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Ask HN: What's your favorite TED Talk?

17 points·squegles··8 comments

I've watched many great TED talks and am wondering if there are any gems that I'm missing.

So HN, what are some of your favorite TED talks?

I'll start with mine: (http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Hackschooling-Makes-Me-Happy-Lo)

I really love any ted talk on cities. Here are a few of my top picks.

http://www.ted.com/talks/aziza_chaouni_how_i_brought_a_river...

http://www.ted.com/talks/james_howard_kunstler_dissects_subu...

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_barasch_a_park_underneath_the_h...

http://www.ted.com/talks/edi_rama_take_back_your_city_with_p...

http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_speck_the_walkable_city

A few others that I can't really find right now, Creating Forrests in Cities, and Unique City building design

Edit for readablility

In no particular order:

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation

http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspi...

http://www.ted.com/talks/amanda_palmer_the_art_of_asking

http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_crea...

http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movemen...

http://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_duarte_the_secret_structure_o...

I can't count how many times I've seen these.

That was my list - almost exactly. Especially Ken Robinson and Dan Pink. +1.

Life altering stuff for sure.

Two oldies but goodies

http://www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_demos_the_13th_century_as...

http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_klein_on_the_intelligence_of...

found here : http://mayageddon.tripod.com/TED_Talks.html

You'll fail to have a great career: http://www.ted.com/talks/larry_smith_why_you_will_fail_to_ha...

93-year old body builder http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Why-Bodybuilding-at-Age-93-is...

http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web

http://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_...

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