Why TED talks suck now
Why TED talks suck now
TIL I learned the difference between TED and TEDx.
TEDx events are independently organized TED-like conferences that operate under a free license granted by TED. While they follow the general principles of TED, TEDx events are planned and coordinated by volunteers at the local level, aiming to bring the TED experience to a broader audience.
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Best TED Talk in my opinion... Building better worlds...
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TED Talks are overrated. Basically it's just a platform where self-centered pompous people take a microphone and say some of the most obviously sugar-coated shit that they can say. Then everyone in the audience all think that they've never heard this before and embrace for how 'enlightening' it is, when this guy is probably the 5th guy in line that has said the exact same things as the guy before them.
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I like Royal Society videos better nowadays. More science-y but less linkedin hype.
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My favorite Ted talk is a Tedx talk. It has has helped me and past classmates quite a lot. I still rewatch it before giving presentations.
The quality of the content sadly often matters very little in comparison to the manner of speaking and self presentation.
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That was excellent
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What is the talk referenced in the thumbnail? I must watch, for science.
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For as long as I remember TEDx to exist, I hear people complain that ted talks suck now.
I always ask for example talks, and without fail it was a TEDx talk. And they never know that TEDx talks are very hit or miss in quality.
"proper" TED talks generally (but of course not always) have good quality (although, I haven't watched any lately. But a couple years ago I watched basically any tech or science related one)
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Even proper TED talks can have some big issues. I'm thinking specifically about Kary Mullis getting up on stage and saying anthropogenic climate change isn't real because he found a study that says there's a current that fluctuates and absorbs anything we do--or something to that effect. If you didn't know anything about Kary Mullis and just heard "Nobel prize winner" you might assume he's credible. In actuality he was a pariah for talking out his ass about things he doesn't have expertise in and doesn't understand, specifically his climate and HIV/AIDS denialism.
It's always a good idea to approach any lecture with a critical view, but I can see why TED talks might warrant extra scrutiny. They project expertise and authority which may or may not actually be credible. The organization has a mottled record of vetting their speakers for actual expertise. (ETA: actual expertise in the content of their talk. Obviously Kary Mullis had actual expertise, just not in the things he said on stage)
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Ted always sucked. The whole production is designed for self-promoters to flatter rich liberals and reassure them that they're good people. Besides, a playlist of just Ted presenters who turned out to be a fraud would be hours of content probably.
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I see it like pageants. TED is miss world. TEDx is miss cornfield.
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... such as like you know Iraq, like you know, and such as education for children, such as, education, you know such as
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The barrier for entry for TEDx is very very low, worked with someone in management who had done one they where not with the company long.
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Very similar to this tedx talk: https://youtu.be/8S0FDjFBj8o 😂
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People just learning the difference between TED and TEDx
