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TED talks, ranked by PostRank engagement dataSource code to generate report: http://gist.github.com/391312
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http://blog.postrank.com/2010/05/and-the-most-engaging-ted-talk-is/PostRank API Docs: http://apidocs.postrank.com
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Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivationhttp://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html1050232439296213479121326996131426757141020
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Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technologyhttp://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html104131142601131043289174523779565538202020
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Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality mapshttp://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera.html10391073030606881818356130857163343185109
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David Merrill demos Siftableshttp://www.ted.com/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html103314813471372871835742817166461010000
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Ken Robinson says schools kill creativityhttp://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html103292632036212543227431101943613912118
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Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_assange_why_the_world_needs_wikileaks.html10319101787253153138127197189744989624191510020
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Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry demo SixthSensehttp://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html10298772980104109453210106425642113131014
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Sir Ken Robinson: Bring on the learning revolution!http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html1029350253133161232336620128190506015122024
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Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire actionhttp://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html10287322514389744395173282002939146040
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Jamie Oliver's TED Prize wish: Teach every child about foodhttp://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver.html102766127004047711820442215463263032115018
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Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativityhttp://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html102676728082687113926481302514737017
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David McCandless: The beauty of data visualizationhttp://www.ted.com/talks/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization.html102430326281954721071264751354354104
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John Underkoffler points to the future of UIhttp://www.ted.com/talks/john_underkoffler_drive_3d_data_with_a_gesture.html102319123433882891621358382101114275020
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Tan Le: A headset that reads your brainwaveshttp://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_a_headset_that_reads_your_brainwaves.html1023167201734017237721263162262821154028
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Matt Ridley: When ideas have sexhttp://www.ted.com/talks/matt_ridley_when_ideas_have_sex.html10223032003306231181211738314272276133020
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Steve Jobs: How to live before you diehttp://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html1021146227282440237475211119130111012
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Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better worldhttp://www.ted.com/talks/jane_mcgonigal_gaming_can_make_a_better_world.html10196291625101599142369320097558313156020
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Clay Shirky: How social media can make historyhttp://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history.html10188381780410284000725558215002
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Hans Rosling on global population growthhttp://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth.html101863116072941248919094352130817343012
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Rory Sutherland: Life lessons from an ad manhttp://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_life_lessons_from_an_ad_man.html101855116953351536571194102218321340012
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Lies, damned lies and statistics (about TEDTalks)http://www.ted.com/talks/lies_damned_lies_and_statistics_about_tedtalks.html101682051410113464101156182010012644002
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Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the worldhttp://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_cognitive_surplus_will_change_the_world.html101674111403102505214552464147172603004
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Michael Pritchard's water filter turns filthy water drinkablehttp://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter.html101642281742022921463147813713304000
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Cameron Herold: Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurshttp://www.ted.com/talks/cameron_herold_let_s_raise_kids_to_be_entrepreneurs.html101641315891872142219851910113241704034
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Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questionshttp://www.ted.com/talks/sam_harris_science_can_show_what_s_right.html10157066154227259372781128661151557408
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Eric Giler demos wireless electricityhttp://www.ted.com/talks/eric_giler_demos_wireless_electricity.html1015334137342643161143959631617119000
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Seth Priebatsch: The game layer on top of the worldhttp://www.ted.com/talks/seth_priebatsch_the_game_layer_on_top_of_the_world.html1014587134211624275840032027122640100
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Elif Shafak: The politics of fictionhttp://www.ted.com/talks/elif_shafak_the_politics_of_fiction.html10144041268117918328121052601622304
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Michael Specter: The danger of science denialhttp://www.ted.com/talks/michael_specter_the_danger_of_science_denial.html1013972798431315652332067291481012109200
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Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to global voiceshttp://www.ted.com/talks/ethan_zuckerman.html10139321558171122594373730131914104
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Sheena Iyengar on the art of choosinghttp://www.ted.com/talks/sheena_iyengar_on_the_art_of_choosing.html1013911131821613717017111219031273128
