Once you start watching TED talks, ordinary life falls away
a new in-crowd emerges: the one that loves Linux, organic produce, behavioral economics, transhistorical theories and “An Inconvenient Truth.”
TED supplies its speakers with strict guidelines. “Start strong” is the most obvious one, and there is virtually no throat clearing or contrived thanking.
From: The Medium - Confessions of a TED Addict - NYTimes.com 1