Okay, so I just got bored with the TED Talk Lunch post titles.\u00a0 Get it? May? It’s May.\u00a0 Sigh.<\/p>\n
‘Twas a smaller but dedicated bunch of TTL’ers this time around.\u00a0 I got a good sense of their dedication when I asked if we should take a break over summer.\u00a0 Hah!\u00a0 We are so ON through the summer months!\u00a0 Love it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Even though we started a bit late, we managed to fit in 3 Talks.\u00a0 Here they are:<\/p>\n
Web cartoonist Randall Munroe answers simple what-if questions (“what if you hit a baseball moving at the speed of light?”) using math, physics, logic and deadpan humor. In this charming talk, a reader\u2019s question about Google’s data warehouse leads Munroe down a circuitous path to a hilariously over-detailed answer \u2014 in which, shhh, you might actually learn something. (Link to this Talk<\/a>)<\/p>\n In the pitch-black night, stung by jellyfish, choking on salt water, singing to herself, hallucinating \u2026 Diana Nyad just kept on swimming. And that’s how she finally achieved her lifetime goal as an athlete: an extreme 100-mile swim from Cuba to Florida \u2014 at age 64. Hear her story. (link to this Talk<\/a>)<\/p>\n Peter van Uhm is the Netherlands\u2019 chief of defense, but that does not mean he is pro-war. In this talk, he explains how his career is one shaped by a love of peace, not a desire for bloodshed \u2014 and why we need armies if we want peace. (link to this Talk<\/a>)<\/p>\nDiana Nyad: Never, ever give up<\/h4>\n
Peter van Uhm: Why I chose a gun<\/h4>\n