I began watching some videos of Stanford Professor Robert Sapolsky and have fallen in love with his style. The topics he teaches aren't anything I'd normally be interested in, but he is an excellent and interesting speaker.<p>In the spirit of expanding our knowledge, I hope to hear back from the Hacker News community about the lectures or speakers you all find interesting.<p>Sapolsky's lecture on depression in the US [0] got me hooked and now I'm working my way through his Human Behavioral Biology class[1], which is also excellent.<p>[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc
[1] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL848F2368C90DDC3D
Yeah, that Sapolsky course is hard to beat! It's amazing. Some outstanding things that come to mind:<p>Anything by Feynman. There are quite a few of his lecture courses online, on various subjects.<p>Hamming's <i>Learning to Learn</i> course <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30</a><p>Anything by Gilbert Strang, he's a great teacher. e.g. <a href="https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06-linear-algebra-spring-2010/video-lectures/" rel="nofollow">https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18-06-linear-algebra...</a><p>Youtube videos by Vi Hart, tech talks by Julia Evans.<p>In the art world: any program/series involving John Berger (<i>Ways of Seeing</i>) or Robert Hughes (<i>The Shock of the New</i>).<p>Documentaries of Patricio Guzmán and Werner Herzog.