I am not more than you are. You are not more than I am. I am not less than you are. You are not less than I am. You and I, we are not better or worse than someone else. No matter what color, yellow green black white brown blue or whatever, no matter what faith or belief you have, no matter what country you are from, or politic group you follow, man or woman, whatever race, we are all Equal. And also, we are all Unique. No person on earth is the same as someone else. We are all Equal and Unique.
Abraham man that changed the Middle East ... the valuesthat our ancestors have left us are not actuality maybe this is the key to life as it should be .. love is the answer to all our questions
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Good talk. But as I listened to Ury's take on the African proverb I thought, "Sounds nice, but I bet no lion (except maybe a month-old cub) has ever been stopped by spider webs." A good reality-check counterpoint, or punch line, might be; Fantastic proverbs aside, we need to be the lion of truth that rips through the web of deceit upon which most wars depend. The Mukden Incident, the Gleiwitz Incident, the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 9/11 and the "Weapons of Mass Destruction" ruse, for example.
I am very emotionally effected by the comment which pre precedes mine. I don't quite know what to say to it. wu is not an idiot. At Harvard anyhow this is how I came to feel about him. Not an idiot. Bovine refuser? Hmmmmm. That stuff pertains to this? Along the Abraham walk; I walked the HImalaya; Saw a lot of Yak ... . I am not sure what to say. I wish this guy could meet WU in person and realize. Well; bla bla huh? He settles real life cases. Real life conflicts As abe
I am very emotionally effected by the comment which pre precedes mine. I don't quite know what to say to it. wu is not an idiot. At Harvard anyhow this is how I came to feel about him. Not an idiot. Bovine refuser? Hmmmmm. That stuff pertains to this? Along the Abraham walk; I walked the HImalaya; Saw a lot of Yak ... . I am not sure what to say. I wish this guy could meet WU in person and realize. Well; bla bla huh? He settles real life cases. Real life conflicts As abe
The story of camel was originated from fourth caliph Hazat Ali. This case was presented in his court in 702 AD. He divided camel amongst three sons of a deceased person.
Awesome! fascinating.. i Gave him a salute and agree to him. i love the talk: hostility--to hospitality and terrorism-- to tourism. Such a wonderful...
Re his anecdote about the Chechen-Russian parties: How did that turn out? A negotiated peace? No, the weaker party was placed under increased pressure until one sub-group defected to the Russians and now act like a tribal satrap.
I can't judge the soundness of his plan since I have zero understanding of the symbolic power of abraham; but wouldn't those who go on these 'walks' already be the most tolerant cut (and relatively richer) of people? How would this help to change the views of those who needs it most?
Nonsense. The key to peace on earth is control. Humans are evil beings by nature, you can read the hate in any youtube video on religion or race or nationality, etc to prove that. The only way to keep peace is to place humanity in bondage and make sure they fear consequences more than crimes.
The example of the woman is wrong....It was a man and the example of the life history that you are giving relates to the life of Hazrat Ali (AS) the cousin of Holy Prophet Muhammed (PBUH).......
I guess at this time of the year and in this time of continuous conflict infested world this is a refreshing change and to know that there are people who think like that but better yet have actually acted as well is very comforting to know.Yes as we speak north and south Korea seem to be at it again ,once brothers now on/off I sincerely hope they have a facilitater like william as i think they truly need one.I t
i really like the idea of the 3rd side. i have trouble talking to my dad about the present war on terrorism - as, where he perceives 'baddies' i perceive victims. but perhaps if i take the 3rd side it will not seem as though the only path is to an argument.
@Ko252 I heard the guy talk. We're not even allowed to come near Mecca as infidels and can't complete our walk. And then how many spider webs do you need to stop a tiger? I just don't see this work ever.
It's good to point out keys to make the middle east ([insert region]) a part of the global industrialised countries (plausible through green exchange), with religion as key (or read Nationalism) which might work. Religion has been tried a few times but nationalism is a strong social phenomena that has the ability to bridge alot of areas when used together with socialism and democracy.
Note for those PC (neo-cons) out there that markets needs to be brought up to modern date before used.
@Metalistforlife I know, it is unbelievable how the TED Talks always surprise me, because they tell something which we assume as very tough/complicated as something very easy to apply. It is actually stupid that they don't teach us this type of material at school.
The solution is to deal with the root cause.. The root cause of continued war is the PROFIT MOTIVE.. So let's first eliminate the profitmotive and then bring the sides together! THAT is a solution.
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I don't give a shit about the middle east or it's story. He makes a valid point when he says many more people die in Africa, and an invalid point when he says that we care about the middle east because of 'the story'.
It's a dumb story, and I don't care about it. Unfortunately it's the story that forms the basis of the beliefs of all Jews, Muslims and Christians.
As long as the Jews want their rightful state, and the Arab nation remains Muslims who follow Muhammad, the only solution to the conflict is either - the Jews move out, are all killed, surrender to second class citizenship, destroy all the Arab nations, the Arab nations give up Islam, or the Arab nations go against their religion and recognize the Jewish state. There are no other options that are acceptable to the Muslim world....
It's weird. He's essentially telling us, when faced with conflict, take a step back and look at the bigger picture. But i think many like this video... simply due to the delivery. he speaks quite well, the words he uses are good to... mm...
I'm not convinced about the Abraham thing. Can kindness only be expressed in the name of Abraham? I know the Middle East is highly religious, but pandering to some mythical religious figure is feeding the delusion of religion.
The region needs emancipation from religion and it can help get that by being more open, educated, and enlightened on human rights.
Good to avoid conflicts: best is to keep cool and argue logically telling that you are not bound to please anybody with your answer, but at the same time not provoke new anger...Abraham was a nomad and nomad*s tradition is to be hospitable at any costs, good that the poor lady (at the end) gets money for doing what her culture taught her to do. Don*t abuse traditions, e.g. occupy a house, a place, a country that was not meant by hospitality since nomads are settled now...Peace for all!
This is wasted time. I can't find anything inspiring nor interesting about this talk. There are no real solutions presentend, no information not already known, and I can't see why the comments left on ted.com are so for this video.
