TED came to an end today and it was definitely the best use of my "Blizzard Holidays".
If I join the dot backwards, it almost feels that God wanted me to watch TED and so he sent the blizzard.
It is difficult to pick and choose amongst talks, since every speaker brought with him a brilliant idea that was truly worth spreading. Believe me, i m not being rhetorical.
Again, these are my interpretations of the ideas of the speakers - you may agree or disagree or dont care ! :)
One of the speakers was the great" James Cameron" - his speech was one of the most inspiring I have ever heard.
He spoke about his love for ocean and how one of his personal reasons for making Titanic was being able to go down and see the shipwreck. He said "In your life, keep failure as an option, not fear!!" and "enjoy the task of doing the task".
Sir Ken Robinson had really nice quotes about the current day ailing education system which he thinks has to be completely rethought and re-built.
Sir Robinson said that we have developed a linear and standardized model of education but education should be more of an organic process growing with steps and in whichever direction it wants.
In the past and present, education has dislocated a lot of people. He says its not easy to find your passion and what you are good at by searching at the top, you have to search deep inside you and it takes time.
I think i m doing what i wanted to do in life and everyone should also feel the same about their jobs.
The 12 year old girl - Adora Svitak, was really a prodigy. She spoke about how children shud be taken seriously and how silly behavior is not synonomous with chidish behavior. She is so good at 12, I wonder what she will become when she grows up.God Bless her!
Philip Howard spoke about how laws which were created to protect the people in this country, have tied people's hand and creativity. He has a famous book called "Life without Lawyers", I m planning to read it.
George Whitesides spoke about the power of simplicity and what reiterated what Einstein once said" Try to make things simple, not simpler". Simple things are easy to use and people find different ways of using simple things.
The best thing about the TED speakers is the way they connect to the audience. As Chris told in his interview, the speakers should be able to connect to the audience immediately and there should be no "ego" in the speaker at all. I think all of the speakers did that and I truly felt connected to the talks.
I cannot quote everyone's talk here but all of them are really worth spending the 18 minutes for.
Happy V Day !!
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