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Ted Talks: Jonathan Zittrain: The Web As Random Acts of Kindness

Ted Talks: Jonathan Zittrain: The Web As Random Acts of Kindness http://www.ted.com Feeling like the world is becoming less friendly? Social theorist Jonathan Zittrain begs to difffer. The Internet, he suggests, is made up of millions of disinterested acts of kindness, curiosity and trust. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10 Sep 22, 2009 9:06 AM

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Colbert Report: Jonathan Zittrain

Colbert Report: Jonathan Zittrain Jonathan Zittrain wants to save the good chaos of the Internet and separate it from the bad chaos that will stomp on everything. From The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert. Jun 18, 2008 4:00 AM

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