Comments on: Behind the Scenes of TED http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2009/07/20/ted-behind-the-scenes/ Interestingness, curated – picking culture's collective brain for innovation, inspiration & brilliant ideas Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Laura Cococcia - The Journal of Cultural Conversation http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2009/07/20/ted-behind-the-scenes/comment-page-1/#comment-5648 Laura Cococcia - The Journal of Cultural Conversation Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:48:31 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=3030#comment-5648 Very cool perspective, Maria and thank you for sharing what's happening behind the scenes! So jealous - wish i was there, but glad we can get your experiences - which is even better. Very cool perspective, Maria and thank you for sharing what’s happening behind the scenes! So jealous – wish i was there, but glad we can get your experiences – which is even better.

]]> By: Maria Popova http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2009/07/20/ted-behind-the-scenes/comment-page-1/#comment-5559 Maria Popova Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:44:46 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=3030#comment-5559 Laroquod, Interesting. Although I still think it's mostly packaging in terms of what it offers to the "end-user" – the person at home watching the talks. Because all the content is already free -- most speakers' ideas live in the public domain, as books and research papers and other forms of longer-form, drier, less engaging content. But it's the package that makes people take heed -- people who wouldn't otherwise have the least bit of interest in reading about neuroscience, reforestation, or statistics. And yet, Hans Rosling's talk is among the most popular. Laroquod,

Interesting. Although I still think it’s mostly packaging in terms of what it offers to the “end-user” – the person at home watching the talks. Because all the content is already free — most speakers’ ideas live in the public domain, as books and research papers and other forms of longer-form, drier, less engaging content. But it’s the package that makes people take heed — people who wouldn’t otherwise have the least bit of interest in reading about neuroscience, reforestation, or statistics. And yet, Hans Rosling’s talk is among the most popular.

]]> By: Karen http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2009/07/20/ted-behind-the-scenes/comment-page-1/#comment-5557 Karen Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:44:17 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=3030#comment-5557 Great analogy. Great analogy.

]]> By: Laroquod http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2009/07/20/ted-behind-the-scenes/comment-page-1/#comment-5555 Laroquod Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:35:47 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=3030#comment-5555 I thought TED was basically selling access; after all they give the 'package' they design away for free. What they actually sell with a very high pricetag is the opportunity to rub elbows with the intelligentsia, no? Maybe that could also be seen as 'packaging' but it could also be seen as 'pimping' but it's a good thing either way. I thought TED was basically selling access; after all they give the ‘package’ they design away for free. What they actually sell with a very high pricetag is the opportunity to rub elbows with the intelligentsia, no? Maybe that could also be seen as ‘packaging’ but it could also be seen as ‘pimping’ but it’s a good thing either way.

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