Here’s the first of a series of TED videos I’ll be posting that I found when I went looking for advice on decision making, motivation, and happines.
This one is from Dan Pink about the problems associated with standard economic incentives.
He speaks mainly about business, but I find that it has applications to education as well [...]

This talk from Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor seems more like propaganda, but he raises some points worth considering.
Sadly, no embedded option; you’ll have to go to the TED site to check it out.  TED’s website has some cool options (like interactive transcripts) so it’s not too bad.
From TED.

It’s this kind of stuff that makes  me want to cry.  Simple ideas that can have a huge impact.

Visit the website to find two other videos on increasing recycling and reducing litter.
From The Fun Theory.

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown giving on talk in July 2009 on the Global Ethic vs National Interest.
On m mind of late is how we move from a planet of nation states to one global government.  It seems inevitable to me, but the nagging question is how to get from a to b.  In First [...]