Why TED talks suck now

[@tapejara1507]

Ted Talks peaked 12 years ago.... Today its just cringe linkedin people pretending they invented something

[@Unpopularity]

This whole video was written by ChatGPT. Made it halfway in, and I've heard that "the barrier to entry wasn't just opened-it was obliterated" type of line a trillion times over in ChatGPT; this is how ChatGPT writes dramatically. Weirder, he even used videos from the Titanic to try to act like this was his line from a dramatic speaker retelling his own punchlines when in fact it wasn't his lines or talking points at all: it's generated. That is some weird AF thing to do, while talking about how Ted Talks are a run-of-the-mill, mass-generated speech platform being chucked out for money. This whole thing all up and down is hypocritical. He's obviously some low-life who doesn't want to actually write his own videos, do any actual work, and just wants to get paid to narrate AI talking points, throw in some clips from other people's videos, have AI make his whining sound like he's a wise career professional. I don't even know if TedX is worse than what's happening here now.

[@genesisbustamante-durian]

@@Unpopularity Do you have a single fact to back that up?

[@CabbageSandwich]

@@Unpopularity The weird part of this, is that EVEN IF an AI wrote this, there's no reason to think its not true, an AI has the exact same level of validity as the average opinion poster, maybe more, depending on the subject.

[@OutsiderLabs]

@@CabbageSandwich Lol, a random word generator is as good as a human mind sharing an opinion? You should meet more people who don't have brain damage

[@joelfoguth4248]

She’s a ped-

[@dodgsonwevegotdodgsonhere9970]

This all started happening when you had to pay to give a TED talk. There's something about the sense of exclusivity and paying-to-sound-smart that attracts idiots and fraudsters.

[@paoworkfromhome]

the best comment is here

[@00shivani]

Yes I’ve met many people like this. It used to be: you do something good, people recognize it, journalists publish it, people request u to speak and share. These days, my coworker, a self proclaimed thought guru, told me he had an interview lined up with some Forbes branch. Bc he filled out a form and paid for it. Lmao. I mean come on but I guess that’s marketing maybe Im the crazy one

[@WonderBlubber]

correct! prestige attracts psychopaths

[@JimBob1937]

Yes, it was used to drum up the perception of being knowledgeable, usually in order to then sell people. If you want a prime example of the TED falling so far from their origins, meredith perry's TEDx is one. Not to pick on her too much, but she literally held a talk telling off researchers, engineers, calling them linear thinkers, and then proceeds to hire them to produce her idea... that is limited by physics to not work as desired. It was almost a parody of the silicon valley origins.

[@JimBob1937]

Title is, "How to be a technology innovator: Meredith Perry at TEDxNashville." Her solution? To ignore everyone that knows physics, engineering, and technology, genius, haha.

[@diegofloor]

'Ideas worth spreading' is pretty straight forward and literal. 'Ideas change everything' is the kind of slogan that means absolutely nothing and usually comes out of giant corporation marketing campaigns. Just something that sounds deep.

[@mikeyh0]

Manure is also most effective when spread.

[@AvivCMusic]

It doesn't even sound deep. It's just meaningless and awkward.

[@thomaskositzki9424]

Corporate BS at it's finest.

[@darthdonkulous1810]

You just know that "Ideas change everything" was thought up by liberal art college degree holders who faked their way into massively paid marketing gigs and who charged $3 million to think it up. I also guarantee that right after they thought it up, they all sat around each other sniffing each others farts (I mean this both literally and figuratively. There are some real... phreaks on that side).

[@BillFerrero]

but it was rolled out by a DEI hire, so it must be important

[@ericjunior105]

I learnt the difference between TED and TEDx today

[@LuhKristopha]

Me too

[@EdgeLie]

I didn't know the difference only that x was worse

[@hafizosina]

Same. I has stop watching Ted since covid. I there any new Ted talks worth watching?

[@jabir5768]

same

[@kinetic-cybernetic]

Really? I noticed the quality gap right from the first X I watched

[@DeimosSaturn]

TED sucked for the last ten years. They went from talking about physics, chemistry, engineering, philosophy, and it became "what if the baby consents?"

[@rageagainstthehygiene2357]

For real though, what if the baby consents?

[@cyclos12]

@@rageagainstthehygiene2357 under 18 : can not consent

[@OttoKreml]

​@@rageagainstthehygiene2357 stop

[@theperson_12]

@@OttoKreml you are hampering the development of the most important field of science in the entirety of human history

[@speed65752]

That should send you, preemptively, to jail.

[@Radien]

I haven't watched a TED Talk for awhile, and I used to love them. Now I'm starting to realize the likely reason why. Thank you.

[@Dan-gt1ds]

Same here. That's why I clicked this video and watched 😊

[@alfonszelicko7989]

exactly! it's a few years, when i last time saw some... now i understeand the reason :)

[@shanel4294]

Sameeee

[@bebophippie1781]

Here for the same reason. I miss my friend TED.

[@albertoalmeida3424]

Search for TED pdf file, if you know what I mean.

