Post: #1

After this, I lost almost all respect for Ted Talks and everything they entail. The endless propaganda continues, and even my friend recommended this to me.




Honestly he's so hypocritical it makes me sick.

Post: #2

"What is the role of societies in creating abusive men??"

LOL. Men are the best thing that ever happened to women. EVERYTHING that you see around you - every car, every airplane, every skyscraper, every factory that produces a purse or dress or pair of shoes - is here because it was conceptualized, invented, designed, built, and maintained BY MEN. And the sanitation and HVAC and electric systems that serve those buildings and airplanes and cruise ships - also designed and built by men. And what role did women play in this? They made the sandwiches. And delivered babies. More specifically, boy babies!

If it weren't for men, women would still be living in caves being eaten by bears. That's abusive, no?

So SICK of the endless propaganda that ignores everything men have done (which is pretty much everything the human race has accomplished; women have played nearly no role) and focuses on the bad things.

Post: #3

TED is where yesterday's unoriginal ideas become today's trendy memes. Shits a joke, nothing but a propaganda farm of brain farts by people whom have excellent grammar and speech but zero critical thought. Never been a fan of TED and any red-pill should be the same.

Women slop up that TED shit and so do all the soft wristed men on my Facebook. Anybody whom claims to be a trendsetter and ahead of the game while pumping up TED is simply a folk whom lives of stealing concepts and ideas -- truth. At TEDs core is to not push progressive or original ideas but to simply push new models of the current staus quo.

Did I me mention TED pisses me off. Haha. I've debated trying to troll a talk series here in Toronto, may just do it one of these days.

If folks want to talk about fake social constructed gender roles then the submissive man is a good place to start. Nothing more fake then the "dominant" women or the "submissive" man. Both to me are just excuses for folks looking for the easy way in life.

Post: #4

Among my peers, it was very evident as soon as TED removed the TEDx Graham Hancock and Rupert Sheldrake from their youtube channel, they revealed themselves as big cock smokers.

Post: #5

Relevant thread
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Post: #6

Joe Rogan has a really interesting inside look into TED.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JhwQ17mLjo

Sounds like it went out of control years ago.

Post: #7

The target audience for TEDx is Blue Pill people with IQs from 110-125 or so--those who are smarter than average, but still not that smart, however still long to participate in (pseudo-)intellectualism circle-jerking anyway.

Opiate for PC pseudo-intellectuals.

Post: #8

TED talks are (and always have been) hit-or-miss, although the signal to noise ratio is getting worse and of course it's all drenched in smug.

A friend of mine and I have been watching TED talks for years (he got kind of addicted to them for awhile, which I don't recommend). It's important to recognize that you don't have to agree with everything that's being said to derive some benefit. And of course, it's important to recognize that they are bite-sized summary speeches that represent breadth, not depth. Just like Return of Kings might inspire you to start a personal journal or read more about the Peloponnesian War, watching TED might inspire you to work harder on an art project or read a book on linguistics. Like any aggregation of content from a variety of creators, some will be good, some will be bad, and the crowds can't be relied on to find the best for you.

If you select gender politics and related social commentary then yes, you are almost certainly be met with a deluge of blue pill. But they represent only a small fraction of TED talks. And even some talks with lots of smugness still have some interesting ideas (Here's one example: Paul Romer: Why the world needs charter cities. He's an economist so you know that there's some bullshit artistry, nevertheless there are some interesting perspectives.)

Post: #9

I want to create a red-pill or dark enlightenment version of TED. Need a good acronym.

Post: #10

Yeah, I went to a TEd talk with school recently which was seriously weak. It was about empowering women in developing countries through loans only to women so that they can become as bad as western women. If it was the other way round and someone was suggesting loans only to men they'd get crucified.

Post: #11

I used to watch Ted Talks, some can be very interesting (like the one about stopping porn), but now most of the talks sound like liberal propaganda especially those in "TedX Women"

Post: #12

(05-05-2013 05:00 PM)Mac Chicken Wrote:  I used to watch Ted Talks, some can be very interesting (like the one about stopping porn), but now most of the talks sound like liberal propaganda especially those in "TedX Women"

The one about stopping watching porn had excellent evo-biology/psychology points behind it. I learned a lot from it actually.

Post: #13

http://www.dailygrail.com/Fresh-Science/...am-Hancock

Post: #14

TED has become a mere launching pad for trash activists. This has been happening for a while now. Even before that TEDxWomen travesty one could see the writing on the wall regarding those "Endocrinations". Expect that hag Adria Richards to show up in one soon.

Post: #15

A pretty feminist professor showed this in a "Marriage and Intimacy" class I took in undergrad.

Pissed me off.

http://www.ted.com/talks/tony_porter_a_call_to_men.html

Post: #16

(05-05-2013 09:54 PM)FourToTheFloor Wrote:  A pretty feminist professor showed this in a "Marriage and Intimacy" class I took in undergrad.

This is a reminder of the importance of commas.

The two words "pretty" and "feminist" are redundant in the phrase "a pretty feminist professor," as you correctly employed.

However, they would be oxymoronic in the phrase "a pretty, feminist professor."

Post: #17

Bear in mind that TEDx conferences are independently organized and not directly affiliated with TED talks, for what it's worth. TEDx has only been around since 2009.