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David Byrne: How architecture helped music evolvehttp://www.ted.com/talks/david_byrne_how_architecture_helped_music_evolve.html1013853135597265110531412580724425024
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Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our own decisions? http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_own_decisions.html10136675912445840520488618016721100
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Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero!http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates.html1013551101818202231464279346641542352012
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Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insighthttp://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html1013394120974351122336185702416816014
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Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time offhttp://www.ted.com/talks/stefan_sagmeister_the_power_of_time_off.html10129771180535181134034851951002
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Derek Sivers: How to start a movementhttp://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement.html101284613327926713023417202177272019
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Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeoverhttp://www.ted.com/talks/dan_meyer_math_curriculum_makeover.html101275459817941310724413429438511640012
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Chip Conley: Measuring what makes life worthwhilehttp://www.ted.com/talks/chip_conley_measuring_what_makes_life_worthwhile.html101262212661651481211172159058625016
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Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kidshttp://www.ted.com/talks/adora_svitak.html1012585111142317682068134180612851112120
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William Li: Can we eat to starve cancer?http://www.ted.com/talks/william_li.html10125418471171732478863336735893110021
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David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 minhttp://www.ted.com/talks/david_blaine_how_i_held_my_breath_for_17_min.html1012342482128419439951441051671000
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Gary Flake: is Pivot a turning point for web exploration?http://www.ted.com/talks/gary_flake_is_pivot_a_turning_point_for_web_exploration.html10117341235303851117840233311513004
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Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we seehttp://www.ted.com/talks/beau_lotto_optical_illusions_show_how_we_see.html1011545531221291542708006212405004
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Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networkshttp://www.ted.com/talks/nicholas_christakis_the_hidden_influence_of_social_networks.html10114708642692551121850017020141127016
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Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion's free culturehttp://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakley_lessons_from_fashion_s_free_culture.html101139793914819748109292161628142213012
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Barry Schwartz on our loss of wisdomhttp://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_our_loss_of_wisdom.html101113987314542271291231403511344000
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Alain de Botton: A kinder, gentler philosophy of successhttp://www.ted.com/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success.html101101811409464122413263101471100
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Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seenhttp://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html10109618994963261563161271444100
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Richard Dawkins: Growing up in the universehttp://www.ted.com/talks/richard_dawkins_growing_up_in_the_universe.html101093370085303471291517000000
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Laurie Santos: A monkey economy as irrational as ourshttp://www.ted.com/talks/laurie_santos.html1010715984169711012071639504622704
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Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single storyhttp://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.html9.910486111220292694111302124105504
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Christopher "moot" Poole: The case for anonymity onlinehttp://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_m00t_poole_the_case_for_anonymity_online.html9.910251650134134681974728542146310800
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Rory Sutherland: Sweat the small stuffhttp://www.ted.com/talks/rory_sutherland_sweat_the_small_stuff.html9.810042864225188511294248071451008
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Taryn Simon photographs secret siteshttp://www.ted.com/talks/taryn_simon_photographs_secret_sites.html9.8997746711756123161733936511000
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Jeff Bezos: What matters more than your talentshttp://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_bezos_gifts_vs_choices.html9.898311095861218613002075113024
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Craig Venter unveils "synthetic life"http://www.ted.com/talks/craig_venter_unveils_synthetic_life.html9.795335431781062032744388742216414016
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James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice losshttp://www.ted.com/talks/james_balog_time_lapse_proof_of_extreme_ice_loss.html9.7939061211073131448217991415000
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Margaret Gould Stewart: How YouTube thinks about copyrighthttp://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_stewart_how_youtube_thinks_about_copyright.html9.6903563891138354545386599801004
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Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy?http://www.ted.com/talks/debate_does_the_world_need_nuclear_energy.html9.69008433115723499861153267941202008
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JK Rowling: The fringe benefits of failurehttp://www.ted.com/talks/jk_rowling_the_fringe_benefits_of_failure.html9.6883687316353541314200161106302
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Brian Skerry reveals ocean's glory -- and horrorhttp://www.ted.com/talks/brian_skerry_reveals_ocean_s_glory_and_horror.html9.58585878140491289008045026016
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Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deceptionhttp://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shermer_the_pattern_behind_self_deception.html9.5856968215915811212721015068143708
