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13 Bill Gates Favorite TED Talks
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13 amazing speeches of prominent orators on the TED platform that positively stunned Bill Gates himself.
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![Bill Gates recommends The best stats you've ever seen Learning from Bill Gates](https://fliist.com/uploads/training/image_en/57/cover_1x_HansRosling_2006-embed.jpg)
The best stats you've ever seen
You've never seen data presented like this. With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called "developing world."
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The danger of science denial
Vaccine-autism claims, "Frankenfood" bans, the herbal cure craze: All point to the public's growing fear (and, often, outright denial) of science and reason, says Michael Specter. He warns the trend spells disaster for human progress.
![Bill Gates recommends The history of our world in 18 minutes Learning from Bill Gates](https://fliist.com/uploads/training/image_en/55/cover_1x_3feaf5a930ecff54d82d3ef0ec5f5e41379098df_1600x1200.jpg)
The history of our world in 18 minutes
Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is "Big History": an enlightening, wide-angle look at complexity, life and humanity, set against our slim share of the cosmic timeline.
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![Bill Gates recommends Let's put birth control back on the agenda Learning from Bill Gates](https://fliist.com/uploads/training/image_en/54/cover_1x_9cf35d788bcc35f5afee067c83956e68c0092a4b_800x600.jpg)
Let's put birth control back on the agenda
Contraception. The topic has become controversial in recent years. But should it be? Melinda Gates believes that many of the world's social change issues depend on ensuring that women are able to control their rate of having kids. In this significant talk at TEDxChange, she makes the case for the world to re-examine an issue she intends to lend her voice to for the next decade.
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![Bill Gates recommends How we'll stop polio for good Learning from Bill Gates](https://fliist.com/uploads/training/image_en/53/cover_1x_55e8224d694fec895e6f95aa6fad6ee7fe091bb7_800x600.jpg)
How we'll stop polio for good
Polio is almost completely eradicated. But as Bruce Aylward says: Almost isn't good enough with a disease this terrifying. Aylward lays out the plan to continue the scientific miracle that ended polio in most of the world -- and to snuff it out everywhere, forever.
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![Bill Gates recommends How do we heal medicine? Learning from Bill Gates](https://fliist.com/uploads/training/image_en/52/cover_1x_b7d298d07402bd380720a6f48b9bb73dbc4554fd_800x600.jpg)
How do we heal medicine?
Our medical systems are broken. Doctors are capable of extraordinary (and expensive) treatments, but they are losing their core focus: actually treating people. Doctor and writer Atul Gawande suggests we take a step back and look at new ways to do medicine -- with fewer cowboys and more pit crews.
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![Bill Gates recommends The surprising decline in violence Learning from Bill Gates](https://fliist.com/uploads/training/image_en/51/cover_1x_2cc6d3a7f29dff9bb21d734f462bb07e8457a2ca_1600x1200.jpg)
The surprising decline in violence
Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence.
![Bill Gates recommends Could this laser zap malaria? Learning from Bill Gates](https://fliist.com/uploads/training/image_en/50/cover_1x_169894_800x600.jpg)
Could this laser zap malaria?
Nathan Myhrvold and team's latest inventions -- as brilliant as they are bold -- remind us that the world needs wild creativity to tackle big problems like malaria. And just as that idea sinks in, he rolls out a live demo of a new, mosquito-zapping gizmo you have to see to believe.
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![Bill Gates recommends Let's use video to reinvent education Learning from Bill Gates](https://fliist.com/uploads/training/image_en/49/cover_1x_7ea7feb720e36b5335b32dfb6036e530d85b9fc3_800x600.jpg)
Let's use video to reinvent education
Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script -- give students video lectures to watch at home, and do "homework" in the classroom with the teacher available to help.
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![Bill Gates recommends How PhotoSynth can connect the world's images Learning from Bill Gates](https://fliist.com/uploads/training/image_en/48/cover_1x_5824aa5b8d490ed3863ee1f8c26731a6ebbfcefe_1600x1200.jpg)
How PhotoSynth can connect the world's images
Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could transform the way we look at digital images. Using still photos culled from the Web, Photosynth builds breathtaking dreamscapes and lets us navigate them.
![Bill Gates recommends How I held my breath for 17 minutes Learning from Bill Gates](https://fliist.com/uploads/training/image_en/47/cover_1x_9ed8ff36f60c73ba894de8370b2ee4182a3aeece_1920x1080.jpg)
How I held my breath for 17 minutes
In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes -- a world record (only two minutes shorter than this entire talk!) -- and what his often death-defying work means to him. Warning: do NOT try this at home.
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![Bill Gates recommends The power of introverts Learning from Bill Gates](https://fliist.com/uploads/training/image_en/46/cover_1x_b542b1ddd2e40cfcf9db3430598bc37cebfec8c1_1600x1200.jpg)
The power of introverts
In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated.
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![Bill Gates recommends Robots that fly ... and cooperate Learning from Bill Gates](https://fliist.com/uploads/training/image_en/45/cover_1x_8aa84e7e5d405e75f19fc51bf6f9918312fff4e5_800x600.jpg)
Robots that fly ... and cooperate
In his lab at Penn, Vijay Kumar and his team build flying quadrotors, small, agile robots that swarm, sense each other, and form ad hoc teams -- for construction, surveying disasters and far more.