TEDxMidAtlantic 2011 - Reggie Watts - Our Search for Understanding

Reggie Watts explains why fusion energy is possible. Truly eye-opening and brilliant.

[@DerekBiryani]

"But I can say, for the most part, just enjoy what you got right here right now. Someone gonna come round the corner and hit you in the face with a pot. Yeah. You ain't gonna survive in this world if you just do the things that people say that you can do."

[@RianJudge]

👺 rataatata

[@tmalonso]

"Tell me that I think that this world is a world, but its not, cuz its more than you think, and its less than that, and we're only living in the memories of our future selves, and its fun to think like we're here right now, but we never really are cuz we're somewhere in the future controlling the options, giving lots of hints to ourselves, in order for us to understand that choice is still important in a world where you gotta figure some stuff out yeah! baby I love ya, i love ya baby" - R. Watts

[@linda77singer]

I just discovered him....he's a genius!

[@snowygalaxy]

Yes he’s really good!

[@johnf9710]

Brookings just needs to hire him :-P

[@avedic]

lol

[@jafarmahm]

this lecture changed my life.

[@qwtzk]

Damn, this song is just fuckin GOOD, no joke. His voice is amazing.

[@Regular-Sized]

My favorite thing about Reggie Watts is that he does things that are done deliberately, and can seem random, and he cane do things randomly that can seem deliberate. quite cool.

[@mytubesteakout]

skilled improvising at which Reggie is one of the best I've ever seen. He inspired me to buy a loop recorder...HECKA FUN!!!

[@Whalturk]

Is it just me, or is there a a woman on the balcony at 2:33 making sign-language? o.O She must be a fucking pro.

[@HeyMacLife]

Reggie - you push the minds to it's limits and lead us to find humor in everything silly, mundane, complicated and downright stupid! Great job at TEDx - would love to see you at my office!

[@timothyc5274]

Thank you, AP LANG teacher. You have made me start binging Reggie Watts.

[@compassionawareness]

GOD DAMN! AWESOME.

[@florpflorp8265]

that is one hell of a christmas jumper

[@kowic1987]

very well put. I totally agree!

[@monakw]

Reggie is at the end of my rainbow!

[@MoonyDubMusic]

I found the understanding.

[@spekky8d]

Reggie Watts sports another fantastic jumper! How does he do it?!

[@anthonycataldi]

I particularly enjoy the bewildered Sign Language correspondent in the mezzanine trying desperately to relay the lack of information Reggie presented.

[@qwtzk]

hah! didn't notice that the first time. 2:33 total respect for that person.

[@StephenDeagle]

From "Fuck Shit Stack" to this. His talent is shaping up to be a pretty adaptive creature.

[@DjBboymt]

FUck shit stack was a huge sarcasm towards the modern music, if some1 is inteligent and funny on this planet.. that is Reggie. :)

[@cheshirecat7452]

i think by =/= he meant not equatable

[@andrewpaul2817]

4:52 New Jersey manhandling managing adapter...auto correct hit the nail on the head!

[@camgood1668]

The intro sounds like Alan Watts x Reggie Watts lmao.. So genius (and so similar! Seriously, I highly recommend Alan Watts lol..)

[@birchhartman4072]

lmma call bull on that one. And that one. But he's awesome.

[@scottnever8732]

this is what I hear when listening to Steven greer and Russel Brand

[@alexandrehenri-bhargava2741]

Why is no one laughing at the beginning?

[@downeybill]

nice shirt!

[@oblongerer]

auto subtitles on this video are.. almost correct

[@bongun03]

It's funny how the audience were quiet the first few mins.

[@eYeRthaVillain]

...fucking amazing

[@kurtisluebke]

I'm goin to have to second that.

[@xlqsmedia]

Why do I get the impression that the audience didn't really know how to react? Wouldn't it have been grand to see their faces of incredulity :-) . . . Who would of thought that Reggie would performing before TED - Respect Reggie - respect!

[@vonlupinberg605]

Lmao he has been to ted many times and pop tech more than that. Reggie is never nervous.

[@marchuggins1404]

Reggae watts IS drugs

[@wishmurderwaslegal]

This dude takes it to a HNL, "Hole Nuva Level"!!!!!!!!!!

[@tmalonso]

Reggie Watts == Music Incarnate

[@mattasticmattattack8546]

We're only groups , we're also solitary

[@patheticcliches]

Reggie watches is the jester archetype incarnated.

[@hyrox9049]

Am I the only one that couldn't enjoy this cause the tempo is off

[@jeangold8789]

this is called groove and it is so mhhhhmmmmhmhmyeah muhuh. One of the best pieces of his live impro´s to me. Daaamnnn

[@ignaciorodriguezmelgarejo9526]

It's just polyrhythmic

[@OPbdh116]

Yes

[@iEMMANU3L]

iam almost 100 on this but alan watts equals reggie watts? MMmmm?

[@Metatron141]

Speaking in tongues, I think we just witnessed Spirit Baptism. Holy Ghost in the house.

[@rww549]

We did hear something, and as soon as my brain quits spinning I hope to figure out what it was.

[@michaelcolello2735]

How many dudes are in there?

[@ptmazecubept]

This guy gives new meaning to the expression: TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@BathroomTile]

Don't...don't use that cancerous expression, for your sake.

[@naffy3327]

BathroomTile >For your sake Don't you mean everybody's sake?

[@SacrynHill]

Reggie for the W... just sayin :)

[@exercisepedia.eu1]

hahaha legend

[@LilFrenchWaffle]

More like from Maktub to this.

[@Hcwageek]

I mean't his rhythm was a little off as opposed to his other presentations.

[@jamesbutler6253]

And at 1.15 the slow audience finally realize it is comedy.

[@lyrikill101]

Nardwuar vs Reggie Watts!!!!!!!!!

[@PetiteDauphine1]

Reggie Watts == Reggie Watts Reggie Watts =/= Zach Gandalfakis Reggie Watts =/= Bobby McFerrin Reggie Watts=/= DubStep, Beardyman, or the Gorillaz (all of whom, by the way, are brilliant in their own right) . . . Reggie Watts =/= Pre-fab TopPopChart DoublePlatinum MegaHits of the Week Reggie Watts =/= genre, category, or pigeonhole Reggie Watts is incomparable to anyone or anything else you'll ever experience. Long live Reggie Watts.

[@HuntingGoodWill]

If it were meaningless, no meaning could be extracted from it, yet you managed to find the intentional meaning, precisely showing Watts' versatility, when it comes to being creative. I guess you don't get such meaningless concepts like "irony" either, huh?

[@PickyMcCritical]

i actually didn't like how this one turned out; a first and only for reggie w/ me

[@cheshirecat7452]

FTP [hXc]

[@awsmduck]

You say he's incomparable? You just listed a bunch of people that are similar in this or that aspect... Each and all of those acts are similar in this or that aspect to him, but are still their own act. But yeah, he's cool like them. A bit more on topic: your unintentionally meaningless praise of him sort'f shows how awesome his stream of consciousness is.

[@megabarf20]

Epic Wolf Sweater

[@IberianInteractive]

da fuck man

[@design_and_decor]

i think he was trying not to piss himself. but yah way interesting.

[@Hcwageek]

Reggie is definitely nervous, you can tell by his rhythm.. I would be nervous speaking at Ted though

[@cheshirecat7452]

big muff is better

[@believeinfidelity]

batshit crazy

[@stephensmith799]

Trully mono-mentous.

[@erikadee8668]

I would be pissed if I was there