Category: TED
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Vincent Cochetel speaking at TEDxPlaceDesNations
Reading Time: < 1 minuteVincent Cochetel gave a very good speech at TEDxPlaceDesNations in December. He received a standing ovation for it’s content. I was lucky enough to be in the audience on that day. In light of today’s events I believe that this is the right video to share.
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The Trouble With Thankless Jobs
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn interesting talk about thankless jobs and how to make them more rewarding.
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Pico Iyer: The art of stillness
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe need to take time to think. We need to avoid external stimuli and spend time with our thoughts. We desire to move and to achieve which drives the economy forward at the cost of forgetting to give ourselves times. The talk explores time and space. It also explores the popular…
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How I built a nuclear reactor at the age of 13 | Jamie Edwards | TEDxCERN
Reading Time: < 1 minute A charismatic fourteen year old speaks about how he did some research, got some money approved and then ordered and built a nuclear fusion reactor in a classroom
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Performance — the LHC remix | Tim Exile | TEDxCERN
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTaking sound samples from around CERN a flow machine was used to make music. It sounds like music you’d expect to hear at L’Usine in Geneva. It is interesting to see how the audience get up and start to dance.
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10 Billion People for Dinner
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHaving ten billion people to feed will have consequences.
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The Weirdness of Water
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEvery day I walk around with my TEDxCERN lanyard. TEDxCERN, for me, was an opportunity to listen to seventeen talks in one afternoon without being bored or distracted. Some people spoke well, others were charismatic and one or two were pitching rather than talking. That didn’t matter. I enjoyed the event…