A mio modesto parere, l’era della formula SMAU è bella è che finita. Persino l’incredibile evento organizzato dalla O’Reilly, l’eTECH (3/6 marzo 2008 - San Diego, CA) e la kermesse dove puoi provare le tecnologie del futuro prossimo, ovvero il Wired NextFest (stranamente due conference organizzate da Editori), mostrano segni inequivocabili di invecchiamento (non so neanche se il NextFest 2008 sia in programma).

Ed in effetti, questa è l’era delle IDEE e degli IBRIDI e di conseguenza l’era del TED. Ovviamente, uno dei momenti più significativi del TED è la premiazione delle tre idee che hanno avuto -o hanno in potenza- un notevole impatto sul mondo. Ieri -21 nov- sono stati svelati i tre vincitori per il 2008. Vediamoli.

About TED Prize…

(descrizione dal sito del TED)
The TED Prize was introduced in 2005, and it is unlike any other award. Although the winners receive a prize of $100,000 each, the real prize is that they are granted a WISH. “A wish to change the world.” There are no formal restrictions on the wish. We ask our winners to think big and to be creative. The goal is that it creates an incredible sense of excitement and common purpose. It inspires the TED community, and all those who hear about the wish, to offer their help in making the wish come true.

Three winners are chosen each year. They could be anyone with world-changing potential: inventors or entrepreneurs, designers or artists, visionaries or mavericks, story-tellers or persuaders. But they must be people who the judges believe have the ability to inspire others to do something great for the world.

Neil Turok, Cosmologist and education activist
“All of the details of the laws of physics are actually determined by the structure of the universe; specifically, by the arrangement of tiny, curled-up extra dimensions of space.”

Karen Armstrong, Authority on comparative religions
“I say that religion isn’t about believing things. It’s ethical alchemy. It’s about behaving in a way that changes you, that gives you intimations of holiness and sacredness.”

Dave Eggers, Author, philanthropist and literary entrepreneur
“When we think about kids and education, we have to get back to the basic undeniable that kids are individuals, they learn in a thousand ways, and there are undeniable steps to greater education for all: better salaries for teachers, smaller class sizes, and more one-on-one attention.”

- il video che raccoglie le motivazioni dell’assegnazione ed i profili dei premiati.
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nota: visto che ci siamo, ecco alcune altre conferenze che val la pena di seguire.
- SXSW (South by Southwest Conferences and Festivals) dal 7 all’11 Marzo 2008 a Austin, TX
- LIFT 6-7-8 Feb, 2008 Geneva, Switzerland

- beh, non posso non citare anche la “nostrana” Frontiers of Interaction. Però sono anche di parte. :)
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