[@gernhartreinholzen3992]

Who is Ted, and why does he do so many talks?

[@FirstLast-lx6iw]

And what does he's X have to do with it?

[@AitTechnician]

@@FirstLast-lx6iw he's the 10th generation ted

[@simplyfrancois]

He's an oversized teddy bear who swears and smokes pot

[@justsomeplantcells-]

On another episode of In The Field

[@adamdam9839]

Theodore Talkovic

[@MichelleOsorio]

TO THIS DAY, the most impactful TED talks I watched were the OG three-minute ones that taught me the best way to tie my shoes so that the laces don’t tickle my ankles AND how to dry my hands using only one paper towel. I still apply those great ideas daily, all these years later which is the point of a good TED Talk.

[@jeredsteadman4160]

I still apply that paper towel rule every time I use a paper towel and I try to share with everybody I have I've literally talk like six strangers what I was doing

[@DaddyGandhi]

One paper towel gang rise up I think about that Ted talk every time I use a public bathroom

[@rookholgado]

That paper towel TED was the first talk I watched also and good God is it informative and used daily!

[@wompastompa3692]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that does the paper towel one.

[@viron6734]

The shoe lace one is a life-changer.

[@Waterstone33]

9:38 "In 2009, I met a thought leader. I asked him how did you become a thought leader. Do you know what he said? He said "I don't know.". Now that doesn't sound important and it's not." Best quote of the century. This man has no clue on what he's talking about.

[@TheBelrick]

For the record, a child can absolutely be 'mentally held back'. The banning/censorship of a word that just means that a person is thinking below their own nominal capability is just plain thinking below nominal capability.

[@cselph]

I think it’s a clip from an onion parody of ted

[@misterscottintheway]

@@TheBelrick Your comment is not an example of thinking below nominal capability-more like not thinking at all. What in the world. There was a time where the N word just meant "person with black or brown skin". Language changes. Usually for very good reasons. Try to keep up ok?

[@Waterstone33]

@@cselph It's still genius

[@cselph]

Ok not onion but cbc comedy kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYulfItja6ytbKMsi=wcS4qNaaJoJS05PH

[@HarvestStudios_38]

Btw ted talk tickets cost like, thousands of dollars. And you don't know who's going to speak.

[@TheBeanHome]

That sounds like a scam 😮

[@HarvestStudios_38]

@TheBeanHome it literally is and the talker is like "erm so... Aktually I have anxiety >w

[@ifyoudisagreeyouarewrong]

I didn't believe you so I googled the Vancouver 2024 TED Talk cost.... "The cheapest tickets to the event cost $6,250, with some ranging up to $25,000." WTFFFFFF

[@WaaDoku]

@@ifyoudisagreeyouarewrong And... who is paying for this? I mean who has enough money to pay for this?

[@ifyoudisagreeyouarewrong]

@@WaaDoku a fool and his money are soon parted... there's a LOT of wealthy fools in that area

[@smajet5640]

It is really funny to ban a talk for being too political when you literally gave an award to Bill Clinton.

[@mikekasich836]

It's too political in a non-liberal sense.. If you put a super pro Democrat talk they'll be all for it

[@redhookmarket]

'Too political' only ever means 'too openly opposed to the status quo / existing power structure'.

[@GrizenJerald85]

Did daddy trump convince you that someone cares if you're alive is that what happened​@@mikekasich836

[@accountisdisabled]

@@redhookmarket Agreed. I remember making a comment on a Linus Torvalds TED (not TEDx) talk basically saying how Linus had not once mentioned Dennis Ritchie, Ken Thompson, or Stallman during the talk, and later that day received an email saying my comment had been removed for violating terms. It was quite strange.

[@shaemus3383]

@@mikekasich836isn’t „the rich don’t create jobs“ a pretty liberal take though. Don’t think what you’re saying applies here

[@jaidev777]

That's why I love The Onion Talks so much. "The cow says...." _dramatic silent pause... looks off to the distance a bit, smiles, scoffs softly... like I'm in awe... I smile and shake my head again..._ "The cow... says....." _smile, nodding to myself..._ "Moo." Audience: _nodding sagely and solemnly._

[@TheStoicNinja]

So brave....

[@petervad]

yes!

[@SoupyPoopy21]

Every Ted talk consists of: statement, long dramatic pause, dry corny joke, audience actually laughs because it’s the most entertaining thing to happen since they sat down…

[@mauricobian]

Sir you described a Keynote event.

[@hoilst265]

@@mauricobian This is exactly what TEDx is: the chance for idiots who idolise Steve Jobs to cosplay as Steve Jobs.

[@wakkowarner7391]

They're laughing at how much they paid to watch that shit.

[@doctorsam9200]

One of my favorite TED talks was "How to order pizza like a lawyer" and this guy talks about the most strict, anti-customer pizza place that's so bad it makes you question if the *only* thing it is is a pizza restaurant.

