And "here is what we could do", yeah that sounds optimistic too, what's awkward about that?
a lot of scientists and writers are more interested in or focused on a particular discovery in itself, so the part where they switch to a "plan of action" is sometimes a bit hasty and tacked-on
― the people vs peer gynt (goole), Thursday, 27 August 2009 20:43 (fourteen years ago) link
TED will save the world through innovations in optics, sociology and software!
― Alex Android (Viceroy), Thursday, 27 August 2009 23:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm not enough of a cynic to dislike TED and not enough of a self-serving kool aide drinker to believe that TED is Really Deep, however I have to love the fallout from when TED and Sarah Silverman collide.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 14 February 2010 23:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Gawker commentary
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 14 February 2010 23:18 (fourteen years ago) link
If TED is the Wired of the lecture circuit, what's the Mondo 2000? Cause that's what I'd go see insTED
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 14 February 2010 23:36 (fourteen years ago) link
What were they expecting?
― Nhex, Monday, 15 February 2010 00:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I think they got exactly what they were expecting. All the whining tweets are meant to continue milking the exposure.
― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 15 February 2010 00:50 (fourteen years ago) link
the Barry Shwartz talk about choice was eye opening for me
― lukevalentine, Monday, 15 February 2010 01:03 (fourteen years ago) link
i guess its old but worth a watch. is book is good too
c'mon, this site is great. any other ones like it?
― sleepingbag, Thursday, 2 September 2010 06:32 (thirteen years ago) link
~ideas~
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 February 2012 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
http://blogs-images.forbes.com/cache/gravatars/genemarks_136.jpg
if i was a poor black kid this would be my favorite shit
― dave cool, Sunday, 19 February 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
This is a good one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td1PbsV6B80
― Fonz Hour (Eazy), Sunday, 19 February 2012 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
(I don't get dave's joke)
i almost envy u for missing this particular internet firestorm http://www.forbes.com/sites/quickerbettertech/2011/12/12/if-i-was-a-poor-black-kid
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
this is inarguably the best ted talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
Oh man, I'm going to stay away from that column/comments.
This is probably my favorite one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FBxfd7DL3E
― Fonz Hour (Eazy), Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
I want to do a TED talk on TED-inflation, how incessant demand for TED was itself the downfall of TED
I would have a graph like this
http://www.forexyard.com/blog/en/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/USDCHF_Daily1.JPG
― iatee, Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
― sleepingbag
― buzza, Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
my conclusion would be that we need to start a TED central bank
― iatee, Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
'what if we had a bank...for ideas"
― iatee, Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
I actually gave one of these talks and talked about how this kind of thing (plus The Moth, etc.) are creating a kind of non-fiction performing arts, and removing the artist as middleman: the idea that it's possible to see a cop tell stories as Sunday-afternoon entertainment, rather than going to see an actor pretend to be a cop.
― Fonz Hour (Eazy), Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
what i dont get is ted licences their brand in the form of TEDx conferences which anyone can hold for a fee, bad brand stewardship, someone should TALK to them abt that
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
ha xp
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
They have rules and such for TEDx conferences, so there's some quality control and consistency.
I went to one at the University of Chicago--the speakers included the former president of Boliva as well as my hero Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. The event was sold out, with hundreds and hundreds of college kids there.
― Fonz Hour (Eazy), Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
they should just rename college 'TED', it will help w/ the dropout problem
― iatee, Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
instead of class, just utube, i believe theres a ted talk abt that as a matter of fact
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
I do think they're indicative of why there may be an education bubble, as far as universities previously being the primary place to get this kind of education.
― Fonz Hour (Eazy), Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah there def is, I have a thread bout it: rolling online education thread
― iatee, Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
--and (xpost) the social side, as far as meeting other people with the same interests and way of learning, getting inspired, etc.
In another way, it's in the 19th-century American bootstraps tradition of Emerson, Thoreau, etc.
