TEDx Speaker Gives Priceless Talk About How TED Talks Are Worthless

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.

- Neetzan Zimmerman via Gawker

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