these talks had got inside people's heads and changed them. >> jill bolte taylor: so, this is a real he earliest ted talks posted was literally about what was going on inside the head of neurobiologist jill bolte taylor. >> taylor: then i realized, "oh, my gosh, i'm having a stroke! i'm having a stroke!" and the next thing my brain says to me is, "wow! this is so cool!" ( laughter ) "this is so cool! how many brain scientists have the opportunity to study their own brain from the inside out?" ( laughter ) >> rose: taylor's talk went viral. >> we need mathematicians... >> rose: and soon, internet users couldn't get enough of ted talks. >> ...every child... >> rose: a million views turned into a billion... >> ...what... >> rose: and now, it is an internet phenomenon. there are all sorts of ted conferences being held around the world daily. ted started its own website, ted.com. it has 2,000 talks on just about every subject imaginable. >> i can tell you with great confidence, i've been to the future. >> i am 17 years old and i am a nuclear physicist. ( cheering ) >> rose: it's something

earliest ted talks posted was literally about what was going inside the head of neurobiologist jill bolt taylor. >> and i realized oh my gosh, i'm having a stroke i'm hafing a stroke. the next thing my brain says to me is wow this is so cool. (laughter) >> this is so cool. how many brains-- have had the opportunity to study their own brain from the inside out. >> taylor's talk went viral. >> we need mathmaticians. >> and soon internet users couldn't get enough of ted talks. >> every child-- . >> rose: a million views turned into a billion. >> what? >> rose: and now it is an internet phenomenon. >> there are all sorts of ted conferences being held around the world daily. >> i've been locked up now going on 17 years. >> rose: ted started its own web site ted.com. it has 2,000 talks on just about every subject imaginable. >> i can tell you with great confidence i've been to the future. >> i'm 17 years old and i am a nuclear physicist. >> rose: it is something of an intellectual variety show and it is free. >> thank you. >> i was patient zero. >> rose: it was front page news when monica lewinsky re