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Chris Anderson Is Giving Ted Away to Whoever Has the Best Idea for Its Future
- fullshark 2y agoI used to genuinely enjoy TED content, they destroyed their brand, just like every single media company/brand which gained traction in the early days of the internet did, chasing money and garbage metrics.
- jeffrallen 2y agoHe should give it to The Onion.
- qwe----3 2y agoThat would probably make TED less funny
- mc32 2y agoTed is basically middlebrow soft misinformation. Sometimes you get some useful stuff but I've watched too much awful stuff propped up as rigorous science that its value is dubious. I would characterize it as a cross between Amway and infomercials. It's entertainment packaged for aspirational elites.
- thundergolfer 2y agoTed is low brow now. It was originally middle brow. I don’t think it’s ever been high brow to get pop insight from YouTube videos.
- atonse 2y agoWell... the high brow part was how they never filmed any of the talks for the first 20-30 years.
- thundergolfer 2y agoOh my mistake, I wasn't referring to its pre-Youtube era as I've not seen what those were like.
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- 4ndrewl 2y agoIt became a parody of itself.
- butlike 2y agohttps://archive.is/uZYql https://archive.is/uZYql
- snowwrestler 2y agoBest TED talk I’ve seen: https://youtu.be/2FMBSblpcrc https://youtu.be/2FMBSblpcrc I think about this every time I wash my hands in a public restroom with paper towels.
- calmbonsai 2y agoOh man, I first saw this on a plane! I couldn't believe the title and I couldn't believe how eye-opening it was. Sadly, not a remotely practical solution given current mores, but one can always hope and I still do the "hand shake" to this day.
- nytesky 2y agoNah, I just referenced this in another posting. Good show.
- nytesky 2y agoI mean HAH not NAH.
- nytesky 2y agoI could have SWORN at some point it was “technology, education and design” not “technology, entertainment and design” Did I hallucinate that?