The BEST episodes of TED Talks season 2010
Every episode of TED Talks season 2010, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of TED Talks season 2010!
TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. TEDTalks began as a simple attempt to share what happens at TED with the world. Under the moniker "ideas worth spreading," talks were released online. They rapidly attracted a global audience in the millions. Indeed, the reaction was so enthusiastic that the entire TED website has been reengineered around TEDTalks, with the goal of giving everyone on-demand access to the world's most inspiring voices. [TED-Ed and TEDx are separate TVDB series and should NOT be listed here.]
#1 - Barry Schwartz: Using Our Practical Wisdom
Season 2010 - Episode 46 - Aired 11/1/2010
#2 - Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability
Season 2010 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/6/2010
Brené Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, 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.
#3 - Jamie Oliver: Teach every child about food
Season 2010 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/1/2010
Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food.
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Season 2010 - Episode 41 - Aired 10/12/2010
At TEDxChange, Melinda Gates makes a provocative case for nonprofits taking a cue from corporations such as Coca-Cola, whose plugged-in, global network of marketers and distributors ensures that every remote village wants -- and can get -- a Coke. Why shouldn't this work for condoms, sanitation, vaccinations too?
#5 - How I Held my Breath for 17 Minutes | David Blaine
Season 2010 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/19/2010
#6 - Chris Anderson: How web video powers global innovation
Season 2010 - Episode 40 - Aired 9/14/2010
TED's Chris Anderson says the rise of web video is driving a worldwide phenomenon he calls Crowd Accelerated Innovation -- a self-fueling cycle of learning that could be as significant as the invention of print. But to tap into its power, organizations will need to embrace radical openness. And for TED, it means the dawn of a whole new chapter ...
#7 - Tom Chatfield: 7 ways games reward the brain
Season 2010 - Episode 45 - Aired 11/1/2010
We're bringing gameplay into more aspects of our lives, spending countless hours -- and real money -- exploring virtual worlds for imaginary treasures. Why? As Tom Chatfield shows, games are perfectly tuned to dole out rewards that engage the brain and keep us questing for more.
#8 - Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution
Season 2010 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/1/2010
In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.
#9 - Ze Frank's web playroom
Season 2010 - Episode 48 - Aired 11/25/2012
On the web, a new "Friend" may be just a click away, but true connection is harder to find and express. Ze Frank presents a medley of zany Internet toys that require deep participation -- and reward it with something more nourishing. You're invited, if you promise you'll share.
#10 - Naomi Klein: Addicted to risk
Season 2010 - Episode 49 - Aired 12/1/2010
Days before this talk, journalist Naomi Klein was on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at the catastrophic results of BP's risky pursuit of oil. Our societies have become addicted to extreme risk in finding new energy, new financial instruments and more ... and too often, we're left to clean up a mess afterward. Klein's question: What's the backup plan?
#11 - Arthur Potts Dawson: A vision for sustainable restaurants
Season 2010 - Episode 35 - Aired 7/1/2010
If you've been in a restaurant kitchen, you've seen how much food, water and energy can be wasted there. Chef Arthur Potts-Dawson shares his very personal vision for drastically reducing restaurant, and supermarket, waste -- creating recycling, composting, sustainable engines for good (and good food).
#12 - Barton Seaver: Sustainable seafood? Let's get smart
Season 2010 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/1/2010
Chef Barton Seaver presents a modern dilemma: Seafood is one of our healthier protein options, but overfishing is desperately harming our oceans. He suggests a simple way to keep fish on the dinner table that includes every mom's favorite adage -- "Eat your vegetables!"
#13 - Shimon Steinberg: Natural pest control ... using bugs!
Season 2010 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/1/2010
Shimon Steinberg looks at the difference between pests and bugs -- and makes the case for using good bugs to fight bad bugs, avoiding chemicals in our quest for perfect produce.
#14 - Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish
Season 2010 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/1/2010
Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love, and the foodie's honeymoon he's enjoyed since discovering an outrageously delicious fish raised using a revolutionary farming method in Spain.
#15 - Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system
Season 2010 - Episode 37 - Aired 8/1/2010
11-year-old Birke Baehr presents his take on a major source of our food -- far-away and less-than-picturesque industrial farms. Keeping farms out of sight promotes a rosy, unreal picture of big-box agriculture, he argues, as he outlines the case to green and localize food production.
#16 - Marcel Dicke: Why not eat insects?
Season 2010 - Episode 33 - Aired 7/1/2010
Marcel Dicke makes an appetizing case for adding insects to everyone's diet. His message to squeamish chefs and foodies: delicacies like locusts and caterpillars compete with meat in flavor, nutrition and eco-friendliness.
#17 - Adam Sadowsky: How to engineer a viral music video
Season 2010 - Episode 31 - Aired 6/10/2010
The band OK Go dreamed up the idea of a massive Rube Goldberg machine for their next music video -- and Adam Sadowsky's team was charged with building it. He tells the story of the effort and engineering behind their labyrinthine creation that quickly became the YouTube sensation "This Too Shall Pass." (Filmed at TEDxUSC.)
#18 - David Byrne: How architecture helped music evolve
Season 2010 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/11/2010
As his career grew, David Byrne went from playing CBGB to Carnegie Hall. He asks: Does the venue make the music? From outdoor drumming to Wagnerian operas to arena rock, he explores how context has pushed musical innovation.
#19 - Jason Fried: Why Work Doesn't Happen at Work
Season 2010 - Episode 42 - Aired 10/15/2010
Jason Fried has a radical theory of working: that the office isn't a good place to do it. He calls out the two main offenders (call them the M&Ms) and offers three suggestions to make the workplace actually work. TEDxMidwest
#20 - Arianna Huffington: How to succeed? Get more sleep
Season 2010 - Episode 50 - Aired 12/1/2010
In this short talk, Arianna Huffington shares a small idea that can awaken much bigger ones: the power of a good night's sleep. Instead of bragging about our sleep deficits, she urges us to shut our eyes and see the big picture: We can sleep our way to increased productivity and happiness — and smarter decision-making.
#21 - David McCandless: The beauty of data visualization
Season 2010 - Episode 36 - Aired 7/1/2010
David McCandless turns complex data sets (like worldwide military spending, media buzz, Facebook status updates) into beautiful, simple diagrams that tease out unseen patterns and connections. Good design, he suggests, is the best way to navigate information glut — and it may just change the way we see the world.
#22 - Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself
Season 2010 - Episode 34 - Aired 7/1/2010
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.
#23 - Hans Rosling: Global population growth, box by box
Season 2010 - Episode 30 - Aired 6/1/2010
The world's population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years — and only by raising the living standards of the poorest can we check population growth. This is the paradoxical answer that Hans Rosling unveils at TED@Cannes using colorful new data display technology (you'll see).
#24 - Jessa Gamble: Our natural sleep cycle is nothing like what we do now
Season 2010 - Episode 32 - Aired 7/1/2010
In today's world, balancing school, work, kids and more, most of us can only hope for the recommended eight hours of sleep. Examining the science behind our body's internal clock, Jessa Gamble reveals the surprising and substantial program of rest we should be observing.
#25 - Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's of awesome
Season 2010 - Episode 39 - Aired 9/1/2010
Neil Pasricha's blog 1000 Awesome Things savors life's simple pleasures, from free refills to clean sheets. In this heartfelt talk, he reveals the 3 secrets (all starting with A) to leading a life that's truly awesome.