My Favorite TEDTalks – Part 3

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Sorry for bombarding you with so many lists but I am a compulsive list maker and after my first and second blog on recommended TEDTalks, I was asked to continue with the idea till I run out of my favorite TEDTalks (which doesn't look like a plausible idea) but anyway, here I am with my list # 3.
  1. The power of believing that you can improve by Carol Dweck
  2. Rethinking infidelity ... a talk for anyone who has ever loved by Esther Perel
  3. Talk nerdy to me by Melissa Marshall
  4. How a handful of tech companies control billions of minds every day by Tristan Harris
  5. The mind behind Linux by Linus Torvalds
  6. Why do ambitious women have flat heads? By Dame Stephanie Shirly
  7. Coding a better government by Jennifer Pahlka
  8. Beware online "filter bubbles" by Eli Pariser
  9. Innovating to zero! By Bill Gates
  10. The brain in love by Helen Fisher 
Happy learning! 

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