Nick Bilton, Lead Technology Reporter for The New York Times “Bits” blog, says that digital media has resulted in a "new form of storytelling." Bilton, who is also a designer and user interface specialist, is co-founder of NYC Resistor, a hacker collective in Brooklyn, and is currently writing a book called, I Live in the Future: & Here’s How It Works.
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2008 PopTech Fellow Eric Dawson launched Peace First to address sky-rocketing youth homicide rates. Peace First has already reached 40,000 children and families in five states, and is changing school cultures – teaching students the conflict resolution and peacemaking skills critical to create a safe learning environment.
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Computer scientist Luis von Ahn’s programs harness the human brainpower to solve complex problems. von Ahn invented ReCaptcha, a program that uses squiggly characters that humans easily decipher but blocks spambots – and helps digitize millions of old texts. The CMU professor also makes games that use human knowledge to improve computers. Find them at gwap.com.
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Cellist Zoë Keating uses a cello and a small box of electronics to create a one-woman avant-garde orchestra. A former member of the cello-rock trio Rasputina, Keating has played live on radio and television, in the Nevada desert, in medieval churches, punk clubs, and in venues across North America and Europe.
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Shortly after posting self-styled videos on You Tube, singer songwriter Zee Avi woke up to 3,000 emails one morning. One offered her a recording contract with Brushfire Records. Since then, Avi left her home in Kuala Lumpur for Los Angeles. Avi performs melodic, melancholy songs tinged with irrepressible optimism. mp3s: 1, 2, 3, 4
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Cellist Zoë Keating uses a cello and a small box of electronics to create a one-woman avant-garde orchestra. A former member of the cello-rock trio Rasputina, Keating has played live on radio and television, in the Nevada desert, in medieval churches, punk clubs, and in venues across North America and Europe.
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John Forté is an accomplished musician and producer who recently released StyleFREE the EP, his first album since serving seven years in federal prison. Forte’s career was interrupted by a 14-year sentence for a first-time non-violent drug offense; Former President Bush commuted his sentence in 2008. mp3s: 1, 2, 3, 4
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Ph.D. candidate Nicole Kuepper has been passionate about solar energy since she received a toy solar-powered car for her 8th birthday. Kuepper has recently patented a simple low-temperature process for printing low-cost solar cells that could make solar energy affordable across the developing world.
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What makes us happy? Societies flourish and people are most content
when they are faced with fewer choices and more constraints argues
psychologist Barry Schwartz. We are tortured by the idea of having it
all - “Impossible!”, he says. Read More »
when they are faced with fewer choices and more constraints argues
psychologist Barry Schwartz. We are tortured by the idea of having it
all - “Impossible!”, he says. Read More »
Architect Neri Oxman is the founder of MATERIALECOLOGY, an interdisciplinary design initiative expanding the boundaries of computational form-generation and material engineering. Named one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business,” Oxman investigates the material and performance of nature in an effort to define form itself.
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With a voice that could move a mountain, orator Eloma Simpson Barnes practically channels Martin Luther King, Jr., as she performs one of his speeches. She emulates King’s cadence, intonation and enunciation in this inspirational reminder to stand up for what you believe in.
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Expert on race, ethics and philosophy, Kwame Anthony Appiah takes to task the myths of Western culture and civilization, explaining the “Golden Nugget” theory and its five major errors. Get ready for his deconstruction of a monolith.
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Blaine Brownell is an architect obsessed with sustainable building materials. He introduces a wonderful world of products made from repurposed materials and provides a glimpse of what a post-fossil fuel world might look like.
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Anthropologist and Tibetan studies expert Losang Rabgey shows how technology is being used to open up Tibet to the world, as well as connect lives across the region, in ways true to their various experiences.
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Wired editor-at-large Kevin Kelly explores the nature of technology through technology’s eyes. And, watch out!—Kevin thinks we’ll soon be dwarfed by the collective intelligence of all the technology we’re creating.
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Author and activist Michael Pollan is a passionate advocate for sustainable food. In his compelling PopTech talk, he explores how our industrial food system keeps us overly dependent on fossil fuels, destroys our environment, and makes us sick. Breaking this cycle requires changing our relationship to food - and eating more meals together.
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Champion of the Earth honoree and biomimicry pioneer Janine Benyus has transformed the way we think about innovation and design. Benyus challenges us to study nature's best ideas, then imitate its designs and processes to solve some of our greatest human challenges.
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What makes us happy? Societies flourish and people are most content
when they are faced with fewer choices and more constraints argues
psychologist Barry Schwartz. We are tortured by the idea of having it
all - "Impossible!", he says. Read More »
when they are faced with fewer choices and more constraints argues
psychologist Barry Schwartz. We are tortured by the idea of having it
all - "Impossible!", he says. Read More »
Life as we know it will come to an end, says earth scientist Peter Ward in this talk from PopTech 2003. The big question is whether the planet will kill off our species (and millions of others) naturally, millions of years hence, or whether we'll accelerate our own demise by poisoning the climate first.
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Renowned primatologist, psychologist and ethologist Frans de Waal
wants to convince us we're all basically apes, saying we'd be much
happier if we paid attention to some of the basic principals of
cooperative social behavior that even primates are sensitive to.
Watching monkeys engage in peace-making, power relationships and
reciprocity is a potent reminder of just how alike we are. Read More »
wants to convince us we're all basically apes, saying we'd be much
happier if we paid attention to some of the basic principals of
cooperative social behavior that even primates are sensitive to.
Watching monkeys engage in peace-making, power relationships and
reciprocity is a potent reminder of just how alike we are. Read More »
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Life as we know it will come to an end, says earth scientist Peter Ward in this talk from PopTech 2004. The big question is whether the planet will kill off our species (and millions of others) naturally, millions of years hence, or whether we'll accelerate our own demise by poisoning the climate first.
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Environmental journalist Mark Lynas reports from his global tour of climate change hotspots - documenting the dramatic effects that even one degree of global warming may have around the world.
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