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Best Social issues & culture Talks Recommended on Hacker News

This ranked list contains 24 Social issues & culture talks from a 167-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include [AUDIO FIXED] The Truth Cannot be Sexist - Steven Pinker on the biology of sex differences, How not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola Rosling, and Millennials Don't Exist! Adam Conover at Deep Shift. The broader topic archive has 1,036 labeled comments across 2011–2026, 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
    [AUDIO FIXED] The Truth Cannot be Sexist - Steven Pinker on the biology of sex differences

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Psychology & human behavior; the recorded mentions span 2017–2018.

    6 recommenders
  2. 2
    How not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola Rosling

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Data visualization & information design; the recorded mentions span 2015–2023.

    5 recommenders
  3. 3
    Millennials Don't Exist! Adam Conover at Deep Shift

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Social issues & culture; the recorded mentions span 2016–2023.

    5 recommenders
  4. 4
    How one tweet can ruin your life | Jon Ronson

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Futurism & technology and society; the recorded mentions span 2018–2025.

    5 recommenders
  5. 5
    Religions and babies | Hans Rosling

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Social issues & culture; the recorded mentions span 2013–2024.

    4 recommenders
  6. 6
    MEETING THE ENEMY A feminist comes to terms with the Men's Rights movement | Cassie Jaye | TEDxMarin

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Social issues & culture; the recorded mentions span 2017–2021.

    4 recommenders
  7. 7
    Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies. | Daryl Davis | TEDxNaperville

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Social issues & culture; the recorded mentions span 2018–2022.

    3 recommenders
  8. 8
    Germany: Low Crime, Clean Prisons, Lessons for America | Jeff Rosen | TEDxMountainViewHighSchool

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Law, policing & justice; the recorded mentions span 2017–2022.

    3 recommenders
  9. 9
    James Baldwin vs William F Buckley: A legendary debate from 1965

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Social issues & culture; the recorded mentions span 2020–2023.

    3 recommenders
  10. 10
    RSA ANIMATE: First as Tragedy, Then as Farce

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Philosophy & ethics; the recorded mentions span 2011–2022.

    3 recommenders
  11. 11
    Hans Rosling: Global population growth, box by box

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Data visualization & information design; the recorded mentions span 2013–2020.

    2 recommenders
  12. 12
    What prevents the poor from reaching the middle class? | VISION TALKS

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Labor, work & inequality; the recorded mentions span 2014–2024.

    2 recommenders
  13. 13
    Make love, not porn (Adult content) | Cindy Gallop

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Social issues & culture; the recorded mentions span 2012–2017.

    2 recommenders
  14. 14
    My descent into America's neo-Nazi movement & how I got out | Christian Picciolini | TEDxMileHigh

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Social issues & culture; the recorded mentions span 2020–2023.

    2 recommenders
  15. 15
    Unconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Management, leadership & organizations; the recorded mentions span 2015–2018.

    2 recommenders
  16. 16
    See how the rest of the world lives, organized by income | Anna Rosling Rönnlund

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Data visualization & information design; the recorded mentions span 2018–2023.

    2 recommenders
  17. 17
    Neil Degrasse Tyson on being Black, and Women in Science

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Social issues & culture; the recorded mentions span 2014–2017.

    2 recommenders
  18. 18
    Best Speech You Will Ever Hear - Gary Yourofsky

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Philosophy & ethics; the recorded mentions span 2012–2016.

    1 recommenders
  19. 19
    The mathematics of love | Hannah Fry

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Probability & game theory; the recorded mentions span 2021–2026.

    1 recommenders
  20. 20
    How economic inequality harms societies | Richard Wilkinson

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Labor, work & inequality; the recorded mentions span 2012–2016.

    1 recommenders
  21. 21
    Obesity is a National Security Issue: Lieutenant General Mark Hertling at TEDxMidAtlantic 2012

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Fitness, sleep & longevity; the recorded mentions span 2021–2026.

    1 recommenders
  22. 22
    Why is India so filthy? | The Ugly Indian | TEDxBangalore

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Transit, cities & urban planning; the recorded mentions span 2014–2025.

    1 recommenders
  23. 23
    Konstantin Kisin: Woke Culture HAS Gone Too Far - 7/8 | Oxford Union

    1 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Free speech, censorship & civil liberties; the recorded mentions span 2023–2023.

    1 recommenders
  24. 24
    Mark Fisher : The Slow Cancellation Of The Future

    0 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Futurism & technology and society; the recorded mentions span 2017–2026.

    0 recommenders