DLYohn Taste of TEDx Midwest 2011

Nearly 1,000 people gathered at Chicago’s Oriental Theater for TEDxMidwest in October, 2011.
Here’s a taste of what the 25 amazing speakers served up…

The way we’re working isn’t working.
-- Tony Schwartz

Happiness and unhappiness are not opposite ends of a continuum – they’re parallel systems.
-- Nancy Etcoff

Data always has a story to tell.
-- Jason Salavon

The end of the world is a little like death – we don’t prepare for it even though we know it’s inevitable.
-- John Hodgman

Penguins don’t know they’re cute; leopard seals don’t know they’re ugly. That’s just what happens – animals eat animals.
-- Paul Nicklen

I’m working how to make invention a legitimate career.
-- Pablos Holman

We need a future that’s about the future.
-- Edie Wiener

It’s embarrassing to say we were in prison -- but looking past that, it’s a blessing to be a voice for the communities we represent.
-- The Interrupters

Do goodery (I also call it “poverty porn”) is a broken model in the Internet age.
-- Alexis Ohanian

America is a great place because we can determine our own future.
-- Dean Kamen

DLYohn Taste of TEDx Midwest 2011

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