TED talks and the next 5000 days of the web
Sunday morning treats, number 2 – check out the site of TED – Ideas worth spreading (yes, it’s all about Technology, Entertainment, Design). While Chris Anderson does a good job of bringing together world-class speakers every time, aiming for cross-pollination of knowledge is hard at conferences alone. Thus it’s good to see that the ideas are spread farther now, the several thousand dollar fee for attendance are limiting traditional reach …
It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader. […] More than 200 talks from our archive are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.
Start with Kevin Kelly, predicting the next 5,000 days of the web:
