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![[EDIT] The Meaning of Life: an Update | James Glattfelder | TEDxDaltVila](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dcDfaXRkSuE/mqdefault.jpg "[EDIT] The Meaning of Life: an Update | James Glattfelder | TEDxDaltVila
[EDIT] In the original talk, the presented slides are out of sync leading to a dissonant viewing experience. This is remedied here. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVsTRd_ntnA
NOTE FROM TED: This talk only represents the speakers personal spiritual views and understanding of consciousness and the universe. Weve flagged this talk because it falls outside the content guidelines TED gives TEDx organizers. https://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_content_guidelines.pdf
DESCRIPTION: Remarkably, we are still stuck asking ourselves the same age-old questions of existence: what is the nature of consciousness and reality? Luckily, the contours of a new scientific paradigm are becoming visible as we stand at the dawning of multiple paradigm shifts imbued with the potential to finally transform our understanding of the cosmos and our own minds. James is an author, academic, and quantitative researcher. In 2024, his second book investigating the foundations of reality and the nature of consciousness will be published, called “The Sapient Cosmos,” James’ background is in theoretical physics, and he has a Ph.D. in the study of complex systems. He has worked in the traditional finance industry and the distributed ledger ecosystem for sixteen years. James grew up in the Swiss mountains and likes to snowboard, climb, skateboard, surf, and listen to electronic music. This talk was given at a TEDxDaltVila.
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![Decoding Complexity: The Organizing Principles Behind our Economy [mirror]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hHy_Yf9wt0s/mqdefault.jpg "Decoding Complexity: The Organizing Principles Behind our Economy [mirror]
The talk I gave at TEDxZurich on October 25, 2012.
It was featured on TED.com on February 13, 2013:)
http://www.ted.com/talks/james_b_glattfelder_who_controls_the_world.html
***Corrections:
- At 03:54 I blacked out (which was kindly cut by the editor:) and I forgot to say this:
You can then understand the complex system by simulating it in a computer. As an example, you need three simple rules to simulate swarming behavior:
- Move in the same direction as your neighbor
- Stay close to your neighbor, but avoid collisions
If you think this is no big deal, think again. No one saw this coming. And to this day no one really knows why this is the way things are. Its as if reality is giving us a big help in understanding how stuff works. Like the miracle I mentioned before, that equations mirror the workings of the universe.
- At 09:02 I meant to say center not core.
*** Links:
-TED blog: http://blog.ted.com/2013/02/13/who-controls-the-world-resources-for-understanding-this-visualization-of-the-global-economy/
-TEDxZurich: http://www.tedxzurich.com/2012/08/james-b-glattfelder/
-Original video: http://youtu.be/vSSKpL87_Rs called Who Controls the World: James B. Glattfelder at TEDxZurich
-The study: http://bit.ly/zZ8qLq
-Fighting the info wars: http://j-node.blogspot.ch/2011/10/network-of-global-corporate-control.html
-The full list: http://ethz.focproject.net/viewer/tnc
-The slides can be found here: http://ubuntuone.com/58XIoB0KNAiFd5X4BHrWEk
*** Credits:
Thank you Stefania Vitali and Stefano Battiston for being awesome co-authors.
Thank you @gklain for making this happen.
Thank you http://ronaldslabbers.com/ for the cool slides design.
Thanks to @lazyhotstepper and @kompostnyc for helping.
And thanks to the really nice TEDxZurich crew for organizing this...")
