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i kinda want to

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 18 February 2012 05:48 (twelve years ago) link

http://thenewinquiry.com/essays/against-ted/

At TED, “everyone is Steve Jobs” and every idea is treated like an iPad. The conferences have come to resemble religious meetings and the Ted talks techno-spiritual sermons, pushing an evangelical, cultish attitude toward “the new ideas that will change the world.” Everything becomes “magical” and “inspirational.” In just the top-ten most-viewed TED talks, we get the messages of “inspiration,” “astonishment,” “insight,” “mathmagic” and the “thrilling potential of SixthSense technology”! ...

There are consequences to having this style of discourse dominate how technology’s role in society is understood. Where are the voices critical of corporatism? Where is there space to reach larger publics without having to take on the role of a salesperson, preacher, or self-help guru?

Mordy, Sunday, 19 February 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link

do we have a TED thread? (no thread police)

⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 19 February 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link

TED: Ideas Worth Spreading

horseshoe, Sunday, 19 February 2012 20:22 (twelve years ago) link

What’s infuriating is how Silicon Valley capitalism consistently attempts to sell itself as outside or even above corporatism. In announcing Facebook’s IPO, Mark Zuckerberg, whose company has consistently violated user privacy in the name of profit, stated that “we don’t build services to make money.”

omar little, Sunday, 19 February 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link

this is biiiiiiiiig

A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 2 March 2012 19:13 (twelve years ago) link

infopreneur

A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 2 March 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago) link

lol that is just complete bullshit

call all destroyer, Friday, 2 March 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link

is it tho

A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 2 March 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link

the music in that youtube... wow.

⚓ (gr8080), Friday, 2 March 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link

"the software movement"

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 2 March 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link

lol i missed that, that's good

call all destroyer, Friday, 2 March 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link

damn son i cant believe they're just giving away all this information... for free.

⚓ (gr8080), Friday, 2 March 2012 20:10 (twelve years ago) link

next level

lag∞n, Friday, 2 March 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago) link

loving the idea that it was the zone of fake-o internet pyramid marketing that just suddenly changed in 2008 and they had to adapt. like how bad can your tunnel vision about the world possibly be.

goole, Friday, 2 March 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link

"this shift..."

dude

goole, Friday, 2 March 2012 21:22 (twelve years ago) link

you should peep the info they're sharing, it's pretty impressive stuff

A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 2 March 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link

How can we independently verify this "everything is open source" claim?

Aimless, Friday, 2 March 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link

disgusting xp

goole, Friday, 2 March 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link

they're insane for giving out all these business secrets FOR FREE

⚓ (gr8080), Friday, 2 March 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link

it's crazy how many successful businesses are going to occur now

A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 2 March 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link

this could save the economy

⚓ (gr8080), Friday, 2 March 2012 22:21 (twelve years ago) link

this is it this is happening

A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Friday, 2 March 2012 22:23 (twelve years ago) link

  • Happiness
  • A Noble Mission
  • The Gamification of the Workplace
  • A Focus on Personal Growth
  • Tribal Dynamics

⚓ (gr8080), Friday, 2 March 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link

hey i found something!

http://www.bilconference.com/

goole, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link

ilx should throw a conference, pay for hosting costs

lag∞n, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:25 (twelve years ago) link

http://bilconference.pbworks.com/w/page/49917283/BIL%202012-%20Speakers

the (former?) mayor of beverly hills!

nina hartley!

goole, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago) link

Jeremy Donovan Acord

http://bilconference.pbworks.com/f/13480600292726920253.jpeg

Talk: What do the Social and Cognitive Sciences Tell Us About Being Sex Positive Activists?

Jeremy Donovan Acord is a sex-positive feminist and language geek living in Venice beach, surrounded by cats and queer feminist sex workers. A computer scientist by training, programmer by trade, he Erlangs among Rubyists for a local start-up. He swears by Carl Sagan, and is likely to be found in his natural habitat, buried up to his cheekbones in a book.

goole, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link

wow ned's really had a lifestyle change since i last checked in with him.

flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:32 (twelve years ago) link

Mencius Moldbug

http://bilconference.pbworks.com/f/headshotcolor.jpg

Talk: How to Reboot the US Government

Is your government infected with viruses, worms, malware and spyware? Do you keep calling tech support but end up playing phone tag? Did your brother-in-law who's supposedly this big expert come over last year to fix it, but only make it worse? Do you feel frustrated, confused, apathetic and annoyed? Does your stomach cramp up every time you hear the word "change"?

Neighbor, we have just the red pill for you. Don't ask what's in it. You don't want to know. Here's a glass of water - don't think, just swallow.

Mencius Moldbug of Unqualified Reservations is your gateway to the lost world of pre-democratic thought.

^^ btw this guy is one of the internet's premier scientific racist goldbug types

goole, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link

xp lol yeah i bet that guy is sex-positive

call all destroyer, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link

can that really be his name

lag∞n, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link

"sex hacker"

valleys of your mind (mh), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:36 (twelve years ago) link

so this thing is pretty porny huh. er 'tantric' i guess

goole, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:39 (twelve years ago) link

surrounded by cats and queer feminist sex workers

i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:43 (twelve years ago) link

speakers list is a goldmine

http://reidaboutsex.com/

goole, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link

lol how is this not from bhideas

http://reidaboutsex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/NinjaLoveBanner.jpg

goole, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link

OMG Jeremy Donovan Acord needs to be played by Martin Starr in The Jeremy Donovan Acord Story: Erlanging Among Rubyists

Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:50 (twelve years ago) link

The Jeremy Donovan Acord Story: Buried Up to My Cheekbones
The Jeremy Donovan Acord Story: Surrounded by Cats

Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link

fair trade porn!

brownie, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:54 (twelve years ago) link

He swears by Carl Sagan

i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 7 March 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link

buried up to his cheekbones

horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link

moldbug

horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link

mencius moldbug

horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link

this is an elaborate prank

horseshoe, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link

his blog is really longwinded fyi

goole, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link

probably one for the rightwingery thread tho

goole, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link

from the gawd vishen's fb page:


Best email I got all day ------- :-)

Bro - tell your team that the work they did in creating the creation method is outstanding.

I'm not talking about just the course... and I'll get to that in a second... I'm talking about the stylistic design, the copywriting ... It's all amazing and inspiring. I am one of the pickiest people you'll know about what is 'good quality' and what is crap quality... and your team is consistently on fire.

And get this: I don't even NEED something like the creation method. It is absolutely awesome material... I bought the teleseminar and appreciate the content due to how relevant it is for so many people... It will truly unleash some fire in them. For me, I didn't really feel it was for me simply because I can get myself 'in that space' already. Do I take the step to get a refund though? No! Instead I find myself pulling out my credit card and ordering the upsell!

I'm hypnotized Vishen!

Hypnotized!!

Give your team my gratitude.

They deserve all the gratitude in the world for the work you're doing together.

With Love & Gratitude,
Sean Patrick Simpson

art dealin' thru the west coast (tpp), Saturday, 17 March 2012 10:56 (twelve years ago) link


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