Day: March 21, 2010

The TED motto is “Ideas Worth Spreading”. At the TED.com site you’ll find speakers who in all of 18 minutes to thrill, inspire, intrigue and leave you mesmerized with their views and arguments. The talks are all sans any commercial, religious or political agenda.I could list many – but one that I have gone back to watch more than a few times is the talk by JK Rowling on The Fringe Benefits of Failure. There is hardly anyone who has not been amazed by Pranav Mistry’s demo of the Sixth Sense Technology . Closer home when TED was hosted in Mysore, I regretted not being able to hear Shashi Tharoor (among others) explain the value of Soft Power and be there to hear so many thinkers and achievers explain their opinion in all of 18 minutes. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. The TEDxGurgaon gave me a chance to articulate my view on What Makes Us Happy? The mysterious state of being that we all seek to experience as often as possible. This post is based on the ideas shared in the talk. (more…)