[@YakubTheFather]

Watch Sam Hyde’s it’s hysterical

[@fatuusdottore]

@@YakubTheFatherNot a fan of his but his Ted talk was funny.

[@hesmycat]

Comet ping pong lol?

[@acex222]

@@fatuusdottore it's because he did the talk at the peak of his career, when he wasn't falling back on being a Nazi for points.

[@sticklebacketienne]

@@acex222 the peak of Sam Hyde’s career commercially was obviously not that, it was years later when MDE got a show on Adult Swim. You don’t know anything about him retard he’s always been based

[@Phoenixesper1]

Original Ted was : Nobody is special, Ideas are special. and became with Tedx: Everybody is special because they have ideas!

[@natogfg]

indeed

[@zverina]

My wife just got invited to apply to be a TEDx speaker. She doesn't know who recommended her, and she doubts she will apply as the process is onerous. Plus we know two people who were speakers and they said the insufferable level of stage management made it more trouble than it was worth. At the end of the email inviting her to apply, it asked her to invite others to apply, giving off the vibe of an multi-level marketing scheme. It's just another entertainment product akin to a streaming service where they sweep the floor to stuff the sausage.

[@sabazaidi9022]

Would she have to pay a fee to speak?

[@sparksmcgee6641]

TEDx aren't TED talks. Any nonprofit can use the TEDx brand anywhere. I can use it. You can use it.

[@sabazaidi9022]

@sparksmcgee6641 oh okay. For the actual TED talks, do the speakers get paid?

[@DudeWatIsThis]

@@sabazaidi9022 Probably not. I don't know. I have a small software business and I can tell you that, around this time of the year, I get invited to a bunch of "Prize ceremonies" which are undercover marketing campaigns. Like: "Congratulations! You can apply to win the prize of Excellence In Software Tech 2024. If you win, you will be invited to a dinner at a 5-star hotel, and the media will cover the event, which will be a massive boost to your company. You'll have pay to 3000 bucks for the press coverage, though." - AKA, pay 3K and appear in local TV and some newspapers, and that's it. From there, they'll also try to sell you another extra promo package. But it's all a sham. If you ask "where did you even find me" they'll say something like "our consultants are always watching for great innovation, and they've put your in our registry". Translation: they took you from some listings of software companies in the area. Everyone's getting invited.

[@bagussriyono874]

​@@sabazaidi9022A genuine TED speaker hardly want any pay, but even them want publicity, billionaire and public figure need that PR opportunity. So I believe no.

[@crissaksida]

TED died when that talk called “Why our perception of ped*philia has to change" came out, from then on, it was downhill, but for me, that was it, it killed all respect I could have for the organization.

[@lourdesmariasanchez8388]

What? Did they really do that? God, that's disgusting. I remember when I first met TED, I think it was around 2016 or so, I was so attracted to what they were doing, that I even downloaded the app, like everyone else I was mainly attracted to the science and in my case also the history, but like everyone else I also noticed how the quality was dropping and eventually I stopped watching, I shouldn't be surprised that they went to those extremes, but honestly it does.

[@Naptosis]

Was that one by Jizzlane too?

[@rinzler9775]

Yep - that floored me - tuned out forever.

[@dollarcostbackpacker1226]

​@@lourdesmariasanchez8388this is the devil's world, and we must do whatever Israel says.

[@RenegadeContext]

At the same time they are censoring Coleman Hughes because he promotes colour blind racial tolerance. Crazy

[@aimeec.6886]

I learned TED Talks was a joke 10 years ago when my friend's mother gave a TEDx Talk on parenting after earning her PhD in Psychology. I've known this neurotic woman since I was 14 and she is the absolute last person that should be providing parenting advice to anyone. She literally coached her son on how to kidnap his non-custodial kids in front of me so he wouldn't have to pay child support. I've never watched another TED Talk after that. Also, 4:37 🤣🤣🤣

[@HabitualLine-Stepper]

Chris Anderson: No selling. No corporate BS. Chris Anderson: Creates and sells TEDx

[@Foldingfandariusgaiden]

The best TED talk ever is the old guy who showed the most efficient way to wipe your hands

[@Guest-nb6kl]

bro that talk changed my life literally

[@dzaki8331]

Link?

[@Foldingfandariusgaiden]

@@dzaki8331 just search tedx talk how to use one towel

[@JNJNRobin1337]

wait really? which one is that?

[@Foldingfandariusgaiden]

@@JNJNRobin1337 ”how to use one paper towel”

[@4747da]

It's the same reason every good idea becomes overused: when the originality turns into intentional formula. Everyone copies the same talk structure, thinking that the form is more important than the content. Just like you can't tell the same joke a million times, when you try to replicate an art form again and again, you end up with a cliché

[@TheLegendaryLife_Official]

I recently attended a TEDx talk in Germany, and it was, frankly, embarrassing. Most of the speakers struggled to deliver their talks without stumbling or making noticeable mistakes. Four out of five completely lost their train of thought multiple times and had to rely on their speaking coach for help. It was a sobering experience, especially since TED Talks are often perceived as the pinnacle of public speaking. Yet, afterward, many of these speakers boasted about their TEDx appearance on social media… absolutely ridiculous.