There was a TEDx conference by my hotel in Delray Beach, Florida this weekend which I got free tickets to. It was fine - a mixture of self-help inspirational lectures, popular science, and philanthropic awareness raising. I'm not sure why people are so offended by it. I guarantee that all the naysayers can find TED talks that they appreciate.

Post: #18

(05-05-2013 10:00 PM)Kabal Wrote:  

(05-05-2013 09:54 PM)FourToTheFloor Wrote:  A pretty feminist professor showed this in a "Marriage and Intimacy" class I took in undergrad.

This is a reminder of the importance of commas.

The two words "pretty" and "feminist" are redundant in the phrase "a pretty feminist professor," as you correctly employed.

However, they would be oxymoronic in the phrase "a pretty, feminist professor."

Actually, she was hot. Married and recently pregnant. It was technically a Sociology course so she wasn't a warpig like Gender Studies gets.

Post: #19

(05-05-2013 02:50 PM)Cyr Wrote:  Yeah, I went to a TEd talk with school recently which was seriously weak. It was about empowering women in developing countries through loans only to women so that they can become as bad as western women. If it was the other way round and someone was suggesting loans only to men they'd get crucified.

I've worked a lot in this field and it has become apparent that, in the poorest countries, women are better at money management than men because they are less apt to spend it on alcohol or cigarettes or take too much risk (microloans deal with smoothing everyday activities, not starting revolutionary businesses, so that's ok), so the impact of microloans can be considered slightly greater if you preferentially lend to women. It's a theory with some truth and I don't consider it offensive. Why?

Because it dovetails perfectly with the fact that women make good decisions when their survival is on the line and that all the idiocy we are seeing in the modern western world is just due to the fact that women here are are becoming more spoiled, stupid and reckless because of being completely insured against all possible consequences of their bad decisions.

Post: #20

(05-05-2013 08:27 AM)Aer Wrote:  After this, I lost almost all respect for Ted Talks and everything they entail. The endless propaganda continues, and even my friend recommended this to me.

This might be "overgeneralization." I've seen ted talks that were extremely interesting, by people who are doing big things in highly important things like education.

The temptation to overgeneralization is widespread and self-destructive, although we have to make some generalizations.

Healthy generalization:

" The last car I saw swerving around at high speed on a highway I later passed after it crashed. Therefore if I see a car swerving recklessly I stay away from it."

Particularly common in Man-o-sphere:
"That bitch was rude to me, I've lost all respect for women and I don't want to hear about NAWALT."

Particularly lazy are two-way divisions used to avoid critical thought about specifics of complex situations: red-blue pill; Left and Right.

An interesting idea I just thought of was the idea of "economies of generalization"

For instance, I might not be an expert in cars, so when I rent a car I simply always ask for a Toyota because I have never been disappointed.

This may be an oversimplification, but also may be the most efficient approach because the marginal improvement for car-renting by learning more might be a net loss.

An example might be many people living in Manhattan never learn to drive. They might be doing more interesting things and spending their money in better ways than on cars.

Post: #21

I've viewed some interesting TED talks. Not all topics are "political" in the first place, and my impression is that when they are "political" they give more leeway to non-liberals, and generally more freedom of expression, than most other organisations. Just because you see one talk at TED you don't agree with doesn't mean they are sell-outs. It's when you see nothing but talks you agree with that you should be worried. In that case you are about to be played.

Post: #22

(05-05-2013 08:38 AM)Dexter Morgan Wrote:  Men are the best thing that ever happened to women. EVERYTHING that you see around you - every car, every airplane, every skyscraper, every factory that produces a purse or dress or pair of shoes - is here because it was conceptualized, invented, designed, built, and maintained BY MEN. And the sanitation and HVAC and electric systems that serve those buildings and airplanes and cruise ships - also designed and built by men.


If it weren't for men, women would still be living in caves being eaten by bears. That's abusive, no?

So SICK of the endless propaganda that ignores everything men have done (which is pretty much everything the human race has accomplished; women have played nearly no role) and focuses on the bad things.

Your post is so exact , so true and it must be a required reading !

Post: #23

(05-06-2013 12:53 AM)FourToTheFloor Wrote:  

(05-05-2013 10:00 PM)Kabal Wrote:  

(05-05-2013 09:54 PM)FourToTheFloor Wrote:  A pretty feminist professor showed this in a "Marriage and Intimacy" class I took in undergrad.

This is a reminder of the importance of commas.

The two words "pretty" and "feminist" are redundant in the phrase "a pretty feminist professor," as you correctly employed.

However, they would be oxymoronic in the phrase "a pretty, feminist professor."

Actually, she was hot. Married and recently pregnant. It was technically a Sociology course so she wasn't a warpig like Gender Studies gets.

OK, then it wasn't oxymoronic. It was EXTREMELY FREAKIN' RARE!! Most feminists I've met (as in, all but 2-3 out of hundreds) could make gorilla cookies with their face!

Post: #24

I didn't get a chance to watch all of it...but the guy has the same demeanor and conviction of Jordan Chase from Season 5 of Dexter....

Post: #25

(05-05-2013 09:07 PM)tiggaling Wrote:  http://www.dailygrail.com/Fresh-Science/...am-Hancock

nice article, reminds me why i fucked off watching this shit anymore