My current top 10, in absolutely no particular order.
- Dan Gilbert asks, "Why are we happy?"
- Barry Schwartz on the Paradox of Choice
- Rives, A 3-minute story of mixed emoticons
- Tony Robbins asks, Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better
- Pamelia Kurstin Plays the Theremin
- Jacqueline Novogratz on Patient Capitalism
- Patrick Awuah on Educating Leaders
- John Maeda on the Simple Life
- Jill Bolte Talor's Stroke of Insight
- Clifford Stoll on, Everything
And my most recent favourite (almost top 10): Tim Brown on Creativity and Play
There are so many videos on TED.com and so much to learn from that I haven't come across even a tenth of what is available, so I'll continually update this list, and please share your favourites too. Besides, TED is meant for sharing!
No Hans Rosling?!?!
Posted by: Paul Pettengill | February 06, 2009 at 12:27 PM
This list was before I had seen Hans Rosling, Ken Robinson, Benjamin Zander...
Like I said, the list desperately needs to be updated - to come very, very soon!
Posted by: NJ Thompson | February 06, 2009 at 12:50 PM
And another good one is:
Eleni Gabre-Madhin about creating a commodities market in Ethiopa: http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/185
Posted by: Roxy Allen | February 16, 2009 at 04:43 PM
I saw Jill Bolte Taylor tell that story live. WOW.
Posted by: kim | February 23, 2009 at 09:00 PM