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I'd like to collaborate with Robin Hanson and Ray Kurzweil and develop a
Trans/Post-human Futures Society project for 2007. <br><br>
Cheers!<br>
Natasha<br><br>
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<b>2006 TED Prize Winners Announced<br><br>
</b><i>Dr. Larry Brilliant, Jehane Noujaim and Cameron Sinclair Granted
Wishes To Change the World<br><br>
</i>New York, October 12, 2005 Physician <b>Larry Brilliant</b>,
documentary filmmaker <b>Jehane Noujaim</b>, and Architecture for
Humanity founder <b>Cameron Sinclair</b> have been named recipients of
the 2006 TED Prize, announced at a private event Tuesday night in New
York City.<br><br>
Now in its second year, the TED prize, an initiative of the legendary TED
Conference (Technology, Entertainment, Design), grants its recipients one
world changing wish which they present to attendees of the conference, a
group of more than 800 catalysts for change, ranging from Fortune 500
executives to dedicated non-profit professionals. This unique community
then seeks to make the wish come true.<br><br>
Brilliant, Noujaim and Sinclair will now have several months to formulate
their wishes before unveiling them live at TED 2006 in Monterey,
California on February 23. The winners receive $100,000 each to support
fulfillment of the wish.<br><br>
"We're proud to be honoring three such remarkable individuals,"
says Chris Anderson, Curator of the TED Conference. We believe they will
inspire the TED Community and perhaps many others to play a role in
nudging our world toward a better future.<br><br>
<b>About This Year's Winners<br><br>
Dr. Larry Brilliant</b> is an epidemiologist who helped manage the World
Health Organization's highly successful campaign against smallpox in
India. Dr. Brilliant is the cofounder of the Seva Foundation, a
non-profit organization committed to building partnerships to respond to
locally defined problems with culturally sustainable solutions. The
organization is responsible for providing more than 2 million blind men
and women with free eye operations. Dr. Brilliant is also an accomplished
technology entrepreneur, having confounded The Well and a series of
innovative tech companies.<br><br>
<b>Jehane Noujaim</b> is an award-winning documentary filmmaker
responsible for films that include Startup.com and Control Room, a
groundbreaking documentary on the Arab news network Al Jazeera. Noujaim
is the recipient of the Director's Guild of America and IDA Award, among
others.<br><br>
<b>Cameron Sinclair</b> is cofounder and executive director of
Architecture for Humanity, a six year-old charitable organization seeking
architectural solutions to humanitarian crises and providing design
services to communities in need. Sinclair is working on a wide range of
projects, including school building in India, issues of homelessness,
tsunami reconstruction, developing mobile medical facilities to combat
HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa and rebuilding communities devastated by
Hurricane Katrina.<br><br><x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
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<dd><font size=2><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Natasha
</a><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/">Vita-More</a>
<dd>Cultural Strategist, Designer
<dd>Studies of the Future, University of Houston
<dd>President, <a href="http://www.extropy.org/">Extropy Institute</a>
<dd>Founder, <a href="http://www.transhumanist.biz/">Transhumanist Arts
& Culture</a> <br><br>
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<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times"><i>Knowledge is the most
democratic source of power.</i> Alvin Toffler
<dd><i>Random acts of kindness... </i>Anne Herbet<br><br></font>
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