Some Very Interesting People with Good Things to Say

Feynman on How to think Like a Scientist--- about thinking and investigating how you think and what you know




Ira Glass on how to create meaningful creative work -- failing a lot, setting aside just as much time for looking for interesting things, and waiting to get lucky -- never settling for mediocrity.




Malcolm Gladwell on why there is no perfect _________ there are only perfect _________'s




Hans Rosling's poignant (and beautiful information aesthetics) on how the world is as flat as ever.



Jennifer Lee on "Chinese" food in America



Secret History of Silicon Valley -- Basically: Terman (of Terman Engineering) is the man: some of the core ideas of silicon valley -- IP Protection, Entrepreneurial Stanford Engineering Students, Venture Capital Models, Education and Startup Cooperation were a brainchild of him --- oh yeah and it all goes back to weapons




Daniel Suarez on our bot mediated reality.




Will Wright and Brian Eno on Generative Systems



Jonathan Haidt on the difference between liberals and conservatives




Randy Pausch on really achieving your childhood dreams -- a little self helpy but this is very good



Steve Jobs's three stories on life


Dieter Rams on revolutionizing the design of objects



Vint Cerf on the future of the interwebs


A.J. Jacobs on living his life following all biblical rules ( of the outsourced life fame)


Marilyn Manson Pwning Bill O'Reilly -- and talks about presentation and the veneer of self


Stephen Hawking on finding good challenges for the mind


Salvador Dali on what's my line (hilarious and absurd)


XKCD guy at Google


Ben Huh on the history of Icanhascheezburger


Seth Godin on Purple Cows


Michael Welsch on the internet



John Cage performs



Milton Friedman on Societies that run on Greed -- the only cases where the masses escape grinding poverty is through capitalism



Stewart Brand on the importance of squatter cities



Steve Levitt on why incentives don't work


Speaking of Carrots -- Ali G's literal interpretation of carrots


Tim Hartford on the Logic of Life


Steven Pinker on reverse engineering Romance


Richard Buckland on hidden messages


Dan Dennet on the power of memes



Stephen Hawking on asking big questions about the universe


Ramachandran on intersection of physical and real


Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on creativity and flow