O Talks: Ideas Not Worth Spreading
The Sapling Foundation’s TED Conferences have taken a beating in the press this year. In May, Alex Pareene of Salon called them “a money-soaked orgy of self-congratulatory futurism” after the group refused to publish a talk on income inequality. Now the satirical website The Onion is taking a whack.
The Sapling Foundation’s TED Conferences have taken a beating in the press this year. In May, Alex Pareene of Salon called the forums, which bring together people from the technology, entertainment and design fields, “a money-soaked orgy of self-congratulatory futurism” after the group refused to publish a talk on income inequality. Now the satirical website The Onion is taking a whack.
— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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