The reason this is rated highly on ted.com and not on Youtube is because the average intelligence of the YouTube community pales in comparison. Reading the comments here I realized that there is a glaring lack of appreciation for out-of-the box thinking and also an inability to understand subtle differences in mindset and how these are relevant in the larger picture. He does *not* have answers but he does have a supposed 'first-step' from which other can progress.
@Rimsh7 It's because Youtube lets commenters be anonymous, whereas TED.com makes everyone use their real name. It's amazing how much that single requirement gets rid of trolling.
@Rimsh7 This is probably the reason why you would agree with this video. Your reply, as well as this video, brings nothing new to the table, and the sentence 'average intelligence of the YouTube community pales in comparison' should explain why your 'creative' comment was liked so much.
I would Agree that conflict can't be resolved by emotionally charged sides. It could all so be argued that organized religion is counter productive to conflict negotiation. again to many emotions, not always enough logic.
Not gonna lie, the camel thing at the beginning made me think like i was being coerced into something, but as I kept watching I liked this more and more. As a traveler myself, I have had the opportunity to meet people from all over the world and although their may exist some cultural differences, I have discovered that we are all essentially good at heart. The media sadly controls the majority of people's conceptions towards the rest of the world. Lets spread the love people =)
The explanation of this idea is very good. But I think it's incomplete because the heart of conflicts' matter is not only a reason of kind of behaviours, it's also because of the confrontation of our different personnalities. According to me, the open-minded quality, listening to people, be objective are the keys of the resolution of a conflict. The knowledge of ours opposites is essential.
The explanation of this idea is very good. But I think it's incomplete because the heart of conflicts' matter is not only a reason of kind of behaviours, it's also because of the confrontation of our different personnalities. According to me, the open-minded quality, listening to people, be objective are the keys of the resolution of a conflict. The knowledge of ours opposites is essential.
It is an interesting idea to transform conflict through community involvement and responsibility. That I, as a stranger, can take upon myself the obligation to feed the traveler, the wandering family. It is not simply us and them, if everyman acknowledges that they have an invested interest to begin with and is accountable for it, then there can be no dichotomy. Also, as a side note: saying that a problem has to do with ethnicity is racism, is nowhere near solution and engenders animosity.
There are always skeptics when truth is involved. No matter how much you chisel away the frvolities of this talk the basic ideology is true. Get from it what you will!
midle east has nothing to do with politics or religion . its purely economics
its an invesion of countries witch dont exist in nature only in our minds for what ? for petrol for ressources for strategic location for all the wrong reasons basicaly .
Am i the only one who thinks that using London as an example is silly? London in 1945 was destroyed from an extremely violent war that they were able to win by defeating their enemies (Also through violent means).
@MrKylecarlson I think you have the wrong context. The example of Londen was not about resolving the conflict or winning the war (with violence) but what happened after that and the spirit and togetherness of the people.
What fascinates me is the level of cynicism that pervades these comments. What he mentions is playing a constructive role. People walking together may not seem to solve anything.
Now look at what Jesus, Abraham, Buddha, Muhammad, and others did. They walked and communicated and shared their humanity, and they changed the world.
Who you are being in this moment will determine the future of Peace in the world..
@marty3mmm "Now look at what Jesus, Abraham, Buddha, Muhammad, and others did. They walked and communicated and shared their humanity, and they changed the world."
Check out Tim Minchin's "Peace Anthem for Palestine" - it sums up the entire stupidity of the conflict (and other similar racially motivated/religiously inspired moronic divisions of the human race) and provides a clear solution for the resolution of the conflict in just 32 words. It's genious in it's simplicity, so much so that most people regard it as just "stand up comedy" and miss the point completely.
His view of human relations is too simplistic. The assumption that there is a common "third side" on which everyone else not immersed in the conflict agrees upon is utter bullshit. When these people actually give a shit, given their varied experiences and bias they will inevitably sprout hundreds of different takes on the issue, most of which lean on one side or the other. People who sit on the fence are pretenders to wisdom who prioritize pleasing people than finding real solutions.
first time watching video and this guy reminds me of a used car salesman, a doubletalker, he's talking but not giving any real solutions to solve anything that we (or I) already know.
This was a great talk, I liked it overall except for the TED walk part. It reminded me of when I was still an undergrad and management wanted to "improve" relationship between students of different ethnicities, so they forced all the white kids to hang out with someone who wasn't white. Needless to say, this made them even more hostile to the idea, and I (non-white) wasn't particularly excited to be a means for some students to fulfill some inane multicultural requirement.
All I can hope is that along with the constant spreading of technology over the planet, so too will there be a worldwide spread of knowledge, logic and reason.
@naybobdenod there is only one commonality for human - natures laws. tangible laws common for ALL life, not just humanity. the anthropologist omits this because he maintains dominion, his conflicted view. WE deviated from nature via dominion, over each other and nature itself. drop dominion, id the sources of IT, the ones that hold us in conflict - quit feeding them -break away from that herd, (this mentality) then, Embrace THE Commonality. eliminate conflict when decisions are based in nature.
@bathetcnow oh thats bullshit, there are so many other commonalities across the vast majority of mankind. Love and the rest of human emotions, our biomechanics, our ability to reason, imagination and many other cognitive abilities... how can you say there is only one thing we have in common?????
Freedom isn't free. It comes with a horrible price. Utopian peace probably can never be achieved and if it could, it would be through some very effective secular statism that somehow protects itself from special interest corrupting it into an religious ideology. Whatever the key method is, I'm willing to bet it's highly counter intuitive and provocative.
@Khyrid maybe, but if you give this ideology a try, it might just happen, with least amounts of costs. you know, like a self fulfilling prediction and such. Of course, for all this, the needed condition is that you have all the elements, the humans, of one mind (no brain washing, but one idea)
This man is irresponsibly spreading 'feel good' stories for the sake of self promotion. This talk has nothing to do with real world conflicts, let alone solving them.
