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Krista Tippett: Reconnecting with compassion

March 3, 2011 by  
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The term ‘compassion’ typically reserved for the saintly or the sappy has fallen out of touch with reality. Journalist Krista Tippett deconstructs the meaning of compassion through several moving stories, and proposes a new, more attainable definition for the word.

Bruce Feiler: The Council of Dads

March 2, 2011 by  
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Diagnosed with cancer, Bruce Feiler worried first about his young family. So, as he shares in this funny, rambling and ultimately thoughtful talk he asked his closest friends to become a “Council of Dads,” bringing their own lifetimes of wisdom to advise his twin daughters as they grow.

11Ants Analytics

February 24, 2011 by  
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“11Ants Analytics is determined to make data mining technology accessible to less-technical users. Ordinary people like me and you. They got rid of the intimidation-factor most people like us experience when attempting data mining by integrating their Model Builder into Microsoft Excel so it also provides some seamless workflow conditions.

Sugata Mitra: New Experiments in self-teaching

February 20, 2011 by  
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Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education, the best teachers and schools don’t exist where they’re needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionise how we think about […]

Jacqueline Novogratz: Inspiring a life of Immersion

February 19, 2011 by  
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We each want to live a life of purpose, but where to start? In this luminous, wide-ranging talk, Jacqueline Novogratz introduces us to people she’s met in her work in ‘patient capital’, people who have immersed themselves in a Cause, a Community, a passion for justice. These human stories carry powerful moments of inspiration.

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