[@lanistinks]

how much were the tickets

[@TheLegendaryLife_Official]

@@lanistinks 90€ 🙈😭

[@LetsLaberWithMi]

​@@TheLegendaryLife_Official 😂😂😂😂 oh junge

[@aristideregnier4883]

Where's YOUR TED or TEDx talk, big guy? Thought so.

[@braydenrichards2205]

@@aristideregnier4883Why does that matter? If I got on stage to do a TedX talk I’d at least be more prepared and give a good presentation. Forget not being qualified, you can’t even give a presentation right

[@camerondrew9402]

Elizabeth Holmes looks like she came from the same factory as Zuckerberg...

[@marlowemichaelson1366]

If you watch the Hulu show about Elizabeth Holmes (“The Dropout” starring Amanda Seyfried), you will see that Holmes’ entire professional persona was completely 100% purposefully based off of CEOs such as Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. She WANTS you to compare her to Zuckerberg. I’m serious lol

[@jg-reis]

The eyes have it

[@Jeaux_Bleaux]

Psycho eyes.

[@maikkeli]

Early life section did not disappoint

[@JesusChrist2000BC]

They look like Silicon Valley AI robots that were made to look like humans. You can tell they are NPCs with zero emotions inside.

[@mrj5552]

if anyone hasn't seen Sam Hyde's 2070 paradigm shift TEDx at Drexel, look it up. it's one of the best performance art pieces in the past century.

[@cryo2156]

People are sexualizing young girls... and it's getting to the point where even I have a problem with it. And it shouldn't be that way

[@arasharfa]

Video games are gonna be more REALISTIC.

[@nsawatchlistbait289]

Elizabeth Holmes, oh my god

[@jgirlinluv55]

Right lol

[@snorman1911]

The voice cracks me up every time. Then I remember she's evil.

[@Srcccfy]

She is the female Zuckerberg.

[@thegorn]

@@snorman1911 here voice creeps me out.

[@omnisis]

Ghislaine Maxwell talking about saving whales wasn't too much for you?

[@lauren1779]

The he term “thought leader” makes me want to throw up with cringe.

[@jondunmore4268]

It's up there with "disruptors."

[@zimmejoc]

@@jondunmore4268 and influencers

[@ac979]

That was the point, IIRC his talk was on how appearance and body language impact people’s judgement of character.

[@samaritan_sys]

'Thought leader' sounds like the kind of thing George Orwell left out of '1984' because he thought nobody could suspend their disbelief to imagine people actually applying that label to themselves and others.

[@CWhyNot75]

Whenever I see someone on LinkedIn call themself a "thought leader" I immediately know they are a BS artist.

[@ellenlederman5209]

This made my day! I thought it was just me. That now that I am 70 and widowed I just can’t enjoy things that I used to. But you have made me see that it’s just become more mediocre content to stroke the egos of the presenters. I will find other videos to watch online and not rely on TED junk.

[@jawlinejawlinejawline]

Hell yeah Ellen

[@sdrc92126]

You should check out the TED talk, "What s the biggest rock?" It's on _The Onion_

[@alexanderg1935]

I'd recommend a KZbin channel called Lemmino. He makes really engaging documentaries. I'd start with the one about DB Cooper. It's brilliant.

[@VoidUnderTheSun]

Anakin: "Ideas change everything" Padmé: "For the better?"

[@Stallnig]

For the better, right?

[@sylv_ain]

@@Stallnig*stares awkwardly*

[@unknownname1941]

😐

[@CoNteMpTone]

UNDERRATED❤❤❤

[@MrGrombie]

When I was younger, I used to think about what it must feel to take the stage and have people hanging onto my ideas with anticipation of the next words coming out. But you're right, I noticed this a while ago. Now it seems like it is just a way to pat yourself on the back and shill some BS that doesn't help anyone.

[@shirin8609]

I believe in you. I believe in your ideas. I believe you can no doubt make a great speech. Go for it.

[@corysbae]

a honorable terrible ted talk was the columbine shooters mother who got a ted talk but not a broken father who wanted to spread awareness. They denied him but accepted her terrible speach

[@MiasmaTazma]

THANK YOU, I've been watching this platform slowly decline into just worthless nonsense. And no one seems to bring it up!

[@hatersgonnalovethis]

There was a TEDx Valencia, dedicated to homeopathy. It’s pure comedy gold. One nut case after another gets on stage and gives out bullshit. Please don’t stop this format. I loved every second of it.

[@Dragon-Believer]

I honestly thought this was old news. I didn't know TED was still a thing.

[@viniciusgueiros1401]

It’s been a joke for 10 years. I’m suprised it still has an audience just as i would be if i came accross someone sellinh HD-DVD’s

[@JohnSmith-tf3lm]

The only TED that I ever saw was that guy from "Hide the Pain" meme, and thought the whole thing was just a joke for the people who want to do a conference for some reason.

