TED TALK 1: Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?

TED TALK 2: Susan Cain: The power of introverts

TED TALK 3: Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suit 3 weeks ago

On a new design of modular molten salt nuclear fission reactor. 3 weeks ago

TED’s new custom of sending out a daily reminder of the day’s TED Talk is a pretty good idea for me. I get a reminder and a link, and sometimes just at the right time of the day so that I can download it before I leave work and watch after supper. 4 weeks ago

Philip Zimbardo: The demise of guys?
http://www.ted.com/talks/zimchallenge.html
Psychologist Philip Zimbardo asks, “Why are boys struggling?” He shares some stats (lower graduation rates, greater worries about intimacy and relationships) and suggests a few reasons—and he asks for your help!

Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my body
http://www.ted.com/talks/eve_ensler.html
Poet, writer, activist Eve Ensler lived in her head. In this powerful talk from TEDWomen, she talks about her lifelong disconnection from her body—and how two shocking events helped her to connect with the reality, the physicality of being human.

Caroline Casey: Looking past limits
http://www.ted.com/talks/caroline_casey_looking_past_limits.html
Activist Caroline Casey tells the story of her extraordinary life, starting with a revelation (no spoilers). In a talk that challenges perceptions, Casey asks us all to move beyond the limits we may think we have.

Adam Ostrow: After your final status update
http://www.ted.com/talks/adam_ostrow_after_your_final_status_update.html
Many of us have a social media presence—a virtual personality made up of status updates, tweets and connections, stored in the cloud. Adam Ostrow asks a big question: What happens to that personality after you’ve died? Could it … live on?

Courtney Martin: Reinventing feminism
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/courtney_martin_reinventing_feminism.html
Blogger Courtney Martin examines the perennially loaded word “feminism” in this personal and heartfelt talk. She talks through the three essential paradoxes of her generation’s quest to define the term for themselves.

Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better
http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better.html
In our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, “We are losing our listening.” In this short, fascinating talk, Treasure shares five ways to re-tune your ears for conscious listening—to other people and the world around you.

Thandie Newton: Embracing otherness, embracing myself
http://www.ted.com/talks/thandie_newton_embracing_otherness_embracing_myself.html
Actor Thandie Newton tells the story of finding her “otherness”—first, as a child growing up in two distinct cultures, and then as an actor playing with many different selves. A warm, wise talk, fresh from stage at TEDGlobal 2011. 21 months ago

Matt Cutts: Try something new for 30 days
http://www.ted.com/talks/matt_cutts_try_something_new_for_30_days.html
Is there something you’ve always meant to do, wanted to do, but just … haven’t? Matt Cutts suggests: Try it for 30 days. This short, lighthearted talk offers a neat way to think about setting and achieving goals.

Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself
http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_yourself.html
After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone, but Derek Sivers says it’s better to keep goals secret. He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them.

Joshua Walters: On being just crazy enough
http://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_walters_on_being_just_crazy_enough.html
At TED’s Full Spectrum Auditions, comedian Joshua Walters, who’s bipolar, walks the line between mental illness and mental “skillness.” In this funny, thought-provoking talk, he asks: What’s the right balance between medicating craziness away and riding the manic edge of creativity and drive?

Becky Blanton: The year I was homeless
http://www.ted.com/talks/becky_blanton_the_year_i_was_homeless.html
Becky Blanton planned to live in her van for a year and see the country, but when depression set in and her freelance job ended, her camping trip turned into homelessness. In this intimate talk, she describes her experience of becoming one of America’s working homeless.

David Hoffman on losing everything
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_hoffman_on_losing_everything.html
Nine days before TED2008, filmmaker David Hoffman lost almost everything he owned in a fire that destroyed his home, office and 30 years of passionate collecting. He looks back at a life that’s been wiped clean in an instant—and looks forward.

Lakshmi Pratury on letter-writing
http://www.ted.com/talks/lakshmi_pratury_on_letter_writing.html
Lakshmi Pratury remembers the lost art of letter-writing and shares a series of notes her father wrote to her before he died. Her short but heartfelt talk may inspire you to set pen to paper, too.

Laura Trice suggests we all say thank you
http://www.ted.com/talks/laura_trice_suggests_we_all_say_thank_you.html
In this deceptively simple 3-minute talk, Dr. Laura Trice muses on the power of the magic words “thank you”—to deepen a friendship, to repair a bond, to make sure another person knows what they mean to you. Try it.

Stacey Kramer: The best gift I ever survived
http://www.ted.com/talks/stacey_kramer_the_best_gift_i_ever_survived.html
Stacey Kramer offers a moving, personal, 3-minute parable that shows how an unwanted experience - frightening, traumatic, costly - can turn out to be a priceless gift.

Richard St. John’s 8 secrets of success
http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success.html
Why do people succeed? Is it because they’re smart? Or are they just lucky? Neither. Analyst Richard St. John condenses years of interviews into an unmissable 3-minute slideshow on the real secrets of success. 22 months ago

http://www.TED.com/talks/alice_dreger_is_anatomy_destiny.html
Alice Dreger: Is anatomy destiny?
Alice Dreger works with people at the edge of anatomy, such as conjoined twins and intersexed people. In her observation, it’s often a fuzzy line between male and female, among other anatomical distinctions. Which brings up a huge question: Why do we let our anatomy determine our fate?

http://www.ted.com/talks/jd_schramm.html
JD Schramm: Break the silence for suicide survivors
Even when our lives appear fine from the outside, locked within can be a world of quiet suffering, leading some to the decision to end their life. At TEDYou, JD Schramm asks us to break the silence surrounding suicide and suicide attempts, and to create much-needed resources to help people who reclaim their life after escaping death.

http://www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias.html
Ric Elias: 3 things I learned while my plane crashed
Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down? At TED, he tells his story publicly for the first time.

http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html
Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability
Brene Brown studies human connection—our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.

http://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_petranek_counts_down_to_armageddon.html
Stephen Petranek counts down to Armageddon
How might the world end? Stephen Petranek lays out the challenges that face us in the drive to preserve the human race. Will we be wiped out by an asteroid? Eco-collapse? How about a particle collider gone wild?
I will write an entry with commentary later, but I wanted to track these so I could close all the tabs. ;) 23 months ago

Listened to all three my weekly talks tonight.

Paul Nicklen, on arctic life.
Fio Omenetto, on the technological uses of silk.
Suzanne Lee, on growing cellulosic fabrics.

Three a week sounds very little, but at 18 minutes for the longer ones, it comes to almost an hour. However, this hour cannot be considered wasted. 2 years ago

Luckily I spent 4 hours on a train today so was able to listen to 3! :)

Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation.
Julie Sweeney – The Talk.
David Blaine – How I held my breath for 17 minutes. 2 years ago