TED suggestions

[LMNO]

Observation: TED talks are supposed to be 15 minutes long.

Realization: Taking the train home from work takes 20 minutes.

Conclusion: I could be listening to amazing people discussing amazing things five times a week.


Request:  Tell me what your favorite TED talks are.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

TED who?   

[Cain]

I've been kinda wary of TED since they've started giving a platform to the likes of Malcolm Gladwell and Parag Khanna, to be honest.  Too much twee New York Times pop intellectualism, not enough "ideas worth spreading".

[LMNO]

TED who?   

http://www.ted.com/talks

I hear what you're saying Cain, and that's sort of why I'm crowdsourcing suggestions for the ones that don't suck.  Maybe just go chronologically from the earliest ones, and stop when they reek of pretension?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

There are still excellent talks, you have the right idea in terms of asking about people's favorites.

I love Helen Fisher and Brene Brown,

And probably everyone here should watch this one: http://www.ted.com/talks/amanda_palmer_the_art_of_asking.html

[LMNO]

I saw that one, but I have an observable bias agains Mrs Palmer, for extremely petty reasons.

I should probably watch it anyway, I know.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I love this one: http://www.ted.com/talks/robert_gupta_between_music_and_medicine.html

[navkat]

I saw that one, but I have an observable bias agains Mrs Palmer, for extremely petty reasons.

I should probably watch it anyway, I know.

No, watch it. It might cure your bias.

[P3nT4gR4m]

You saw the Prometheus viral already, right?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

There's an excellent one by Alison Gopnik, who wrote "What Babies Know"... I'll try to find it.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

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

I also loved this one, although it's not very sciency: http://www.ted.com/talks/charity_tilleman_dick_singing_after_a_double_lung_transplant.html

Here are those outstanding Brene Brown talks that everyone should hear:
http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame.html

A neuroscientist's insights after living through a stroke:
http://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html

Another transformative personal favorite of mine, along with the Brene Brown talk on vulnerability:
http://www.ted.com/talks/kathryn_schulz_on_being_wrong.html

Oh Ms. Fisher, tell us about love!
http://www.ted.com/talks/helen_fisher_tells_us_why_we_love_cheat.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/helen_fisher_studies_the_brain_in_love.html

Joshua Fouer on memory:
http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_foer_feats_of_memory_anyone_can_do.html

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Oh yeah, this one, CLASSIC: http://www.ted.com/talks/scott_fraser_the_problem_with_eyewitness_testimony.html

[LMNO]

Oh, wow.  Thanks, Nigel!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

YW! I'm kind of a TED junkie.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

There are still excellent talks, you have the right idea in terms of asking about people's favorites.

I love Helen Fisher and Brene Brown,

And probably everyone here should watch this one: http://www.ted.com/talks/amanda_palmer_the_art_of_asking.html

That was a good-un.