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The Lecture Hall: TED Talk Links

THATS HOW WE ROLL

Hetain Patel: Who am I? Think again
www.ted.com/talks/hetain_patel_who_am_i_think_again.html

Derek Sivers: How to start a movement
www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement.html

Charlie Todd: The shared experience of absurdity
www.ted.com/talks/charlie_todd_the_shared_experience_of_absurdity.html

Kathryn Schulz: On being wrong
www.ted.com/talks/kathryn_schulz_on_being_wrong.html

Jessi Arrington: Wearing nothing new
www.ted.com/talks/jessi_arrington_wearing_nothing_new.html


HAPPINESS
Stefan Sagmeister: 7 rules for making more happiness
www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_7_rules_for_making_more_happiness.html

Jane McGonigal: The game that can give you 10 extra years of life
www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_the_game_that_can_give_you_10_extra_years_of_life.html

Barry Schwartz: The paradox of choice
www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html

Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world
www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html

Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's of awesome
www.ted.com/talks/neil_pasricha_the_3_a_s_of_awesome.html

Ric Elias: 3 things I learned while my plane crashed
www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias.html


THE WORLD WE LIVE IN

Eve Ensler: Happiness in body and soul
www.ted.com/talks/eve_ensler_on_happiness_in_body_and_soul.html

Graham Hill: Less stuff, more happiness
www.ted.com/talks/graham_hill_less_stuff_more_happiness.html

Rose George: Let's talk crap. Seriously.
www.ted.com/talks/rose_george_let_s_talk_crap_seriously.html

Paul Pholeros: How to reduce poverty? Fix homes
www.ted.com/talks/paul_pholeros_how_to_reduce_poverty_fix_homes.html

Bono: The good news on poverty (Yes, there's good news)
www.ted.com/talks/bono_the_good_news_on_poverty_yes_there_s_good_news.html

The Lobby

This hotel lobby is a throwback to the seventies, featuring decades old carpeting. There is strange mix of missionary architecture and googie-design from the sixties by way of fixtures flowing with wild curves and atomic shapes. The desert highway outside seems lonely except for its promise of destination Los Angeles. A din of bells outside barely register your attention.

Welcome to the Hotel California.

Main Banquet Hall (aka The Master's Chamber)

Keynote address: "It's Only Chat"

To our ephemeral visitors: Welcome in. Enjoy your stay. Enjoy what lies after. It's only chat and you won't be long, so there's probably little to sentimentalize. But to quote an interesing line from an interesting movie, "some people live a lifetime... in a minute". In short, the presence you bring, however fleeting, may very well bring a smile to someones day.

In life, if you have been good friend to others, then you undoubtedly have good friends - people who place an emotional investment in your future happiness. Surely, these friendships have origins that involved communication, and did not involve an expectation of building friendsihp. These friendships began somewhere without plan. It was probably only chat.

Some food for thought. Thank you, and good night.

Oh, and please don't feed our immortal pet , whom we affectionally call "Beast".

-The Captain
August 17, 2012

The Corridor (aka The Afro-Line)


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