Inspiring

La vie en rose

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Eyes which make me lower mine. If you look at the bright side of life, your whole life becomes filled with light. So we can make treasure of La Vie En Rose >>>

Better conversation

Better conversation

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Buddha said, and I'm paraphrasing, 'If your mouth is open, you're not learning'. And Calvin Coolidge said 'No man ever listened his way out of a job'. I came to realise that conversational... >>>

Wisdom of mud buildings

Wisdom of mud buildings

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There are a lot of resources given by nature for free, all we need is our sensitivity to see them and our creativity to use them. Heringer uses low-tech materials like mud and bamboo to... >>>

Hallucinating all the time

Hallucinating all the time

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'We're all hallucinating all the time, including right now. It's just that when we agree about our hallucinations, we call that reality.' According to neuroscientist Anil Seth, when we... >>>

Don’t believe in beliefs

Don’t believe in beliefs

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When mystery presents itself people want answers. And when there are none, they cling to beliefs. As the function of a belief is to provide simple answers to the deepest of questions,... >>>

Perception deceives us

Perception deceives us

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Our perception deceives us. We awake in the morning feeling still, as we look out the window to see a tiny looking sun rising in the sky. We walk outside and the ground looks flat. And as... >>>

Treasures of Meaning

Treasures of Meaning

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The concept of meaning starts with emptiness. It is like an empty bowl. You may fill an empty bowl with whatever you may wish – whether it be rice, fruit or soup – and yet it is impartial... >>>

Economics for everyone

Economics for everyone

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Illustrated here by Andrew Park, Ha-Joon Chang explains why every single person can and should get their head around basic economics. He pulls back the curtain on the often mystifying... >>>

Making a change

Making a change

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Artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn create community art by painting entire neighbourhoods, and involving those who live there — from the favelas of Rio to the streets of North... >>>

Thinking out of the box

Thinking out of the box

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Pranav Mistry is a real source of inspirations for his 'Thinking out of the box'. Inventor of SixthSense, Pranav Mistry, here at TedIndia demos several tools that help the physical world... >>>

Building smart

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Through his firm, Kéré Architecture, Kéré focuses on using local building materials and techniques in a modern way, to redefine and redesign the enviroment. In Burkina Faso, that means... >>>

Who am I? Think again

Who am I? Think again

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How do we decide who we are? Hetain Patel's surprising performance plays with identity, language and accent and challenges you to think deeper than surface appearances. >>>

what on earth did I just witness?

what on earth did I just witness?

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Chinese animation artist Ray Lei, 26-year-old, has already hit International Animation Festival shows few times with his interesting multimedia works. >>>

Best of La Linea

Best of La Linea

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La Linea is an Italian animated series created by the Italian cartoonist Osvaldo Cavandoli. What strikes about Osvaldo's style is simplicity, minimalism, body language. Less was more... >>>

Skateistan

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;Skateistan, a documentary film by Orlando Einsiedel on a skatepark project for the kids of Kabul, Afghanistan. I was thrilled to learn that Skatistan was created in Kabul. It is a unique... >>>

The art of Aakash Nihalani

The art of Aakash Nihalani

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My street work consists mostly of isometric rectangles and squares. I selectively place these graphics around New York to highlight the unexpected counters and elegant geometry of the city... >>>

Women are Heroes

Women are Heroes

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'Women are Heroes' is a photography project by french photographer JR. This work, which got viral, is about pictures made into huge posters and glued to public spaces. >>>

Spike Jonze Lazarus Effect film

Spike Jonze Lazarus Effect film

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'The Lazarus Effect' by director Lance Bangs and executive producer Spike Jonze premieres on HBO, YouTube and Channel 4 UK. The 30 minute film illustrates the transformative effect of... >>>

About Fumes

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Fumes started as an art project. Two photographers searching for new ways to communicate ideas, Fumes, through visual media. A metaphor to play with, delivering ideas via images. >>>