TED Talks i like. ★ means special favs

Life lessons

• Why some of us don't have one true calling ★
• Don't regret regret
• Why you will fail to have a great career
• How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are
• Love, no matter what ★
• The power of vulnerability ★
• The psychology of your future self
• How to make hard choices ★
• Why we all need to practice emotional first aid
• There's more to life than being happy
• A pro wrestler's guide to confidence

Neuroscience // Psychology

• The biology of our best and worst selves
• Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality ★
• The game that can give you 10 extra years of life ★
• The power of believing that you can improve
• Your body language may shape who you are ★

Science

• How I teach kids to love science
• How LIGO discovered gravitational waves — and what might be next
• Math is forever ★
• Psychedelic science
• Is our universe the only universe?
• The mathematics of history

Biology

• Swim with the giant sunfish
• The secret life of plankton
• You have no idea where camels really come from

Health science

• The power of herd immunity ★

Autism

• The forgotten history of autism
• A word game to communicate in any language
• How autism freed me to be myself
• To understand autism, don't look away

Mental health

• Depression, the secret we share

Art

• Love letters to strangers ★
• The storyteller in all of us

Architecture

• The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen ★
• How to grow fresh air

Films & TV

• The world's most boring television ... and why it's hilariously addictive

Storytelling

• The clues to a great story

Music

• Poetry, music and identity ★
• How Cover Songs Can Change Your Life ★
• In the internet age, dance evolves ★

Creativity

• The surprising habits of original thinkers ★
• Go ahead, make up new words! ★
• What makes something go viral?

Activism

• How to talk (and listen) to transgender people
• When Black women walk, things change ★
• How fashion helps us express who we are — and what we stand for ★
• A short history of trans people's long fight for equality

Languages

• How to learn any language easily
• Dime qué idioma hablas y te diré quién eres
• John McWhorter: Are Elvish, Klingon, Dothraki and Na'vi real languages?

Miscellaneous

• The conversation we're not having about digital child abuse
• The danger of a single story
• What six years in captivity taught me about fear and faith
• Are you a giver or a taker?
• Gaming can make a better world
• The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power
• To raise brave girls, encourage adventure
• A prosecutor's vision for a better justice system ★
• How to speak up for yourself
• Drawing in class
• The magic of truth and lies -and ipods- ★