Geoff Mulgan: Post-crash, investing in a better world

http://www.ted.com As we reboot the world's economy, Geoff Mulgan poses a question: Instead of sending bailout money to doomed old industries, why not use stimulus funds to bootstrap some new, socially responsible companies -- and make the world a little bit better? 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

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1. everyone repeat after me THIS VIDEO SHOULD BE VIRAL THIS VIDEO SHOULD BE VIRAL PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK ON THIS VIDEO.
2. The video about investing in education and elderly care and you talk about being robbed and stabbed by blacks. I think that says volumes about you and very little about the video.
3. I didn't hear him mention the mental midgets who caused the bubble; the Bank of england and the Federal Reserve.
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5. right - that's why Obama's Tzars want to "regulate" internet. They've got majority of media, with appetite for more... FDR didn't stay in power for so long without a reason - he grabbed media by throat and didn't relax his grab until he was 100% brain dead. Through last cadence he was 50% brain dead (reminds me Fidel) ;-)
6. First off, are you sure your model expresses sufficient complexity to account for the world? Does what you spend result in thousand-fold returns to yourself or your community? What the distribution of excellent humans look like? Does income and expense account for the tendency for decisional illusions people make, account for individual or social ignorance? Does income and expense reflect educational wealth? Can it reflect educational wealth? Where do jobs come from? Where do business come from?
7. sometimes i miss one, but it's usually me who's been away or not noticed. like i didn't get the heads up about this lecture, but hey you must've found it.
8. For some reason TEDtalksDirector videos aren't showing up in my subscriptions list, does anybody else have this problem?
9. Stereotyped in what way? The foundation of christianity (and all theistic faiths to be more politically correct) is to take some theistic -belief- and argue the subjective faith as if it were an objective fact. That is not a stereotype nor a personal attack but an honest observation. draggan221 is arguing his personal faith based definition of socialism as if it were fact. He has no objective measure to prove his argument so he -is- arguing like a christian; subjectivity posing as objectivity.
10. It was not a lack of education as much as an intoxication that vaulted Hitler into power. The people loved him remember? Just as our current leader has undeniable charisma, and the people desperate for change with a hatred of the previous Admin. That 'was my fear', but the difference between then and now is the speed and accuracy of independent communications. Independent for the most part from the mainstream media (internet) and verifiable (sourced). Still there is too much apathy I fear.
11. right, let's hope Americans are better educated than Germans in III Reich - that's the only chance to stop the country from sliding into the fascism... But the socialist experience of FDR times didn't leave much impression - obviously, so we can't assume the Obama's reign will, and damages can change the country into the next France with bureaucrat class in power enslaving the rest of the nation.
12. Agreed. Cuba has a better health care system than the USA.
13. Equal Money for all!!!!!!!
14. Go back and read your precious wiki again dragan221 you missed the part that said "Contrary to popular belief, socialism is not a political system; it is an economic system distinct from capitalism." from wiki on socialism in THE FIRST PARAGRAPH. Maxstate and I are not arguing politics we are arguing economics. Also while you are at it go back and read the comment to you from OmegaD. OD also pointed out your incorrect assumptions and failure to read your own sources. You argue like a christian.
15. dragan221 you asked Maxstate to look it up. But if you bothered to look it up his previous comment on socialism you would know that MaxS is stating almost exactly what is stated on wiki. Did you bother to actually read the wiki article? That's twice you failed to read for context. First with my previous comment and second with wiki. You clearly do not understand what socialism is.
16. We created vast sums to blow up stock and housing bubbles and fuel a debt driven consumer economy. When the inflation boom burst, the response is 'stimulus', meaning print and borrow even more money to keep the bubble inflated. The advice of this talk is to spend/borrow more money on government molding society. The real problem is the whole notion that government spending is any sort of solution. Debt created the crisis we are in, even more debt is NOT the solution.
17. The problem with Rome, and the current problem today in an American Republic, is voter complacency "or"/as well as ignorance/apathy.. Until their lives are affected, they don't care. By then it's too late, or let's hope for today "almost too late"
18. The cheapest and easiest way to support infrastructure and new tech is to cut taxes... But what then would do that poor Buddhist monk? To get rid of most of corruption get rid of most of government bureaucrats and projects they "oversee". The only problem is: there is so many of those useless tax dollar-devouring "public servants" and connected to those funds lobbyists that it would be almost suicidal for the politicians to touch the foul egg. They just add more loyal voters on government's pay.
19. Why do I even bother debating youtube comments
20. You still didn't look it up? I thought I told you to look it up. Look, it's easy even for a fired up cretin like you. Just try to calm down a little, go to merriam-websters, or wikipedia (or a dictionary or encyclopedia of your choice) search for socialism, and then read the words that come up on the screen. I am sure you can manage that much, can you?