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Bill Gates: My 13 favorite talks

When we asked Bill Gates to curate a list of his favorite talks, his first response was, “There are too many to pick, really.” Here, he's whittled it down to 13 essentials.

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Hans Rosling

The best stats you've ever seen

Michael Specter

The danger of science denial

David Christian

The history of our world in 18 minutes

Melinda Gates

Let's put birth control back on the agenda

Bruce Aylward

How we'll stop polio for good

Atul Gawande

How do we heal medicine?

Steven Pinker

The surprising decline in violence

Nathan Myhrvold

Could this laser zap malaria?

Sal Khan

Let's use video to reinvent education

Blaise Agüera y Arcas

How PhotoSynth can connect the world's images

David Blaine

How I held my breath for 17 minutes