Bruno Giussani is a writer, the European Director of the 
Last night in San Francisco the winners of the TEDPrize 2007 have been announced: photojournalist James Nachtwey, biologist E.O. Wilson (author of "The Diversity of Life"), and former US president Bill Clinton.
"All three winners are giants, paradigm-shifters", said TED curator Chris Anderson announcing the names. Each has been granted one "world-changing wish" that they will unveil at TED2007 in Monterey in March, asking TEDsters for support in fulfilling this wishes. Each will also receive US$ 100'000 to be spent in support of their wishes (for more background info about the TEDPrize, see this previous post).
Here is a brief announcement video, worth watching:
You can also watch videos of the speeches given at TED by past TEDPrize winners: Bono, Ed Burtynsky, Robert Fischell, Jehane Noujaim, Cameron Sinclair, Larry Brilliant.
EO Wilson is also an expert on the relationships between the humanities and the natural sciences. He talked about this topic here at swiss house in Boston a few months ago. You can also watch a short clip of EO Wilson giving the keynote address to this year's World Knowledge Dialogue in Crans Montana at www.wkdialogue.org.
Posted by: Pascal | October 31, 2006 at 09:54 PM