What do you think of TED/TEDx talks?

[Kyriakos]

I just watched a video of one speech, by Sam Burns, a great 17year old who had progeria (thus his body looked very old by that time). It was a nice speech. This sort of TEDx event is organised from time to time in this country too, so i was thinking of having a look.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TED_(conference)

Therefore any feedback on TED or TEDX talks (the event here is TEDX) is welcome..

 

[Borachio]

I have seen some interesting ones. And a few not so good.

They have a role to play. But if you're really interested in a subject, there's no substitute for studying it in depth.

 

[Kyriakos]

Definitely... But in some cases they can present an insider point of view (as in that talk about Progeria). I am sure they aren't, on average (or even at all), a good source of information when juxtaposed to research, but it is at least a community event and might be good to watch.

Then again i saw some of the quests in (the wiki article about) TED talks...

 

[nc-1701]

All the ones I've seen are condescending, laced with simplifications and errors, and and self righteous to the extreme. I hate how much they've caught on, and they do not come close to replacing actual understanding of anything. As far as I can tell they are packaged "faux intellectual" garbage for those who want to feel like intellectuals without putting in any of the work on their intellect.

 

[Kyriakos]

^That sucks :/

 

[Zelig]

All the ones I've seen are condescending, laced with simplifications and errors, and and self righteous to the extreme. I hate how much they've caught on, and they do not come close to replacing actual understanding of anything. As far as I can tell they are packaged "faux intellectual" garbage for those who want to feel like intellectuals without putting in any of the work on their intellect.

http://andreyev.com.au/people-we-admire/

 

[BvBPL]

I've seen a few. I don't know why people seem to make a big deal of them.

 

[Kozmos]

All the ones I've seen are condescending, laced with simplifications and errors, and and self righteous to the extreme. I hate how much they've caught on, and they do not come close to replacing actual understanding of anything. As far as I can tell they are packaged "faux intellectual" garbage for those who want to feel like intellectuals without putting in any of the work on their intellect.

I don't know which ones you were watching, but they bring to showcase some pretty amazing tech and some rather inspirational stories about people overcoming their disabilities. I've seen maybe 3 that are based on balls.

 

[Tergiversater]

The concept was great. I think it is a victim of its own success. I have seen some really inspirational ones, an others times i've just switched off from boredom.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

We've had a couple of threads on TED. Some good suggestions in them.

Couple of months ago I found those thread and lost 3 hours of my life.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=231382
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=371001

And when I say lost, I meant won of course.

 

[Kyriakos]

Thanks

I suppose i will look at those. Mods should feel free to lock this..

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Why lock this?

Ziggy wants more leads.

 

[Antilogic]

All the ones I've seen are condescending, laced with simplifications and errors, and and self righteous to the extreme. I hate how much they've caught on, and they do not come close to replacing actual understanding of anything. As far as I can tell they are packaged "faux intellectual" garbage for those who want to feel like intellectuals without putting in any of the work on their intellect.

This. You want to see some quality TEDx material?

Vortex math:

Link to video.
(He starts talking at 1:30 or so.)



Numbers are real, man!

 

[Borachio]

Isn't that pseudo-science?

I mean, I don't know whether it is or not. How could I tell? It does look like it, though.

 

[Antilogic]

It totally is. And those jokers in the audience just lapped it up and applauded. Nobody said something.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Too much E, not enough D and especially T.

 

[Hygro]

Hating on TED is about to go mainstream. TED is great, but it needs some backlash.

 

[Antilogic]

I was hating on TED before it was cool. #tedhipster

 

[Hygro]

#bathsalts

 

[Kozmos]

X events can be problematic, because they don't check credentials and ideas as rigorously as they should.