I work for TED and often get asked what TED Talks I would recommend. I’m no expert, but here is a non-exhaustive list (in no particular order) of the ones I like a lot.
- Mark Pollock and Simone George ― A love letter to realism in a time of grief
- Ken Robinson ― Do schools kill creativity?
- Brené Brown ― The power of vulnerability
- Sarah Kay ― If I should have a daughter
- Andrew Solomon ― How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are
- Anne Lamott ― 12 truths I learned from life and writing
- Kai-Fu Lee ― How AI can save our humanity
- Reshma Saujani ― Teach girls bravery, not perfection
- Cleo Wade ―Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to care.
- Gastón Acurio ― How home cooking can change the world
- Justin Baldoni ― Why I’m done trying to be man enough
- Tracee Ellis Ross ― A woman’s fury holds lifetimes of wisdom
- tobacco brown ― What gardening taught me about life
- Camille A. Brown ― A visual history of social dance in 25 moves
- Sherry Turkle ― Connected, but alone?
- Pico Iyer ― The art of stillness
- Casey Gerald ― Embrace the strange magic of your true self
- America Ferrera ― My identity is a superpower ― not an obstacle
- Mark Ronson ― How sampling transformed music