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Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughnesshttp://www.ted.com/talks/benoit_mandelbrot_fractals_the_art_of_roughness.html9.5851463710985511094523010520124204
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Carl Safina: The oil spill's unseen culprits, victimshttp://www.ted.com/talks/carl_safina_the_oil_spill_s_unseen_culprits_victims.html9.4830579014640146351757053021000
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Nic Marks: The Happy Planet Indexhttp://www.ted.com/talks/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index.html9.4801394915583155320059131004
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Tom Wujec: Build a tower, build a teamhttp://www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_build_a_tower.html9.37977658592878499121202012140014
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Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of mindshttp://www.ted.com/talks/temple_grandin_the_world_needs_all_kinds_of_minds.html9.379657621324019333501803121155204
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Carter Emmart demos a 3D atlas of the universe http://www.ted.com/talks/carter_emmart_demos_a_3d_atlas_of_the_universe.html9.379536819057965144515022713212210
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Benjamin Zander on music and passionhttp://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion.html9.37913743152626439376015251327010
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Peter Molyneux demos Milo, the virtual boyhttp://www.ted.com/talks/peter_molyneux_demos_milo_the_virtual_boy.html9.37754664883739586987500431000
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Charles Leadbeater: Education innovation in the slumshttp://www.ted.com/talks/charles_leadbeater_on_education.html9.3770182697113351600001513021016
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Mike Rowe celebrates dirty jobshttp://www.ted.com/talks/mike_rowe_celebrates_dirty_jobs.html9.27480423815481794821019201000
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Julian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects ushttp://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_the_4_ways_sound_affects_us.html9.2745572682061750013361416123000
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Bill Gates on mosquitos, malaria and educationhttp://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_unplugged.html9.274437303281610026217105000
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Qi Zhang's electrifying organ performancehttp://www.ted.com/talks/qi_zhang_s_electrifying_organ_performance.html9.274369903630391457631513461200
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Richard St. John's 8 secrets of successhttp://www.ted.com/talks/richard_st_john_s_8_secrets_of_success.html9.273967401728264200507721804
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Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_buettner_how_to_live_to_be_100.html9.2738271125279288539111151603200
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Stephen Wolfram: Computing a theory of everythinghttp://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_wolfram_computing_a_theory_of_everything.html9.27381385106169961403411911729754102
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Barry Schwartz on the paradox of choicehttp://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html9.273816584232662151740151124002
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Tony Robbins asks why we do what we dohttp://www.ted.com/talks/tony_robbins_asks_why_we_do_what_we_do.html9.172433883134310725499808200302
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Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memoryhttp://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory.html9.172075702737624205781102016222012
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Dan Gilbert asks, Why are we happy?http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html9.171375852336069572771218710010
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Dan Gilbert on our mistaken expectationshttp://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_researches_happiness.html9.169441424194112172610108500000
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Naif Al-Mutawa: Superheroes inspired by Islamhttp://www.ted.com/talks/naif_al_mutawa_superheroes_inspired_by_islam.html9677074672345545393036201012
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Evan Williams on listening to Twitter usershttp://www.ted.com/talks/evan_williams_on_listening_to_twitter_users.html96725775517354009011202100
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Arthur Benjamin's formula for changing math educationhttp://www.ted.com/talks/arthur_benjamin_s_formula_for_changing_math_education.html96712220218441601084855119103000
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Hans Rosling: Asia's rise -- how and whenhttp://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_asia_s_rise_how_and_when.html96705668111623732256152111503000
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Wade Davis on endangered cultureshttp://www.ted.com/talks/wade_davis_on_endangered_cultures.html96642121071130247563106102100
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Dan Cobley: What physics taught me about marketinghttp://www.ted.com/talks/dan_cobley_what_physics_taught_me_about_marketing.html966348243238322300002620103
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Jonathan Zittrain: The Web as random acts of kindnesshttp://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_zittrain_the_web_is_a_random_act_of_kindness.html8.9657872212007115220125514000
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Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social mediahttp://www.ted.com/talks/alexis_ohanian_how_to_make_a_splash_in_social_media.html8.9655871441807312661141111000
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Hans Rosling's new insights on povertyhttp://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_reveals_new_insights_on_poverty.html8.964957136213251113112503004
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Tom Wujec on 3 ways the brain creates meaninghttp://www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_on_3_ways_the_brain_creates_meaning.html8.96464230625400005774337200000
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Adam Sadowsky engineers a viral music videohttp://www.ted.com/talks/adam_sadowsky_engineers_a_viral_music_video.html8.9633358112468687214304702208
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Derek Sivers: Weird, or just different?http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different.html8.96324591171462176381270141203104
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Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fishhttp://www.ted.com/talks/dan_barber_how_i_fell_in_love_with_a_fish.html8.8626964726100311313741707614008