The Most Watched TED Talks
I love TED talks. Long-time readers know I post a lot of them on the website and really value learning through studying the ideas of others. Anyhow, Tech Crunch compiled a really great list of the 20 most watched TED talks ever. I haven’t even watched them all, but I wanted to pass along the list since I know many of the videos will be helpful, educational and/or useful for readers:
- Sir Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity (2006): 13,409,417 views
- Jill Bolte Taylor‘s stroke of insight (2008): 10,409,851
- Pranav Mistry on the thrilling potential of SixthSense (2009): 9,223,263
- David Gallo‘s underwater astonishments (2007): 7,879,541
- Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense (2009): 7,467,580
- Tony Robbins asks Why we do what we do (2006): 6,879,488
- Simon Sinek on how great leaders inspire action (2010): 6,050,294
- Steve Jobs on how to live before you die (2005): 5,444,022
- Hans Rosling shows the best stats you’ve ever seen (2006): 4,966,643
- Brene Brown talks about the power of vulnerability (2010): 4,763,038
- Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation (2009): 4,706,241
- Arthur Benjamin does mathemagic (2005): 4,658,425
- Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing your genius (2009): 4,538,037
- Dan Gilbert asks: Why are we happy? (2004): 4,269,082
- Stephen Hawking asks big questions about the universe (2008): 4,153,105
- Jeff Han demos his breakthrough multi-touchscreen (2006): 3,891,251
- Johnny Lee shows Wii Remote hacks for educators (2008): 3,869,417
- Keith Barry does brain magic (2004): 3,847,893
- Mary Roach 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm (2009): 3,810,630
- Vijay Kumar demos robots that fly like birds (2012): 3,535,340
Cullen Roche
Mr. Roche is the Founder of Orcam Financial Group, LLC. Orcam is a financial services firm offering research, private advisory, institutional consulting and educational services.
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Oh boy… this one is gonna take a while to get through lol.
Appreciate you putting this little index together. Thanks.
This is great, thanks Cullen.
That Simon Sinek one is phenomenal – a great way to spend 15 mins. Lessons of a lifetime of experience in minutes.
Not on the list but one of the coolest, visually stunning presentations on the life of Nikola Tesla that you will likely ever see:
http://video.ted.com/talk/podcast/2012/None/MarcoTempest_Session4_2012-480p.mp4
Sinek’s ‘Why’ presentation permenantly changed how I interact with clients.
Thanks, Cullen. Can’t wait to get started on this list…TED talks are a great resource.
One of my favorites is by Carl Honore, and is a nice refresher on the importance of slowing things down (that need/can be slowed down). His book is worth the read as well.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/carl_honore_praises_slowness.html
Thank you. Have not seen it before.
Dan pink stuff is funny esp the part where you learn that the FED funded the study showing that financial incentive (bonuses etc) can lead to a negative impact in terms if individual performance….