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This is an impressive talk from TED 2008 by neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor, who had suffered a brain stroke. She tells a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to each other and to the surrounding environment. The story is both fascinating and scary because it took doctor Jill about 8 years to completely recover from the brain damage.

This is the second TED video I write about and I have already begun seeing a pattern – both of them are neuroscience related. The way the human brain works is really intriguing for me.

Each year, some of the worlds leading thinkers gather for an extraordinary event. Attendees have called it “The ultimate brain spa,” “Davos for optimists” and “A four-day journey into the future, in the company of those creating it.”

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design — three broad subject areas that are, collectively, shaping our future. In fact, the event is broader still, showcasing ideas that matter in any discipline.

Attendance at TED is by invitation only, and the attendees – CEOs, scientists, designers, intellectuals – are as extraordinary as the speakers, who in 2007 included Bill Clinton, Paul Simon, Isabel Allende, Phillipe Starck, Richard Branson and many others.

TED was first held in 1984, and featured early demos of the Macintosh computer and the Sony compact disc. This year TED is asking “The Big Questions”: Who are we? What is our place in the universe? Will evil prevail? How do we create? And more. Questions that hopefully will be answered by the speakers.

Watch this journey to the center of your mind