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The call to learn | Clifford Stoll

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What it is

Clifford Stoll's energetic TED talk, a wandering mix of anecdotes, a science experiment and thoughts on curiosity, education and technology. He is the author of The Cuckoo's Egg.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it for Stoll's infectious enthusiasm and his case for teaching kids science, and often mention it in threads about him and his Klein bottles.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2010, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Clifford Stoll has explained this far better than I could [1]”

    Stoll explains why teaching kids science and tech matters

    thaumaturgy, 2010-11 · Recommendation · in “The time I hacked my high school”

  2. “I love this guy, I first saw him in his TED talk [1].”

    Enthusiastic Feynman-like speaker

    hrayr, 2015-06 · Recommendation · in “The man with 1,000 klein bottles under his house [video]”

  3. “He's brilliant, bonkers, and wonderful company.”

    Talk by brilliant author of The Cuckoo's Egg

    ColinWright, 2025-06 · Recommendation · in “Klein Bottle Amazon Brand Hijacking (2021)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: clifford stoll, ted talk, education, klein bottles, science enthusiasm

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