Tim Harford: Trial, error and the God complex

http://www.ted.com Economics writer Tim Harford studies complex systems -- and finds a surprising link among the successful ones: they were built through trial and error. In this sparkling talk from TEDGlobal 2011, he asks us to embrace our randomness and start making better mistakes.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate.

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[SuperZakaru]

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[PininfarinaIdealist]

Couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks for this. All the talk of Christianity vs atheism on here was making me sick, so I'm glad you brought it back to what Harford was talking about.

[BosSxChimera]

I came here because I was lookin for a little god on the internet that could help in in LoL! thought i found one --> GBAY99 turns out he wasn't a little god but he showed me the path. Thanks to him I found this video and it was enspiring to say the least.

[MrSPU27]

Marmite mmmmmmmmm :)))

[Adoor Abull]

Hey! Dyslexics are teople poo!

[neogovernment]

Did you hear about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac?

He stayed up all night wondering if there really was a dog.

[juuonse]

Too expensive... otherwise, why not.

[Bigkaizokufan]

Im with you Raynor!

[greenfiregum]

Now how many of us finished watching this video, I did and it was worth it

[Brandon Espino]

Yeah but they already do that so at least it would be for something.

[Feybred]

17:00 the old man from up is in the crowd. can you find him?