Your elusive creative genius

Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person “being” a genius, all of us “have” a genius. It’s a funny, personal and surprisingly...

Barber – Piano sonata – Horowitz

This is as much as I can imagine is possible … from any aspect : composition, interpretation, technique … We can pack up and leave … or drink champagne … A definite must listen to ! >> Play Video

A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter

Volunteer firefighter Mark Bezos tells a story of an act of heroism that didn’t go quite as expected — but that taught him a big lesson: Don’t wait to be a hero. Mark Bezos works at Robin Hood, a poverty-fighting charity in New York City, and the...

The interspecies internet? An idea in progress

Apes, dolphins and elephants are animals with remarkable communication skills. Could the internet be expanded to include sentient species like them? A new and developing idea from a panel of four great thinkers — dolphin researcher Diana Reiss, musician Peter...
Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?

Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?

Watch this TED Talk from David Epstein. When you look at sporting achievements over the last decades, it seems like humans have gotten faster, better and stronger in nearly every way. Yet as David Epstein points out in this delightfully counter-intuitive talk, we...