Monday, April 15, 2013
A playlist of amazing ideas
TED has a playlist of amazing new ideas
Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong
Charity is low because it's discriminated compared to for-profit enterprises
Allan Savory: How to fight desertification and reverse climate change
Desertification can be fought by moving large herds over the deserted areas.
Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice
Too many choices produce paralysis and worst satisfaction.
Hans Rosling: Let my dataset change your mindset
The world has advanced significantly in the last 60 years, except the bottom billion.
Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes
Emily Oster flips our thinking on AIDS in Africa
Low life expectancy leads to riskier behaviour, education is not enough.
Bjorn Lomborg: Global priorities bigger than climate change
How do we prioritize the global problems?
Most effient: Malaria, Free trade(cut subsidies), Malnutrition(Micro-nutrients),Control HIV
Sean Carroll: Distant time and the hint of a multiverse
The entropy which make the universe is just a random fluctuation in the multiverse.
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