@darius dang really good

"Stylistically, the inspiresting is earnest and contrived. It is smart but not quite intellectual, personal but not sincere, jokey but not funny. It is an aesthetic of populist elitism. Politically, the inspiresting performs a certain kind of progressivism, as it is concerned with making the world a better place, however vaguely."

^made me think of the phrase "i'd watch a netflix doc about that" as the more recent spin of "have you seen this ted talk about x"

@darius That Ted Nelson quote sure is something. It seems he had a good handle on what was going on before many of us. Also, I admit to being mildly disappointed that Shai Agassi's company went absolutely nowhere. It seemed like an idea that had promise. Thanks for sharing the article!

@darius Can't resist posting my #1 favorite send-up of TED, made nearly 10 years ago now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tom6_ceTu9s

@darius "With innovation there isn’t a last nugget" - I'd never heard this (early) Bezos quote before and it's an interesting idea to examine in light of the past 20 years. It seems generally true that for any given thing humans do, we can come up with an at least slightly better / cleverer way to do it, or at least understand the doing of it. But this hasn't created a "long boom" by any definition, it's produced a couple booms (mobile computing) and a series of crises.

@darius very good article, also very full of very cursed sentences. like "Burning Man was (once) inspiresting"

@darius really enjoyed this, thanks for sharing :) i ended up with a wonderful surfing session by looking for more articles by the author & following outgoing links :~

@darius Love the article and it did a great job of reconnecting my present self with the kind of mindset I was in during '08-'15-ish. But I keep wanting to read inspiresting as "inspire-sting" as in "I saw a TED talk and really felt the inspire-sting from it."

@darius > You have read 2 of 3 free articles! #paywall alert

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I watch these things & always wonder if anyone involved has ever had real interaction w/any human being outside their own well-appointed social circle. At day's end, TED is just another global old-boy network. But perhaps w/a few less boys. A more erudite & personable version of the average PBS panel from the 1970s and 80s. In which a few suits talk coolly about what's best for a group of other people who they don't know & who will never be let on the air to speak for themselves.

@darius

I watch these things & always wonder if anyone involved has ever had real interaction w/any human being outside their own well-appointed social circle. At day's end, TED is just another global old-boy network. But perhaps w/a few less boys. A more erudite & personable version of the average PBS panel from the 1970s and 80s. In which a few suits talk coolly about what's best for a group of other people who they don't know & who will never be let on the air to speak for themselves.