Perhaps you have heard about the annual TED Conference which has taken place since 1984 in Monterey, California. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design and it has evolved into one of the more stirring and provocative gatherings on the planet. The 2006 TED Conference was featured in the video The Future We Will Create: Inside the World of TED which can be purchased or rented as a DVD. I encourage you to see it, if you have not done so already.
What started as an annual conference has grown into a website, www.ted.com, and a whole lot more. Their passionate commitment to "the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives, and ultimately the world" has led TED to make 200 of their best talks available for online viewing. They also give three annual TED prizes, in the amount of $100,000 each, in order to assist their best ideas to become "collaborative initiatives with far-reaching impact."
Given that many people around the world are, today, celebrating the improbable idea that life can come from death, that community can come from rejection, and that even a single individual can change the world, it would seem appropriate to celebrate this Easter with those who still seek to change the world against unlikely odds.
A long-time reader of LifeTrek Provisions recommended the 19-minute video of neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor, titled My Stroke of Insight, which was just posted from last month's conference. After studying the brain to understand and help others, including her brother who suffered from schizophrenia, Dr. Taylor had "an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: one morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another."
Having watched it now myself, I recommend it highly as yet one more way to celebrate Easter: www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229. May your day be filled with inspiration and hope. Enjoy.
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