The most popular talks of all time - TED

Are schools killing creativity? What makes a great leader? How can I find happiness? These 25 talks are the ones that you and your fellow TED fans just ... 19:24SirKenRobinsonDoschoolskillcreativity?19minutes24secondsSirKenRobinsonmakesanentertainingandprofoundlymovingcaseforcreatinganeducationsystemthatnurtures(ratherthanundermines)creativity.21:02AmyCuddyYourbodylanguagemayshapewhoyouare21minutes2seconds(NOTE:Someofthefindingspresentedinthistalkhavebeenreferencedinanongoingdebateamongsocialscientistsaboutrobustnessandreproducibility.Read"Criticisms&updates"belowformoredetailsaswellasAmyCuddy'sresponse.)Bodylanguageaffectshowothersseeus,butitmayalsochangehowweseeourselves.SocialpsychologistAmyCuddyarguesthat"powerposing"--standinginapostureofconfidence,evenwhenwedon'tfeelconfident--canboostfeelingsofconfidence,andmighthaveanimpactonourchancesforsuccess.18:04SimonSinekHowgreatleadersinspireaction18minutes4secondsSimonSinekhasasimplebutpowerfulmodelforinspirationalleadership--startingwithagoldencircleandthequestion:"Why?"HisexamplesincludeApple,MartinLutherKingJr.andtheWrightbrothers...20:19BrenéBrownThepowerofvulnerability20minutes19secondsBrenéBrownstudieshumanconnection--ourabilitytoempathize,belong,love.Inapoignant,funnytalk,shesharesadeepinsightfromherresearch,onethatsentheronapersonalquesttoknowherselfaswellastounderstandhumanity.Atalktoshare.14:03TimUrbanInsidethemindofamasterprocrastinator14minutes3secondsTimUrbanknowsthatprocrastinationdoesn'tmakesense,buthe'sneverbeenabletoshakehishabitofwaitinguntilthelastminutetogetthingsdone.Inthishilariousandinsightfultalk,UrbantakesusonajourneythroughYouTubebinges,Wikipediarabbitholesandboutsofstaringoutthewindow--andencouragesustothinkharderaboutwhatwe'rereallyprocrastinatingon,beforewerunoutoftime.09:58JulianTreasureHowtospeaksothatpeoplewanttolisten9minutes58secondsHaveyoueverfeltlikeyou'retalking,butnobodyislistening?Here'sJulianTreasuretohelp.Inthisusefultalk,thesoundexpertdemonstratesthehow-to'sofpowerfulspeaking--fromsomehandyvocalexercisestotipsonhowtospeakwithempathy.Atalkthatmighthelptheworldsoundmorebeautiful.08:32BillGatesThenextoutbreak?We'renotready8minutes32secondsIn2014,theworldavoidedaglobaloutbreakofEbola,thankstothousandsofselflesshealthworkers--plus,frankly,someverygoodluck.Inhindsight,weknowwhatweshouldhavedonebetter.So,now'sthetime,BillGatessuggests,toputallourgoodideasintopractice,fromscenarioplanningtovaccineresearchtohealthworkertraining.Ashesays,"There'snoneedtopanic...butweneedtogetgoing."09:37CameronRussellLooksaren'teverything.Believeme,I'mamodel.9minutes37secondsCameronRusselladmitsshewon"ageneticlottery":she'stall,prettyandanunderwearmodel.Butdon'tjudgeherbyherlooks.Inthisfearlesstalk,shetakesawrylookattheindustrythathadherlookinghighlyseductiveatbarely16yearsold.12:46RobertWaldingerWhatmakesagoodlife?Lessonsfromthelongeststudyonhappiness12minutes46secondsWhatkeepsushappyandhealthyaswegothroughlife?Ifyouthinkit'sfameandmoney,you'renotalone–but,accordingtopsychiatristRobertWaldinger,you'remistaken.Asthedirectorofa75-year-oldstudyonadultdevelopment,Waldingerhasunprecedentedaccesstodataontruehappinessandsatisfaction.Inthistalk,hesharesthreeimportantlessonslearnedfromthestudyaswellassomepractical,old-as-the-hillswisdomonhowtobuildafulfilling,longlife.16:43MaryRoach10thingsyoudidn'tknowaboutorgasm16minutes43seconds"Bonk"authorMaryRoachdelvesintoobscurescientificresearch,someofitcenturiesold,tomake10surprisingclaimsaboutsexualclimax,rangingfromthebizarretothehilarious.(Thistalkisaimedatadults.Viewerdiscretionadvised.)18:50PamelaMeyerHowtospotaliar18minutes50secondsOnanygivendaywe'reliedtofrom10to200times,andthecluestodetectthoseliescanbesubtleandcounter-intuitive.PamelaMeyer,authorof"Liespotting,"showsthemannersand"hotspots"usedbythosetrainedtorecognizedeception--andsheargueshonestyisavalueworthpreserving.(Containsmaturecontent)123