Tuesday, July 02, 2013

TEDxBoston wisdom

Revolutionary ideas and remarkable people indeed. I think that is the common thread for most TEDx conferences. Instead of capturing the highlights, I am listing some of my favorite quotes from the speakers at TEDxBoston 2013 with a link to their work.
  • Farah Pandith: How can teens be empowered to reject extremism?
    - The best way to disrupt the ideology of extremists is to provide a counter narrative...Let's unleash the power of this youthquake. I believe in them. Do you? 

  • Nikita Bier: How can visualizing information change the way we vote?
    - What unites Americans is their shared ignorance over public policy. We consistently vote against our financial self interest. 
  • outline.com

  • Matthew DuPlessie: How can transposing your surroundings change the way you perceive the world?
    - There is a false dichotomy between educational and entertaining experiences. We can do things in real time and in real space that you can't do on a screen. There is a real world outside our glowing rectangles. 

  • Geraldine Hamilton: How can tissue engineering transform the way drugs are designed?
    - Academics are great at innovating but fail at translating into the real world. 
  • wyss.harvard.edu

  • Josh Trautwein and Dan Clarke: How can making fresh produce accessible and affordable change our outlook on health?
    - There is a direct correlation between food access and health disparity. 
  • thefreshtruck.org

  • Helen Greiner: How can robots help save lives?
    - In the future flying robots could bring you that cool refreshing water while you are climbing a mountain. 

  • Peter Dilworth: How can taking your pen off the paper let you to draw things exactly as you imagine?
    - Even though it may seem small, take pride in everything you do. You never know what the universe will pick to represent you!
  • the3doodler.com

  • Xiao Xiao: How can infusing technology into music change the way we play?
    - Music is about the interplay between abstract ideas, performance and the inner worlds of the player + the audience. 

  • Paul Sellew: How can trash fuel our world?
    - Germany recycles 75% of their organic waste, in the US we send 95% of ours to the landfill...Cows fart out the biogas and we capture it.  
  • harvestpower.com

  • Brian Healy: How can homes embrace the new reality of coastal living?
    - 37% of Boston expected to be flooded in 100 years. 

  • Vanessa Kerry: How can training new doctors and nurses in resource-limited countries cure more than people?
    - In a dorkier, medical version of online dating, we match doctor volunteers to countries in need of education. 
  • seedglobalhealth.org

  • Sam White: How can off-grid refrigeration change the economics of rural villages?
    - It's easy to dream big. What's hard is when the physics of the real world kick in! 
  • coolectrica.com

  • Steve Ramirez and Xu Liu: How can light shape our minds?
    - We see a world where we can erase memories or edit any memories we like. 

  • Eliot Fisk: How can classical music deviate from the expected?
    - Music is the great common language of our species. 

  • Sam Aquillano: What can we learn about design by encountering exhibits in unexpected places?
    - Design is everywhere. Everything around you is designed in one way or another. 
  • designmuseumboston.org

  • Nataly Kogan: How can we be happier?
    - Stop saying I'll be happy when ___, start saying I'm happier now because___. Life is made of moments. Choose to create and collect the happy ones.
  • happier.com

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