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TEDTalks: Eleni Gabre-Madhin (2007)

Economist Eleni Gabre-Madhin outlines her ambitious vision to found the first commodities market in Ethiopia. Her plan would create wealth, minimize risk for farmers and turn the world's largest recipient of food aid into a regional food basket...

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TEDTalks: Vusi Mahlasela (2007)

After Vusi Mahlasela played a 3-song set at TEDGlobal (including the moving "Thula Mama"), the audience simply wouldn't let him go. This charming encore, "Woza," showcases his brilliant guitar playing and multilingual lyrics

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TEDTalks: John Doerr (2007) video

"I don't think we're going to make it," John Doerr proclaims, in an emotional talk about climate change and investment. Spurred on by his daughter, he and his partners at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers embarked on a greentech world tour

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TEDTalks: Will Wright (2007) video

In a friendly, high-speed presentation, Will Wright demos his newest game, Spore, which promises to dazzle users even more than his previous masterpieces....

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Angry White Boy Rock Polka Medley

Weird Al Yankovich doing a great job (as always) with this Rock/Punk-Polka

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Torn

Natalie Imbruglia performs "Torn", alongside an awesomely literal mime (description from reddit)

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Subway Lectures

Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I'm here tonight to talk to you about something called the Central Dogma.

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TEDTalks : Steven Levitt (2004) video

"Freakonomics" author Steven Levitt examines the economic principles at work in an inner-city gang.

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TEDTalks : Ben Saunders (2005) audio

Arctic explorer Ben Saunders recounts his harrowing solo journey to the North Pole, complete with gorgeous images, amusing anecdotes and previously unseen video footage from the Pole.

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TEDTalks : Dan Gilbert (2004) video

"Stumbling on Happiness" author Dan Gilbert demonstrates just how poor we humans are at predicting (or understanding) what will make us happy. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 22:02)

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TEDTalks : Amy Smith (2006) video

MIT engineer Amy Smith explains the vision behind her inventions: low-cost devices that tackle tough problems in developing countries.

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Richard Dawkins on BBC News

Interview with Richard Dawkins. He also takes questions from the viewers.

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The Luckiest Nut In The World

A singing peanut and his gang of shelled friends explain that sometimes free trade is just nuts.

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Mogwai - Travel is Dangerous

from "Mr. Beast"

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13 year old girl thrashes on guitar

Desiree Bassett, a 13 year old girl in Worcester, MA, totally rules on guitar. Amazing tapping solos, hard rock covers, etc. She is so f*cking fast!

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Bush Pilot

Meet the little man inside Georges head! Very Funny! Even true maybe? (German voice with english subtitles.)

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The Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever Taken

This video explains The Most Important Image Ever Taken by The Hubble Deep Field. A 3D animation that shows our place in the universe (Note: Don't be put of by the numa numa clip).

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Human Computation

Great talk about transforming hard problems into fun games. Luis von Ahn invents Internet games that get people to solve problems that computers can't solve, and do it for free because it's part of a fun and addictive game. (cf. ESP game, Peekaboom, etc). 50 minutes, but funny and no fancy jargon.

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The Future of Computing

Inventor Jeff Han demonstrates his intuitive "interface-free" touch-driven computer screen.

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J'attendrai le suivant (I'll wait for the next one)

What if you could find love one day in the metro? Could it even be... your soulmate? A funny short film in French (and English subtitles), with a little dose of cruelty thrown into the mix.

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