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andrewzarian
08-22-2012, 06:12 AM
Tech Crunch released an amazing list of the top 20 TED talks of all time


http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/21/ted-reveals-top-20-most-watched-talks-sir-ken-robinson-tops-the-list/ (http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/21/ted-reveals-top-20-most-watched-talks-sir-ken-robinson-tops-the-list/)

1. Sir Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity(2006): 13,409,417 views
2 Jill Bolte Taylor‘s stroke of insight(2008): 10,409,851
3. Pranav Mistry on the thrilling potential of SixthSense(2009): 9,223,263
4. David Gallo‘s underwater astonishments(2007): 7,879,541
5. Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSense(2009): 7,467,580
6. Tony Robbins asks Why we do what we do(2006): 6,879,488
7. Simon Sinek on how great leaders inspire action(2010): 6,050,294
8. Steve Jobs on how to live before you die(2005): 5,444,022
9. Hans Rosling shows the best stats you’ve ever seen(2006): 4,966,643
10. Brene Brown talks about the power of vulnerability(2010): 4,763,038
11. Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation(2009): 4,706,241
12. Arthur Benjamin does mathemagic(2005): 4,658,425
13. Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing your genius(2009): 4,538,037
14. Dan Gilbert asks: Why are we happy?(2004): 4,269,082
15. Stephen Hawking asks big questions about the universe(2008): 4,153,105
16. Jeff Han demos his breakthrough multi-touchscreen(2006): 3,891,251
17. Johnny Lee shows Wii Remote hacks for educators(2008): 3,869,417
18. Keith Barry does brain magic(2004): 3,847,893
19. Mary Roach 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm(2009): 3,810,630
20. Vijay Kumar demos robots that fly like birds (2012): 3,535,340

The TED blog links to the top 20 list published last year. It’s very similar, in fact, with the notable addition of Steve Jobs’ genuine 2005 talk on how to live before you die.