Ask Slashdot: What Would Your TED Talk Be About? (ted.com)

Slashdot reader shanen poses the question: if you had to give a TED Talk, what would you talk about? They write: Mostly based on my experiences at TEDx events, though of course I've seen a lot of TED videos. Nick Hanauer's censored TED Talk is still my all-time favorite, though you couldn't see it on the TED website. Proximate trigger for this question was actually looking at the coming TEDx events in the neighborhood... In my own case, I think you'd need to put a gun to my head as motivation, but maybe my sig would be worth a laugh or two? What would your TED Talk be about? How does this idea resonate with you? Feel free to explain in as little as one sentence...

For example: "The inequality of opportunity and how the stereotypical success is a function of where one is born."

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"Have TED Talks jumped the Shark?"

[93 Escort Wagon]

Have TED Talks Jumped the Shark? The growing irrelevancy of TED Talks.

Main points:
1) Andy Warhol was more right than he knew - "15 minutes of fame" isn't just for individuals, it's for everything
2) How a good idea can be driven into the ground by mediocre people jumping onto the bandwagon
3) There is no Point 3, please move on with your lives

I'd like to thank you all for attending - be sure to buy my book!