We’re all embedded in vast social networks of friends, family, co-workers and more. Nicholas Christakis tracks how a wide variety of traits — from happiness to obesity — can spread from person to person, showing how your location in the network might impact your life in ways you don’t even know.
Category Archives: Video
On art and science
Mae Jemison is an astronaut, a doctor, an art collector, a dancer … Telling stories from her own education and from her time in space, she calls on educators to teach both the arts and sciences, both intuition and logic, as one — to create bold thinkers
Stuart Brown on Play
Stuart Brown on play, and not from the usual “it prepares for life” perspective – quite the contrary – a really interesting Talk from TED, as usual. And if you are interested in more on play, check out the website of The National Institute for Play.
The future – as MS sees it
Microsoft’s glimpse of the future from CNET. Actually, if it will work like this, I say will like it.
Eric Mead – Mystery, Magic, Nature
This one I found at John Sinteurs’Daily Irrelevant – you should check him out, he has a lot of interesting things every day. To the mystery, and people who keep it alive.
Music for Wednesday: The Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel and the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra: A musical sensation from Venezuela TED, as always, brought us some really good entertainment. The Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra led by Gustavo Dudamel, plays Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10, 2nd movement, and Arturo Márquez‘ Danzón No. 2. Turn up the volume, lean back, and enjoy.
Academic Earth – Universities online
I just found the link to Academic Earth on Kereső Világ, the blog of Endre Jóföldi – the blog is written in Hungarian – and I thought that even if I planned to post only the Interesting Links post today, I will put this one up too. After checking out Academic Earth it instantly moved…
Johnny Bunko
Johnny Bunko trailer from DHP on Vimeo. I just found this site today – thanks Karen! – and thought I will share it here. And for the hungarian readers – it’s not that bunko.
A Fistful of Dollars
A Fistful Of Dollars: The Story of a Kiva.org Loan from Kieran Ball on Vimeo. This video made by Kieran Ball follows the path of a $25 loan from London, England to Preak Tamao village, Cambodia. I can’t add anything to it. Just watch the video.