I respect his approach and perspective to try to solve human conflicts. As I am a third eye for mid East, the people need to learn more scientific/rational talk than emotional/religious talk. History is waiting for our response to future. The fact is human beings have made history.
so much negativity...who is really watching these talks...you spend 20 min watching them and you don't get anything out of it? Why is going against the grain/ knocking people down more satisfying than actually supporting the movers and shakers of this world. THESE people that are at ted ARE the ones that are going to make a difference in the world in a POSITIVE way. everyone needs to check themselves befoe they wreck themselves yo!
@bindlessMoredom nope your right, ghandi, MTK, bob marley, the beatles, all bs that never made any positive influence on anyone, god why can't people be more insightful like yourself?
the idea here is that individual moral choices, i.e display of the virtue of hospitality, particularly across borders, can ultimately solve political problems...which makes a fair amount of sense in a democracy, because it promotes a more compromising viewpoint (this being the "third side" he mentioned)
This guy is so full of shit if he thinks that the narrative of the Middle East relates to terrorism rather than raw oppression and land theft.
So some "third-sided", one-sided American decides to go for a walk and expects to end the grotesque Israeli occupation and oppression of Palestinians while, at the same time, supporting occupiers' narrative?
Give me a f-cking break. If you want to halt the lion of war, stop supporting it by sending money and weapons to Israel.
WTF, he just described Obama's foreign policy! No wonder we are screwing up all over the world...... The sad thing is that our children will pay for this balcony ideology crap :(
So, why the title then? When does he explain the walk from no to yes? He just explains "the walk". This video was supposed to be about negotiation, not an Utopian belief.
What king of ppl are you when you dislike a video that like this? 63 at the moment i type this. You dislike a video that calls ppl to peace and understand each other .... what kind of a backwords idiot you are ..... what is your problem that you find it ok for ppl to hate other ppl for no reason? way you dont want all of us to be heppy together? What do you get from other human sufering? What the fuck is rong with you?
@DontNeedGods *wrong. We dislike it because he is a bad speaker and a fucking retard! You need to understand he actually has no fucking clue about the things he's talking about. He blows his own horn and makes no real point.
@Benpurple4 " he actually has no fucking clue about the things he's talking about. He blows his own horn and makes no real point." Just like you did in this coment so you talk like him you are a "fucking retard" .... right
"You dislike a video that calls ppl to peace and understand each other"
It's also a video that talks about Abraham, the alleged founder of three of the most vile and murderous religions in the history of mankind, who was even willing to murder his own son for his delusions. Of course, there no evidence he even existed, but that doesn't make this talk any less egregious.
Idiots like this guy have no place in the Ted Talks. If want to hear religious jabber, I will go to a church.
@MomoTheBellyDancer wow! You completely missed the begining of his talk regarding conflict resolution. Dialogue like yours does nothing but dilute the situation, please take a minute and watch the intro again. The mideast is very religous and Abraham is a central figure that unites them. This guy isnt just some feel good yuppie, he has been a mediator in national negotiations for many many years.
@MomoTheBellyDancer agreed, the religions are no good, but if someone is ready to bring peace to that place, I'm all for it. And as for what his (abraham) ideals were, don't worry, everything can be edited. And as for the talk guy ebing religious, please do read into the situation more than that. He is acting as being religious so that he can get his idea out to religious people before they close their ears.
@MomoTheBellyDancer So he use abraham to make it eayser for morons like you to get the point he is not doing any religus claim or try to make a beliver. This is the thing that i dontget someone like you just here "abraham" and go "ARRRRRRR NOT SOMEONE FROM THE BIBLE WILL THEL ME WHAT TO DO" and in your anger you miss the point .... and this is bad. Dont reackt to buz words listen to ppl and than make an opinion.
abraham here, bible there, where he lost his point? where he lost what he is talking about? begining of this talk was awesome, i liked that story about 3 brothers, but i rly didnt needed to hear about some wierdos made some religious journey which had 0 symbolic value to other religions which are more common in middle east and he wanted to do something to unite them...
He does it almost as bad as Glenn Beck is doing that exact same thing.
And for some strange reason their both about religion quite a bit, @aaser018
I am not saying religion could never in any way do good, but as you see on those two examples, what its best at is convincing people of bullshit by addressing issues on an emotional, not really enlightened level
In cases religion does inspire people about things that they should be inspired about but only then a differen approach wouldhaveworked
Third Side is a nice but common and well known idea. This talk is just some average attempt to sound inspiring by rephrasing some vague ideas of an old concept. Everything he goes on about, like the path, a tourism based economic miracle in the middle east and a Europa that isn't looking like 1945 anymore because it had a common vision, I mean what the heck? That's just pressing a lot of complex issues into his simple world view to make them fit his speech's context in some vague, utopian way.
@bremerthefirst when negotiating it might do some good to find and promote the commonalities, that was the point. If you're looking at TED for inspiring speeches you might be in the wrong place.
@BelipeF I got his point, its right in the first lines of my comment. I'm just saying its nothing new or important. And Im not saying every TEDtalk should be inspiring - he is the one trying to make his be that way. He like both of us understood that third site is his only point and that its nothing new or relevant. That's why he tries to generalize and inspire but he just sucks at that. He talks about the utopian impacts he expects the project to have and so on, but really its all bullshit.
@bremerthefirst Nothing new, perhaps. Relevant.... proponents have to begin somewhere. Idealistic talk has very little to do with expectations, and more with effort and direction, which is what I believe he was trying to do. HIs delivery could have been better, but as such generalizing is a tool to illustrate the implications, however the examples illlustrated the particulars better than you give it credit for.
@ToSho29 i know, i'm just saying, the problem is not that 17 doesn't divide by 2 or 3 or 9 but that the will lives out 1/18 of the camels. say that it wasn't camels but something dividable, say 17 kg of gold, the first brother gets 8.5kg the second ~5.66kg and the last ~1.88kg all together ~16.05kg and that's w/o the wise woman's contribution so where does the remaining 0.95kg go?
This guy means well and makes alot of sense, alas, those in power do not want peace. If that was the case, it would be done along time ago. We as a species are barely out of the fucking jungle. War is power and infinite money. Hope these war mongers are watching this :)
I'm an atheist but I don't disagree with attempts at peacemaking that engage religion. Peace talks that try to completely ignore religion while in the Middle East is already handicapped when the common language of religion is already in place.
