Question: What other TED Talks about writing and creativity do you recommend?

I’ve received a surprising amount of positive feedback about two TED Talks [Andrew Stanton: Clues to a Great Story and the current J.J. Abrams “mystery box” presentation] which I’ve serialized including a transcript of what the speaker said. It appears that more than a few folks concurred with my take that we are much more likely to get some specific benefit about our writing from these inspiring speakers if we broke down their presentations, read a transcript, and really mull over the ideas presented there.

That got me to thinking: As long as I’m aggregating interviews with writers on this site, why not do the same thing with other relevant TED Talks?

So what other TED Talks do you recommend? I’m thinking specifically about writing, filmmaking, and TV, but also more generally about creativity.

Please post your suggestions in comments. If you can find a YouTube link, great. If nothing else, this can help bring worthy presentations to the attention of people who otherwise would have missed them.

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