TED talks Director

A vast variety of topics can be accessed through TED. I would recommend that if you ever get free time throughout your day, check out some of the videos posted on their YouTube channel, or their actual website.

Most recently:

http://www.ted.com At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop." In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.

This video is amazing. It's still playing for me, but after listening for a few minutes I think it would fit pretty well on Zelaron.

That is exceptionally cool.

Yeah, the video kept getting better as I was watching it. Very interesting. As he stated, they're just trying to bridge the gap between the physical and technological worlds. Internet turned inside out? Just grasping the concepts he is presenting is ingenious. I guess only time will prove to us what works and what ideally will be good for our future.

The main thing I like about it is how it's bringing the digital world into the real world. Like he said, it's better than us becoming machines in front of machines all day. It's pretty brilliant.

Yeah. Listening to things of that nature just make me feel all good inside, and more hopeful towards the future of our civilization.

Here's the newest video:

Devdutt Pattanaik takes an eye-opening look at the myths of India and of the West -- and shows how these two fundamentally different sets of beliefs about God, death and heaven help us consistently misunderstand one another.

Currently watching it, I really like the concept of this video as well.

Transition to a world without oil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8meWY0W40OA&feature=sub

Rob Hopkins reminds us that the oil our world depends on is steadily running out. He proposes a unique solution to this problem -- the Transition response, where we prepare ourselves for life without oil and sacrifice our luxuries to build systems and communities that are completely independent of fossil fuels.