Nothing catches and preserves the “Look & Feel” of last Saturday’s TEDxVienna Unlimited better than the hundreds and hundreds of #TEDxVienna-tweets that appear on Twitter, thoughtful and thought provoking, inspired and inspiring – and many of them mind-blowingly witty and hilarious.
We are happy to present you a miniature selection of what was going on Twitter before, after and between the 17 talks on Saturday – and thank you all for sharing your ideas, impressions and insights with us and the world.
LIMITS OF HUMANS
Mark Kramer: “Exploring the Limits of Healthcare – A Transatlantic Experience“
“looking at kittens increases your life expectancy.” words of wisdom by @MAMK #TEDxVienna
— Melinda Boring (@_miabo) November 2, 2013
Martha Merrow: Why circadian clocks?
Social jetlag, only one hour into #TEDxVienna and i have a favourite new word
— sabine jaroschka (@SJaroschka) November 2, 2013
Ian Usher: A Life Unlimited
Ian Usher will ask “the best question in the world”. I am excited 😉 #tedxvienna
— Sascha Mahdavi (@Sascha_Mahdavi) November 2, 2013
Aubrey de Grey: Rejuvenation biotechnology: the sweet spot between prevention and treatment of age-related ill-health
Aubrey de Grey on a bizarrely underappreciated truth: “Age-related diseases are caused by aging” #TEDxVienna pic.twitter.com/Gfg1JxtM1z
— Andreas Lindinger (@lindinger) November 2, 2013
LIMITS OF SCIENCE
Jocelyn Bell Burnell: We are made of star stuff
We are (made of the same stuff as) #STARS! Thank you for making us all feel special #JocelyinBellBurnell #TEDxVienna
— Evelin Horváth (@linitweeting) November 2, 2013
Daniel Dewey: The Long-Term Future of AI (and what we can do about it)
#AI #TEDxVienna Right now a guy re-narrates the plot of the first terminator movie.
— StefanMagometschnigg (@stefanmago) November 2, 2013
Mark Post: Bounty or boundary of beef
Producing meat is inefficient. Demand will double by 2050, leading to a #schnitzelcrisis and requiring new ways to produce meat! #TEDxVienna
— Marcello Schermer (@Marcelloscherme) November 2, 2013
Neil Ibata: Upon a dark canvas: the ordered motions of Andromeda’s satellite galaxies
I fully expect Rodrigo Ibata to be a Jedi. That’s the only way to explain young Luke, erm, Neil’s extraordinary talent. Bravo! #TEDxVienna
— George Nimeh (@iboy) November 2, 2013
LIMITS OF SOCIETY
Auma Obama: Opportunities unlimited – Poverty is no excuse!
auma obama: fighting courageously against world’s poverty and the flight path of paper planes #TEDxVienna
— Stefan Schwaha (@sektionschef) November 2, 2013
Samar Jodha: Sustainability And Capacity Building Through Art
#SamarJodha artist – photographer and film maker on stage #TEDxVienna loves public art pieces with a larger meaning to communities
— Daniela H.Macheck (@DMacheck) November 2, 2013
Mark Miletich & Ip Wilschin: The Ginger Paradigm
Marc and ip are definetly the best dressed speakers yet. Love that shirt #TEDxVienna
— Yussi (@Yussipick) November 2, 2013
Annemieke Hendriks: Tomato? TOMATO? Food chain madness
There’s more imported paprikas in hungary than local ones. The multinational supermarkets control the foodchain. #tedxvienna
— Manuel Gruber (@menwelg) November 2, 2013
Carl Djerassi: Sex as always but reproduction under the microscope
the reason why there are no mini-mes yet, live on stage: carl djerassi, father of the birthcontrol pill. #TEDxVienna pic.twitter.com/vdxNjj47aV
— anna lionne (@littleliongirl) November 2, 2013
LIMITS OF INVENTIONS
Manel Torres: From Fashion to Technology – creating a new material
now, i know where to get an awesome batwoman costume! i’ll ask Manel Torres @fabricanltd #TEDxVienna #Fashion
— Mariebeth Aquino (@gadgeeked) November 2, 2013
Michael Stevens: Why Do We Ask Questions?
@tweetsauce Thx so much for yr awesome speech. I guess our professors in school should ve listened to you too!!! #TEDxVienna
— Saiedeh Aranian (@PPSTT) November 2, 2013
Johannes Bergerhausen: decodeunicode — The world’s writing systems
Even the characters of gilgamesch epos are in unicode… I like. #TEDxVienna #historygeek
— Stefan Mey (@stefanmey) November 2, 2013
Elif Bilgin: Going Bananas: redefining plastics
It’s not the age, it’s the amount of imagination you have. #great final words by 16 yr old #ElifBilgin #tedxvienna
— Manuel Gruber (@menwelg) November 2, 2013
Vegetable Orchestra
veggie orch reminds me on a former tedx vie theme: ins(t)anity #TEDxVienna
— Niki Ernst (@stolz2000) November 2, 2013
So, is there anything left to say?
Even if you didn’t get anything else out of #tedxvienna: The least you get is a great impression of what a great talk is.
— Fabian Lebersorger (@faebiaen) November 2, 2013
Header Image(s) from Pixabay & Gratisography
When will the talks be online?
Hi Daniel,
I think it will takes us around 2-3 weeks to edit all the talks. Stay tuned, we will publish them also here on the blog!
Best,
Larisa
Great post. I too now have a favourite new word – “Social jetlag” – I think I suffered a bit of that this weekend.
What a great event. What an amazingly professional team the volunteers at TEDxVienna are. And what a wonderful city you live in.
Thank you all at TEDxVienna.
Ian Usher