Belief in a "higher power" isn't an ability, it's a disease of mind. Belief in a "higher power" causes all kinds of destructive behavior, and is a huge problem in a vast amount of populated areas.
Abraham is the same guy who almost killed his own son? Right? Just checking.
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Abraham man that changed the Middle East ... the valuesthat our ancestors have left us are not actuality maybe this is the key to life as it should be .. love is the answer to all our questions
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lightandbeautiful 4 months ago
The recipe for world peace!
lpNorway 5 months ago
just by watching TED's video's, i as a 16 year old am making myself possible of being on stage there in a few years. thanks TED!!
christophedetiege 5 months ago
YH! you lost me when you brought the Bible nonsense into this!
Adjei88 8 months ago
Good talk. But as I listened to Ury's take on the African proverb I thought, "Sounds nice, but I bet no lion (except maybe a month-old cub) has ever been stopped by spider webs." A good reality-check counterpoint, or punch line, might be; Fantastic proverbs aside, we need to be the lion of truth that rips through the web of deceit upon which most wars depend. The Mukden Incident, the Gleiwitz Incident, the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 9/11 and the "Weapons of Mass Destruction" ruse, for example.
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I am very emotionally effected by the comment which pre precedes mine. I don't quite know what to say to it. wu is not an idiot. At Harvard anyhow this is how I came to feel about him. Not an idiot. Bovine refuser? Hmmmmm. That stuff pertains to this? Along the Abraham walk; I walked the HImalaya; Saw a lot of Yak ... . I am not sure what to say. I wish this guy could meet WU in person and realize. Well; bla bla huh? He settles real life cases. Real life conflicts As abe
Marktrop 11 months ago
I am very emotionally effected by the comment which pre precedes mine. I don't quite know what to say to it. wu is not an idiot. At Harvard anyhow this is how I came to feel about him. Not an idiot. Bovine refuser? Hmmmmm. That stuff pertains to this? Along the Abraham walk; I walked the HImalaya; Saw a lot of Yak ... . I am not sure what to say. I wish this guy could meet WU in person and realize. Well; bla bla huh? He settles real life cases. Real life conflicts As abe
Marktrop 11 months ago
I Love TEDTalks. Thanks to them for putting these truly inspiring videos online. They may not go viral, but they surely bring sanity to You Tube.
banerjeeavijit 11 months ago
Thank god we live in a world so simple that an idiot like this can make a massive living spouting bullshit
narlysteve 11 months ago
The story of camel was originated from fourth caliph Hazat Ali. This case was presented in his court in 702 AD. He divided camel amongst three sons of a deceased person.
maqszaman 1 year ago
Awesome! fascinating.. i Gave him a salute and agree to him. i love the talk: hostility--to hospitality and terrorism-- to tourism. Such a wonderful...
yasmin1036 1 year ago 4
next time there will be conflict between me and my girlfriend i will call him
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exception28sep 1 year ago
Re his anecdote about the Chechen-Russian parties: How did that turn out? A negotiated peace? No, the weaker party was placed under increased pressure until one sub-group defected to the Russians and now act like a tribal satrap.
2009worstyearever 1 year ago
Yeah, that's what the middle east needs... more religion. And road trips by rich white guys.
hymnofashes 1 year ago
I can't judge the soundness of his plan since I have zero understanding of the symbolic power of abraham; but wouldn't those who go on these 'walks' already be the most tolerant cut (and relatively richer) of people? How would this help to change the views of those who needs it most?
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Tourism has all kinds of negative effects, too. Let's not pretend it's not true.
Rightious23 1 year ago
Tourism has all kinds of negative effects, too. Let's not pretend it's
Rightious23 1 year ago
Nonsense. The key to peace on earth is control. Humans are evil beings by nature, you can read the hate in any youtube video on religion or race or nationality, etc to prove that. The only way to keep peace is to place humanity in bondage and make sure they fear consequences more than crimes.
robotpanda77 1 year ago
The example of the woman is wrong....It was a man and the example of the life history that you are giving relates to the life of Hazrat Ali (AS) the cousin of Holy Prophet Muhammed (PBUH).......
aunhaider 1 year ago
I guess at this time of the year and in this time of continuous conflict infested world this is a refreshing change and to know that there are people who think like that but better yet have actually acted as well is very comforting to know.Yes as we speak north and south Korea seem to be at it again ,once brothers now on/off I sincerely hope they have a facilitater like william as i think they truly need one.I t
mosesonly 1 year ago
i really like the idea of the 3rd side. i have trouble talking to my dad about the present war on terrorism - as, where he perceives 'baddies' i perceive victims. but perhaps if i take the 3rd side it will not seem as though the only path is to an argument.
weeearthlings 1 year ago
From terrorism to tourism?????
I can't even comment on this load of bollocks.
ratje67 1 year ago
@ratje67 do you have a beter solution`?
Ko252 1 year ago
@Ko252 C'mon! Better solution than what??
ratje67 1 year ago
@ratje67 than the one he presented. And dont tell me, you did not hear it.
Ko252 1 year ago
@Ko252 I heard the guy talk. We're not even allowed to come near Mecca as infidels and can't complete our walk. And then how many spider webs do you need to stop a tiger? I just don't see this work ever.
ratje67 1 year ago
@ratje67 I dont believe this either, but I have seen thing happen that I never thought possible. Further on, I do not have a better idea.
Ko252 1 year ago
these TEDX's are ruining TED's general high level of quality :(
frede1k 1 year ago
It's good to point out keys to make the middle east ([insert region]) a part of the global industrialised countries (plausible through green exchange), with religion as key (or read Nationalism) which might work. Religion has been tried a few times but nationalism is a strong social phenomena that has the ability to bridge alot of areas when used together with socialism and democracy.
