With all due respect to Lizzie Velasquez, the vast majority of TED and TEDx talks are complete bullshit, and it's high time someone called them out on it.
Benjamin Bratton, Associate Professor of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego, has a huge problem with TED, and he isn't afraid to tell them so right to their face.
At a recent TEDx event in San Diego, Bratton delivered a talk called "What's Wrong with TED Talks?"
"The first reason is over-simplification," Bratton says at the start of his speech. "To be clear, I have nothing against the idea of interesting people who do smart things explaining their work doing in a way that everyone can understand, but TED goes way beyond that."
Bratton then launches into a terrifying anecdote to explain what he means: More + video...
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Benjamin Bratton, Associate Professor of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego, has a huge problem with TED, and he isn't afraid to tell them so right to their face.
At a recent TEDx event in San Diego, Bratton delivered a talk called "What's Wrong with TED Talks?"
"The first reason is over-simplification," Bratton says at the start of his speech. "To be clear, I have nothing against the idea of interesting people who do smart things explaining their work doing in a way that everyone can understand, but TED goes way beyond that."
Bratton then launches into a terrifying anecdote to explain what he means: More + video...
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