a pretty intersting talk.
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Very interesting. I like the argument that he proposes.
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following watching this video i ended up watching more TED stuff all day.
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Great watch, he is pretty much spot on.
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TED is always interesting.
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ya i never knew about TED untill that video i just looked up larry lessig after watch a doc on the same topic called RIP a remix manifesto that featured him.
but i love to read and watch anything that encourage people to think and make there of descions instead of just conforming to something without knowing about it,
but i love to read and watch anything that encourage people to think and make there of descions instead of just conforming to something without knowing about it,
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It's a consequence of what I like to call the "Documentary Generation". many people feel as though they become experts on particular topics because they've seen a documentary or two. Which is bothersome to me.
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Agreed.
Documentaries should help to spark an interest in the subject that it's about, but should not be taken as gospel.
Though...this really isn't a documentary, but a lecture given to a room of people who paid a butt load money to be there. I seem to remember tickets for TED were going for 6-7k. This guy was just one of dozens of speakers who were there that year.
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I wasn't referring to TED I was talking about Joe Schmoe who has seen a few documentaries on globalization and thus is a self appointed experts.
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Very cool, and very true. That man should be known more
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he is kinda he is the one who created "Creative Commons"
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+1
pretty much anyone who watches one and takes it all at face value is just being herded like a sheep, they can help you discover a topic but it is on you to look at both sides and make your own opinions and you cant make proper opinions if your information came from 1 side of the debate and has a bias and twists to the left or right.
example just because i take a more left wing approach to a lot of topics dosent mean i don't look at conflicting views, i always try to see a topic from as many angles as possible before i make any assumptions or opinions on it.
i believe if everyone took the time to see topics from as many angles as possible there would be less extremism and different partys would be cooperative to find solutions to theses issues.
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im loving this, this is the first debate like topic that hasn't gotten nuked in 5 posts.
i hope things like this can continue.
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I agree, it goes the same with News. Someone watches some bias new report and begins to preach it like they know what they're saying, being just as bias if not more then the report. It's actually pretty funny to see parents who see Fox's reports and start saying "NO, GTA4 REWARDS POINTS TO PEOPLE WHO KILL AND RAPE HOOKER, BLARGGHH"
It's pretty sad, but at the same time it goes to the saying "Only see what you want to". Everyone will turn a blind eye at the truth at least once, just to please themselves with what they want.
(Loving the fact that no one has started to flame and go crazy about this thread)
It's pretty sad, but at the same time it goes to the saying "Only see what you want to". Everyone will turn a blind eye at the truth at least once, just to please themselves with what they want.
(Loving the fact that no one has started to flame and go crazy about this thread)
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Well there are two reasons for these kinds of stories:
With local news they are just attempting to generate ratings. I bet you've heard this tag line before; "Your children are doing "x", our they in danger? Find out at 11." It's that sort of thing.
With national news...well when you dealing with channels like MSNBC, CNBC, FOX, CNN...there are 24 hours in a day and only so many news stories available. If it's a slow news day, then they're going to have to manufacture news out of minutia.
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I find that i rarely watch the news. I would much rather just check on Reuters a few times a day, then read a few Sunday papers.
Its a shame that print news is dying. I find that you get much more content and context from News papers and Magazines.
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Same here. I pretty much get my news from a Routers and BBC feed.
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