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Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser January 11, 2011 This week, explore your cyborg nature, hear a bracing non-Kumbaya vision for world peace, and explore the way music plays on the brain .... Technology is evolving us, says Amber Case: We rely on "external brains" (cell phones, computers) to communicate and remember. Will these machines connect or conquer us? Watch now >> Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams brings tough love to the dream of world peace, with her razor-sharp take on what "peace" really means. Watch now >> Neil Pasricha's blog 1000 Awesome Things savors life's simple pleasures, from free refills to clean sheets. He reveals the 3 secrets (all starting with A) to leading a life that's truly awesome. Watch now >> Deborah Rhodes and her team developed a screening that's 3 times as effective as mammograms at finding tumors in women with dense breast tissue. So why haven't we heard of it? Watch now >> Musician and researcher Charles Limbwondered how the brain works during musical improvisation -- so he put jazz musicians and rappers in an fMRI to find out. Watch now >> NEWS FROM TED TED2011 speaker lineup Who's speaking at TED2011 next month? Find out >> Join the Conversation Peter Hull on Amber Case: We are all cyborgs now As far as I can see there is no reason to fear that children are losing their introspective capacity. I teach at a university which means I deal daily with the education of the first truly "internet raised" people, in the sense that they are the first generation in history to have grown up surrounded by mobile phones, Facebook, Twitter etc. I see no discernable difference in terms of character expression or self awareness between them and my own fellow students from my days at university. If anything, they are more socially aware and atuned to their place in the world by their constant access to information about it and, importantly, feedback from it. I think the development of things like blogs (50,000 per day) and individual webpages like Myspace show, if anything, that focus on our own interests and emotions is developing rather than receding. Most students I ask think it's important to turn their phones/laptops off from time to time just as much as I do." Michael Gerety on Jody Williams: A realistic vision for world peace   She has presented a "definition" of peace that is different than what we normally think of. Thinking of "peace" as the absence of war is one way to look at it. Thinking of peace as people having access to adequate food, water, medical care, education etc. gives the concept a different twist. Peace is the accumulation of individuals feeling secure in their physical being. Yes, there was talk of "taking action" but I think this was to illustrate the point that it takes doing things to achieve peace, that cumulative inner peace whose sum total is a more practical and workable definition than "the absence of war" which, has not been a very useful definition. This is where I see the "importance" of this talk. It seemed like a pretty significant "conceptual shift" that TED is acclaimed for presenting in a variety of fields. Good talk!" Most Emailed This Week Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's of awesome Lesley Hazleton: On reading the Koran Arianna Huffington: How to succeed? Get more sleep Stay in touch with TED Become a fan of TED onFacebook Follow TED on Twitter:@TEDNews |@TEDTalks Get TED news, speaker Q&As and more: TED Blog You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to it on TED.com Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Update email info | Forward to a friend | Email us TED Conferences LLC, 55 Vandam St, 16th floor, New York, NY 10013

Time is, was and will be.  Without time we would not be.  What a load it has to carry!  Time seems eternal!  You might even ask whether cycles in time exist?  If so read Roger Penrose's book on new attitudes in physics towards possible "Cycles in Time".