[@Meilk27]

Okay but that one was really good and wholesome though

[@thegorn]

Harold is hilarious

[@alphanumeric6582]

That thought is really funny

[@ME-ci8zi]

his name is András István Arató, for those curious

[@someguycj]

I still can’t believe my one of my English teachers played that “2 minute superhero pose” TED TALK, and forced us to write about, even AFTER it was proven false and stupid.

[@samsaek666]

TED sold itself out once it added TEDx. I see TEDx I don’t even click

[@RollingCalf]

I actually stopped checking them out the moment they added TEDx.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

I largely stopped watching in general, when I realized that there were a bunch of "ideas" but rarely, if ever, was there any sort of indication gave as to how to put those ideas into practice and the speakers often times hadn't put the ideas into practice. The good ones are fine enough if you're looking for some inspiration or something else to consider, but there really isn't much of value to be had in the videos that I've seen most recently.

[@answerman9933]

TEDx is like STEAM

[@Celatra]

@@answerman9933 .... do not compare steam the almighty to tedx.

[@gmrscase]

my buddy Theodore talks and he doesn't suck

[@shirin8609]

He must be an animated chipmunk, then 🤣

[@nails4cash]

😂😂😂

[@MetalWolfz]

I joined my University Honors program for the program I was taking at the time. The director of the program showed us that power posing TED video and talked so much about it how inspring it was and how we all should Power pose more often, I thought it was complete BS. The books that was assigned for the classes that went through the prgram were based on DISC behavior and the Myers Briggs personality test, both psuedoscientific 'tests' that people in the business world eat up. I brought up my concerns with what was being taught with the director (who was also the professor) and I was told that 'I would be proven wrong' and that by bringing up my cocerns it ' Only further strengthened the proof of my DISC assessment Validity'. I followed along with their BS, writing what they wanted me to write, got my A for that semester and promptly dropped out of the program. Just goes to show how far Pseudoscince and misinformation can go, im glad I was able to see thorugh it and dropped it.

[@Jo-rz6bs]

Was it business?

[@OliveMule]

SAM HYDE BEST TED TALK OF ALL TIME. SAM ALREADY EXPOSED THIS TOPIC

[@marquisduhsade]

Sam Hyde is 6000000 years ahead in thinking compared to everyone

[@psychoticbreaks167justletm4]

Sam Hyde is mostly annoying to me but that whole talk is burned into my brain. Changed my life forever.

[@mujtabaalam5907]

*tedx

[@rileybarker963]

@@psychoticbreaks167justletm4 my favorite part of the whole talk, is only like one person got it in the crowd and they probably sounded crazy laughing at his antics

[@psychoticbreaks167justletm4]

@rileybarker963 that definitely helped the bit... that genuinely awkward silence. I think it'd be harder for him to do now, the internet wasn't leaking into reality like it is now. Back then, he was ahead of his time and part of the fun was seeing people try to catch up to this internet weirdo in realtime, people would get SO self-serious

[@Tractor5015]

I got a ted talk as my beginning ad 😭

[@Garlotarlo]

Be honest?

[@Tractor5015]

@Garlotarlo it was basically a ted talk with someone on the stage doing that thing with there hands talking

[@Garlotarlo]

@ tractor5015 thanks for clarifying I just wanted to make sure you weren’t spreading a falsehood

[@Pleasing_view]

​@@Garlotarlospreading pseudoscience 😂

[@jakobstisen6366]

@@Pleasing_view Text TED, the word pseudoscience is to political.

[@privateaddress9691]

Onion talks is the most recent evolution of TED; I think they have rediscovered their old selves again with it.

[@Fortnite87463]

“You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain”

[@kalimacho1]

Nobody stays at the top forever

[@Safwaan-s7k]

@@kalimacho1I notice this a lot with comedians and other people who start off at the bottom, they become so rich and famous that they no longer are relatable to us.

[@joshaub]

now make a TED Talk about it

[@erica923]

4:55 silencing monika lewinski talking about being silenced was a stroke of genius. well done

[@spicynoodles2742]

They should have called it TED and TEDDY, it would be more easy to see the diffrence.

[@FTACMerc]

We got TED Talk Brainrot before GTA6!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@wbmac1958]

That brief "Thought Leader" excerpt you showed was from a deliberate (and perfect) parody of a Ted Talk, shown on CBC.

[@paytonthornberry1382]

They can't keep getting away with this!

[@ayoubdjadja8477]

Jessie from breaking bad:

[@Caketurtle7]

@@ayoubdjadja8477yeah no shit

[@d.s.8227]

"Ideas change everything" lol the fact they thought it was a good idea to let anyone use their logo was all I needed to know about how well they know branding.

[@foreignparticle1320]

"Ideas Change Everything" just means "platform for activists."

[@yucol5661]

Is “activist” supposed to be a bad thing inherently?

[@zackanderson7440]

@@yucol5661 No, but when they aren't really trying to change anything are they even really activists?

