In the mood to see demographic data come to life in front of you?.Oh man! As a TEDx organizer and as a general fan, I’ve been waiting for this question all my life. In the mood to learn something new about music and be inspired?.It’s the talk I send people to introduce them to TED. Just an incredible speaker, I’ve never met someone who didn’t love this talk. In the mood to feel excited about the education system?.Got me to listen to classical music in a whole new way. In the mood to wonder at the mysterious nature of the human brain?.īill Gates comes on at the end and calls his method the “future of education.” If you like data/engineering, you’re especially likely to fall in love this this video. In the mood to laugh and also reflect on how schools work and don’t?Īnother classic TED talk, Robinson discusses the importance of creativity.Harvard neuroscientist happens to gets a stroke, achieves a nirvana-like state, and then studies what happened to her to figure it out. In the mood to watch an incredible tech demo?.Basically, we pressure artists in subtle and unfair ways with our modern conception of what it means to be a ‘genius.’ In the mood to reconsider how society treats creativity?Īnother classic, the top talk for people interested in writing/the arts.The talk is both charming and deeply thoughtful. I don’t know what’s happened to this since then, but this technology was all the buzz when the talk came out. In the mood to smile and laugh at clever advertising?.The MIT Media lab has a lot of good talks - I recommend the “Siftables” talk as well. Interested in thinking about the role of women in business?.One of my very favorite talks, it’s a clever look at how advertisers actually add value to the world. One of the most discerning discussions of the state of women in society I’ve seen, by the COO of Facebook. In the mood to think about the dynamics of peace negotiations / be inspired?.Discusses the reasons that women hurt themselves professionally, encourages them to take charge.
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