links for 2008-01-03

• TED | Talks | Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Jaw-dropping Photosynth demo (video)
  Photosynth (based on Seadragon technology) creates breathtaking multidimensional spaces with zoom and navigation features that outstrip all expectation.
  (tags: applications digital future image media photography technology)
• TED | Talks | Robert Wright: How cooperation (eventually) trumps conflict (video)
  Author Robert Wright explains “non-zero-sumness,” a game-theory
  (tags: culture History evolution ideas game theory economics TED)
• TED | Talks | Daniel Goleman: Why aren’t we all Good Samaritans? (video)
  we are all born with the capacity for empathy — but we sometimes choose to ignore it.
  (tags: ted goleman empathy psychology)

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