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What is Math About?: Masao Morita at TEDxKyoto 2012
Translator: Reiko Bovee Reviewer: Elisabeth Buffard Ok, let me talk about mathematics. I am sure all of you love math, yeah? Not so much? Well, I know that not everybody loves math. Honestly speaking, how many of you guys hate math? Not so many. That’s good! Actually I think that some people who hate math believe that math is all about numbers and calculation and formulas and other boring stuff.
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Introducing Dart
SETH LADD: Hi, my name is Seth Ladd. I’m a developer advocate with the Dart project. In this video, I will introduce you to the different parts of Dart and explain how Dart can help developers be more productive, building faster apps for the modern web. Dart can be a productive environment for developers new to the web, especially developers familiar and comfortable with structured languages and tools.
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The erosion of empathy | Simon Baron Cohen | TEDxHousesofParliament
Translator: Johannes Duschner Reviewer: Denise RQ These two Nazi scientists worked at the Dachau Concentration Camp during World War II. They were conducting an experiment to see how long a human being could survive in freezing water. Like good scientists, they took systematic measures including duration until death. Examples of human cruelty of this kind raise a big question. How is it possible to treat a person as a mere object?
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Isabelle Constant - Le problème du désir chez les couples installés - TEDxVaugirardRoad
Translator: Scott James Reviewer: Sue Kronenfeld I’m going to speak to you about a complaint which I hear regularly in my practice, and which is said equally by men and by women, and can be summed up with: “I love my partner. I love my partner. In principle I like to make love, but I don’t have any sexual desire anymore”. Generally, the person asks me to help them to find their sexual desire again, of course.
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Play, passion, purpose: Tony Wagner at TEDxNYED
Translator: Min Hyun Oh Reviewer: Ariana Bleau Lugo So how many of you are educators, past, present, or future? Raise your hands. Good. I’m in the right place. I’m a recovering high school English teacher. True story. How many of you mentor young kids? Raise your hands. I’m definitely in the right place. For 25 years, we’ve heard about failing schools and the need to reform our schools.
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Draw your future | Patti Dobrowolski | TEDxRainier
Translator: Aura Raducan Reviewer: Ido Dekkers Maya Angelou once said, “A solitary fantasy can transform a million realities.” What dream or vision do you want to turn into reality? I always wanted to go into business for myself. I could be a consultant. I’m going to go gluten free, right after I eat that last piece of chocolate cake. (Laughter) You know, one day I’m going to stand up to that crabby boss.
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The value of travel | Rick Steves | TEDxRainier
Translator: Natalie Thibault Reviewer: Sarah El_Gayyar Thank you very much. You know, I have spent a third of my adult life living out of a suitcase. And looking back on those 30 years, four months every year of traveling, it occurs to me, it’s really clear that travel, thoughtful travel, is well worth the time and the money. And I’d like to take just a few minutes to explain to you why.
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TEDxOrlando - Wendy Suzuki - Exercise and the Brain
Translator: Tanya Cushman Reviewer: Peter van de Ven How exciting to be here. What I’m going to try and do today is add to the amazing lineup of speakers today by bringing the brain into our discussion of the creative spark. And I want to do that by telling you about some of the newest research that I’ve been doing in my neuroscience research lab at New York University, asking the question: Can aerobic exercise, that is can going to the gym actually improve your learning, memory and cognition?
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TEDxSydney - Richard Gill - The Value of Music Education
Translator: Jerson Partible Reviewer: Denise RQ Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. I’ve asked if the lights could be lifted for this session, and David Glover agreed. And the reason, thank you very much, is I like to see the whites of your eyes. (Laughter) And I like to see you as my class. I hope you’ve all made the connection that music is an incredibly important part of what has been happening today.
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What is theatre capable of? Simon Stone at TEDxSydney
Simon Stone: Hi. My name is Simon Stone and this is a bare stage. Theatre director Peter Brook opened his seminal book, The Empty Space, with this statement, “I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space while someone else is watching him and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.