Hygro
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Farm Boy, are you really asking me if I've ever cut back on my media consumption for an extended period?
What do you think of TED/TEDx talks?
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Farm Boy, are you really asking me if I've ever cut back on my media consumption for an extended period?
Farm Boy
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Aside from the fact that you like the beach at night, we've never discussed your habits on this front. The luddite in me always suggests unplugging a little more from time to time.
I'm a big fan of TED, I've greatly enjoyed a huge number of their talks. Amazed, inspired, and surprised ... I've experienced all three emotions. In my field, too, (neuroscience) it creates an idea of where the 'lay' understanding is. And, if it's outside my field, I learn a lot.
Now, I'm like ICBM upthread, I now mostly consume university lectures. There are tons on youtube, if you filter for ~60 minutes, you'll tend to find seminars. They're often designed for non-lay, but non-expert audiences. And, you can really learn a lot. For free. At home.
Now, I'm like ICBM upthread, I now mostly consume university lectures. There are tons on youtube, if you filter for ~60 minutes, you'll tend to find seminars. They're often designed for non-lay, but non-expert audiences. And, you can really learn a lot. For free. At home.
Aroddo
Emperor
I liked this one:
Link to video.
but kidding aside, some TED speeches are exceptional and some are shallow but almost all that pique my interest are entertaining.
One of my all time favorites is this one:
Link to video.
A brain scientists who got to experience her own stroke and lived to tell the tale.
Apart from being utterly fascinating in itself, one can't help but conclude that religious visions are nothing other than brain damage.
Link to video.
but kidding aside, some TED speeches are exceptional and some are shallow but almost all that pique my interest are entertaining.
One of my all time favorites is this one:
Link to video.
A brain scientists who got to experience her own stroke and lived to tell the tale.
Apart from being utterly fascinating in itself, one can't help but conclude that religious visions are nothing other than brain damage.
I think they're okay if you're expectations are calibrated correctly. I've enjoyed a few that covered topics that I knew absolutely nothing about (or didn't even know existed)..but for things that I'm fairly familiar in, I had to roll my eyes a few times.
I'm not crazy about the somewhat prevailing sense of smugness, and sometimes these can sound like a 20 minute Tom Friedman or Malcolm Gladwell column, but is it better to watch a TED talk than a bunch of cat videos or something, sure!
I'm not crazy about the somewhat prevailing sense of smugness, and sometimes these can sound like a 20 minute Tom Friedman or Malcolm Gladwell column, but is it better to watch a TED talk than a bunch of cat videos or something, sure!
Hygro
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Well, basically it didn't work but I think I didn't try hard enough.
SS-18 ICBM
Oscillator
If you're talking about unplugging, why are you still listening to the radio? And even billboards are a form of media.
If you go through the Rockies, you lose access to the AM radio anyway.
OH, AM radio in Prairies Canada is really good. I've listened to it a TON.
Hygro
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We got pulled over in Nebraska for California plates. The cops split us up and asked if we were carrying lots of cash. I was with my best friend from growing up driving out to St. Louis. I decided to join him on a whim the night before his big move. Wyoming was like the sunniest of skies with a thunderstorm warning. We were like "naahhh". Round a bend and hellpocalypse bolts crack crack striking ground on the nearby horizon. The best scenery though were the Utah red rocks but with the tress growing out of them. That was east of Salt Lake.
But the radio. Our mp3 to tape converter broke so it was all local radio. By the time we had left the moon surface that is northern Nevada and had reached Salt Lake City we were sooo relieved just to hear the trashiest of pop radio. Black on the outside cream on the inside i i i ice cream paintjob. Otherwise we were switching from 80s guitar solo to 80s guitar solo with hardcore no frills country music in between. And the occasional Bible station.
It's actually a trip I'd like to make again, only not just to Chicago but a USA loop. I'd call it Roadtrip CFC and it's been a dream of mine for years, just going out and meeting all you suckas
Combine that with a music tour and then blog the whole thing. But mostly just visit you guys.
Farm Boy
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Hehehe, yea, the radio thing takes a while to get into. I find it infuriating for about 3-4 hours to listen to ever changing stuff I don't like. But at some point in the 1st day, 2nd at the latest, I remember how to give up, then each station is an interesting gift for the duration of its reception, rather than a curse for being something else other than what I would order it to be.
BvBPL
Pour Decision Maker
It's actually a trip I'd like to make again, only not just to Chicago but a USA loop. I'd call it Roadtrip CFC and it's been a dream of mine for years, just going out and meeting all you suckas
Let me know if you need a co-driver.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Where we're going, we don't need roads.
I would also be interested in this epic adventure.
I would also be interested in this epic adventure.
Hygro
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well shucks you two, this might really turn into something. I better get my car fixed! 
And yeah farm boy that's what it felt like!
And yeah farm boy that's what it felt like!
