Reuben Ingber

3T: TED Talk Tuesday - Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work (via TEDtalksDirector)

We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk from TEDxBloomington, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually happiness inspires productivity.

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3T: TED Talk Tuesday - Erik Johansson: Impossible photography (via TEDtalksDirector)

Erik Johansson creates realistic photos of impossible scenes — capturing ideas, not moments. In this witty how-to, the Photoshop wizard describes the principles he uses to make these fantastical scenarios come to life, while keeping them visually plausible.

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3T: TED Talk Tuesday - Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+ (via TEDtalksDirector)

To find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner and team study the world’s “Blue Zones,” communities whose elders live with vim and vigor to record-setting age. At TEDxTC, he shares the 9 common diet and lifestyle habits that keep them spry past age 100.

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3T: TED Talk Tuesday - Lisa Harouni: A primer on 3D printing (via TEDtalksDirector)

2012 may be the year of 3D printing, when this three-decade-old technology finally becomes accessible and even commonplace. Lisa Harouni gives a useful introduction to this fascinating way of making things — including intricate objects once impossible to create.

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3T: TED Talk Tuesday - Peter van Uhm: Why I chose a gun (via TEDtalksDirector)

Peter van Uhm is the Netherlands’ chief of defense, but that does not mean he is pro-war. At TEDxAmsterdam he explains how his career is one shaped by a love of peace, not a desire for bloodshed — and why we need armies if we want peace.

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3T: TED Talk Tuesday - Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? (via TEDtalksDirector)

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity

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3T: TED Talk Tuesday - Award-winning teen-age science in action

In 2011 three young women swept the top prizes of the first Google Science Fair. At TEDxWomen Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose and Naomi Shah described their extraordinary projects— and their route to a passion for science.

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3T: TED Talk Tuesday - TEDxYouth@Victoria - Jacob Helliwell - Youth Engagement in Politics Indifferent or Just Different? (by TEDxTalks)

After recently hearing a politician claim that youth no longer care about politics, Jacob became concerned. His experience has been the opposite. While it is true that youth are less likely to vote and are less likely to be members of political parties, Jacob takes the unorthodox view that youth are not indifferent, their engagement is just different.

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3T: TED Talk Tuesday - TEDxPhilly - Jennifer Pahlka - On networked cities in the digital age (by TEDxTalks)

Jennifer Pahlka believes that the value of a city reaches far beyond its borders. The increase in open dialogue between local government and citizens has a positive global impact on everything from environmental awareness and economic equality (the Occupy movement) to open data and citizen access to technology. Cities have not only become better for the people that live in them, but better for the planet.

Pahlka is the founder and executive director of Code for America, which matches web professionals with US cities to reboot local services. Code for America funds fellowships that bring technologists into municipal offices to sort databases, build apps and unleash data. Philadelphia is one of two cities to be part of the program two years running

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3T: TED Talk Tuesday - TEDxParkCity - Gabriella Huggins - What the Future Looks Like

Gabriella Huggins is a media arts student at Spy Hop Productions in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her film, “Even Handed,” made with Samantha Highsmith, is presented as part of this talk. Gabby addresses why a straight teenage girl cares about gay rights. She+ stresses the need for girls and women to speak up, be true to themselves and believe in the power they have inside.(via TEDxTalks)

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3T: TED Talk Tuesday - Tim Ferriss: Smash fear, learn anything

From the EG conference: Productivity guru Tim Ferriss’ fun, encouraging anecdotes show how one simple question — “What’s the worst that could happen?” — is all you need to learn to do anything.

**I know this is not from a TED conference but I found it on the TED website.**

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3T: TED Talk Tuesday - Sebastian Wernicke: 1000 TEDTalks, 6 words

Sebastian Wernicke thinks every TEDTalk can be summarized in six words. At TEDxZurich, he shows how to do just that — and less.(via TEDtalksDirector)

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