This year’s theme for TEDxAustin was Fearless.
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TEDxAustin 2012 Talk: Todd Humphreys on GPS Technology
The TEDxAustin talks are finally up! I’m going to grab 5 that I liked the best and post one each day this week (If you are too impatient, you can check them out at youtube by searching TEDxAustin 2012). This talk is by Todd Humphreys, who gives us a glimpse of our lives in the future when GPS technology takes that next leap.
Continue readingThe 6 Killer Apps of Prosperity (TED Talk)
I discovered this talk through Gaping Void today. It is a fascinating take by Niall Ferguson on how Western cultures have created prosperity and that what made those cultures prosperous is a shareable, repeatable set of 6 core assets. Or, in the words of our culture today—6 Killer Apps: Competition, The Scientific Revolution, Property Rights, Modern Medicine, The Consumer Society and The Work Ethic.
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