Schlagwort-Archive: TED
Ben Goldacre: Battling Bad Science
Life lessons from an ad man
(YouTube)
The strange tale of the Norden bombsight
(YouTube)
Hire the hackers!
Following rules vs. wise practice
(ted)
Terrorism as a business
How Effective Are Child Car Seats?
Steven Levitt, after looking at a vast amount of accident data, is convinced that child car seats are pretty useless for children of ages >2. His TED talk teaches important lessons on how we think about safety equipment.
Many thanks to reader Doppelfish for digging this video out.
The Mathematics of War
According to Sean Gourley this is the formula of war:
P(x)=Cx-α
In this formula, P is the probability of an event, x the number of people killed in the event, and α a value representing the structure of the conflict. Here is his talk of only seven minutes:
Steven Pinker: A brief history of violence
2x TED
Zwei sehenswerte Vorträge:
- Irwin Redlener: How to survive a nuclear attack (25min)
- Eve Ensler: Security and insecurity (14min)
