Ask HN: What is your favourite tech talk?

The most inspiring talk a I have ever seen:

Clasp: Common Lisp using LLVM and C++ for Molecular Metaprogramming.

ABSTRACT

This talk describes our unique approach to constructing large, atomically precise molecules (called "Molecular Lego" or "spiroligomers") that could act as new therapeutics, new catalysts (molecules that make new chemical reactions happen faster) and ultimately to construct atomically precise molecular devices. Then I describe Clasp and CANDO, a new implementation of the powerful language Common Lisp. Clasp is a Common Lisp compiler that uses LLVM to generate fast machine code and it interoperates with C++. CANDO is a molecular design tool that uses Clasp as its programming language. Together I believe that these are the hardware (molecules) and the software (the CANDO/Clasp compiler) that will enable the development of sophisticated molecular nanotechnology.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8X69_42Mj-g

Philip Wadler's 'Propositions as Types': https://youtu.be/IOiZatlZtGU

Bonus: that was the talk that introduced Lambdaman to the world.

Inventing On Principle - Bret Victor

https://vimeo.com/36579366

PDC 1996 Keynote with Douglas Adams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UNG3cQoOEc

I didn't watch the whole serie yet, but the first two are pretty solid and still fun. The first part doest not cover JS at all, but is rather a brief history of computing.

Crockford on JavaScript - Volume 1: The Early Years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxAXlJEmNMg