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Are you lumping TedX into that assessment? Those are independently organized and are mostly terrible.
by pault 7y ago
Are you lumping TedX into that assessment? Those are independently organized and are mostly terrible.
- 0xffff2 7y agoYou're absolutely right about TEDx, but I'd apply GP's comment to TED proper as well. They're inspirational and sometimes aspirational, even if it costs them rigor. They give you the feel-good talking points without ever delving into any challenges or complications involved with the topic of the talk.
- dmix 7y agoIt’s an excellent place for hucksters to thrive with pseudo-intellectual optimism. Like clickbait it’s always - a mix of some highly accessible topic with something either surprising, controversial, or in some way challenging the norms. They’re not all bad obviously but it’s not a good place for reasoned, moderate, and calculated predictions, which is the plane where most science or businesses live and die on. When your big ideas hit reality. Theranos probably had the best TED pitch around, if they ever did one.