TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Over the past 29 years TED has grown in popularity and brings together some of the world's most diverse and interesting thinkers.
The following is a selection of my favourite TED talks.
The Graham Hancock one in particular is fascinating, mainly due to its content and partly because of the furore that sprung up around it (details on which can be found with a Google search)
Graham Hancock is a British writer and journalist who has asked questions regarding the status quo and general acceptance around education, media and society in general. He also has written about ancient civilisations and altered states of consciousness. The video above is one of my all time favourite TED talks and I've shared it widely with friends.
Alex Grey is an American artist who mainly focuses on spiritual, visionary and psychedelic art. He is one of my favourite artists and I've featured his work here previously. In this talk he explains how art has helped evolve his consciousness and how it affects people that encounter it.
Ron Finley is an artist and designer living in Los Angeles. His vision for healthy and accessible food for all in the community is based on a beautifully simple idea: "Gardening is the most therapeutic and defiant act you can do in the inner city"
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