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Ask HN: What's your favorite TED Talk?

17 points by squegles ↗ HN
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)

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ASquare
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.

massung
That was my list - almost exactly. Especially Ken Robinson and Dan Pink. +1.
ASquare
Life altering stuff for sure.
codemonkeymike
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

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