Jared Diamond is the author of "Guns, Germs and Steel" and the current New York Times' best selling "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed." This lecture examines the factors that caused great civilizations of the past to collapse and what we can learn from their fates. Series: "Voices" [4/2005] [Humanities] [Show ID: 9390]
The Joy of Trump
Monday, December 6, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Cat Laine: Engineering a better life for all | Video on TED.com
Cat Laine: Engineering a better life for all | Video on TED.com
At the BIF innovation summit, Cat Laine draws on the Greek myth of Tantalus to explain the frustration developing countries face. She shows how
we might help communities rich in human capital, but poor in resources and infrastructure, with cleverly engineered solutions.
Cat Lainé
Deputy Director, Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group
Deputy Director, Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group, describes the simply genius of empowering people to change their communities.
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Hans Rosling: The good news of the decade? | Video on TED.com
Hans Rosling: The good news of the decade? | Video on TED.com
Hans Rosling reframes 10 years of UN data with his spectacular visuals, lighting up an astonishing -- mostly unreported
-- piece of front-page-worthy good news: We're winning the war against child mortality. Along the way, he debunks
one flawed approach to stats that blots out such vital stories.
Melinda French Gates: What nonprofits can learn from Coca-Cola | Video on TED.com
Melinda French Gates: What nonprofits can learn from Coca-Cola | Video on TED.com
t TEDxChange, Melinda Gates makes a provocative case for nonprofits taking a cue from corporations such as Coca-Cola,
whose plugged-in, global network of marketers and distributors ensures that every remote village wants -- and can get -- a Coke.
Why shouldn't this work for condoms, sanitation, vaccinations too?
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