Note for those PC (neo-cons) out there that markets needs to be brought up to modern date before used.
lassek85 1 year ago
I love TED talks... the intellect of these individuals amazes me
Metalistforlife 1 year ago 36
@Metalistforlife I know, it is unbelievable how the TED Talks always surprise me, because they tell something which we assume as very tough/complicated as something very easy to apply. It is actually stupid that they don't teach us this type of material at school.
onee 3 months ago
The part about the acorn growing into an oak tree was a little corny.
kusaun 1 year ago
The solution is to deal with the root cause.. The root cause of continued war is the PROFIT MOTIVE.. So let's first eliminate the profitmotive and then bring the sides together! THAT is a solution.
hede88 1 year ago
I am always looking for positive, out-going, fun, and professional minded people who are not afraid to stumble, fall, hit the occasional wall...and get right back up! I don't believe in failing, I only know that true failure only comes when a person quits. Now, you can't quit on others, you only can really quit on yourself. Take the Five Minute Tour (Easy.5minutetour)...that's my website. If you can direct people to that tour daily, and you like to help others, let's get to work!!! -Pete
MrSuperfood1 1 year ago
But... what if one brother wanted all the camels and decided to wage jihad on anyone who wanted his camels?
DELPHIIII 1 year ago
@DELPHIIII funny
Roothith 1 year ago
@DELPHIIII or an crusade?
tdegler 1 year ago
You may hold the lion but whose gonna hold the Pride (pwn intended)?
kalimul 1 year ago
I don't give a shit about the middle east or it's story. He makes a valid point when he says many more people die in Africa, and an invalid point when he says that we care about the middle east because of 'the story'.
It's a dumb story, and I don't care about it. Unfortunately it's the story that forms the basis of the beliefs of all Jews, Muslims and Christians.
Keep your story to yourselves, guys.
wobinidan 1 year ago
As long as the Jews want their rightful state, and the Arab nation remains Muslims who follow Muhammad, the only solution to the conflict is either - the Jews move out, are all killed, surrender to second class citizenship, destroy all the Arab nations, the Arab nations give up Islam, or the Arab nations go against their religion and recognize the Jewish state. There are no other options that are acceptable to the Muslim world....
JeanLouie1106 1 year ago
It's weird. He's essentially telling us, when faced with conflict, take a step back and look at the bigger picture. But i think many like this video... simply due to the delivery. he speaks quite well, the words he uses are good to... mm...
Crazee108 1 year ago
love that first story.
IAmTheUnknownPunk 1 year ago 2
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IAmTheUnknownPunk 1 year ago
I'm not convinced about the Abraham thing. Can kindness only be expressed in the name of Abraham? I know the Middle East is highly religious, but pandering to some mythical religious figure is feeding the delusion of religion.
The region needs emancipation from religion and it can help get that by being more open, educated, and enlightened on human rights.
LAnonHubbard 1 year ago
Good to avoid conflicts: best is to keep cool and argue logically telling that you are not bound to please anybody with your answer, but at the same time not provoke new anger...Abraham was a nomad and nomad*s tradition is to be hospitable at any costs, good that the poor lady (at the end) gets money for doing what her culture taught her to do. Don*t abuse traditions, e.g. occupy a house, a place, a country that was not meant by hospitality since nomads are settled now...Peace for all!
khi590 1 year ago
This is wasted time. I can't find anything inspiring nor interesting about this talk. There are no real solutions presentend, no information not already known, and I can't see why the comments left on ted.com are so for this video.
Salvat1onD3neid 1 year ago
@Salvat1onD3neid
The reason this is rated highly on ted.com and not on Youtube is because the average intelligence of the YouTube community pales in comparison. Reading the comments here I realized that there is a glaring lack of appreciation for out-of-the box thinking and also an inability to understand subtle differences in mindset and how these are relevant in the larger picture. He does *not* have answers but he does have a supposed 'first-step' from which other can progress.
Rimsh7 1 year ago 63
@Rimsh7 : ) Good one.
HIHIMIII56 1 year ago
@Rimsh7 That's pretty judgmental for an 'out-of-the-box" thinker.
Rightious23 1 year ago
@Rimsh7 It's because Youtube lets commenters be anonymous, whereas TED.com makes everyone use their real name. It's amazing how much that single requirement gets rid of trolling.
kenjeev 1 year ago
@Rimsh7 so true, but even this comment is for some to difficult to understand or value, anyways never give up
smurk143 7 months ago
@Rimsh7 This is probably the reason why you would agree with this video. Your reply, as well as this video, brings nothing new to the table, and the sentence 'average intelligence of the YouTube community pales in comparison' should explain why your 'creative' comment was liked so much.
Salvat1onD3neid 6 months ago
I would Agree that conflict can't be resolved by emotionally charged sides. It could all so be argued that organized religion is counter productive to conflict negotiation. again to many emotions, not always enough logic.
smokeystriper 1 year ago
Not gonna lie, the camel thing at the beginning made me think like i was being coerced into something, but as I kept watching I liked this more and more. As a traveler myself, I have had the opportunity to meet people from all over the world and although their may exist some cultural differences, I have discovered that we are all essentially good at heart. The media sadly controls the majority of people's conceptions towards the rest of the world. Lets spread the love people =)
kuruptid 1 year ago
Although I like the concept, It's 4000 years later and it is still not going to work.Didn't work then, wont work now.
Mikcarroll 1 year ago
The explanation of this idea is very good. But I think it's incomplete because the heart of conflicts' matter is not only a reason of kind of behaviours, it's also because of the confrontation of our different personnalities. According to me, the open-minded quality, listening to people, be objective are the keys of the resolution of a conflict. The knowledge of ours opposites is essential.
oxygen240 1 year ago
The explanation of this idea is very good. But I think it's incomplete because the heart of conflicts' matter is not only a reason of kind of behaviours, it's also because of the confrontation of our different personnalities. According to me, the open-minded quality, listening to people, be objective are the keys of the resolution of a conflict. The knowledge of ours opposites is essential.
oxygen240 1 year ago
It is an interesting idea to transform conflict through community involvement and responsibility. That I, as a stranger, can take upon myself the obligation to feed the traveler, the wandering family. It is not simply us and them, if everyman acknowledges that they have an invested interest to begin with and is accountable for it, then there can be no dichotomy. Also, as a side note: saying that a problem has to do with ethnicity is racism, is nowhere near solution and engenders animosity.