― Fonz Hour (Eazy), Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
I got halfway through that Hans Rosling talk, which seems to be the most universally-lauded TED talk ever, when I got pissed off by the same glib bullshit that permeates the rest of TED. Specifically when he's talking about differences between African countries, and he mentions "Sierra Leone humanitarian aid, Uganda development aid, Ghana time to invest, and Mauritius you can go on holiday" as if he had just described the natural lifecycle of African development. Only it's total bullshit, even if those were well-defined stages of development there's no evidence that foreign aid helps countries make those transitions (and some evidence that it does the opposite.)
I know, it's not the point of the talk, it was just a nice way to illustrate a point, blah blah. Don't sweat the details, just absorb the glittering vision, right.
― lukas, Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
TED provides you with the experience-high of learning without the experience-low of having to remember anything you heard 5 minutes later / doing homework...the details aren't very important
― iatee, Sunday, 19 February 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
i liked the chimamanda adichie talk about the danger of a single story. iirc there were no graphs, though.
― horseshoe, Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:02 (twelve years ago) link
"TED is not simply “engaging” and “entertaining” but a specific type of entertainment that is increasingly out of touch and exclusionary."
http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/against-ted/
(not but what i think that thing i just linked never puts together the really solid critique that i know is possible)
― dove cale (c sharp major), Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i think there's something about the notion in which not learning but rather experiencing an event where exceptionally intelligent people discuss ideas is in itself learning, never mind that any quiz the next day on what was discussed would result in a failing grade.
― omar little, Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
TED talks linked on facebook allow people to let others do the heavy lifting for them. 'hey here is some food for thought, not prepared by me but enjoy nonetheless.'
― omar little, Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
i say facebook b/c i feel like every week i see a new one posted.
i see no evidence that ted is trying to replace school or w/e, its a conference, it works in much the same way as the million other conferences in the world
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
what if every professor only talked about AWESOME THINGS but you didn't have to remember anything cause NO TESTS
it's like some freshman's stoner fantasy
― iatee, Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
you;'re sort of conflating academic and trade conferences there, which is exactly what TED does
xp
― lukas, Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
nah it's not trying to replace school and it won't, it doesn't have the brand, but it functions as a 'this is what I wish school had been' for lots of people
― iatee, Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
conflating a conference w/college is like some lazy internet guys criticism fantasy
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
i mean theres def a criticism to be made of ted, just not apparently by the people in this thread, especially not lukas smh
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
eh there's nothing magic about a 'college lecture' that makes it different from a 'conference talk', in some contexts they can be exactly the same speech
― iatee, Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
like im sure hans rosling is unaware of some research that you have in yr possession and was intending lil off handed one liners to actually represent the complexity of african economics etc
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
yeah totally i was talking abt magic things im sure theres no difference in intention, w/e its all stupid cause no homework
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
ok, word's don't matter, got it, i'll watch TED talks with renewed interest
― lukas, Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
*words lol
well you have to understand what the words mean i think is the point
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
i mean did u hear he said 'Mauritius you can go on holiday' therefor his industry leading work is invalid *buffs nails*
― lag∞n, Sunday, 19 February 2012 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
I know, you would think he wouldn't sound so desperate if he's actually done reasonable work, but apparently he's ramped it up to be a motivational speaker
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 01:21 (ten years ago) link
But I mean based on this guy's bio he is actually reasonably well-known it sounds like?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, September 17, 2013 9:06 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
never trust bios. especially bios of ppl whose job seems to be self-promoter
― socki (s1ocki), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 20:38 (ten years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Lovethesetrees
It's cool, just a wikipedia user that only ever edited a single page, nothing suspicious here
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 21:15 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/p9uEHzA.jpg
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Thursday, 19 September 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
pictures of people who have figured out how to swindle
― HOOS it because...of steen???? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
He has some innovative strategies to help you become sexually available.
― fake penthouse letters mcgee, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:11 (ten years ago) link
"From YOUR point of view I'm oriented northwest to southeast.... but from MY point of view it's northeast to southwest! MAKES U THINK"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:20 (ten years ago) link
can alacrity really be sharp
― j., Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:24 (ten years ago) link
thing about him is, he still thinks inside the box.
