{"id":324,"date":"2008-02-19T18:36:52","date_gmt":"2008-02-19T18:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtualchaos.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/02\/19\/two-wonderfully-enlightening-ted-talks\/"},"modified":"2008-02-19T18:36:52","modified_gmt":"2008-02-19T18:36:52","slug":"two-wonderfully-enlightening-ted-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualchaos.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/02\/19\/two-wonderfully-enlightening-ted-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Two wonderfully enlightening TED Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over lunch today I found time to watch a couple of amazing TED talks<\/p>\n<p>The first is by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/index.php\/speakers\/view\/id\/194\">Moshe Safdie<\/a>, an architect who&#8217;s work should be an inspiration to us all.<\/p>\n<p><!--cut and paste--><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0\" width=\"432\" height=\"285\" id=\"VE_Player\" align=\"middle\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/loader.swf\"><PARAM NAME=\"FlashVars\" VALUE=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&#038;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/MOSHESAFDIE-2002_high.flv&#038;autoPlay=false&#038;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&#038;forcePlay=false&#038;logo=&#038;allowFullscreen=true\"><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\"><param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/loader.swf\" FlashVars=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&#038;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/MOSHESAFDIE-2002_high.flv&#038;autoPlay=false&#038;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&#038;forcePlay=false&#038;logo=&#038;allowFullscreen=true\" quality=\"high\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" scale=\"noscale\" wmode=\"window\" width=\"432\" height=\"285\" name=\"VE_Player\" align=\"middle\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p>I spent a number of years working for an architect, in fact as a young teenager I had my heart set on becoming an architect, however by the time it came round to choosing a degree I had discovered a new passion. Nevertheless I&#8217;ve always been fascinated by buildings and both the science and the art involved in their construction. Moshe Safdie&#8217;s work has long been hailed as both innovative and inspirational, as you listen to him describe four of the projects he&#8217;s worked on you&#8217;ll get a sense of why!<\/p>\n<p>The second talk is by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/view\/id\/192\">Howard Rheingold<\/a>, he talks about about the coming world of collaboration, participatory media and collective action &#8212; and how Wikipedia is really an outgrowth of our natural human instinct to work as a group.<\/p>\n<p><!--cut and paste--><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0\" width=\"320\" height=\"285\" id=\"VE_Player\" align=\"middle\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/loader.swf\"><PARAM NAME=\"FlashVars\" VALUE=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&#038;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/HOWARDRHEINGOLD-2005_high.flv&#038;autoPlay=false&#038;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&#038;forcePlay=false&#038;logo=&#038;allowFullscreen=true\"><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\"><param name=\"scale\" value=\"noscale\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/loader.swf\" FlashVars=\"bgColor=FFFFFF&#038;file=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/movies\/HOWARDRHEINGOLD-2005_high.flv&#038;autoPlay=false&#038;fullscreenURL=http:\/\/static.videoegg.com\/ted\/flash\/fullscreen.html&#038;forcePlay=false&#038;logo=&#038;allowFullscreen=true\" quality=\"high\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" scale=\"noscale\" wmode=\"window\" width=\"320\" height=\"285\" name=\"VE_Player\" align=\"middle\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a fascinating talk that is filled with remarkable sociological, economic and cultural observations about how as a species we have evolved and are continuing to evolve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over lunch today I found time to watch a couple of amazing TED talks The first is by Moshe Safdie, an architect who&#8217;s work should be an inspiration to us all. 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