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And now for something completely different...

No idiocy, no controversy, no bling (what ever happened to "bling" anyways?), no shock, no rickroll, no T&A. Just some interesting vids of some pretty neat people.

[video=youtube;lDbrUk2xYBo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDbrUk2xYBo[/video]

[video=youtube;fmnAFj4Y3tc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmnAFj4Y3tc[/video]
 
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Well that went over like a lead balloon.

Let's try this one for a reaction;

[video=youtube;LjAsM1vAhW0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjAsM1vAhW0[/video]
 
Maybe it would work better if u help unblock my restrictions at work ;)
 
Good to know someone else on here enjoys TED talks.

What did you like about the first vid? I found it a little boring.

Second one was good - especially the bit about grilled chicken & carcinogens.

3rd one was okay. Aside from needing violence to maintain peace, I found that he drew on rhetoric a bit too much.

[video=youtube;gM95HHI4gLk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM95HHI4gLk[/video]

Have you ever seen the TED talk where the person talks about how the world might be different if we saw the arts as more important or as important as science?
 
More TED, on the brain...

[video=youtube;UyyjU8fzEYU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU[/video]
 
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What did you like about the first vid? I found it a little boring.

Second one was good - especially the bit about grilled chicken & carcinogens.
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I didn't really think about why I liked the vids I posted. But since you ask, I have to say it's probably the fact that all the people in the vids pursued something completely contrary to society's expectations for them, and they did it with conviction and enthusiasm and acheived great success.
 
This one flew over my head, but my math/physics buddies found it interesting: [video=youtube;JkxieS-6WuA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkxieS-6WuA[/video]
 
Wow, that left a mark on my brain that won't buff right out. Good though.

Here's a more light hearted one on questioning everything;

[video=youtube_share;x21EA6RbWvA]http://youtu.be/x21EA6RbWvA[/video]
 
Have we used up all our resources? Have we filled up all the livable space on Earth? Paul Gilding suggests we have, and the possibility of devastating consequences, in a talk that's equal parts terrifying and, oddly, hopeful.

[video=youtube_share;DZT6YpCsapg]http://youtu.be/DZT6YpCsapg[/video]
 
[video=youtube;aUaInS6HIGo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUaInS6HIGo[/video]
 
I can't wait 'til I have the time to watch the Paul Gliding one. The one about exercise is true, though. I read a book a while back and it said that 30 minutes of exercise 3 times a week will get you (on average) 23 hours of energy. It makes sense, too - your body functions more efficiently, you spend less energy trying to get blood through clogged arteries/etc.

Here are 2 talks on creativity. They're both phenomenal talks. I'm glad that I didn't watch the first one until now, 'cause I wouldn't have been able to appreciate her talk a year ago.

[video=youtube;86x-u-tz0MA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86x-u-tz0MA[/video]

Only one vid per post, so:
[video]http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html[/video]

 
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fastar1 said:
What happened in the last year?
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Had less of an appreciation for the arts. Her talk comes off as really mystical, I'm not sure I would've been able to get past that a year ago. I also didn't have writer's block.

A friend told me about the talk a long time ago, but we ended up just spending a whole shift (~6 hours) talking about the topic. If I saw the video first then had the conversation, I doubt it would've been as good. He was arguing how the world might be different if we valued creativity/the arts more. It was especially good because he was talking from the angle of an amazing artist who was sort of pressured into business.
 
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