She’s drawn flak for her Kickstarter project (she raised $1.2m) and for not paying the musicians who volunteered to play at her gigs (in exchange for love, free beer and the like). She gives her music away for free, & still raises enough money to pay for her livelihool. Amanda Palmer shares her astonishing story of trusting her audience in his very recent TED talk. Worth your time.
Tag: TED
Filtered information [TED video]
Think you can get all the information you want on the omniscient Internet? The speaker, Eli Pariser, explains the automatic filters that every single website that you frequent has in place to give you “the best experience”, & the implications. A must watch.
Simply, science [TED]
A spectacular 7:32 talk by Adam Savage on TED, on how simple ideas lead to scientific discoveries.
Local Warming [TED Video]
Nothing to say about this TED video on the dangers of blogging, especially for men. Watch it!”
Herring Farts & Diplomacy
Science doesn’t have to be dull to be important. Magnus Wahlberg at TEDx Goteborg. Magnus is the Scandinavian chief of the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research, which awards the Ig Nobel Prize (an alternative Nobel Prize that honors achievements that first make people laugh, & then think)
TED.. [video]
All you TED lovers, enjoy this one! Compost-fuelled cars!