How did I not hear about TED earlier? I just found their website, where they’ve posted nearly 150 talks from interesting people on interesting subjects. Each talk lasts from 15 to 30 minutes, on science, culture, philosophy, and just about everything–including musical performances. There’s Al Gore, Richard Dawkins, Jane Goodall, Murray Gell-Mann, Richard Branson, and Bono, among others. It’s hours of mind-expanding fun. Here are a couple particularly entertaining ones:
- ”Mathemagician” Arthur Benjamin wows the crowd with his uber-quick arithmetic.
- Michael Shermer of the Skeptics Society discusses why people believe weird things. It’s only 13 minutes, with a couple cool demonstrations at the end.
