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Best Education & learning Talks Recommended on Hacker News

This ranked list contains 25 Education & learning talks from a 73-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include Alan Kay: Doing with Images Makes Symbols (Full Version), CppCon 2015: Kate Gregory “Stop Teaching C", and Veritasium: What Everyone Gets Wrong About AI and Learning – Derek Muller Explains. The broader topic archive has 466 labeled comments across 2009–2026, but this list only includes videos classified as talks. Each row shows its recorded recommendation count and a reason based on its tags and HN history. Use the recent-video archive to browse every format by latest HN mention instead.

  1. 1
    Alan Kay: Doing with Images Makes Symbols (Full Version)

    8 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech pioneers & interviews; the recorded mentions span 2016–2023.

    8 recommenders
  2. 2
    CppCon 2015: Kate Gregory “Stop Teaching C"

    7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2016–2025.

    7 recommenders
  3. 3
    Veritasium: What Everyone Gets Wrong About AI and Learning – Derek Muller Explains

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2025–2026.

    6 recommenders
  4. 4
    The first 20 hours -- how to learn anything | Josh Kaufman | TEDxCSU

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Productivity & self-improvement; the recorded mentions span 2014–2024.

    5 recommenders
  5. 5
    How to learn any language in six months | Chris Lonsdale | TEDxLingnanUniversity

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Language & linguistics; the recorded mentions span 2014–2019.

    5 recommenders
  6. 6
    "How to teach programming (and other things)?" by Felienne Hermans

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2019–2026.

    4 recommenders
  7. 7
    Salman Khan TED Talk 2011 (from ted.com)

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2011–2012.

    4 recommenders
  8. 8
    Bret Victor - Media for Thinking the Unthinkable

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about GUI, HCI & interface history; the recorded mentions span 2015–2026.

    4 recommenders
  9. 9
    The Power of belief -- mindset and success | Eduardo Briceno | TEDxManhattanBeach

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Psychology & human behavior; the recorded mentions span 2014–2020.

    3 recommenders
  10. 10
    Music as a Language: Victor Wooten at TEDxGabriolaIsland

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Music theory, synthesis & production; the recorded mentions span 2017–2018.

    3 recommenders
  11. 11
    Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TED

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2017–2025.

    3 recommenders
  12. 12
    Making Badass Developers - Kathy Sierra (Serious Pony) keynote

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2017–2017.

    3 recommenders
  13. 13
    The call to learn | Clifford Stoll

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2010–2025.

    3 recommenders
  14. 14
    Get Ready to Rock with Sonic Pi - The Live Coding Music Synth for Everyone • Sam Aaron • GOTO 2018

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Creative coding & generative art; the recorded mentions span 2020–2023.

    2 recommenders
  15. 15
    Rethinking CS Education | Alan Kay, CrossRoads 2015

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2016–2019.

    2 recommenders
  16. 16
    Let's teach for mastery -- not test scores | Sal Khan

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2016–2018.

    2 recommenders
  17. 17
    Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2012–2020.

    2 recommenders
  18. 18
    Alan Kay: A powerful idea about teaching ideas

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2009–2024.

    2 recommenders
  19. 19
    SICP: o fim de uma era

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Functional programming; the recorded mentions span 2023–2025.

    2 recommenders
  20. 20
    Duolingo -- the next chapter in human computation | Luis von Ahn | TEDxCMU 2011

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Language & linguistics; the recorded mentions span 2011–2012.

    2 recommenders
  21. 21
    "Hedy: A Gradual programming language" by Felienne Hermans (Strange Loop 2022)

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2022–2024.

    2 recommenders
  22. 22
    How AI Could Save (Not Destroy) Education | Sal Khan | TED

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about AI safety, AGI & impact; the recorded mentions span 2023–2026.

    2 recommenders
  23. 23
    Let's use video to reinvent education | Salman Khan

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2011–2012.

    2 recommenders
  24. 24
    Talk: Video Games and the Future of Education

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Game design; the recorded mentions span 2020–2023.

    2 recommenders
  25. 25
    Doctor on How Screen Time Hurts Kids' Cognitive Development

    0 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2026–2026.

    0 recommenders