It’s common knowledge that, in part, Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor’s talk put TED on the map, becoming the first TED Talk that went viral, gathering over 27 million views. I remember being deeply moved by her experience of getting a stroke. She spoke as a scientist, which was fascinating, but she also spoke as a mystic and poet. I know I watched the 18-minute talk several times, soaking it the insights of just how beautiful of a thing our brain is.