A summary of some of my favorite TED talks (and a couple of interesting related links) that I’ve watched. I’m fairly certain any one of these will be more interesting than whatever is on TV.
Excellent
- The Puzzle of Motivation – Dan Pink
- The Power of Introverts – Susan Cain
- Powerful Stroke of Insight – Jill Bolte
- Let’s use video to reinvent education – Salman Khan
- The Paradox of Choice – Barry Schwartz
- How your brain tells you where you are – Neil Burgess
- The Happy Secret to Better Work – Shawn Achor
- Why you will fail to have a great career – Larry Smith
Very interesting, but might be controversial for some
- The moral roots of liberals and conservatives – Jonathan Haidt
- Religions and babies – Hans Rosling
Not TED, but still very interesting
- What are some mind blowing facts about anthropology? – Quora
- The Scale of the Universe (v2) <— kids love this