― fake penthouse letters mcgee, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:25 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/nowjzaq.jpg
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:32 (ten years ago) link
My departmental yearly meeting kicked off with someone playing a TED talk and I was dying inside
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:43 (ten years ago) link
WONDER
― Spectrum, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:44 (ten years ago) link
only happens in that intersection of science and art
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:46 (ten years ago) link
i don't know if anyone noticed but there's a little subliminal thing in the above image of him saying hi.
― fake penthouse letters mcgee, Thursday, 19 September 2013 16:48 (ten years ago) link
The NPR/TED radio hour is some amazing synergy, guys.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 19 September 2013 18:49 (ten years ago) link
synergism
― HOOS it because...of steen???? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 19 September 2013 19:26 (ten years ago) link
It would be so awesome if he then lifted up his other hand and on the palm was written "YOU DIPSHIT"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 20 September 2013 00:36 (ten years ago) link
http://i39.tinypic.com/wt7hhs.jpg
― fake penthouse letters mcgee, Friday, 20 September 2013 00:57 (ten years ago) link
this man is a hero:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yFhR1fKWG0
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 11 October 2013 13:24 (ten years ago) link
i don't lol often but i have been rolling.
― lorde willin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 October 2013 21:37 (ten years ago) link
WE'RE GONNA KILL 'EM ALL!!!
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Friday, 11 October 2013 21:50 (ten years ago) link
http://www.salon.com/2013/10/13/ted_talks_are_lying_to_you/
― Saul Goodberg (by Musket and Pup Tent) (s.clover), Sunday, 13 October 2013 16:25 (ten years ago) link
Look on the other speakers' faces during the q&a is priceless
― goth drama is universal (latebloomer), Sunday, 13 October 2013 22:37 (ten years ago) link
:D
― imago, Sunday, 13 October 2013 22:57 (ten years ago) link
clover that thing has sharp knives watch out
― HOOS it because...of steen???? (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 13 October 2013 23:31 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9ptUVhs1UU
― imago, Sunday, 13 October 2013 23:32 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/30/we-need-to-talk-about-ted
Let me tell you a story. I was at a presentation that a friend, an astrophysicist, gave to a potential donor. I thought the presentation was lucid and compelling (and I'm a professor of visual arts here at UC San Diego so at the end of the day, I know really nothing about astrophysics). After the talk the sponsor said to him, "you know what, I'm gonna pass because I just don't feel inspired ...you should be more like Malcolm Gladwell."
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 3 January 2014 06:13 (ten years ago) link
https://chronicle.com/article/The-New-Academic-Celebrity/145845/
― j., Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:34 (ten years ago) link
:-/
― ryan, Tuesday, 15 April 2014 16:40 (ten years ago) link
isn;t the whole point of this dumb shit to post the links on the internet?
i need to see a Spike Lee Ted Talk to research a piece i'm writing and its nowhere on the internet
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 16:18 (ten years ago) link
oh, that's TEDx, or cargo cult fake TED
― a strange man (mh), Tuesday, 22 April 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link
Quiz: North Korean Slogan or TED Talk Sound Bite?
only got 7 out of 14 : /
― mookieproof, Thursday, 19 February 2015 18:20 (nine years ago) link
that's hilarious
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 19 February 2015 19:55 (nine years ago) link
www.ted.com - it's the next best thing to attending a university that actually brings in guest speakers
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
http://secondlanguage.blogspot.com/2014/08/academic-virtues.html
Perhaps the greatest academic virtue, that is, is patience. Too many academics today think of themselves as public intellectuals whose job it is to "spread ideas" through the most efficient media available to them. Such academics are, literally, ideologues; they think universities produce and distribute ideas. What universities really "produce", friends, is more articulate and knowledgeable students. People who are less likely to be immediately impressed by a TED talk, in fact, because they have a higher standard of belief.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 19 February 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
Want to talk about this:
http://www.theawl.com/2014/01/what-if-these-seven-famous-ted-talks-are-just-totally-wrong
― cardamon, Saturday, 21 February 2015 21:29 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZBKX-6Gz6A
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Friday, 10 June 2016 18:18 (seven years ago) link