Visionaries take on life, evil, and the universe at TED conference

0 Comments | AFP, February, 2008

MONTEREY, California (AFP) — Acclaimed thinkers and doers are gathering on the picturesque California coast to candidly discuss evil, beauty, the future and how to save humanity.

The names of attendees at the annual Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) Conference is safeguarded to provide liberating privacy to "Tedizens" ranging from scientists, singers and sociologists to poets, entrepreneurs and politicians.

The list of past speakers features novelist Isabel Allende; rock stars Bono and Peter Gabriel; former US president Bill Clinton and vice president Al Gore; Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, and Google founders Serge Brin and Larry Page.

"I wasn't prepared for this conference to be so profound," legendary Microsoft founder Bill Gates said after first...

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