Ask HN: What are your favorite Ted talks?

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Post by kreeWall » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 3:14 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite Ted talks?

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Post by webmaven » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 4:30 PM UTC

ObNitPick: TED, not Ted.

That aside, my favorite (though I've never figured out why, exacly) are Aimee Mullins':

"The Opportunity of Adversity": https://www.ted.com/talks/aimee_mullins_the_opportunity_of_a...

and "My Twelve Pairs of Legs": https://www.ted.com/talks/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_aesthetic...

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite Ted talks?

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Post by kreeWall » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 5:34 PM UTC

webmaven wrote: post #2

ObNitPick: TED, not Ted. That aside, my favorite (though I've never figured out why , exacly) are Aimee Mullins': "The Opportunity of Adversity": https://www.ted.com/talks/aimee_mullins_the_opportunity_of_a... and "My Twelve Pairs of Legs": https://www.ted.com/talks/aimee_mullins_prosthetic_aesthetic...

Apologies - can't edit the post, sadly, maybe a moderator can?

I haven't heard of these ones before, but excited to check them out, thank you!

Re: Ask HN: What are your favorite Ted talks?

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Post by tmaly » Fri, Apr 12, 2019, 3:24 PM UTC

I have only watched a few, so I cannot give a great answer.

But I have a good queue of ones I want to watch, which I build from ones recommended in the TED book on public speaking written by the current head of TED.