Tuesday March 23, 2010

Best TED Talks

I’ve been all over the Internet to bring you some of my favorite talks. If you are the kind of person that likes these talks too, we’ll probably get along famously!

My Latest TED additions

Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex

Salman Khan: Let’s use video to reinvent education

Denis Dutton: A Darwinian theory of beauty

Hans Rosling and the Magic Washing Machine

Tom Wujec: Build a tower, build a team

Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion’s free culture

My Favorite TED Talks of All Time

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

Happiness Expert Dan Gilbert on TEDTalks

Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight

Benjamin Zander on music and passion

JJ Abrams Mystery Box

Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything

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Gregg

I think my favourites are a toss up between Clifford Stoll talking about 1 dimensional wine carafes – http://blog.ted.com/2008/03/clifford_stoll.php , and Mike Rowe celebrating dirty jobs – http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs.html .
https://msmvps.com/blogs/theproblemsolver/Default.aspx Maurice

Nice ones, didn’t know Happiness Expert Dan Gilbert yet, great presentation.

One of my personal favorites is Larry Lessig on laws that choke creativity. http://www.ted.com/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity.html
http://lightningpaul.shutterchance.com LightningPaul

Many thanks for sharing them. The ones I already saw are really worthwhile.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-Teale/770885323 Jason Teale

Great talks Trey. I had an interesting conversation with my Korean co-workers about the Ken Robinson talk. As you may or may not know, there are some great Korean photographers out there but they are usually middle-aged to late 50′s. I asked why the younger people are not getting into it (excluding self-portraits on cell phones) and that topic came up. The schools and parents force the kids into study which drives out creativity. By the time most Korean students are in high school their day will start at 6:30 am and finish around 12:00 am.

It is interesting to see tis perspective on education and see the point in an extreme case here in South Korea. I am glad you posted these videos. The happiness tak will be part of my next lecture with my co-workers.
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http://www.facebook.com/people/Nick-Brill/7909650 Nick Brill

I think the most humorous one I have watched was http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man.html
Patrick M.

Please also see the one on creativity and obsession by Mythbusters’ Adam Savage. His talk and Mike Rowe’s are two of my favorites.
Prashanth S

I think the sixth sense technology was the coolest one. I would recommend you watch it instead of me giving a synopsis.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html
http://www.PrintsCharmingPhotography.com Christian S.

Thanks for sharing these! I’ve enjoyed them over the past 2 days editing at my computer.
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http://techauthor.posterous.com Steve K

Great list. I’m also a TED fan. If you particularly liked Ted Robinson’s talk, try this one, too.

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html

On the surface, it is about teaching math. In depth, it is about teaching creativity and about our education systems’ tendency to teach formulas rather than critical thinking.

I have a few more of my favorites on my blog.
Cheryl McGregor

Ken Robinson’s talk was great. I loved the Hans Rosling talks. He turns statistics into art not to mention the sword swallowing finale. I get them downloaded to iTunes and save my favorites. If you like math, check out the new on by Dan Meyer.
http://liznessstudio.com Liz Ness

Trey, have you seen this one? It is one of my favorites and I thought you might find it interesting, too: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jonathan_harris_collects_stories.html (specifically, the story contexts).
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Couldn’t get the Wolfram site to tell me anything about “human memory capacity”. I want to know the size of the human hard disk if you like.
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http://lunarconnecttions.blogspot.com/ LunaJune

I’m so excited to just stroll through your favourite TED talks.

I LOVE TED

As soon as I came to twitter I found TED, and now not a week can go by without me watching for another wild and wonderful talk on TED
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haveacupoftea

A ‘meta’ TED talk : how statistics could help create the ultimate TED talk – tongue-in-cheek, obviously.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lies_damned_lies_and_statistics_about_tedtalks.html
Tim Stander

perspective. is it what you think? this one is always refreshing.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/coop925/ Dan

Highly recommend Erin McKean:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/erin_mckean_redefines_the_dictionary.html
and Niels Diffrient:
http://www.ted.com/talks/niels_diffrient_rethinks_the_way_we_sit_at_work.html

But Sir Ken Robinson was probably the one that stuck hardest with me when I saw it 2 years ago. Thank you for sharing it!
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Linda

We don’t own a TV, but we do enjoy watching TED talks on our computer. The Ken Robinson one is my all time favorite, too.
http://www.artofhdr.com Ali Erturk

I liked Elif Safak one…
http://www.ted.com/talks/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction.html
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Erica K.

…very nice! You had five of my favorites on your list.
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Jelani Hasan

Great talks are very easy to find here from journeyto the center of your mind, sixth sense, ken robinson, or the demise of guys , they are stand alone gems. One day I will make it to a TED convention, until them keep it up. The world needs what thesepeople have been willing to share. In my humble opinion a greater freedom is enveloped in these talks. Too corny?
http://noneyet Steve

KEN ROBINSON SAYS SCHOOLS KILL CREATIVITY!!
This is by far my favorite.

If only Education wasn’t just used as a political platform and we really made a stand to really revamp education.
http://www.bookinglass.wordpress.com Philippa

Hi! Thanks for the list, I have just watched the one about the origins of our ideas of beauty. I am astounded at the elegance of his talk, but I disagree with the depictions of handaxes being created solely by the men to impress the women (hominids all). Who says it was ALWAYS the men who had the skill, creativity, dexterity and access to important resources to create a handaxe? What is more likely is that we are projecting our ideas onto the past and making the evidence fit the theory.

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Best TED Talks

My Latest TED additions

Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex

Salman Khan: Let’s use video to reinvent education

Denis Dutton: A Darwinian theory of beauty

Hans Rosling and the Magic Washing Machine

Tom Wujec: Build a tower, build a team

Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion’s free culture

My Favorite TED Talks of All Time

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

Happiness Expert Dan Gilbert on TEDTalks

Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight

Benjamin Zander on music and passion

JJ Abrams Mystery Box

Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything

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My Latest TED additions

Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex

Salman Khan: Let’s use video to reinvent education

Denis Dutton: A Darwinian theory of beauty

Hans Rosling and the Magic Washing Machine

Tom Wujec: Build a tower, build a team

Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion’s free culture

My Favorite TED Talks of All Time

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

Happiness Expert Dan Gilbert on TEDTalks

Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight

Benjamin Zander on music and passion

JJ Abrams Mystery Box

Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everything

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