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What is TED?
TED (short for Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a U.S. private non-profit foundation[1] that is best known for its conferences, now held in Europe and Asia as well as the U.S., devoted to what it calls "ideas worth spreading".[2] Its lectures or TED Talks, widely disseminated on theInternet, are subject to an eighteen minute time limit. [Wikipedia]
What is Salon?
A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase their knowledge of the participants through conversation. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace'sdefinition of the aims of poetry, "either to please or to educate" ("aut delectare aut prodesse est"). Salons, commonly associated with French literary and philosophical movements of the 17th century and 18th centuries, were carried on until quite recently, in urban settings, among like-minded people. [Wikipedia]
What is TEDx?
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxBayArea. At our TEDxBayArea event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.
What happens when TEDx meets Salon?
Find out! On July 20 inspirational group of authors, technologists, artists will meet at the informal gathering in Mountain View.
Featured Guest:
James Fowler
James Fowler is a Professor in the School of Medicine and the Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. For 2010-2011 he has been named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
James's work lies at the intersection of the natural and social sciences. His primary areas of research are social networks, behavioral economics, evolutionary game theory, political participation, cooperation, and genopolitics (the study of the genetic basis of political behavior). His CV is here.
James has been interviewed by Stephen Colbert and was named "most original thinker"of the year by The McLaughlin Group. His research on genopolitics with Chris Dawes has been featured in New York Times Magazine'sYear in Ideas, and his research on social networks with Nicholas Christakis has been featured inTime's Year in Medicine (twice), and in Harvard Business Review'sBreakthrough Business Ideas.
Science magazine dubbed Christakis and Fowler the"dynamic duo" (though James thinks Nicholas makes a better Adam West). Together they have written a book for a general audience, Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives. Winner of a Books for a Better Life Award, it has been translated into twenty languages, named an Editor's Choice by the New York Times Book Review, and was featured in Wired, Oprah's Reading Guide, Business Week's Best Books of the Year, GOOD's 15 Books You Must Read, and a cover story in New York Times Magazine.
Registration:
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