“it's well worth studying (both actual TED talks and this satire) to help make legitimate talks more polished.”
Satire of the TED talk style
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The style ended up being their signature, after burning through that content, leading up to this piece of satire: this video Though from a public speaking point of view, it's well worth studying (both actual TED talks and this satire) to help make legitimate talks more polished. There's an exchange of emotions that goes on during great talks, and that really helps drive home points. Once these talks became more about the delivery style than actual substance, it kinda devalued the whole TED branding.