Favorite TED Talks?

[emor]

My wife and I are doing an experiment. We are considering giving up our cable TV service, but before we cancel Time Warner, we are giving it a trial run.

We have been checking out lots of stuff from the library and watching shows online, as well as finding other stuff to do.

However, we've always had the bad habit of watching during dinner, so we've been checking out a few of the TED Talks for our mealtime viewing.

As there are over 900 talks available, I'm looking for suggestions and recommendations. A lot of these range from 10 to 50 minutes which is about right for us. We can watch one longer vid or two or three of the shorter ones.

I'd be interested in any other lecture series suggestions.

edit to add link
http://www.ted.com/themes/browse

[colcifer]

Sir Ken Robinson's talks on education are must sees.

[MatticusMania]

Who is Ted?

[Bongolation]

Talk to each other during dinner, like civilized people.


But good on dumping cable. It's a start.

[Funky Ghost]

The one where different people sent in their voices and Eric Whitacher created a virtual choir. It was amazing. Another fascinating one was with Roger Ebert. I had no idea what he was going through. His wife was amazing, and so was he. Incredibly brave of him to do that episode.

[emor]

Originally Posted by Bongolation

Talk to each other during dinner, like civilized people.


But good on dumping cable. It's a start.

We've been talking for 35 years.

We walk for 30-45 minutes morning and evening, during which we talk.

And watching T.V. doesn't preclude talking to one another.
Of course most of those conversations consisted mostly of, "How much are we paying for this?"

But thanks for the "advice."

[emor]

Originally Posted by colcifer

Sir Ken Robinson's talks on education are must sees.

Ken Robinson | Profile on TED.com

Thanks.
Looks interesting.

[emor]

Originally Posted by MatticusMania

Who is Ted?

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design.

TED | About TED

[sneha1965]

Originally Posted by colcifer

Sir Ken Robinson's talks on education are must sees.

I'll see him tomorrow at our FCPS 2011 Leadership Conference.

[Funky Ghost]

Sugata Mitra is also a neat watch on education.

[sneha1965]

Also Janine Benyus on biomimicry is amazing.

[Ziltoid]

I'm a TED talk fan boy, love them. I find most of them good, don't have any favorites.

[FF Petro]

Originally Posted by sneha1965

I'll see him tomorrow at our FCPS 2011 Leadership Conference.

That's not Fairfax Co. Public Schools, is it?

I don't miss living up there! But either way I hope you enjoy your conference.

[emor]

Originally Posted by sneha1965

Also Janine Benyus on biomimicry is amazing.

Thanks.
I just watched a couple of those--She could've done an entire lecture on any one of the examples.
I watched one of them on YouTube and several of the related videos (on design) look interesting.


Here is one that we watched the other night:
Handspring Puppet Co.: The genius puppetry behind War Horse | Video on TED.com

And a related thread of mine from a couple of years ago:
War Horse (very cool puppets)

[MakiSupaStar]

There are so many good ones. I like the marine biologists talking about the state of reefs and fish populations.

[tplyons]

I really enjoy TED... personal favorite is Malcolm Gladwell on Spaghetti Sauce
Malcolm Gladwell on spaghetti sauce | Video on TED.com

[DanAleks]

Evelyn Glennie - Percussionist

Amazing and inspiring...
Evelyn Glennie shows how to listen

[Funky Ghost]

Thanks Dan, that was pretty amazing I'm going to share that with a few folks at work for sure.

[bassybill]

Originally Posted by colcifer

Sir Ken Robinson's talks on education are must sees.

Yes.

[Bongolation]

Originally Posted by emor

And watching T.V. doesn't preclude talking to one another.

It does for me, especially when I'm dining.

But good luck with your experiment.