Monday, February 9, 2009

the great unveiling - TED 2009

last week saw the 2009 session of the TED conference with the theme "the great unveiling." several videos of talks are available to view already on the website, but i'm intrigued by TED prize winner, jill tartar. she is the director of the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute’s Center for SETI Research and as a TED prize winner, she can share her vision ("wish") to change the world. she states:

"I wish that you would empower Earthlings everywhere to become active participants in the ultimate search for cosmic company.”

her ideas gone much beyond the public flashing SETI related graphics on our screen savers hoping to receive signals from distant planets! read more about her ideas: here.


in other TED news, xkcd identifies a critical question facing participants of all modern social networks:

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