Yesterday I found this talk [1] on the origin of silicon valley in the defense industry, linked in a comment here [2], and couldn't help but sit through the entire thing in one go. So I wonder, what other great, freely available talks or lectures does HN know about?<p>Rules: Can be on any topic. Can be of any length. Ideally, should be a standalone talk.<p>[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTC_RxWN_xo<p>[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12281207
Simple Made Easy by Rich Hickey<p><a href="https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy" rel="nofollow">https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy</a>
Edward Kmett's talk on Monad Transformer Lenses is wonderful. He manages to pack an overwhelming amount of information into a relatively short period of time, and as a Haskell newbie it points out a lot of facets within the language I didn't know as well as I thought I did.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxcz23GOJqc" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxcz23GOJqc</a>
Lets be mainstream by Evan Czaplicky<p>Designer of Elm language talks about principles he used to create language as approachable as JavaScript but as type-safe as haskell.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYk8CKH7OhE" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYk8CKH7OhE</a>
Some of my favourite TED talks<p>Trial, error and the God Complex - Tim Harford
<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_harford" rel="nofollow">http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_harford</a><p>Smart failure for a fast-changing world - Eddie Obeng
<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/eddie_obeng_smart_failure_for_a_fast_changing_world" rel="nofollow">https://www.ted.com/talks/eddie_obeng_smart_failure_for_a_fa...</a><p>How to make stress your friend - Kelly McGonigal
<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend" rel="nofollow">https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress...</a>
"So you want to be a CTO?" [1] by Simon Raik-Allen, CTO of MYOB [2].<p>[1] <a href="https://youtu.be/CVLwFYBvX5I" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/CVLwFYBvX5I</a><p>[2] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MYOB_(company)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MYOB_(company)</a> . Basically a provider of accounting software. A household name in Australia.
Jiro dreams of Game Design - by Brenda Romero - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esKW2ozlRRQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esKW2ozlRRQ</a><p>How to let your passion motivate you in developing great products (not just games).
Randy Pausch - The Last Lecture [2007]
its quite old now, but I still recommend it as a definite worthwhile listen!<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo</a>
Incredibly moving and informative talk about depression and its neurobiological symptoms:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc</a>
For pythonistas:<p>Raymond Hettinger - Beyond PEP 8 -- Best practices for beautiful intelligible code - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-BqAjZb8M" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-BqAjZb8M</a>
@DHH Start Up School Talk 2008<p>The Secret to Making Money Online/A Secret to Making Money Online<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CDXJ6bMkMY" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CDXJ6bMkMY</a><p>Still my favorite talk.
The most important talk for anybody getting into business for themselves: "Fuck You, Pay Me"[1] by Mike Monterio.<p>[1] <a href="https://vimeo.com/22053820" rel="nofollow">https://vimeo.com/22053820</a>