to seychelles in the number of incarceration per 100000 population. United states has 707 people behind bars for every 100000 people that is roughly 2.2 million people who are kept away from the society so safety can be guaranteed. I will not … Continue reading You should watch Alice Goffman’s TED Talk
TED videos help me look at the world I live in. It has been a big learning experience to understand perspectives, problems and participations as a human being. I have also been active in commenting and connecting within the viewing community. As part of the connection someone I met online is currently making a visual representation of one of my poems. TED for me is a platform … Continue reading My Favorite TED Videos – Part 1
A very thought provoking talk indeed…. As I watched it I saw the existence of an even bigger disconnect between people in an “on the road” life and the people in the so called “Boring routine life” and the post is all about understanding that disconnect…. Freedom; it is true that there are so many who cannot easily embrace it even if they want to…. … Continue reading Life on the Road – Kitra Cahana’s TED talk – My Thoughts
There wouldn’t be many who have not seen Sir Ken Robinson talk on Education at TED… I mean on your Laptops…. it was quite viral… both his videos on TED.com and here now there is a new one… funny and thought provoking… asking us all the questions all over again… “How well do we know our kids?” “How can we help them succeed in what … Continue reading Ken Robinson – Conformity, Creativity and Education’s Death Valley
Amanda is a fact that many fail to realize…. Through her work and approach she is taking art to its truest and oldest form of creation, consumption and commercialization…. Like a stab on the belly of the economics of star value she is bringing out the concept that you and your performance gives you trust and then respect and if you do not hold on … Continue reading Amanda Palmer and The Art of Asking
Today I watched the TED video by Christopher “moot” Poole the founder of 4chan, a controversial, uncensored online imageboard. The comments were also very interesting and I like to share some of the ‘for anonymity’ threads. It gives us (the reader) a peek into the darkest corners of human mind. It gives us a glimpse of how our culture is evolving (again as a reader) … Continue reading Is Anonymity on Internet important?
Happen to see an excellent talk by Kiran Bir Sethi, at TED.com. She is the founder of Riverside Schools in Ahmadabad Its so true that we often forget what we can learn from kids as we are always busy teaching them to be like us. The fact that our life was shaped by the child in us reinstates that we can learn now from the … Continue reading Kiran Bir Sethi at TED
Interesting to note someone say that there is an Indian way to things and that it is very similar to the ways in other places, but built from the myth and believes in India. People visiting India both for fun and business both have seen the diversity from cultural traits with which they could never relate properly to mannerisms, accent and attire, that make them … Continue reading Devadutt Pattanaik on East vs. West
My expectation on Tharoor’s talk was too high I guess. More over there was a lot of twitterola on the same. He is with no doubt a great speaker and a refreshing addition to the Indian politics. His talk lights up these thoughts in my mind 1. The bricks that hold the diversity of India are very strong 2. India has so many more stories … Continue reading Tharoor’s Soft Power
Vinod Narayan 