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What Was the TED Talk?

#criticism #culture #futurism #technology #ted | “TED’s archive is a graveyard of ideas. It is a seemingly endless index of stories about the future – the future of science, the future of the environment, the future of work, the future of love and sex, the future of what it means to be human – that never materialized. ... If the research wasn’t entertaining or moving, it was seen as somehow less valuable. TED’s influence on intellectual culture was ‘taking something with value and substance and coring it out so that it can be swallowed without chewing’, Bratton said. ‘This is not the solution to our most frightening problems – rather, this is one of our most frightening problems.’”

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Stella Young: I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much | TED Talk | TED.com

#accessibility #disabilities #motor #talk #ted | <blockquote>Stella Young is a comedian and journalist who happens to go about her day in a wheelchair — a fact that doesn't, she'd like to make clear, automatically turn her into a noble inspiration to all humanity. In this very funny talk, Young breaks down society's habit of turning disabled people into "inspiration porn."</blockquote>

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James B. Glattfelder: Who controls the world? | TED Talk | TED.com

#complexity #systems #talk #ted #toread #world | <blockquote>James Glattfelder studies complexity: how an interconnected system -- say, a swarm of birds -- is more than the sum of its parts. And complexity theory, it turns out, can reveal a lot about how the economy works. Glattfelder shares a groundbreaking study of how control flows through the global economy, and how concentration of power in the hands of a shockingly small number leaves us all vulnerable. (Filmed at TEDxZurich.)</blockquote>

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Keith Chen: Could your language affect your ability to save money? | Talk Video | TED

#economist #linguistics #ted #ted_talk

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