CarolyntheGreat 1 year ago
There are always skeptics when truth is involved. No matter how much you chisel away the frvolities of this talk the basic ideology is true. Get from it what you will!
loafer20002000 1 year ago
im from Croatia, and Croatia was a part of Yugoslavia.And the problem is etnic
IvoCro1053 1 year ago
Dear William,
The problem of 17 camels was not resolved by some wise old woman. Please get your facts correct. Otherwise people might not take you seriously.
saifkam 1 year ago
@saifkam I agree, this immediately turned me off this talk.
chris69666 1 year ago
Religion will not solve world conflict.
MrFrankBullitt 1 year ago
midle east has nothing to do with politics or religion . its purely economics
its an invesion of countries witch dont exist in nature only in our minds for what ? for petrol for ressources for strategic location for all the wrong reasons basicaly .
romeoneverdies 1 year ago
Am i the only one who thinks that using London as an example is silly? London in 1945 was destroyed from an extremely violent war that they were able to win by defeating their enemies (Also through violent means).
MrKylecarlson 1 year ago
@MrKylecarlson I think you have the wrong context. The example of Londen was not about resolving the conflict or winning the war (with violence) but what happened after that and the spirit and togetherness of the people.
lokey440 1 year ago
What fascinates me is the level of cynicism that pervades these comments. What he mentions is playing a constructive role. People walking together may not seem to solve anything.
Now look at what Jesus, Abraham, Buddha, Muhammad, and others did. They walked and communicated and shared their humanity, and they changed the world.
Who you are being in this moment will determine the future of Peace in the world..
marty3mmm 1 year ago
@marty3mmm "Now look at what Jesus, Abraham, Buddha, Muhammad, and others did. They walked and communicated and shared their humanity, and they changed the world."
And now their followers are killing each other.
angelwhite 1 year ago
Check out Tim Minchin's "Peace Anthem for Palestine" - it sums up the entire stupidity of the conflict (and other similar racially motivated/religiously inspired moronic divisions of the human race) and provides a clear solution for the resolution of the conflict in just 32 words. It's genious in it's simplicity, so much so that most people regard it as just "stand up comedy" and miss the point completely.
MusicStudyMan 1 year ago
this will work for friendship.... not politics...
haeinkroot 1 year ago
His view of human relations is too simplistic. The assumption that there is a common "third side" on which everyone else not immersed in the conflict agrees upon is utter bullshit. When these people actually give a shit, given their varied experiences and bias they will inevitably sprout hundreds of different takes on the issue, most of which lean on one side or the other. People who sit on the fence are pretenders to wisdom who prioritize pleasing people than finding real solutions.
foxpassed 1 year ago
This guy is an anthropologist? He needs to review.
steve0281 1 year ago
first time watching video and this guy reminds me of a used car salesman, a doubletalker, he's talking but not giving any real solutions to solve anything that we (or I) already know.
ghostrid3 1 year ago 3
@ghostrid3 I don't agree. The core idea is sound. It's how you act on that idea (if you choose to do so) that counts.
frandrastic 1 year ago
Peace in the Middle East?
One step closer.
Take a TED Walk today.
kinsmed 1 year ago
This was a great talk, I liked it overall except for the TED walk part. It reminded me of when I was still an undergrad and management wanted to "improve" relationship between students of different ethnicities, so they forced all the white kids to hang out with someone who wasn't white. Needless to say, this made them even more hostile to the idea, and I (non-white) wasn't particularly excited to be a means for some students to fulfill some inane multicultural requirement.
Mrmoc7 1 year ago
the definition he gives for the terrorism and the opposite of terrorism is awesome and commendable. Hats off to you William Ury
malevmani 1 year ago
mental evolution in the making
northkato 1 year ago
Beyond 'talking' - this is a great 'walk' - Highest Recommendation. ~ Much Love, James
nisarga 1 year ago
Maybe the way to resolving conflict between religions is not trying abolish the religions, rather we should try to use them as a positive unifier.
Pianofy 1 year ago
The third person was introduced into this quagmire some 4000 years ago and just look what a fuckin mess he made of it `GOD `.
The whole middle east is totally fucked up on religion.
Take religion out of the equation and replace it with humanity then you may stand a chance of resolving this ongoing conflict.
All the hatred,killing and mistrust is based purely upon faiths which cannot be proved nor disproved.
Only the intervention of mankind will resolve this matter in the absence of religion.
naybobdenod 1 year ago
@naybobdenod
Lets "Pray" for the spread of common sense.
All I can hope is that along with the constant spreading of technology over the planet, so too will there be a worldwide spread of knowledge, logic and reason.
nightmathzombieethan 1 year ago
@naybobdenod there is only one commonality for human - natures laws. tangible laws common for ALL life, not just humanity. the anthropologist omits this because he maintains dominion, his conflicted view. WE deviated from nature via dominion, over each other and nature itself. drop dominion, id the sources of IT, the ones that hold us in conflict - quit feeding them -break away from that herd, (this mentality) then, Embrace THE Commonality. eliminate conflict when decisions are based in nature.
bathetcnow 1 year ago
@bathetcnow oh thats bullshit, there are so many other commonalities across the vast majority of mankind. Love and the rest of human emotions, our biomechanics, our ability to reason, imagination and many other cognitive abilities... how can you say there is only one thing we have in common?????
chessfan6 1 year ago
@bathetcnow Great comment and thanks so much for posting.
Sincerely
naybobdenod 1 year ago
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raby760 1 year ago
Israel is burning tonight please help!
ssyou4 1 year ago
@ssyou4 burn baby BURN !!!
tiknoriumatyti 1 year ago
@ssyou4 palestenians are dying, please help!
mrjpvoid 1 year ago
@ssyou4 Russian planes are on the way.They'll manage everything.Stay safe!
artbasss 1 year ago
Freedom isn't free. It comes with a horrible price. Utopian peace probably can never be achieved and if it could, it would be through some very effective secular statism that somehow protects itself from special interest corrupting it into an religious ideology. Whatever the key method is, I'm willing to bet it's highly counter intuitive and provocative.
