My Top 5 Ted Talks

December 16, 2008 at 6:42 pm · 1 Comment · Personal Thoughts

TED, or Technology, Entertainment and Design, is a group started in 1984 to bring together the smartest and most interesting people from the year to talk about what they’ve been doing in an 18 minute speech. In 2003, TED put all of the talks online, free for anyone to watch.

It’s one of my favorite sites and I try to watch a few per week. Here are my top 5:

1. Do Schools Kill Creativity – Sir Ken Robinson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY

2. Debunking Third World Myths with the Best Stats You’ve Ever Seen – Hans Rosling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w

3. Underwater Astonishments – David Gallo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVvn8dpSAt0

4. What We Can Learn From Spahgetti Sauce – Malcolm Gladwell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIiAAhUeR6Y

5. How to Make Schools Better – Dave Eggers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaSF1gPBKrA