TED Talks - Sherwin Nuland: A meditation on hope

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Saturday January 24, 2009 · 10:20 AM PST

2009/01/24 · 10:20

For those who have never heard of TED, here is the description from there about page.

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

Monday through Friday every week they post a new talk from one of their conferences on their web site for all to enjoy for free. The talk posted on Friday of this week, Sherwin Nuland: A meditation on hope, is a profound study of the idea of hope and how it drives us to make the world a better place.

The follow is from Dr. Nuland's biography.

A practicing surgeon for three decades, Sherwin Nuland witnessed life and death in every variety. Then he turned to writing, exploring what there is to people beyond just anatomy.

Watch the full video below the fold, or at the TED web site.

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Thursday January 31, 2008 · 6:23 PM PST

2008/01/31 · 18:23

During a phone call with my parents this evening the topic of the Super Tuesday primaries came up. I stated that while I had supported Edwards, I've switched to supporting Barack Obama for the Colorado caucuses. At that point my mom said something I don't think I'll ever forget. She said "Well if it looks like the Democrats are going to win in November, I'd rather support Obama than McCain, I hate him".

Now my parents are as Republican as they come. My dad keeps a signed photo and letter from President Bush for his fund raising efforts in his office and listens to talk radio all day. My mom follows his positions on all the issues. My older brother has multiple pictures of himself and his family with Bush. Needless to say, if someone that deep in the Republican party says they'd rather support Barack Obama than John McCain, I think we really have something this year.

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