What are your favorite TED talks?

[Gigantopithecus]

Jack Horner's talk on dinosaur growth and development.

Josh Klein's talk on training crows to pick up litter.

Paul Ewald's talk on diarrhea and evolutionary medicine.

Nathan Wolf talks about discovering and tracking new viruses in Africa.

Those of you in engineering, computer science, business, and so on - which talks do you find particularly interesting?

 

[drum]

I've only seen a couple but I enjoyed Mike Rowe's talk, mostly because I'm a fan of his and he is very articulate with great diction.

 

[Ichinisan]

I've only seen a couple but I enjoyed Mike Rowe's talk, mostly because I'm a fan of his and he is very articulate with great diction.

This is still the first one that comes to mind for me.

I'm going to watch the ones in the OP.

 

[Juddog]

One of my favorites is Jonathan Haidt's talk regarding morals.

http://blog.ted.com/2008/09/17/the_real_differ/

 

[routerguy]

Science can answer moral questions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj9oB4zpHww

 

[veri745]

My favorite is the one on fempto photography.... mindblowing.
http://www.ted.com/talks/ramesh_raskar_a_camera_that_takes_one_trillion_frames_per_second.html

The one on crow intelligence is pretty awesome as well

 

[Albatross]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK62I-4cuSY

 

[amdhunter]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRIaYMTymXI
Ohhh yea~

 

[Staples]

I can't name any by name but most are too long. It is like they give every one 20 minutes and they are encouraged to use it all. They should give people 10 at most. Try big think, a lot more concise.

 

[disappoint]

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

 

[disappoint]

Science can answer moral questions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj9oB4zpHww

That was a really good one. Thanks.

I can't name any by name but most are too long. It is like they give every one 20 minutes and they are encouraged to use it all. They should give people 10 at most. Try big think, a lot more concise.

How sad. I wish they were longer. Perhaps kids shows like cartoons would be more to your liking.

 

[Kaido]

I really like the one on the Washing Machine as the greatest invention of the industrial revolution, by Hans Rosling:

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

Amazing story. We take so much for granted. My dad was telling me about his family trips as a kid, how it'd sometime take weeks to go from one side of the US to the other by car because there wasn't an interstate, just backroads...I know it sounds naive, but I had never even thought about the fact that at one time the country didn't have the road system we have now and never even think about. Now you can fly from NYC to LA in 6 hours. Eat lunch and you're there!

 

[Staples]

That was a really good one. Thanks.



How sad. I wish they were longer. Perhaps kids shows like cartoons would be more to your liking.

No but if you have young kids (like I do), you don't have tons of time to watch the 20 minute version when in many cases, five would have been sufficient. I have seen dozens of them and that was my conclusion.

 

[gamefreakgcb]

Why do the people discussing other opinions sound so condescending?

 

[disappoint]

No but if you have young kids (like I do), you don't have tons of time to watch the 20 minute version when in many cases, five would have been sufficient. I have seen dozens of them and that was my conclusion.

Sorry.

 

[dr150]

Ron Jeremy's pontificating discourse was enlightening....

 

[Cookie]

Good timing for this thread. I spent all weekend sick in bed watching movies and ted talks in between naps.

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

Liked them all, but really liked this one. Needed that today

 

[edro]

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

Zzzzzz...

 

[mikegg]

I can watch Ted all day...

 

[coloumb]

Susan Cain: The power of introverts
http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robins...id=166907-14&utm_referrer=http://www.ted.com/

Steve Jobs: How to live before you die
http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html

Marco Tempest: A cyber-magic card trick like no other - his tricks are amazing to watch.
http://www.ted.com/talks/marco_tempest_a_cyber_magic_card_trick_like_no_other.html

 

[Daishiki]

My wife enjoys this one. "Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor studied her own stroke as it happened -- and has become a powerful voice for brain recovery."

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

 

[sdifox]

My favorite is the one on fempto photography.... mindblowing.
http://www.ted.com/talks/ramesh_raskar_a_camera_that_takes_one_trillion_frames_per_second.html

The one on crow intelligence is pretty awesome as well

This is kickass!

 

[T_Yamamoto]

My favorite is actually a TedxMid Atlantic one on common sense.

 

[gorcorps]

I've only seen a couple but I enjoyed Mike Rowe's talk, mostly because I'm a fan of his and he is very articulate with great diction.

I like a lot of them, but this is the one I actually have referenced in talking to people. Other than being a great speaker, he makes a very good point about the lack of skilled labor in this country.

 

[edro]

My favorite is actually a TedxMid Atlantic one on common sense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9XF0QOzWM0
Watching now...