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The first TED Talks ever

Behold, the first TED Talks posted online, shared with the world on June 27, 2006. Each one is powerful and moving -- and still resonates today.

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15:57
Al Gore

Averting the climate crisis

15 minutes 57 seconds
With the same humor and humanity he exuded in "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore spells out 15 ways that individuals can address climate change immediately, from buying a hybrid to inventing a new, hotter brand name for global warming.
19:36
Hans Rosling

The best stats you've ever seen

19 minutes 36 seconds
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."
18:16
Majora Carter

Greening the ghetto

18 minutes 16 seconds
In an emotionally charged talk, MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter details her fight for environmental justice in the South Bronx -- and shows how minority neighborhoods suffer most from flawed urban policy.
19:11
Sir Ken Robinson

Do schools kill creativity?

19 minutes 11 seconds
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.
21:06
David Pogue

Simplicity sells

21 minutes 6 seconds
New York Times columnist David Pogue takes aim at technology’s worst interface-design offenders, and provides encouraging examples of products that get it right. To funny things up, he bursts into song.
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