Paul Nicklen: Tales of Ice-Bound Wonderlands

Ric Elias: 3 Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed

Meet 2011 TED Prize Winner: JR

JR exhibits his photographs in the biggest art gallery on the planet. His work is presented freely in the streets of the world, catching the attention of people who are not museum visitors. His work mixes Art and Action; it talks about commitment, freedom, identity and limit.

TED: Miwa Matreyek's Glorious Visions

Chip Conley: Measuring What Makes Life Worthwhile

Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the Education Revolution

Derek Sivers: Weird, or Just Different?

Learn to be open minded...as you're not the centre of the world.

Alain de Botton: A Kinder, Gentler Philosophy of Success

I'm a fan of his writing and here he is...giving such a clever and interesting talk. *continues to be impressed*

Richard St John: 8 Words of Success

Michael Shermer: Why People Believe Strange Things?

Becky Blanton: The Year I Was Homeless

Just ignore her mullet and her sense of style and just listen to the story.

Life Lessons from an Ad Man

Advertising adds value to a product by changing our perception, rather than the product itself. Rory Sutherland makes the daring assertion that a change in perceived value can be just as satisfying as what we consider real value -- and his conclusion has interesting consequences for how we look at life.

The Design Genius of Charles + Ray Eames

Feel inspired watching it. "Design is part of quality of life."

10 Things You Didn't Know about Orgasm

:)

Dan Dennett on "Cute, Sexy, Sweet, Funny"

Philosopher Dan Dennett has answers you wouldn't expect, as he shares evolution's counterintuitive reasoning on cute, sweet and sexy things. For a topping, try his new theory on why jokes are funny.

War & Peace

By Michael Seaman

From Coalitionofwomen.org

“I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.”

James Nachtwey has devoted himself to documenting wars, conflicts and critical social issues. He has worked on extensive photographic essays in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, South Africa, Russia, Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo, Romania, Brazil and the United States.

Elizabeth Gilbert on "Genius, And How We Ruin It"

My favourite is 10:00 mins onwards :)

David Griffin on "How Photography Connects Us with the World"

What powerful photographs they are! Check out 12:00 min onwards - very sweet.

Sir Ken Robinson on "Schools Kill Creativity."

Interesting.