Larry Brilliant: The case for informed optimism

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http://www.ted.com We've known about global warming for 50 years and done little about it, says Google.org director Larry Brilliant. In spite of this and other depressing trends, he's optimistic and tells us why. From Skoll World Forum, Oxford, UK, www.skollfoundation.orgTEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers are invited to give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes -- including speakers such as Jill Bolte Taylor, Sir Ken Robinson, Hans Rosling, Al Gore and Arthur Benjamin. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, politics and the arts. Watch the Top 10 TEDTalks on TED.com, athttp://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

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4567123ariel
lol not the kids.. the parents >.> once the kids become aduts or even teenagers they can follow the ocean up to france and german area.. haha or rebel make their own govt/economy and if we spend our money.. or give equal trade rights to poor countrys that will lower our economy so thats not the answer ethier.. even if they all get fed tonight.. they'll be hungry tomarrow


friendlynames
why?


Clouver18
This song sucks serious ASS!!!!


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Jaklub
Enforcing the politicians to keep what they promised and pickin the world leaders that will lead the world honest in my name (God). In the name of greed and gain, there's alot of people that's suffering... so much insjustice thing's gotta change ... I (Jesus) bleed for the love to bring about change... till the cavalry come with a plane and rescue you from flames, with the keys for your shackles and chains... [politicians] should be ashamed for the people they've slain [in war], in my name [God]


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SHITTYSHITTYSTUFF
My name is Christine and I think I'd like to have leaders stop worrying if doing the right thing will make them look bad and to stop being hypocritical. My mom tutors children who don't learn the same way that the school system teaches so some entire cultural groups end up in special education as soon as their identified whether there's a problem or not(is there isn't one they look for one) yet they say it would be racial profiling if they made seperate material for different learning styles


chrisbern75
hes good. reminds me of black eyed peas though lol


heavytxo
nice comment...there is no righteousness in bloodshed, just suffering.


richard93goodman
He's basically singing as God. "I have the keys to the shackles and chains, ... they should be ashamed of all the people they've slain in my name". Emphasizing that God is upset about us thinking we have a right to kill when what we should be doing is helping those in need. People say they fight in the name of Jesus, but Jesus never laid a finger on anybody, even when they beat his face in and spat on him. He just gave people food and healed them. Many of us need to change our mindset.


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this is very cool :O


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gr8 video


kalakirika
will i am did a good job of coming up with a concept


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In my name, end world hunger.


MrOzzyOsbourne
I think her voice might be like that on purpose. It evokes alarm at well, world hunger.


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curlyksyusha
Would have been so much better without the "rap" parts, they cheapen the song, keep it sung.


NebulaSolus
I saw my sisters name in that name strip pile. :)


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gnary
Her voice is so shrill It's like an alarm clock and it hurts my ears The rest of the video is pretty cool


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C0unterattack
This was a pretty good vid, except her voice made me wanna throw my speakers out after a while of hearing it.


Dully1488
Yes, exactly, if even only one person in need gets something out of this, it will have been successful. Negativity will only make things harder to fix.


CoolStacyMe
Your video hits some very important issues. Right now its not just in countries its actually in the US and it is getting worse. You hit a cause keep rocking


qwertyhec777
There will always be a lot of "Nay-sayers" in the world. Those who see the glass as half empty. Don't listen to those people, the hopeless. Trust that there are people who do care and want to change the world for the better, not just help breed selfishness.


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moshezv1
I agree that it would be challenging to solve world hunger. But, if we could even help a few people live without hunger, it would make a huge difference. We can't help everyone, but we can help some. If people stopped spending so much money on cars, purses, and jewelry, and instead put the money into helping people, the world would have a lot less suffering. It is important to care about your fellow humans.


Gadzixor
her voice broke my ears


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czullo1
i didn't say the word "good". don't call me dumb or ignorant, i'm just stating my opinion. the video may be cliche, but it's still saying something important. which is more than you could do with your "this isn't music" bit. Human suffering may not ever be solved, but it can't hurt to try. At least someone could benefit from this.


FranceGall4Ever
You think world poverty and hunger and other injustices are unimportant? Of course the message is important, tell me, how is it not? Everyone is allowed to have their own opinion on music. Just don't say it's not music because you don't like it.


Rubinho7231
yea... no that was pretty much the dumbest video of the day!


bluefou
I don't think anyone ever in the human lifetime will solve "poverty". If you look back in History you'll see there has always been starving/homeless/sick/dieing/hurt people. They have never discovered a true way in getting rid of this and i don't think we will ever.


kaz1k
yeah exactly how bout we all go back to a time period where we couldn't make nukes i mean this has always been a bit odd to me but all the shows that have unified planets *star trek* *star gate sg1* almost 100% of the planet are in renisuance ages but are really advanced so why aren't we like that? is earth such a wierd planet that we have to have advanced deadly weapons for protection? for life to continue? i $#~*%& hope not a grown man should be able to protect his wife n kids with a gun ...


Szara001
no it's not good music, i'm a music major, this is not good music...."good" is not relative...it's absolute...every intelligent philosopher since socrates agrees. tell me: what is so "important "and "very strong" about this message?


xardas737
FDR, LBJ's WAR ON POVERTY, Carter, the DEM's during Clinton pushing for access to home ownership for people who couldn't afford it....We give free education, etc. What else do you want? Look where we are now...once again we are paying the bill for those who milk the system.


wysocki86
i for one like raps like these. I'm not a big rap fan overall...but when it comes to raps that have a cool theme like trying to help save people all over the world...i'm all for it I'd like to hear more raps like this on the radio instead of the "monay" rap talking about stuffing bootys with bills


Pantograv
awesome. nice video to show others to end poverty. i love the song.


haxdwawin
these songs are so lame...they state the obvious.. its like singing a song about water is wet....makes no sense


Gorn44
i just need to download this song! it has such a deep meaning and a good beat just like "dancing with the devil"


marcinpietras
this is such a stupid movement... it will not amount to anything as NO ONE actually has a REAL way of ending poverty its like saying... WORLD PEACE TOMORROW! YEA!!!


moonlighting69
people are allowed to like whatever kind of music they want. just because you don't like it, it doesn't mean it's not music. this video has a very strong and important message, maybe you should try to see past your personal musical preferences and listen to what he's trying to say.


The2LGameR
names dont make a person there personality does.


Lukasy94
lets all be communist! magic! no hunger.... NOT!


camel445
hate to tell you this, but if you honestly find this "music" to be anywhere near decent, any opinion you may ever have is invalid. it's as simple as that


ZYZOL1111
This is dumb. i hate all this hippy/new age shit.


fabian138
hmm...


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... and how is that funny at all?


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this has such a strong message, I love it


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um that was...powerful...?


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poverty. oh yes. deffinetly agreee with the message of this video!! yes yes yes


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figolek
Nerdgighters: doesn't that guy in 1:54 look like john green? DFTBA


ohtar11ohtar
whiners whining thats all this is if you dont want to be poor you would go out and earn a dollar or two Dr Dre did it


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man that lady is annoying


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achimPL
Anytime we leave it to the government, a massive chunk of the resources (aka money) is wasted in paperwork and red tape. If we want to make a difference, we need to TRULY act "in my name" by making the change ourselves. Research the various NPOs to learn which are most effective and least wasteful and make a contribution to them. Because history has PROVEN that giving our dollars to our governments to get it done is about the least effective way possible to help.


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bikobiko18
im sorry to say but awareness is usually worth shit - you can just look how much time it took people to go "green". this is just a youtube video, and the thing people are going to remember is fergie and will i am rather than the meaning less message "oh, i gotta help".