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"Tim O'Reilly founded O'Reilly Media with the long-term vision of changing the world by spreading the knowledge of tech innovators. It\u2019s a mission that very much dovetails with TED. Below, O'Reilly picks his favorite TEDTalks and give notes about why each one had a major impact on him. \nWillie Smits: How to restore a rainforest\n \n\u201CI loved the deep systems thinking in Willie Smits' talk. If we want to get there, we need to start here...\u201D\nJen Pahlka: Coding a better government\n\n\u201C\u2018Are we just a crowd of voices, or are we a crowd of hands?\u2019 Jen Pahlka puts the notion of government participation in a new and powerful context.\u201D\nBonnie Bassler: How bacteria \"talk\"\n\n\u201CI found the insights in this talk fascinating; it completely changed my mental model of how illness comes about.\u201D\nBenjamin Zander: The transformative power of classical music\n \n\u201CBen Zander gives a bravura performance and a mind-deepening talk about how passion drives interest and creativity. My favorite TEDTalk ever.\u201D\nKary Mullis' next-gen cure for killer infections\n\n\u201CI loved this talk for the way that Kary combined his personal experience, folksy delivery and clear teaching about a really important problem. And he gets across that Nobel Prize winners don't always come from the background you expect.\u201D\nKen Robinson says that schools kill creativity\n \n\u201CAnyone who has kids will resonate to this talk. Our schools so often let down our children, and we let them do it. Sir Ken Robinson inspires us to do better.\u201D\nDonald Sadoway: The missing link to renewable energy\n \n\u201CThis should be a model for all TEDTalks. Donald Sadoway is tackling an important problem, but he's also a master teacher, so we aren't just \u2018wowed\u2019 (as is so often the case), we come away having learned something new.\u201D\nHans Rosling: Stats that reshape your worldview\n\n\u201CNow that everyone is into data visualization, it's difficult to imagine just how amazing this talk was when it first was given. Hans has a unique ability to make numbers talk.\u201D\nJeff Han demos his breakthrough touchscreen\n\n\u201CIt's easy to forget that there was a time before multi-touch displays. Here, Jeff Han demonstrates the power of multi-touch when the iPhone was still nearly a year and a half away. It's a great illustration of William Gibson's dictum that \u2018The future is here. It's just not evenly distributed yet.\u2019 And a reminder of the role that TED can play in helping to spread new ideas.\u201D"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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