[@foreignparticle1320]

@yucol5661 No, it's not supposed to be, inherently. But it's all in the application...

[@gadget00]

@@yucol5661 it is nowadays, because the "activism" is for pretty stupid causes or highly improbable situations that we have to "fight" for or against. And because the "modern activist" is more hypocrite and unemployable than ever

[@kiowah231]

@@yucol5661 In modern times, yes.

[@jasonshaw3605]

When they let the mother of one of the columbine shooters do a TED talk on why she had little to zero responsibility, blame and could in no way have prevented the mass slaughter of lives by her son, the brand lost all credibility for me.

[@alivape]

That's actually wild

[@johns1625]

Susan Klebold. That shit had my blood boiling. Half her talk was about how she could never have stopped it but how every other shooters parents can. 🤮🤮

[@jasonshaw3605]

@@johns1625 Agreed, that is precisely what it was, plus a promotion to buy her book. I can't imagine how the families of the loved ones slaughtered felt/ feel that Susan was given such a platform and brand to speak from.

[@tannermctanner3210]

Same

[@slavaefremov473]

does she have responsibility though?

[@shotgunbettygaming]

Probably the single most valuable Tedx talk I've ever seen is called 'Biochar: The Oldest New Thing You've Never Heard Of | Wae Nelson | TEDxOrlando'. I think it's older than the upload, which explains why it's still good and worth something, but I still share it to this day. Like I just did. If you're into gardening or Permaculture...watch it. I used to be eager for the newest Ted Talk, now my lip literally curls when I cringe at the sight of a thumbnail. BTW, your AMAZING thumbnail would not let me go. Here I am. Nice video and well done. Loved the dig at the peedoh. Hats off, Sir. Rock on.

[@batman4329]

Thank you for the video. At my office there is a running joke where say there was “Ted Talk” when people ramble about useless information to people that don’t care but act like they do.

[@FranktheDachshund]

That is a description of every Zoom meeting held.

[@SquizzMe]

The "dogma in science" video was brilliant. It exposed the prejudice and corruption in academia. 100% TED was pressured to take it down by the "scientific" community.

[@OCinneide]

There’s massive pressure from the “science communicator” community to crush anything that talks about the dogma and corruption in the sciences. It’s shocking the shit that happens.

[@cattysplat]

Well it was the beginning of the woke agenda. Anti science has been the standard ever since. Now they struggle to answer: what is a woman?

[@Chadner]

Right, thanks to TED banning Dr. Sheldrake's talk and the negative repercussion that came from it I had my awakening. So in a way I am grateful for TED talks

[@Crime_Mime]

@@Chadner Same, I saw a video by After Skool about Sheldrake's banned talk and ended up buying his book. Definitely worth reading.

[@mikekasich836]

Kind of like project veritas was prep pressured to fire James O'Keefe when he exposed big pharma lying about the vaccines Or how Fox was forced to fire Bill O'Reilly when he started talking about George Soros funding the Anti-Trump protests

[@angelawest9759]

Best Ted Talk ever is Sir Ken Robinson ‘do schools kill creativity?’ What a guy! He’s dead now sadly. Now I know why I never watch them anymore.

[@VJShaman]

Ted talk has become a platform for the rich people to become wannabe intellectuals...

[@CZsWorld]

Ted talks have gone downhill ever since Ted left.

[@hexmaniac6810]

Oh you’re the horror guy cool.

[@SantiSomchay]

I watch you're videos to. Do a horror Timeline of Ted talks video lol

[@princeali316]

Hmmm. I really think I could get on TED and troll. On paper, i'm a child of immigrants, a first-gen Marine Veteran, a graduate of Grad School, and a small company owner. In person, I am a highly offensive troll and terrible person! "Oh you guys thought I was a "Thought Leader"? Bro I said I was a THOT leader!" *Begins playing slide show of me and the boys at a strip club in Japan*

[@lilyhomes4967]

it used to be talks from scientist/doctor about something they're passionate AND specialized in but then suddenly everyone can talk? about random thing

[@NeighborhoodOfBlue]

Having rules and standards is not the same as being a cult. Such an unnecessary false equivalency. That said, it's sad to see that TED has become a clout mill. Anyone can buy their eighteen minutes now, I guess.

[@der1222]

No, but going after people outside of your organisation and trying to censor their words pretty much is

[@pippip8744]

A clout mill, without clout.

[@sidneygore4382]

You have a cool standout voice and I’m not bored by your video essay. I’m now a subscriber. Keep up the good work homie :)

[@mistermorphescarnoe2898]

My English teacher got an application through to host a TEDx event at our school and let some students present topics they're interested in and let me tell you, it was horrible. There was a video of it once, but its been deleted. I presented a piece on music theory and what makes something sound heroic or sinister even though I can't actually read notation 🤣 Another student did a piece on plants and ants. And another talked about super cars and the intricacies of their engineering starting from the spark plug. And a classmate just copied their essay on V for Vendetta, put it in pptx format, and called it a day.

