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Top 7 Places to Watch Great Minds in Action
- dejb 17y agoThis would be better described as the 'Top 7 Place to Watch Great Speakers in Action'. I'm sure they are really clever too but you aren't really seeing them 'in action'. By analogy to sports, you are seeing the post game analyses rather than the game. I really would like to see a place where you can see the top minds in action. I guess you could argue chess and poker are somewhat like this but they are too restrictive and slow for my liking. I wonder if anyone does public brainstorming sessions - the only similar things I've seen have degenerated in to deliberate comedy.
- nopassrecover 17y agoHumour is probably an easier and more polite way to demonstrate dynamic intelligence in a group setting.
- justlearning 17y agoI don't know if the sites are "great minds in action", I do know they are mind-stimulating speakers and insights into their works. Example of great minds in action (my view) is watching Feynman lectures. TED is not the only place for thought provoking videos, http://fora.tv/ http://fora.tv/ is equally good. I wonder why this site doesn't come out as popular. And one place to watch many insights is http://www.charlierose.com/ http://www.charlierose.com/
- alaskamiller 17y agoI went to BIL last fall and I wasn't really impressed by it. Understandably for a free event setup by volunteers at just an average CSU campus it doesn't have the same polish and glam as TED, it was... still... very hokey. Most of the talks were geared towards the speaker not so sneakingly pitching his merchandise. Holding it the same week as TED wasn't really helpful either as it doesn't attract better speakers or conference go-ers.