Khyrid 1 year ago
@Khyrid maybe, but if you give this ideology a try, it might just happen, with least amounts of costs. you know, like a self fulfilling prediction and such. Of course, for all this, the needed condition is that you have all the elements, the humans, of one mind (no brain washing, but one idea)
mrjpvoid 1 year ago
This man is irresponsibly spreading 'feel good' stories for the sake of self promotion. This talk has nothing to do with real world conflicts, let alone solving them.
DJGelbart 1 year ago
@DJGelbart I think you missed the point; 'The solution is simple, not easy', but it works. That's it.
SirArghPirate 1 year ago
I respect his approach and perspective to try to solve human conflicts. As I am a third eye for mid East, the people need to learn more scientific/rational talk than emotional/religious talk. History is waiting for our response to future. The fact is human beings have made history.
Dreamrio 1 year ago
Really nice talk indeed, too bad that religion divides more than it unites the people...
Freigeist20789 1 year ago
so much negativity...who is really watching these talks...you spend 20 min watching them and you don't get anything out of it? Why is going against the grain/ knocking people down more satisfying than actually supporting the movers and shakers of this world. THESE people that are at ted ARE the ones that are going to make a difference in the world in a POSITIVE way. everyone needs to check themselves befoe they wreck themselves yo!
natedejuggla 1 year ago
if she was blind how did she know they were ashamed to look at her.
lordrazi111693 1 year ago
Very thought provoking, people at the top need to give close attention to the calm delivery of this talk and act on it
THINKER43 1 year ago
Wide-eyed utopian hippie crap never solved anything. Bah! Humbug!!
bindlessMoredom 1 year ago
@bindlessMoredom nope your right, ghandi, MTK, bob marley, the beatles, all bs that never made any positive influence on anyone, god why can't people be more insightful like yourself?
natedejuggla 1 year ago
the idea here is that individual moral choices, i.e display of the virtue of hospitality, particularly across borders, can ultimately solve political problems...which makes a fair amount of sense in a democracy, because it promotes a more compromising viewpoint (this being the "third side" he mentioned)
MrJaiLeeworthy 1 year ago
this video is inappropriately titled.
blahblabahl 1 year ago
This guy is so full of shit if he thinks that the narrative of the Middle East relates to terrorism rather than raw oppression and land theft.
So some "third-sided", one-sided American decides to go for a walk and expects to end the grotesque Israeli occupation and oppression of Palestinians while, at the same time, supporting occupiers' narrative?
Give me a f-cking break. If you want to halt the lion of war, stop supporting it by sending money and weapons to Israel.
mtolives 1 year ago
WTF, he just described Obama's foreign policy! No wonder we are screwing up all over the world...... The sad thing is that our children will pay for this balcony ideology crap :(
LatinLetterman 1 year ago
His pronunciation of the word conflict is interesting. "Cunflict"
DancingChakra 1 year ago
WARNING! the balcony can be a dangerous place for someone who is emotionally charged, for they might jump off.
tranceman14 1 year ago 3
So, why the title then? When does he explain the walk from no to yes? He just explains "the walk". This video was supposed to be about negotiation, not an Utopian belief.
lizyy23 1 year ago
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I'm all in for unity and love. But it's gonna take more than a nice TED lecture to convince that to the proud denizens of an ancient culture
DrInfidel 1 year ago
What king of ppl are you when you dislike a video that like this? 63 at the moment i type this. You dislike a video that calls ppl to peace and understand each other .... what kind of a backwords idiot you are ..... what is your problem that you find it ok for ppl to hate other ppl for no reason? way you dont want all of us to be heppy together? What do you get from other human sufering? What the fuck is rong with you?
DontNeedGods 1 year ago
@DontNeedGods *wrong. We dislike it because he is a bad speaker and a fucking retard! You need to understand he actually has no fucking clue about the things he's talking about. He blows his own horn and makes no real point.
Benpurple4 1 year ago
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@Benpurple4 " he actually has no fucking clue about the things he's talking about. He blows his own horn and makes no real point." Just like you did in this coment so you talk like him you are a "fucking retard" .... right
DontNeedGods 1 year ago
@DontNeedGods
"You dislike a video that calls ppl to peace and understand each other"
It's also a video that talks about Abraham, the alleged founder of three of the most vile and murderous religions in the history of mankind, who was even willing to murder his own son for his delusions. Of course, there no evidence he even existed, but that doesn't make this talk any less egregious.
Idiots like this guy have no place in the Ted Talks. If want to hear religious jabber, I will go to a church.
MomoTheBellyDancer 1 year ago
@MomoTheBellyDancer wow! You completely missed the begining of his talk regarding conflict resolution. Dialogue like yours does nothing but dilute the situation, please take a minute and watch the intro again. The mideast is very religous and Abraham is a central figure that unites them. This guy isnt just some feel good yuppie, he has been a mediator in national negotiations for many many years.
CetraTJ 1 year ago 2
@CetraTJ
"Abraham is a central figure that unites them."
He's more like the major reason for their strife.
"he has been a mediator in national negotiations "
Well, that didn't turn out so well, now did it?
MomoTheBellyDancer 1 year ago
@MomoTheBellyDancer agreed, the religions are no good, but if someone is ready to bring peace to that place, I'm all for it. And as for what his (abraham) ideals were, don't worry, everything can be edited. And as for the talk guy ebing religious, please do read into the situation more than that. He is acting as being religious so that he can get his idea out to religious people before they close their ears.
mrjpvoid 1 year ago
@MomoTheBellyDancer So he use abraham to make it eayser for morons like you to get the point he is not doing any religus claim or try to make a beliver. This is the thing that i dontget someone like you just here "abraham" and go "ARRRRRRR NOT SOMEONE FROM THE BIBLE WILL THEL ME WHAT TO DO" and in your anger you miss the point .... and this is bad. Dont reackt to buz words listen to ppl and than make an opinion.
DontNeedGods 1 year ago
abraham here, bible there, where he lost his point? where he lost what he is talking about? begining of this talk was awesome, i liked that story about 3 brothers, but i rly didnt needed to hear about some wierdos made some religious journey which had 0 symbolic value to other religions which are more common in middle east and he wanted to do something to unite them...
lordicemaniac 1 year ago
watch?v=U5EG_Qlyh8k
migbil19 1 year ago
He does it almost as bad as Glenn Beck is doing that exact same thing.
