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TED – Did you learn anything? https://www.didyoulearnanything.net An archived blog about education, language, peace, and other fine things Mon, 26 Jun 2023 19:09:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 [Video/TED] Paddy Ashdown: The global power shift https://www.didyoulearnanything.net/blog/2012/04/13/videoted-paddy-ashdown-the-global-power-shift/ https://www.didyoulearnanything.net/blog/2012/04/13/videoted-paddy-ashdown-the-global-power-shift/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:12:20 +0000 http://www.didyoulearnanything.net/?p=2035 An excellent TED talk about the major shifts in international politics the world is going through.

]]> https://www.didyoulearnanything.net/blog/2012/04/13/videoted-paddy-ashdown-the-global-power-shift/feed/ 1 [Video/TED] Annals of the Robot Internet: Eli Pariser on Facebook and Google https://www.didyoulearnanything.net/blog/2011/09/29/video-annals-of-the-robot-internet-eli-pariser-on-facebook-and-google/ https://www.didyoulearnanything.net/blog/2011/09/29/video-annals-of-the-robot-internet-eli-pariser-on-facebook-and-google/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:26:11 +0000 http://www.didyoulearnanything.net/?p=1791 Continue reading [Video/TED] Annals of the Robot Internet: Eli Pariser on Facebook and Google →]]> I just watched this fascinating and slightly scary talk about what the Internet has become:

This is one of those things which I kind of knew about but never gave all that much thought. On the one hand, it’s pretty useful that I don’t have to manually sift through things I’m not interested in. On the other hand, an algorithm can’t always tell what I’m interested in, and even if it could, I like to think my interests change and I’d like to be able to see more of what’s going on and choose for myself.

Hmm.

What do you think?

]]> https://www.didyoulearnanything.net/blog/2011/09/29/video-annals-of-the-robot-internet-eli-pariser-on-facebook-and-google/feed/ 2 [Video] Elizabeth Lesser: Take “the Other” to lunch https://www.didyoulearnanything.net/blog/2011/02/19/video-elizabeth-lesser-take-the-other-to-lunch/ https://www.didyoulearnanything.net/blog/2011/02/19/video-elizabeth-lesser-take-the-other-to-lunch/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:03:05 +0000 http://www.didyoulearnanything.net/?p=1443 Continue reading [Video] Elizabeth Lesser: Take “the Other” to lunch →]]>

This excellent TED talk goes along the lines of what I’ve been thinking lately regarding Israeli politics and Israel/Palestine politics. Talking to the other sides is crucial in all conflicts, on whatever scale, internal or external — in a school, in a town, in a state, or between states. “Otherizing”, as Lesser calls it, is the seed of continued conflict and violence.

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