
Steven Johnson wants to know how enlightenment happens
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The Power of the TED Prize
When i first took it over with a non profit, the idea was simply to think, what could be done with the inspiration that happens at the end of four days from this group of people like it kind of people. So some of the erly ideas were just to do things like apply l profits from the conference to, you know, a couple ofie, good causes, or whatever. A year after that, we came up with the ted prize, which invited people to come to ted and a, gave them a wish, actually, three wishes initially, which was too many. I mean, tha was you mor exatly needa to to oen oven the vast bility
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