Interesting things

Posts in Opinion
Ice Ice Baby: The Ice Bucket Conundrum

I hadn't been nominated for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. And this wasn't a call out for nominations; I wasn't lamenting that I hadn’t been chosen, nor would I necessarily have turned my nose up had I been, but I was fascinated by the myriad of opinions—everyone had some kind of stance— and wanted to understand the thing. This was my exploration, back when it was a phenomenon.

Read More
The Problem With Benjamin Bratton's Problem With TED

As I saw various friends share the recent Guardian article, transcribing Benjamin Bratton’s TEDx talk criticising TED, I started to feel uneasy. I’d briefly read the article, planned to watch the speech, and my initial feelings were that I disagreed. But the overtures being shared were that of concurrence. A sort of borrowed eureka, that this one 11 minute speech had won their approval, and why hadn’t they looked at it like that before? Sentiments such as, “I love TED, but this guy has a point” (I paraphrase) were declared. Here's where I got with that.

Read More