BEST OF HACKER NEWS · 25 TALKS
This ranked list contains 25 Philosophy & ethics talks from a 98-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include This Is Water by David Foster Wallace Full Speech, Violence | Slavoj Žižek | Talks at Google, and Toward Rational, Authentic Food Choices | Melanie Joy | TEDxMünchen. The broader topic archive has 592 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.
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5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Productivity & self-improvement; the recorded mentions span 2015–2022.
4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Philosophy & ethics; the recorded mentions span 2010–2022.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Psychology & human behavior; the recorded mentions span 2015–2023.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Evolution & genetics; the recorded mentions span 2017–2024.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Productivity & self-improvement; the recorded mentions span 2020–2024.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Philosophy & ethics; the recorded mentions span 2011–2022.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software practice, open source & careers; the recorded mentions span 2019–2025.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Philosophy & ethics; the recorded mentions span 2020–2023.
3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Consciousness & cognition; the recorded mentions span 2016–2019.
2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Psychology & human behavior; the recorded mentions span 2012–2024.
2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Literature & writing craft; the recorded mentions span 2018–2022.
2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Scientific method & science communication; the recorded mentions span 2022–2026.
2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Futurism & technology and society; the recorded mentions span 2018–2022.
2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Religion, belief & skepticism; the recorded mentions span 2012–2017.
2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Psychology & human behavior; the recorded mentions span 2018–2023.
2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Consciousness & cognition; the recorded mentions span 2020–2023.
2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Consciousness & cognition; the recorded mentions span 2015–2017.
1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Consciousness & cognition; the recorded mentions span 2009–2023.
1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Philosophy & ethics; the recorded mentions span 2012–2016.
1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Scientific method & science communication; the recorded mentions span 2013–2026.
1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Philosophy & ethics; the recorded mentions span 2013–2024.
1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Philosophy & ethics; the recorded mentions span 2009–2021.
1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Probability & game theory; the recorded mentions span 2013–2023.
1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Philosophy & ethics; the recorded mentions span 2016–2020.
0 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Futurism & technology and society; the recorded mentions span 2016–2025.