On 12 Sep 2012, at 17:48, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/voices/2012/09/trouble-ted-talks > > In the cult of TED, everything is awesome and inspirational, and ideas > aren’t supposed to be challenged, says Martin Robbins. > > I tend to agree with this. I think TED talks are a dangerous thing for a > country like India. I've noticed that critical thinking often takes a back > seat in India (excluding present company, of course) to razzmatazz. The > classical example I often think of is the Great Gasbian "Professor" Arindam > Chaudhuri of IIPM disrepute.
I agree there's some truth to the points in the article but I think there's still value to the TED talks - they are fun and inspiring and many of the ideas are indeed worth spreading, and we shouldn't completely lose sight of that..
