> Take jazz music -- it takes a lot of listening, knowledge, and understanding to fully appreciate really great jazz It takes a lot of time and practice to ful

> Take jazz music -- it takes a lot of listening, knowledge, and understanding to fully appreciate really great jazz It takes a lot of time and practice to fully appreciate drinking methylated spirits... that doesn't make it a good idea. > Simply TED is pretentious. Your argument boils down to "I dont like TED because people think TED is clever, but I think I'm cleverer than TED". Prove it. Do something better than TED.