How TED talks are stupid bullshit and the audience that consumes them are all vapid idiots.
the entire thing is a self-congratulatory circle jerk for rich douchebags to listen to pseudo experts, from which nothing of substance or merit comes other than everyone feeling very intelligent and that the answers to problems are So Simple.
I remember seeing my first one in like 2007 and thinking what is this crap. They are intellectual candy, the equivalent of pop science and pop psycho books that are NYT bestsellers that people read and think they are geniuses because the read it, when a lot of the information and arguments contained are massively simplified and generalized and to be at odds with the complex reality of the topic.
There are some good ones which I would say do not fit your description, but I have no idea how much percentage of the talks they are. I watched some very long ago. It seems plausible that it leaned more into and fell into what you describe. I feel like I’ve certainly peeked into those kinds too. I haven’t watched any for a long time now.
I think you’re right. Don’t know if they were always this way but i was subbed to them for a while and seeing the kinds of crap meaningles talks they were pumping out made my blood boil.
many of the TED speakers are paid events, as in the speaker basically pays TED and gets to talk and promote their book or company. Another little secret they don’t exact advertise.
How TED talks are stupid bullshit and the audience that consumes them are all vapid idiots.
the entire thing is a self-congratulatory circle jerk for rich douchebags to listen to pseudo experts, from which nothing of substance or merit comes other than everyone feeling very intelligent and that the answers to problems are So Simple.
I remember seeing my first one in like 2007 and thinking what is this crap. They are intellectual candy, the equivalent of pop science and pop psycho books that are NYT bestsellers that people read and think they are geniuses because the read it, when a lot of the information and arguments contained are massively simplified and generalized and to be at odds with the complex reality of the topic.
There are some good ones which I would say do not fit your description, but I have no idea how much percentage of the talks they are. I watched some very long ago. It seems plausible that it leaned more into and fell into what you describe. I feel like I’ve certainly peeked into those kinds too. I haven’t watched any for a long time now.
I think you’re right. Don’t know if they were always this way but i was subbed to them for a while and seeing the kinds of crap meaningles talks they were pumping out made my blood boil.
many of the TED speakers are paid events, as in the speaker basically pays TED and gets to talk and promote their book or company. Another little secret they don’t exact advertise.
Do you have any idea why (seemingly) so many people turn up?
because other people are doing it and it makes them feel special and smarter than other people.
it’s about purchasing the image of intellectualism, without doing the work, naturally.