Many readers may be familiar with TED and an author called Alain De Botton who I have read recently and like. Here are links to two of his talks under the TED banner. One about success and the other about what atheists can learn from religion. Great stuff.
http://www.ted.com/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/alain_de_botton_atheism_2_0.html
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1 comment:
Loved the one on success.
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