The New York Times Magazine has a column called The Medium where various topics dealing with the confluence of television and the Internet are discussed. This week’s edition I found particularly interesting: Confessions of a TED Addict. Every year, great (or famous, or both) thinkers gather at the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference to give talks on their areas of expertise. The kind folks at ted.com have filmed these talks and provided them free of charge on their site. I was particularly attracted to Kary Mullis’s speech. In my formative years, I was given a copy of his book, Dancing Naked in the Mind Field, an entertaining autobiography of the Nobel Prize-winning chemist. Among other things, he discusses his distaste for the theory of global warming. Back in 2000 (when it was published) global warming wasn’t quite as divisive an issue as it has become today which is why his speech (which diverts to global warming toward the end) is especially interesting. Enjoy.