TED: Ideas worth spreading
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TED(technology, entertainment, design) is a site with the motto “Ideas worth spreading.” Accordingly, the site provides access to online videos of talks and other performances from “the world’s greatest thinkers and doers.” You can search these videos by theme, title, and speaker. Some of the themes include environment, culture, business, and global issues.
TED started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader. The annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).
This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. More than 200 talks from their archives are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.
