Wednesday 19 January 2011

TED Wed - Jody Williams: A realistic vision for world peace


TEDtalksDirector | 11 January 2011 | likes, 105 dislikes

http://www.ted.com Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams brings tough love to the dream of world peace, with her razor-sharp take on what "peace" really means, and a set of profound stories that zero in on the creative struggle -- and sacrifice -- of those who work for it.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on Eugenics and Population Control, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts (and a little bit of disinformation, it pays the bills). Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate.

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