[@cattysplat]

School kids should never be allowed to inflict their school work on the rest of the world. It's the teacher's job to teach, not pretend their students are intellectual speakers worthy of wide audience.

[@GrizenJerald85]

​@@cattysplatdork take

[@LoremIpsum1919]

​@@cattysplat Dramatic much? I agree with your message, but damn it's not that serious.

[@Kisamon]

Serious question. Since it's TedxYourSchool, it means only students registered there that can only participate, right? What about TedXYourCity? Is it the same, as in people who has been registered as resident of the city that can only participate? Because it's personally disturbing for me to just find out right now about TexXUbud but I see a white man promoting his ... whatever that machine is. It's just that the whole time I thought it works like what I said: only people of the city.

[@KazuhiraMiller46]

​@@cattysplat fax 📠 too many soft asf teachers think all the kids are geniuses and they can't even read nowadays LOL

[@mamemo359]

So many TED talkers have struck me as pretentious and phony that i don't want to watch their videos at all whenever someone shares a TED talk video with me. now i know why!

[@ChristoffRevan]

You mean *TEDx....not TED. Lol, you went to help prove from this video how people get confused by the titles

[@KazuhiraMiller46]

​@@ChristoffRevan how about they both suck, now go away

[@kanju_adam]

Love how you snuck in Tony and his LED signs in there 😂😂

[@brianmartodam1114]

Ended too fast and too soon! Felt like the dirt was still building...

[@tiefensucht]

dirt clogged the stream

[@misterwhyte]

It's fascinating how short lived most good ideas and platforms are on the Internet. They all end up being replaced by something better very quickly (like Facebook replacing MySpace), which is the ideal scenario for users, or they become so perverted they go through a slow inevitable death (like Ted and well... Facebook). It seems that places that last (such as KZbin) are a rare exception in this landscape.

[@frenchfriedbagel7035]

KZbin’s gone downhill too. The things getting the most frequent high view count are brain rot garbage meant to be jingling keys for 5 year olds. There’s great content on the platform, but KZbin itself does not champion that content.

[@llluminatixx7]

Sam Hyde was the best ted talker. His ideas were revolutionary.

[@LolcowAdmirer]

A paradigm shift, no doubt

[@rosihantu1]

Grrrlobe

[@GM-qq1wi]

Gavin Mcinnes talk was pretty funny too.

[@Atlas65]

The Ken Robinsons talks (both of them) were really great as well. Really influenced me

[@missrusalka6216]

@@Atlas65 Thank you for mentioning him. I watched the talks after I read your comment and he really is great.

[@NelsonStJames]

II had noticed the quality drop in TED talks until I just stopped watching them any longer, and never noticed that TED and TEDx were completely different. Now I’m curious to start looking at all the people who advertise something using a TED talk as some kind of credential to see if they’re actually legit.

[@beeble2003]

Anyone who promotes the fact that they gave a TED talk, gave a TEDx talk. If you're invited to give a TED talk, it's because TED think you're important enough to make them look good. If you cured cancer, you brag about curing cancer, not about giving a TED talk about curing cancer. If you give a TEDx talk, it's because you think that TED is important enough to make you look good, and you brag about it.

[@milliondollarart]

​@@beeble2003true 😁😁

[@SD2001-p8q]

Thanks you for this great history lesson on TED. I used to enjoy their talks 15 years ago. Now I see one and click away in 30 seconds.

[@memonos]

My friend sent me TED talks and i couldn’t even watch 2 minutes without being bored, pissed, or straight up annoyed by the speakers.

[@bluedistortions]

That means your brain is working, have you tried shutting it down to be part of the modern audience?

[@handesonrenatoguimaraes2615]

​@@bluedistortionsthe only video I watched was about teaching maths, it was awesome in my opinion, a vision about searching patterns and make it fun. But I watched only one video from there.

[@paracyntrix]

"Ideas" don't change anything. "Actions" on those ideas change things. "Ideas", that are worthy, need to be spread so that someone takes "action" to change things.

[@utsurobune3530]

I like the sudden and abrupt ending with essentially no conclusion.

[@TruthBelow]

Damn, how things have changed. I remember Raichu being the 2nd evolution

[@lancearnedo7837]

Good thing you woke up from your coma

[@Frugality]

I’m forever grateful for Andrew Solomons Ted talks about depression.

[@runforitman]

Your presentation is so good I love your dry delivery of jokes

[@Zac_Cole]

Ok I'm doing a Ted talk

[@monkeychife]

When I was in high school I had to an assignment on a Ted talk and I found one on how to dry your hands. Literally just 5 min of a man explaining how to most efficiently dry your hands with a paper towel. My teacher spent about 2 min trying to think of a reason that it didn’t fulfill the assignment and then gave me an A lol

[@thehellezell]

TED Talks have always sucked.

[@thatomothapo4804]

0:38 seconds in, sounds like something VSauce would spend an entire month researching to make a video and i wound watch it.

