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Charles Leadbeater: The rise of the amateur professional

http://www.ted.com In this deceptively casual talk, Charles Leadbeater weaves a tight argument that innovation isn't just for professionals anymore. Passionate amateurs, using new tools, are creat...  
 
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Floxflow (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Brilliant!
binghamsproductions (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Very informative, keep up the good work!
Shivaumma (2 months ago) Show Hide
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Hey Charles. I am our fan!!!
Taty4 (5 months ago)
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soldatheero (6 months ago) Show Hide
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this guy is amazing i love this
televisionsux (7 months ago) Show Hide
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This was written 10 months ago, which where I come from was still being run by the banksters.Social structures and human social structures are based on morality.....lol...you better start at the top the moral money ponzi scheming banksters.Or were you referring only to somebodies private body parts...when discussing laws and morals and society?
Just wondering.
Patents can't be put on ideas..
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actually they can to a degree. It's called intellectual property.
MysteriousDoor (8 months ago) Show Hide
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Good for pointing out how unproffesional people are collaborating to make products, but something really made me tick when i heard it, someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Patents are pronounced pat-ents

Not pay tents.
maaarty787 (7 months ago) Show Hide
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it's just accent. pat-ents is not more correct than pay tent, anymore than tomah-to is more correct than tom-ayto.
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