The Problem with TED Talks

[TheCommandTent]

Very interestnig TED talk about the problem with TED Talks

http://www.bratton.info/projects/talks/we-need-to-talk-about-ted/

I would be interested to know what some of y'all think about this.  This statement put into words alot of misgivings I have with TED talks and touches on, I believe, a larger issue within society.

Instead of dumbing-down the future, we need to raise the level of general understanding to the level of complexity of the systems in which we are embedded and which are embedded in us. This is not about "personal stories of inspiration," it's about the difficult and uncertain work of de-mystification and re-conceptualization: the hard stuff that really changes how we think. More Copernicus, less Tony Robbins

At a societal level, the bottom line is if we invest things that make us feel good but which don't work, and don't invest things that don't make us feel good but which may solve problems, then our fate is that it will just get harder to feel good about not solving problems.

[LongBlade]

Made it through about eight minutes.

He says a lot of clever things but I'm not sure he's got any grasp of what a solution might look like. It's like complaining about the rain because it's wet. He wants to water the earth but not get his shoes wet when he walks.

[TheCommandTent]

Made it through about eight minutes.

He says a lot of clever things but I'm not sure he's got any grasp of what a solution might look like. It's like complaining about the rain because it's wet. He wants to water the earth but not get his shoes wet when he walks.

Funny you say that.  Near the end of the talk he basically says he dosen't have or really know what the solution is and really his talk no better than many others.