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« on: November 08, 2013, 05:43:23 PM »
Curious what people here think.

FCs overall.
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« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2013, 05:44:46 PM »
I've learned a lot from watching these. FC.
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« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2013, 05:46:22 PM »
I find nothing more inspiring than giving disabled Bangladeshi gay immigrant kids lessons how to code and innovative entrepreneurship.
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« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2013, 06:40:46 PM »
I find them enjoyable. My brother is actually organizing a local one right now.

One small pet peeve I have with them is when people treat them as "science" in debates, which is like calling a Tom Friedman column "political science". Still that's not TED's fault, so FF.

EDIT: Although I voted HP by accident Tongue
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« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2013, 07:17:13 PM »
Love them. My high school organised a whole day of Ted talks (Tedx) about a year ago.
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« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2013, 07:28:58 PM »
I learned quite a bit from them as well. Fun to watch and informative.
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« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2013, 08:26:41 PM »
I very much enjoyed Onion Talks.
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« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2013, 08:57:08 PM »
« Edited: November 08, 2013, 09:01:36 PM by Acting like I'm Morrissey w/o the wit »
F**king awful. Mostly liberal feel-good bullsh**t about 'reaching your potential', and here's a load of rich people to show you how to do it. Just the lecture equivalent of the idiotic self-help/motivational section in WHSmiths.
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« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2013, 11:06:40 PM »
The few I've watched were pretty good.
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« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2013, 12:18:47 AM »
Quote from: Acting like I'm Morrissey w/o the wit on November 08, 2013, 08:57:08 PM
F**king awful. Mostly liberal feel-good bullsh**t about 'reaching your potential', and here's a load of rich people to show you how to do it. Just the lecture equivalent of the idiotic self-help/motivational section in WHSmiths.

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« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2015, 12:10:39 PM »
FC on balance.
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« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2015, 12:19:32 PM »
my favorite thing about them is how all my managers at work buy into this self-help garbage
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« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2015, 12:30:07 PM »
The worst thing. Just the worst thing.

e: Ahaha the above post is great.
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Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.
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« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2015, 12:43:35 PM »
Not having to watch TED talks is part of my definition of freedom, and I'm extremely suspicious of any class or potential career opportunity that heavily involves them.
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« Reply #14 on: March 30, 2015, 12:52:39 PM »
Quote from: Іbn Rushd on March 30, 2015, 12:28:12 PM
I would be remiss if I didn't link to this comparison between TED and the Chautauqua movement:

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While I'm generally on board with the dismissal of the TED movement as masturbatory snake-oil for the smug set... that "better dressed and better mannered" bit does not sit well with me at all.  I don't see what's intrinsically praiseworthy about soppy-stern old style hats and coats, if you know what I mean.
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« Reply #15 on: March 30, 2015, 12:56:07 PM »
Some of the comments on that post are golden.

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« Reply #16 on: March 30, 2015, 01:36:48 PM »
They seem really dumb. I watched one on C-SPAN and I didn't get much out of it.
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« Reply #17 on: March 30, 2015, 01:51:46 PM »
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« Reply #18 on: March 30, 2015, 03:24:58 PM »
Some are good and some are bad, the quality varies with that of the presenters.
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« Reply #19 on: March 30, 2015, 04:09:11 PM »
Quote from: oakvale on March 30, 2015, 12:30:07 PM
The worst thing. Just the worst thing.

e: Ahaha the above post is great.

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« Reply #20 on: March 30, 2015, 04:22:16 PM »
« Edited: March 30, 2015, 04:36:51 PM by DemPGH »
FCs for sure, especially if I'm interested in the topic.

This is one where I really don't get the disdain for them. Ah well.
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« Reply #21 on: March 30, 2015, 04:32:17 PM »
My school's doing a TedxFoggyBottom event Friday, I like them.
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« Reply #22 on: March 31, 2015, 10:17:18 PM »
Quiz: North Korean Slogan or TED Talk Sound Bite?
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« Reply #23 on: April 02, 2015, 05:25:06 PM »
Overall an FC though i'm pissed that they tried to suppress Nick Hanaur's talk on inequity.
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