To stress the importance of malaria research, Bill Gates famously unleashed mosquitos on the audience in the first of his three TEDTalks. So which talks jolted him into action? When we asked Gates to curate a list of his favorites, his response was, “There are too many to pick, really.” Here, he makes an attempt.
Hans Rosling: Stats that reshape your worldview
Michael Specter: The danger of science denial
David Christian: The history of our world in 18 minutes
Melinda Gates: Let’s put birth control back on the agenda
Bruce Aylward: How we’ll stop polio for good
Atul Gawande: How do we heal medicine?
Steven Pinker: The surprising decline in violence
Nathan Myhrvold: Could this laser zap malaria
Salman Khan: Let’s use video to reinvent education
Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Photosynth
David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 min.
Susan Cain: The power of introverts
Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly … and cooperate