Helder Luis » ted http://helderluis.net "Jack of all trades, master of none, though ofttimes better than master of one" Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:34:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Making of TED http://helderluis.net/533 http://helderluis.net/533#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:27:34 +0000 Helder Luis http://helderluis.net/?p=533 Click here to view the embedded video.

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]]> http://helderluis.net/398/feed 1 6 ways mushrooms can save the world http://helderluis.net/328 http://helderluis.net/328#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:43:30 +0000 Helder Luis http://helderluis.net/328 Entrepreneurial mycologist Paul Stamets seeks to rescue the study of mushrooms from forest gourmets and psychedelic warlords. The focus of Stamets’ research is the Northwest’s native fungal genome, mycelium, but along the way he has filed 22 patents for mushroom-related technologies, including pesticidal fungi that trick insects into eating them, and mushrooms that can break down the neurotoxins used in nerve gas.

]]> http://helderluis.net/328/feed 1 What is happiness, and how can we all get some? http://helderluis.net/327 http://helderluis.net/327#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:04:05 +0000 Helder Luis http://helderluis.net/327 Buddhist monk, photographer and author Matthieu Ricard has devoted his life to these questions, and his answer is influenced by his faith as well as by his scientific turn of mind: We can train our minds in habits of happiness. Interwoven with his talk are stunning photographs of the Himalayas and of his spiritual community.

]]> http://helderluis.net/327/feed 0 What’s wrong with what we eat http://helderluis.net/322 http://helderluis.net/322#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:50:25 +0000 Helder Luis http://helderluis.net/322 In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what’s wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it’s putting the entire planet at risk.

Mark Bittman is a bestselling cookbook author, journalist and television personality. His friendly, informal approach to home cooking has shown millions that fancy execution is no substitute for flavor and soul.

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