Chris Anderson Is Giving Ted Away to Whoever Has the Best Idea for Its Future

[jmsflknr]

https://www.wired.com/story/chris-anderson-steps-down-ted/

[fullshark]

I used to genuinely enjoy TED content, they destroyed their brand, just like every single media company/brand which gained traction in the early days of the internet did, chasing money and garbage metrics.

[jeffrallen]

He should give it to The Onion.

[qwe----3 → jeffrallen]

That would probably make TED less funny

[snowwrestler]

Best TED talk I’ve seen:

https://youtu.be/2FMBSblpcrc

I think about this every time I wash my hands in a public restroom with paper towels.

[calmbonsai → snowwrestler]

Oh man, I first saw this on a plane!

I couldn't believe the title and I couldn't believe how eye-opening it was.

Sadly, not a remotely practical solution given current mores, but one can always hope and I still do the "hand shake" to this day.

[nytesky → snowwrestler]

Nah, I just referenced this in another posting. Good show.

[nytesky → nytesky]

I mean HAH not NAH.

[mc32]

Ted is basically middlebrow soft misinformation.

Sometimes you get some useful stuff but I've watched too much awful stuff propped up as rigorous science that its value is dubious.

I would characterize it as a cross between Amway and infomercials. It's entertainment packaged for aspirational elites.

[thundergolfer → mc32]

Ted is low brow now. It was originally middle brow. I don’t think it’s ever been high brow to get pop insight from YouTube videos.

[atonse → thundergolfer]

Well... the high brow part was how they never filmed any of the talks for the first 20-30 years.

[thundergolfer → atonse]

Oh my mistake, I wasn't referring to its pre-Youtube era as I've not seen what those were like.

[nytesky]

I could have SWORN at some point it was

“technology, education and design” not “technology, entertainment and design”

Did I hallucinate that?

[butlike]

https://archive.is/uZYql

[4ndrewl]

It became a parody of itself.