Sir Ken Robinson 2006
This is the best TED talk I've seen so far, and I'll let you know if anything tops it. Here is a guy who not only has something to share, but shares it with humor, grace and intellect. He is almost as funny as Bill Cosby during Bill's early years (Junior Barnes comes to mind). He shines. He talks about one of my favorite topics, how schools quash creativity, how kids are innately creative, but lose their ability to be spontaneous, lateral and silly when they start conventional education.
Sir Ken says that even if kids " don't know, they'll have a go."
When I was a youngster, I once congratulated my uncle on receiving his "commotion". These are things that are hilarious, ingenious and endearing when a four year old says them, but hugely embarrassing when you are ten. Yossi Vardi reassures me that silliness is the uncle of innovention. This is something that schools and life like to suck out of our bone marrows as we grow up.
The talk (actually it's half talk, half stand-up) has many moments, my favorite is the story of Gillian Lynne, and how an astute professional saved her from an ignominious future at a regular school. The rest, as they say, is history.
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