I've watched more than 800 TED talks in the last 7 years. Last night, I went through all 1400 TED talks and picked out the talks that left long-lasting impressions. Educati onKen Robinson says schools kill creativity (Part 1)"Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challe nges the way we're educati ng our childre n. He champi ons a radical reth ink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and ack no wledge multiple types of i ntellige nee."explores the world of ants and other tinycreatures, and writes movin gly about the way all creatures in terdepe ndent. “Life Less ons "Tim Ferriss is author of bestseller The 4-Hour Workweek , aSir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution! (Part 2)great and small areBen Dunlap is a true polymath, whose tale nts spa nliterature and adm ini strati on. He is the preside nt of South Caroli napoetry, opera, ballet,'s Wofford College.E.O. Wils on: Advice to you ng scie ntistsBiologist E.O. WilsonBen Dun lap: The life-l ong lear nerTim Ferriss: Smash fear, lear n an yth ingself-improvement program of four steps: defining aspirations, managing time, creatingautomatic in come and escap ing the trapp ings of the 9-to-5 life." explori ng and gaining in sight from differe nt worldviews." dramas like TV's Lost, and films like Cloverfield and the new Star Trek."Performa neeSe-taught dan cer Keni chi Ebina ble nds hip-hop, martial arts, moder ndan ce, magic and a blast of pop culture in his mesmeriz ing perfo rma nces."Performance artist and storyteller Rives has been called "the first 2.0poet," using images, video and tech no logy to br ing his words to life."Science :Aubrey de Grey: A roadmap to end agi ngis the director of the RadiusFou ndati on, a forum fordirector and producer J.J. Abramsmakes smart, addictiveTerry Moore: How to tie your shoesMoore JJ Abrams: The mystery boxKeni chi Ebin a's magic movesRives: If I con trolled the In ternet"Aubrey de Grey, British researcher on agi ng, claims he has draw n aroadmap to defeat biological aging. He provocatively proposes that the first human beings who will live to 1,000 years old have already bee n born." Elai ne Morga n says we evolved from aquatic apes"Elaine Morgan is an octogenarian scientist, armed with an arsenal oftelevision writing credits and feminist instinets, on a mission to prove humans evolved in water."VS Ramacha ndran: 3 clues to un dersta nding your bra in"Neurologist V.S. Ramachandran looks deep into the brainmecha ni sms. By work ing with those who have very specific men tal disabilities caused by bra in injury or stroke, he can map fun cti ons of the mind to physical structures of the bra in."Stephe n Petra nek cou nts dow n to Armageddo nWhenhe was editor -in-chief ofDiscover magaz ine, Stephe n Petra nek tan gled with questi ons as big as the uni verse. Here he confronts the biggest questi on on the planet: What are the 10 most likely ways that life on the Earth could end?Society :Sim on Sin ek: How great leaders in spire acti on released the book "Start With Why" -- a syn opsis of the theory he has begu n using to teach others how to become effective leaders and in spire cha nge."s most basic"In 2009, Simon SinekDerek Sivers: How to start a moveme nt'Through his new project, MuckWork, Derek Sivers wan ts to lesse n the burde ns (and boredom) of creative people."Jane McGo ni gal: Gami ng can make a better worldI 『Reality is broken, says Jane McGonigal, and we need to make it work morelike a game. Her work shows us how."and the lens of her own autism, andblogger who thinks about themarketing of ideas in the digital age. Hisnewest interest: the tribes we lead."Jonas Eliasson: How to solve traffic jamsresearchi ng tra nsportati on flow, an alyz ing how people thi nk about their commutes and what can in flue nee their travel decisi ons.Larry Lessig: Laws that choke creativityTemple Grandin: The world n eeds all kinds of mindsresearch Temple Grandin brings startli ng in sight into two worlds."Seth Godin: How to get your ideas to spreadis an entrepreneurAmos Win ter and his team at MIT built the Leveraged Freedom Chair, a cheap lever-poweredwheelchair whose desig n and develop put the user first.“is broken, and law professor and legal activistLawre nee Lessig wants you to help him fix it. I n "Republic, Lost," he tells you how."Malcolm Gladwell: Choice, happ in ess and spaghetti saucefads and emerg ing subcultures, chro ni cler of jobs-you-n ever-k new-existed, Gladwell's work is toppli ng the popular un dersta nding of bias, crime, food, market in g, race, con sumers and in tellige nee."MalcolmJas on Fried: Why work does n't happe n deeply about collaboration, productivity and the nature of work. He's the co-founder of37signals, makers of Basecamp and other web-basedcollaborationtools, and co-authorof Rework ."En trepre neurshipThulasiraj Ravilla: How low-cost eye care can be world-class"Thulasiraj Ravilla is the executive director of the Lions Aravind Instituteof Commu nity Ophthalmology, help ing eye-care hospitals arou nd the world build capacity to preve nt bli ndn ess."Amos Win ter: The cheap all-terrain wheelchairN"The U.S. Congress "Detective ofat work"Jason Fried thinksGeorge Ayittey sees Africa's future as a fight betweenHippos -- complace nt, greedy bureaucrats wallow ing in the muck -- and Cheetahs, the fast-moving, entrepreneurial leaders and citizens who will rebuild Africa."uny ieldi ng en ergy -- and for his brillia nt pre-c on cert talks."commu nist n ati on."Hans Rosli ng ' han ds, data sin gs. Global trends in health andeconomics come to vivid life. And the big picture of global development — with some surpris in gly good n ews — sn aps into sharp focus."Leslie T. Chang: The voices of Chi na's workersEcono micsGeorge Ayittey on Cheetahs vs. HipposMusiclead ing in terpreter of Mahler and Beethove n, Benjamin Zan der is known for his charisma and China :Yang Lan: The gen erati on that's remak ing China multiplatform bus in ess empire, Yang is pion eeri ng more-ope n means of commu ni cati on in theHans Rosli ng: Asia's rise -- how and whe nNot From TED : But they're so good you can't ignore them Randy Pauseh: Really aehiev ing your childhood dreams"Car negie Mello n professor Randy Pauseh motivated thousa nds ofstude nts with his passi on ate teaeh ing. Milli ons more arou nd the world found in spirati on in his movi ng 'Last Leeture.'"existe nee."Jeff Bezos: What matters more tha n your tale nts"As founder and CEO of Amazon.eom, Jeff shopp ingand rewrote the rules of eommeree, usheri ngbus in ess. Timemagaz ine n amed him Man of the Year in 1999."Bobby MeFerri n plays... the audie nee! "Liste ning preeoneeptions. Side effeets may rejeetion of the predietable, andto Bobby MeFerri n in elude un paralleled a sudden,irreversiblesing joy, a urgemay be hazardous to your new perspeetive on ereativity, to lead a more spontaneous"In her reporting and writing,workers in China, focus ing on the experie nee of wome n."Leslie T. Chang explores the lives ofBezos defi ned on li ne in a new era in。