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"Our weekly YouTube roundup is usually a reprieve from your mentally stimulating (yeah, right) work day. Not today, folks. Today, you must think, as this week's theme is: TEDTalks.\nThe 2011 Technology Entertainment Design conference will be kicking off next week in Long Beach, California, bringing the leading minds of many fields together to talk about innovation, change and the future.\nWhat we dig most about the TED conference are the talks that it yields, videos of which are all archived on the organization's website.\nKeep an eye on Mashable in the coming week for our TED coverage, but, in the meantime, get some learnin' below.\n\n\nOur Favorite YouTube Videos This Week: The TED Edition\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDan Ariely Asks: Are We in Control of Our Decisions?\nZachary Sniderman: Making absurdity both hilarious and brilliant.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThomas Thwaites: How I Built a Toaster -- From Scratch\nJosh Catone: Thomas Thwaites's attempt to build a toaster from scratch -- including collecting and refining all the raw materials -- is an interesting commentary on our globalized society.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrian Cox: What Really Goes on at the Large Hadron Collider\nAmy-Mae Elliott: Here Brian Cox explains what happens at the LHC (and more importantlywhy it's such a fascinating experiment) in his typically accessible and engaging style.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMadeleine Albright: On Being a Woman and a Diplomat\nStacy Green: Because everything that Madam Secretary says is awesome and hilarious.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmber Case: We Are All Cyborgs Now\nEmily Banks: Amber Case provides a fascinating anthropological perspective on our modern tools and tech. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Blaine: How I Held My Breath For 17 Minutes\nChristina Warren's pick\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJacek Utko: Can design Save the Newspaper?\nMeghan Peters: Can it?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJake Shimabukuro Plays \"Bohemian Rhapsody\"\nBrenna Ehrlich: I dig the uke.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexis Ohanian: How To Make a Splash in Social Media\nMatt Silverman: Funny + Social + Good Cause + Reddit = YEAH\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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