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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.

TED Talks Hans Rosling reframes 10 years of UN data with his spectacular visuals, lighting up an astonishing -- mostly unreporTED -- piece of front-page-worthy good news: We're winning the war against child mortality. Along the way, he debunks one flawed approach to stats that blots out such vital s

The foreign policy contributions of Senator Ted Kennedy.

In this powerful talk from TEDGlobal, Rebecca MacKinnon describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace, and asks: How do we design the next phase of the Internet with accountability and freedom at its core, rather than control? She believes the internet is headed for a "Magna Carta" moment when citizens around the world demand that their governments protect free speech and their right to connection.

This morning, Ted Olson - the conservative lawyer who represenTed President Bush in Bush v. Gore - appeared on Fox News Sunday to discuss his recent victory in overturning Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriages in California. Throughout the interview, host Chris Wallace attempTed to trip up his guest with a series of familiar Republican talking points, all of which Olson repudiaTed.

Good economic news has been virtually extinct in Ohio for a few years now, but Gov. Ted Strickland suddenly finds himself overseeing small yet hopeful moments of recovery:

The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, succeeded far beyond anything Osama bin Laden could possibly have envisioned. This is not just because they resulted in nearly 3,000 deaths, nor only because they struck at the heart of American financial and military power. Those outcomes were only the bait; it would...