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TEDxKC speaker Louis Rosenberg: Hive mind key to battling alien threat

By Tommy Felts / August 23, 2017

Editor’s note: Startland News is exploring a few of the most impactful quotes from speakers at Friday’s TEDxKC event at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. “Here we are: the most intelligent species on the Earth. Congratulations. Unfortunately, things are about to change.” — Louis Rosenberg An alien intelligence is headed toward humanity at…

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Kansas Citians help break TEDx world record for fastest sellout of tickets

By Tommy Felts / July 7, 2017

In the time it takes to walk from Kansas City’s streetcar line to the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, TEDxKC sold out. In record time — only four minutes — Kansas Citians devoured hundreds of tickets for the TEDxKC live event on Aug. 18 at the Kauffman Center.   Mike Lundgren, curator and founder…

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TEDxKC announces a perspective-altering lineup for its summer event

By Tommy Felts / June 15, 2017

Prepare to shift your perspective. One of the largest, independently-organized TEDx events in the world, TEDxKC has announced perspective-altering speakers for its summer event. With a theme of “perspective,” the ninth-annual TEDxKC is set for Aug. 18 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Nearly 3,000 people attended TEDxKC in 2016 and, like years…

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‘Question everything,’ TEDxKC 2016 captured in photos

By Tommy Felts / August 23, 2016

For more coverage on TEDxKC, check out this piece on 5 inspirational musings for entrepreneurs.

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TEDxKC offers 5 inspirational musings for entrepreneurs

By Tommy Felts / August 22, 2016

From poets and inventors to musicians and activists, the eighth-annual TEDxKC on Friday challenged attendees to “question everything.” And in that questioning, 13 presenters offered an assortment of inspiring thoughts from which entrepreneurs can learn.  Here are five takeaways from the event, which was hosted at the Kauffman Center of Performing Arts and presented by…

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