TED has become one of my favourite replacements for television. They get a whole bunch of awesome folks together and give presentations to each other. This talk about synthetic happiness by Dan Gilbert is one of my favourites. It’s something I didn’t know before, but am glad to know now.
Some other talks worth looking at:
- Malcolm Gladwell: What we can learn from spaghetti sauce
- Juan Enriquez: Why can’t we grow new energy?
- Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you’ve ever seen
- John Rives: A mockingbird remix of TED2006