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From OWS to TED, Where Spontaneous Sentiment Meets Community Organizing

Impermanent, action-oriented collectives are now becoming part of our daily lives.

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If Schools Kill Creativity, Can Toys Bring It Back to Life?

A new generation of companies are finding ways to emulate Lego and encourage creativity through play.

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Big Ideas from TED 2011: TED Highlights the Boundary-Pushing Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow

No innovator is an island unto themselves; all entrepreneurs and innovators have supporters behind the scenes, helping them succeed. This year...

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Big Ideas from TED 2011: Attendees Weigh in on the New Middle East

From messages of bountiful optimism to warnings about the work let to come, what the TEDsters most intimately familiar with the Middle East think.

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Big Ideas from TED 2011: Letting Students Drive Their Education

Our education system doesn't work for for teachers, parents, students, and certainly not our economy. Luckily the Khan Academy is on the challenge.

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Big Ideas from TED 2011: Keeping the Internet Safe for Activists

A great battle for the power of the internet is being waged by autocrats and democractic movements. One company is trying to sway the balance.

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Big Ideas from TED 2011: A Construction Set for Civilization

Marcin Jakubowski is trying to create robust, modular versions of the 50 machines that every modern community needs.