Elon Musk on the vision behind Tesla, Spacex and Solar City

Entrepreneur Elon Musk is a man with many plans. The founder of PayPal, Tesla Motors and SpaceX recently sat down with TED curator Chris Anderson to share details about his visionary projects, which include a mass-marketed electric car, a solar energy leasing company and a fully reusable rocketHere is a direct video link.

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Graham Hill: less stuff more happiness

Writer and designer Graham Hill makes the case for taking up less space, and lays out three rules for editing your life. A wealthy man, Hill lives in a sparsely furnished 420 square foot apartment in New York City.

Hill is the founder of TreeHugger.com; he travels the world to tell the story of sustainability, and tweets at @GHill.Here is a direct link.

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Cyprus canary in the coal mine for next leg of financial crisis?

The truth about bad debts and unsustainable stalling tactics is rearing its head once more in Europe. Carrington Investment Services’ Chris Whalen and Tangent Capital’s James Rickards discuss the crisis in Cyprus and the costs of the Federal Reserve monetary policy.Here is a direct link.

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