[@cxt.1]

Valid criticism aside. I once saw a really great TED talk by a discovery photographer. The name of the talk was 2070 paradigm shift and it did nothing less than change the way I think about life. Yall should really watch it

[@juiuice]

true

[@yessir8089]

Eff you troll, you got me there 😂

[@rossstotz775]

My favorite TED talk is from Mike Rowe. Well worth the watch and funny as well.

[@M3au]

What I have learned from TED over the last 15 years is that the world lacks enough smart interesting people to fill TED’s current schedule.

[@stanhitoyaorperish8656]

Nope. TED killed their own "exclusivity" by making everyone could talk braindead opinions on their stage, it cost a lot but stupid rich people has enough money to ruin the whole thing. If you wanna find interesting and smart people you can attend any university and meet your lecturers or professors lol

[@rcatv7750]

I completely disagree. There are millions of smart, interesting people in the world. It just appears they don't care much to be in the public eye.

[@ericlechat719]

Not even close.

[@Safwaan-s7k]

@@rcatv7750they aren’t as famous, to become famous you need to win over the masses which aren’t as smart as you, that’s hard

[@GrizenJerald85]

@Safwaan-s7k You never yap like this in public that's why you do it here

[@camelcam6008]

I just about screamed when I heard Rupert Sheldrake mentioned. Hes the father of the musican Cosmo Sheldrake

[@yumeshapiro3653]

OH MAN that's fucking awesome I had no idea omg

[@membranealpha5961]

love that guy

[@FainthedCherry]

WAIT WH A T HIS DAD IS RELATED TO TED???

[@mustang8206]

Who

[@ab-cn7ki]

I just found your channel and I am glad I did, Great video perfect commentary lol I subscribed

[@sarahlouise7163]

i love how the audience turns up, and then gets trolled. brilliant.

[@Feroce]

The crazy thing about that, is that TED will censor the audience reactions on their videos if it's ever negative. They'll just dub clapping over them so that it only ever looks like the audience is appreciative instead of aghast.

[@danielharpermagic9279]

Don’t forget the girl that went on stage to talk smooth about PDFs

[@tresleches7200]

omg what is the name of that talk

[@anemptyshell]

To this day I have yet to see a more profund and touching TED talk than "2070 Paradigm Shift". Actually eye opening.

[@tangaz5819]

Lol, the power pose thing was used by some politicians in the UK and it made them look like semi spread-eagled numpties. The women in skirts doing it looked most ridiculous. Good laugh. Wonder how much they paid some consultancy agency to tell them that look was everything.

[@manumudgal5776]

I remember hearing talks on such good topics- pranav Mistry sixth sense, Miyazaki method of plantation, discovery of gravitation waves, A school in the clouds. Now it is just trash.

[@rejiinamio]

I used to love the TED talks, the one I still remember until today was the Melissa Marshall's Talk Nerdy to Me episode where when writing papers or communicating researches, one must avoid jargons. It was shown in our class in high school. That episode was also the first time I watched a TED episode, too. I watched TED episodes less nowadays, but more of TED-Ed.

[@Djcerrada]

if its called ted talks, then why isnt there a lad named Ted thats talkin?

[@popcornfilms1]

Illuminating video. Had no idea of the difference between Ted and Tedx. This is an epiphany, all makes so much sense. An utter cataclysmic decimation of reputation and brand.

[@strawberrykun6136]

Are you AI or just ADHD

[@Fuliginosus]

"Ideas change everything." That blew my mind!

[@roberthoople]

I just watched "The Dropout", so I was really hoping to see Elizabeth Holmes TED appearance in this video, and was not disappointed. Also, what a just insane story. Like, so insane!

[@Pietop]

I never knew the difference between TED and TEDx but around 2013 I recall feeling like they had fallen off pretty hard. Guess I know why now.

[@armendhammer]

4:36 was brilliant editing 🤣

[@Iron-Bridge]

Like most great ideas and platforms that start out with a pure purpose, opening it up to the masses and lowering standards for selecting key note speakers was always going to lead to inevitable decline...

[@TiffyVella1]

We've learnt to hate the concept of "gatekeeping", but without it, there can be nothing left to keep. Like many of us, I used to love Ted talks. Now they have little value. My favourite was Deborah Lipstadt's talk.

[@boota2474]

The "Paradigm Shift" TED talk already exposed this years ago. He can't keep getting away with it!

[@Smoovesquid]

Bro your comedic timing is Gold. Never change.

[@jedh3721]

I remember around 3 years ago, I started to notice this to the point that I began to hate TED talks because of how absolutely useless they were. I forget how I worded it, but I put out a tumblr poll asking how many people actualy cared about anything a TED speaker says and my brain broke when i got a 100% result (of a few hundred people) that people thought TED talks were actually important. I stopped watching any before that pole and haven't seen one worth watching since probably around 2017.

[@Tuxfanturnip]

the words "my TEDx talk where I talk about Warren Buffett" have been echoing in my head for years

[@MrBucketlist]

😂😂😂😂😂 I was already done when I saw the kid talking about recess. The baby laughing with the crowds reaction took me out. 💀💀💀💀