Dave Eggers: 4 Spot-on TEDTalks

After breaking onto the literary scene with his book A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Dave Eggers established the non-profit 826 Valencia to encourage kids to flex their writing muscles. In his 2008 TED Prize speech, Eggers called for us all to engage with local public schools and students. Naturally, the talks that mean the most to Eggers speak to this wish.

Eggers explains, The best TED talks make sense of complicated ideas and trends, and have an elegant simplicity to them thats why the talks only need to be 18 minutes long. Its plenty of time to get across a clear and bold idea.

Below, his notes on four great talks.

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