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Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization

Khanna, Ayesha; Khanna, Parag (Ted Conferences, 2012)

Political scientists Ayesha and Parag Khanna (whom Esquire magazine calls one of the 75 people who will influence the 21st century) declare that we are rapidly moving from a point of co-existence with technology to a phase ...
What's Killing Us: A Practical Guide to Understanding Our Biggest Global Health Problems

Shaikh, Alanna (Ted Conferences, 2012)

In the past half-century, we’ve changed the way we collectively view the health of the 7 billion people who occupy this planet. Health issues were once seen as an isolated national or regional problem; now they are a global ...
The Demise of Guys: Why Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It

Zimbardo, Philip G.; Duncan, Nikita (Ted Conferences, 2012)

Why are young men failing socially, sexually, and in school? Is the rampant overuse of video games and online porn causing the demise of guys? Celebrated psychologist Philip Zimbardo and co-author Nikita Duncan, authors ...
Brain Power: From Neurons to Networks

Shlain, Tiffany (Ted Conferences, 2012)

While many wonder what the pervasive use of technology is doing to our brains, Brain Power: From Neurons to Networks asks a bigger, more profound question: can cutting-edge neurological research into the way a child’s brain ...
The Science of Optimism: Why We're Hard-Wired for Hope

Sharot, Tali (Ted Conferences, 2012)

We all like to think of ourselves as rational creatures who smartly prepare for the worst. We watch our backs, weigh the odds, and pack an umbrella when the skies look threatening. But although we take such sensible ...
Deep Water: As Polar Ice Melts, Scientists Debate How High Our Oceans Will Rise

Grossman, Daniel (Ted Conferences, 2012)

As global warming continues, the massive ice caps at Earth’s poles are melting at an increasingly alarming rate. Water once safely anchored in glacial ice is surging into the sea. The flow could become a deluge, and millions ...
Living Architecture: How Synthetic Biology Can Remake Our Cities and Reshape Our Lives

Armstrong, Rachel S. (Ted Conferences, 2012)

What will the city of the future look like? More like an ever-changing and vibrant garden than a static set of buildings and blocks. In Living Architecture: How Synthetic Biology Can Remake Our Cities and Reshape Our Lives, ...
Cheating the Impossible: Ideas and Recipes from a Rebellious High-Wire Artist

Petit, Philippe (Ted Conferences, 2012)

High-wire artist Philippe Petit startled the world when he walked on a taut cable between the soaring twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City in 1974. But even a death-defying acrobat has to start somewhere. ...
Duke University Libraries: Sociology Department User Study, 2010-2011

Daniel, Linda; Herndon, Joel; Miller, Shawn (Duke University Libraries, 2011-11)

The Duke University Libraries’ strategic plan, “Sharpening our Vision, 2010-2011,” places an emphasis on our ability to interact with faculty, staff and students at multiple points in their research, teaching, learning, ...
Duke Digital Initiative Summary Report for 2010-2011

Belanger, Yvonne (2011-07)

The Duke Digital Initiative (DDI) is a multi-year program of experimentation, development and implementation of new and emerging technologies to explore their effective use in support of the university's mission. This ...
LibQUAL+™ at Duke 2011 Survey Results

Association of Research Libraries (2011-06)

LibQUAL+™ is a research and development project undertaken by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in collaboration with Texas A&M University. The project is defining and measuring library service quality across ...
Duke Digital Initiative Midyear Report for Fall 2010

Belanger, Yvonne (2011-02)

In Fall 2010, DDI sponsored programs in four main areas: iPads, Poll Everywhere, 3-D Exploration, Waterproof HD Video Camera.
Media Makeover: Improving the News One Click At A Time

Miller, Alisa (Ted Conferences, 2011)

Media Makeover: Improving the News One Click at a Time is a bird’s-eye view on how “news” is made -- and how readers and viewers can re-make it. Alisa Miller, CEO of Public Radio International, lays out what's missing from ...
Aftercrimes, Geoslavery, and Thermogeddon: Plus 157 More Words From a Lexicographer's Notebook

McKean, Erin (Ted Conferences, 2011)

Ever been brainjacked? Or Breitbarted? Perhaps you’re a kangatarian or a newpreneur. If not, you can still be a wordnik. Come with us as we peek into the notebook of lexicographer Erin McKean in Aftercrimes, Geoslavery, ...
Make Love Not Porn: Technology's Hardcore Impact on Human Behavior

Gallop, Cindy (Ted Conferences, 2011)

In Make Love Not Porn: Technology's Hardcore Impact on Human Behavior, Cindy Gallop talks about the personal experiences and research that inspired her to give her legendary TEDTalk "Make Love Not Porn" -- and the explosive ...
Weekday Vegetarian: Finally, a Palatable Solution

Hill, Graham; Estes, Alex (Ted Conferences, 2011)

A vegetarian diet can markedly improve your health and fitness, but what if you still love munching into a juicy burger every now and again? Graham Hill has a powerful and simple solution: Become a weekday vegetarian. Don't ...
The Happiness Manifesto: How Nature and People Can Nurture Well-Being

Marks, Nic (Ted Conferences, 2011)

Much of modern life is based on the assumption that happiness comes from economic prosperity. Many -- politicians, media and citizens alike -- seem to assume the goal of government is to keep the economy moving. Here, Nic ...
Homo evolutis: please meet the next human species

Enriquez, Juan; Gullans, Steve (Ted Conferences, 2011)

There have been at least 25 prototype humans. We are but one more model, and there is no evidence evolution has stopped. Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullans, two of the world's most eminent science authors, researchers, and ...
What Does it Mean to Be An Educated Woman? Conversations on Activism, Scholarship, and Pedagogy

O'Barr, Jean Fox; Hardy, Julia M. (Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 2011)
Beware Dangerism! Why We Worry About the Wrong Things and What It's Doing To Our Kids

Tulley, Gever (Ted Conferences, 2011)

If you're over 30, you probably walked to school, played on the monkeybars, learned to high-dive at the public pool. If you're younger, it's unlikely you did any of these things. Has the world become that much more dangerous? ...