TED2010 Day One

Mindshift, Discovery, and Jamie Oliver on stage in Long Beach.

TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver at TED2010, Session 3, "Action," Wednesday, February 10, 2010, in Long Beach, California. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson

Day two of the TED2010 conference included sessions entitled Mindshift and Discovery, as well as the TED Prize Session, highlighted by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, who is on a mission to educate the world’s children about food and nutrition. TED Curator Chris Anderson kicked off the first day with his usual rousing introduction. David Cameron, the leader of the UK Conservative Party, was a surprise guest. We were particularly impressed by Nobel laureate and Israeli psychologist Daniel Kahneman, who is also the creator of the idea of behavioral economics. Oh, and Sheryl Crow played. She rocks.

Favorite quotes from the stage so far:
 “Our future is the sum of our anticipated memories.” — Daniel Kahneman
 


“Thank you, Daniel, for inventing behavioral economics.” — Chris Anderson, speaking after Kahneman’s talk

Daniel Kahneman at TED2010, Session 1, "Mindshift," Wednesday, February 10, 2010, in Long Beach, California. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson

Here’s a round up of the chatter coming out of Long Beach during yesterday’s sessions:

ONGOING LIVE BLOGS AND FEEDS

BoomTown Heads to TED (and Promises No Pretentious Tweets!)
by Kara Swisher
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20100210/boomtown-heads-to-ted-and-promises-n...

Huffington Post’s Twitter live stream
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/05/ted-2010-live-news-and-tw_n_450...

Notes from #TED: Can Simplicity and Innovation Overcome Complexity and Cynicism?
By Arianna Huffington
http://bit.ly/d25RoX

A comprehensive list of 301 TEDsters on Twitter
By @Brainpicker
http://is.gd/847nP

Sheryl Crow at TED2010, Session 3, "Action," Wednesday, February 10, 2010, in Long Beach, California. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson

TED Curator Chris Anderson at TED2010, February 9-13, 2010, in Long Beach, California. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson

FROM THE TWITTERSPHERE

From Chris Anderson’s Opening Speech
"A core element of a happy life is to spend time thinking about ideas that are bigger than you are" -@TEDchris in opening speech #TED

"Every smart idea seems to run into a wall of cynicism." (via @TEDchris in opening speech) #TED

"Ideas are all very well, but what the world needs now is action." @TEDprize turns ideas into impact. -@tedchris

Behavioral Economics Founder Daniel Kahneman’s Talk

#TED Kahneman: We think of the future as dissipated memories.

Daniel Kahneman: We must distinguish between the happiness of the "experiencing self" and the satisfaction of the "remembering self" #TED

From the talk by UK Conservative Party Dave Cameron
#TED David Cameron, from London: "How do we make things better without spending more money?"

#TED The three characteristics of the post-bureaucratic era: Transparency, choice, accountability. David Cameron at #TED

David Cameron delivers a keynote address to live audiences for the TED2010 Conference in both Long Beach, California (via video-link), and at Bafta, Piccadilly, London, Wednesday February 10th, 2010. Credit: Richard Lewis

From the talk by Development Economist Esther Duflo
9 million children under age 5 die every year -- the devastation of Haiti's quake every 8 days. Esther Duflo at #TED

Esther Duflo: We responded generously to Haiti. But there is a new Haiti every 8 days. #TED

From the performance by Ukele Virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro
Jake Shimabukuro plays flamenco-inspired piece. Then Ave Maria. Then Bohemian Rhapsody. On the ukulele. #wow. #TED http://bit.ly/gDWBr
 

From the talk by Skeptic and Myth Debunker Michael Shermer
"Belief is the natural state of things ... It's uncomfortable to not believe things." -- Michael Shermer at #TED

Shermer: If you're too skeptical, you miss a lot of the good ideas. If too believing, you see false patterns everywhere

Shermer: Agenticity – projecting belief on invisible agents – is the basis of conspiracy theories. More: http://is.gd/86HE0

Shermer jokes about 9/11 conspiracy theory: "We now know it wasn't a plan of the Bush administration b/c... it worked."

From the talk by Cancer Researcher William LI
Diet accounts for 30-35% of environmentally caused cancers. William Li asks, “Can we eat to starve cancer?” #TED

#TED William Li: Revolutionary approach to stopping cancer: "Antiangiogenetic therapy" – cutting out the blood supply

A dietary approach to cancer prevention may be the only option for those around the world who lack access to treatments. William Li @ #TED

List of antiangiogenic foods for cancer prevention William Li mentioned, http://blog.ted.com/2010/02/dr_william_lis.php

From the talk by Spider Silk Scientist Cheryl Hayashi
In the future, silks could be incorporated into lightweight and flexible body armor. -- Cheryl Hayashi #TED

From the talk by Chef Dan Barber (he got a standing ovation)
"What we need is a radical reconception of agriculture, one in which, the food actually tastes good." #TED

Forget the agribusiness model. it's old and tired and it's never produced anything good to eat

@helenwalters Dan Barber, Blue Hill chef is a comedian! Talking of how farmed fish are fed chicken. Which isn't funny at all, of course. #TED

Dan Barber: We need farmers who are not just producers, but experts in (ecological) relationships.


#TED Dan Barber: To feed the world, don't look to the capitalist agricultural model. Look to the ecological model.

From the TED Prize Session presentation of Chef and Activist Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver: Smoking makes up less of your healthcare bills than obesity does now.

Jamie Oliver: Your child will live a life 10 years younger than you because of the landscape of food that we've built around them.

James Oliver: Obesity costs Americans 10% of healthcare bill – $150 billion a year, to double in 3 years.

Jamie's wish: A strong sustainable movement to educate every child about food, empower families to cook again and fight obesity. #TED

#TED Prize winner @jamie_oliver's wish, http://tedprize.org How can you help? Food revolution! Join the movement.