And for some strange reason their both about religion quite a bit, @aaser018
I am not saying religion could never in any way do good, but as you see on those two examples, what its best at is convincing people of bullshit by addressing issues on an emotional, not really enlightened level
In cases religion does inspire people about things that they should be inspired about but only then a differen approach wouldhaveworked
bremerthefirst 1 year ago
Third Side is a nice but common and well known idea. This talk is just some average attempt to sound inspiring by rephrasing some vague ideas of an old concept. Everything he goes on about, like the path, a tourism based economic miracle in the middle east and a Europa that isn't looking like 1945 anymore because it had a common vision, I mean what the heck? That's just pressing a lot of complex issues into his simple world view to make them fit his speech's context in some vague, utopian way.
bremerthefirst 1 year ago
@bremerthefirst when negotiating it might do some good to find and promote the commonalities, that was the point. If you're looking at TED for inspiring speeches you might be in the wrong place.
BelipeF 1 year ago
@BelipeF I got his point, its right in the first lines of my comment. I'm just saying its nothing new or important. And Im not saying every TEDtalk should be inspiring - he is the one trying to make his be that way. He like both of us understood that third site is his only point and that its nothing new or relevant. That's why he tries to generalize and inspire but he just sucks at that. He talks about the utopian impacts he expects the project to have and so on, but really its all bullshit.
bremerthefirst 1 year ago
@bremerthefirst Nothing new, perhaps. Relevant.... proponents have to begin somewhere. Idealistic talk has very little to do with expectations, and more with effort and direction, which is what I believe he was trying to do. HIs delivery could have been better, but as such generalizing is a tool to illustrate the implications, however the examples illlustrated the particulars better than you give it credit for.
BelipeF 1 year ago
It's a shame Abraham hasn't walked through land of today's North Korea =P
MrPootisman 1 year ago
1/2+1/3+1/9 = 17/18 not one.
pel6413 1 year ago
@pel6413 I don't think you fully understood it. They gave the last camel back to the wise woman.
ToSho29 1 year ago
@ToSho29 i know, i'm just saying, the problem is not that 17 doesn't divide by 2 or 3 or 9 but that the will lives out 1/18 of the camels. say that it wasn't camels but something dividable, say 17 kg of gold, the first brother gets 8.5kg the second ~5.66kg and the last ~1.88kg all together ~16.05kg and that's w/o the wise woman's contribution so where does the remaining 0.95kg go?
pel6413 1 year ago
@pel6413 The point of the story is, greedy people disrespect math. 1/18 of the 17 needs to be given to the poor.
Melki 1 year ago
i've been saying yes all my life can anyone show me the route to no.
nettledned 1 year ago
That story at the start... I've never heard it before and it's brilliant!
hellomoto170 1 year ago
@hellomoto170 no its not its a trick, you need to give 1/18 of the camels to the poor. Now that's peace, the rest is just excuses for greediness.
Melki 1 year ago
@hellomoto170 I mean 1/18 of the 17 camels
Melki 1 year ago
Wasnt Abrahams 12 year old daughter raped by som tribe member and was made to marry her rapist ... after chopping of everybodys foreskins ???
ShalloeThought 1 year ago
@ShalloeThought
No
celticphrog 1 year ago
@celticphrog NO ? You must have read the abridged version
ShalloeThought 1 year ago
@ShalloeThought Everybody loves a good foreskin chopping. Rejizz!
namnack 1 year ago
800 th TED talk:)
Anantko 1 year ago
To many IEDs on Abraham's path.
dvdragon 1 year ago
15:39 didn't expect that loss comming
sandslash123 1 year ago
This guy means well and makes alot of sense, alas, those in power do not want peace. If that was the case, it would be done along time ago. We as a species are barely out of the fucking jungle. War is power and infinite money. Hope these war mongers are watching this :)
HoneyMonster666 1 year ago
WTF IS THIS GUY TALKING ABOUT?
Benpurple4 1 year ago
"When angry you will make the best speech, you will ever regret." Love that quote.
LazyOtaku 1 year ago
that 3 camels story was awesome
Neylonx 1 year ago
I'm an atheist but I don't disagree with attempts at peacemaking that engage religion. Peace talks that try to completely ignore religion while in the Middle East is already handicapped when the common language of religion is already in place.
majinspy 1 year ago 2
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People today really lost their ability to believe in higher power even though they cannot prove that higher power does not exist.........
frilink 1 year ago
@frilink
"they cannot prove that higher power does not exist"
They don't have to. People claiming a higher power exists will have to provide the evidence.
MomoTheBellyDancer 1 year ago
@frilink I can't prove unicorns and fairies don't exist but I don't use that as a reason to believe in them.
ChaseKittens 1 year ago
@ChaseKittens
idk about unicorn but fairies does exist in the teaching of Christianity and Judaism, it is called "cherub"
frilink 1 year ago
The middle east would be a lot better if the off if the U.S. got out.
Shaunt1 1 year ago
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frilink 1 year ago
@frilink That IS why we dont belive..
kimkjederseg 1 year ago
@kimkjederseg
typo
frilink 1 year ago
@frilink Thanks for the informative response.
kimkjederseg 1 year ago
@kimkjederseg
your welcome.......
frilink 1 year ago
@frilink That's not an argument for it's existance, you fail.
hawlybawls 1 year ago
@hawlybawls
It is not a fail, I didn't say it existed and I didn't say it doesn't exist, what I'm saying is people made easy assumptions without any prove......
frilink 1 year ago
@frilink
Belief in a "higher power" isn't an ability, it's a disease of mind. Belief in a "higher power" causes all kinds of destructive behavior, and is a huge problem in a vast amount of populated areas.
khatack 1 year ago
Stop video at 8:36 when he stays Abraham and play next one
chernobila 1 year ago
No need to be intellectual, it is easy to see that it is irrelevant.
humanist7117 1 year ago
Wow argument in the comments section.
TalynCo 1 year ago
I still say irrelevant.
humanist7117 1 year ago