TEDGlobal 2010 schedule

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• Keep your goals to yourself

  by Derek Sivers

  After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone, but Derek Sivers says it's better to keep goals secret. He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them.

  • Goals
  Coverage video

• The art of choosing

  by Sheena Iyengar

  Sheena Iyengar studies how we make choices -- and how we feel about the choices we make. At TEDGlobal, she talks about both trivial choices (Coke v. Pepsi) and profound ones, and shares her groundbreaking research that has uncovered some surprising attitudes about our decisions.

  • choice
  • Psychology
  Coverage video

• The beauty of data visualization

  by David McCandless

  David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut -- and it may just change the way we see the world.

  • Data Visualization
  Coverage video

• Why the world needs WikiLeaks

  by Julian Assange and Chris Anderson

  The controversial website WikiLeaks collects and posts highly classified documents and video. Founder Julian Assange, who's reportedly being sought for questioning by US authorities, talks to TED's Chris Anderson about how the site operates, what it has accomplished -- and what drives him. The interview includes graphic footage of a recent US airstrike in Baghdad.

  • WikiLeaks
  Coverage video