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March 22, 2009

TED 2009: Why Do We Cheat?

Very interesting about cheating, applicable to many situations.

 
 


Listener Chris Boehm dropped this treat into the comments for the latest podcast. It's a video of a TED Conference talk about how social pressures tighten or loosen morality around the idea of cheating. Chris writes:

Dan Ariely, a behavioral economist, gave a TED talk that was just posted on YouTube about "cheating."
He talked about experiments he did, where people were given tokens that they could exchange for money, and how their behavior was different than those who were paid money directly.
He then applied this to the stock market: "What happens when you remove things from money?
"Could it be that people would cheat even more? And what happened to the social environment [sic] where people see other people behave around them?"

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February 28, 2009

Dan Gilbert's TED Talk: Why are we happy? Why aren't we happy?

I've been cycling through TED talks of old, and they are great.  This one is really interesting about happiness.



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February 4, 2009

George Carlin, TED 2009: Inspiration and entertainment 2/4/09

1.  PBS Showed George Carlin winning the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize today :

"The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize celebrates the life and humor of the late comedian George Carlin who passed away at age 71 on June 22, 2008. The announcement of Carlin's receiving the Mark Twain Prize was made a week before the comedian's passing. Carlin was delighted with the honor, and was looking forward to attending the ceremony. The award was presented posthumously for the first time in its eleven years.

The program airs, Wednesday, February 4 at 9P.M. ET on PBS stations nationwide. Taped at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on November 10, the 90-minute special features tributes and comic testimonials from a star-studded cast of Carlin's friends and colleagues including leading American entertainers Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Garry Shandling, Lily Tomlin, Denis Leary, Joan Rivers, Lewis Black, Richard Belzer and Margaret Cho. The program which recognizes the life and achievements of the beloved comedian, includes an assortment of classic film clips from Carlin's career. "

Most of his work was before my time, but he was quite talented and unique.  I really enjoyed the program.


2.  TED 2009 is going on right now, and has some inspiring ideas.

Seth Godin , Al Gore , Bill Gates are a few of today's speakers.



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