TED is a nonprofit organization that believes passionately that ideas have the power to change attitudes, lives, and ultimately, the world. TED is dedicated to spreading ideas, and its website full of videos of talks and performances is one vehicle it uses to do so. You can search for videos by length, topic, descriptors (i.e. inspiring, funny, jaw-dropping, etc.), speaker, and more. Some of the speakers are world famous, and each is well-respected in his or her field. You can watch anything from an impressive one-man orchestra: Andrew Bird's one-man orchestra of the imagination , to a medical visualization of fetal development: Alexander Tsiaras: Conception to Birth , to a human rights lawyer discussing social injustice: Bryan Stevenson: We need to talk about an injustice . These are just a few talks that interest me, but there's a little something for everyone. Technology, entertainment, design, business, science, & global issues are t...