When TED Talks Turn Evil

Before Benjamin Bratton posted the transcript and then full video of his TEDx talk titled “We need to talk about TED”, I cannot remember ever seeing anyone seriously criticize this group. Now, though, it seems not a week goes by without someone taking a particular speaker or the entire conference to task for some harebrained, far-fetched, and implausible scheme that somehow made it to this once-revered stage. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.