See Murray Watts at TEDxGlasgow… On Hope and Hopelessness. Our health – both mental and physical – is a great determinant on how we live and die. Hope and hopelessness, rather than opposites, are companions in this journey. The opposite of hope turns out to be something quite corrosive, but something that we are all [...]
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See Mick Jackson at TEDxGlasgow… Is Social Business the Evolution of Capitalism? No economic system has ever lifted as many people out of poverty than capitalism. However it relies purely on the profit motive and as such reduces the individual to a one-dimensional being. Humans are multi-faceted; selfless as well as selfish. Social business harnesses [...]
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See Sax Ecosse at TEDxGlasgow… Sax Ecosse will be performing Tuning In’ by Jonathon Dove, a musical portrait of a conversation. More About Sax Ecosse… Soprano saxophone Karen Dufour Alto saxophone Michelle Melvin Tenor Saxophone Gillian Skingley Baritone saxophone Lynsey Payne Sax Ecosse is a young and vibrant saxophone [...]
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See Dorothy Runnicles at TEDxGlasgow… Exploring the Last Lap -Living and Dying Dorothy will discuss the following: i. how old people obtain most help from one another through mutuality and reciprocity including a pilot ‘fostering’ scheme to look after older citizens; ii. how overt and extensive ageism is, with old people colluding in it much [...]
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See Joe Tree at TEDxGlasgow… Creating a Collective Human History Human history is defined largely by the information our ancestors were able to create and store. But our record of the past is skewed by the powerful or privileged few who were capable of documenting the world around them. We are the first generation to [...]
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See Carol Craig at TEDxGlasgow… There’s more to life than this .. and how to get it Rising materialism is eroding both individual and collective well-being. This is the thread that weaves together many of the big issues of our age –the bonus culture, loss of standards in public life, rising inequality, overuse of resources [...]
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See Dr. Pauline Dixon at TEDxGlasgow… How Private Schools Are Serving the Poorest Seminal research in the slums and shanty towns of Asia and Africa shows not only the numbers of low cost private schools around the world but why, how and by whom they are run and patronised. The talk will look at parental [...]
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See Gary Wilson at TEDxGlasgow 2012… The Great Porn Experiment Have our brains evolved to handle the hyperstimulation of today’s Internet enticements? Gary Wilson discusses the disturbing symptoms showing up in some heavy Internet users, the surprising reversal of those symptoms, and the science behind these 21st century phenomena. More About Gary… Gary is host [...]
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See Dr. Richard Weller at TEDxGlasgow 2012… Why are Scots so sick? Lack of sunlight seems to be linked to poor health, but is Vitamin D the only explanation for this? Radical new research demonstrates another and perhaps more important effect of sunshine on the human body that could change the way we think about [...]
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See David Erdal at TEDxGlasgow 2012… Employee-Owners do it Better Treat people as servants, as most companies do, and they behave like servants. They work with less than full commitment, and achieve far less than they could. Treat them as partners, sharing information, wealth and influence – including electing the board and the CEO – [...]
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