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TEDFest 2017 in Brooklyn (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2017-04-25
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TEDFest 2017 in Brooklyn (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2017-04-25
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Aaron Sylvan at TEDFest 2017 in Brooklyn, 2017-04-25
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TEDFest 2017 in Brooklyn (photo by Aaron Sylvan) taken 2017-04-25
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Aaron Sylvan at TEDFest 2017 Selfie Board (in Brooklyn, 2017-04-26)
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Pope Francis gives a TED Talk via LiveStream from Vatican, at TEDFest 2017!
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Phones can make us happy, but we tend to use them for things that make us unhappy. (observation from TEDFest 2017)
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TEDx Organizers – I’m center-right, in the first row that’s standing