How about we try to help everyone instead of only half the population?
Look, this isn't the 50's anymore. Women don't have social equality, they have social superiority instead. Is there discrimination towards women? Absolutely. Do people judge them over superficial matters? Definitely. Does that only apply to women? Certainly not, and pretending the opposite is doing nothing to help your cause. Men have just as many issues to deal with, but without the special treatment that women get.
Homosexual activists understand the power of words.
Please visit my channel to watch a one-minute video clip in which popular atheist author Richard Dawkins admits that homosexual activists "hijacked the word 'gay'".
The word "homosexual" is more appropriate and accurate because it, unlike the word "gay", actually describes the behavior/attraction/relationship being discussed.
The word "gay" helps homosexual activists push their agenda.
Let me just further emphasize that these 5th grade lyrics do more to harm this woman's cause than help it! Isn't she like 30 or some shit?!? Also, when you can hear the scratchy sound between note transitions more than the notes themselves it means you suck at guitar!
This song is fucking horrible!!! The only woman who ever pulled this shit off was a mid-90s Jewel. I hope she can still get back her job at the Kambucha stand
@Veredika that thing you said about 'blacks staying in their zone' is wrong by any definition. just like in transformation u wldnt know what its like to be transformed until you are, same thing with racism. i dont mean to pick a fight with you i thought i shld let u know its bigger than it appears
Boy, there sure are a lot of whiny bunch around here... Art can be an idea worth spreading. Well, she says "If you're feeling helpless, help someone". There's an idea worth spreading.
I object on artistic grounds. Real art discovers its truth. It doesn''t go about proving and stating what it had planned to. The fact that we agree with the message doesn't make it art. The women's issues, I don't mind, the talks about emotions or relationships, I don't mind. But art should be art, not propaganda.
Art knows us better than we understand art. It is wiser than us. By ignoring the artistic process, by using it as mere communication, we lose the truth and we lose who we are.
bad voice, cheap song, in my opinion art has its place in TED - this was simply useless and produces some very wrong ideas about problems, what problems are, and how they can be solved
I'll repeat the original point that I and many others have been arguing for some time now, since the brainless chatter of people who think ends justify means:
Musicians have a plethora of stages and chances to be on them (shocking, right?). The intelligentsia have very few of these same opportunities. When one of the countless pretty women who like to get on stage and sing is taking up time that could be spent on one of the brainy people who hardly get a chance, the others rightfully get pissed
@gibbogirl5 Wow, I feel sorry for your lack of ability with semantics, but at the very least you're not alone.
TED's focus: "Ideas worth spreading". Something falling under the category of "Entertainment" part of "TED", at least in this forum, means someone has something to say about some change to be made or will that will be made in the field of entertainment
By what you're ignorantly arguing, we might as well play episodes of Jersey Shore at TED (many, sadly, deem that "entertainment").
What's to dislike about this? She obviously has some connection with someone in the military that she loved. The singing and guitar-playing even add to the amazement I had in watching this video.
What's wrong with showing this video that caused that many dislikes? I bet most of the people who watched this video are men. Why is feminism so wrong? Why should women, especially mothers not be honored? If this is bullshit then you, men or women should consider going back to thinking about where you came out from.
wow, the word "women" next to "hope" next to "change" next to "TED" really brings the ugly out of some good people, guess they needed a sacrificial lamb and found one. rock on Morley, u got vision and strength.
I find the dislike comments to be sexist ____ and appalling
! Thank you TED for keeping open, quality and creative expressions that advance positive notions....and may the CIVIL RESPECTFUL APPRECIATIVE comments rise to the TOP!
Homosexual activists understand the power of words.
Please visit my channel to watch a one-minute video clip in which popular atheist author Richard Dawkins admits that homosexual activists "hijacked the word 'gay'".
The word "homosexual" is more appropriate and accurate because it, unlike the word "gay", actually describes the behavior/attraction/relationship being discussed.
The word "gay" helps homosexual activists push their agenda.
TED and TED's audience needs to get this settled once and for all what we're all here for.
We, the viewers, had the impression for the longest time that TED was a place where big Technology, Education, and Design news had a platform.
Were we wrong? Did the format change? We're kinda confused as to why you keep mixing in Art when TED itself originally embodied the science/engineer fields, which mix with artists about as well as oil mixes with water in a container on a different planet.
@jdand43230 Wow, I feel sorry for your lack of ability with semantics, but at the very least you're not alone.
TED's focus: "Ideas worth spreading". Something falling under the category of "Entertainment" part of "TED", at least in this forum, means someone has something to say about some change to be made or will that will be made in the field of entertainment
By what you're ignorantly arguing, we might as well play episodes of Jersey Shore at TED (many, sadly, deem that "entertainment").
@Truthiness231 Sorry to hear about your confusion of why this video might be here! I am a 38 year old guy with a huge bent on Science and Technology. But if you are baffled between any reasonable connection of Art and the Sciences, and why this should be on TED, you are certainly forgetting where you literally came from, and maybe why.. Peace!
@Truthiness231 I'm downvoting your comment because it is utterly incorrect. The "E" in TED stands for "Entertainment", not "Education". They have always had artists since I first started watching them maybe three years ago. They have always had musicians, photographers, and craftsmen and women.
@EgoKatalepsis *sighs* yeah I fixed that in another post.
Please read them before making any argument on how this would fall under the "Entertainment" part of TED. By the arguments people have been giving me, Ozzy would be allowed on this stage.
This stage is a place for brainy people who don't have any other stages in which to spread "ideas worth spreading". When musicians, who get to be on stage all the bleeding time,are taking up time on stage that a brainy person could have, we get pissed
@Truthiness231 It would be unfair and impossible to declare an absolute standard to which TED presentations may make it on stage or not. Opinions vary as well. I have watched videos of musicians and artists that have stunned me while others see no value in it. This goes back to Sir Ken Robinson's TED talk; why discern a hierarchy between science over arts? In my opinion this performance wasn't the greatest of them but still deserves its chance on TED.
@twistedbass15 Yes, because if someone doesn't like something that you don't like, it's clearly something wrong with the other people instead of being some sort of subjective situation...
The argument we are giving - those in the TED audience that hate seeing this sort of thing - is that the TED stage has been hijacked by people who were originally not meant for this stage.
In this particular case, IT'S A FUCKING MUSICIAN! *sarcasm* I wonder if she'll ever have a chance to be heard again...
@twistedbass15 I didn't say anything about whether I liked or didn't like this music, nor that liking certain music was or was not subjective. I said it didn't belong at TED. Musicians have their own stages, believe it or not...
@twistedbass15 And, if you want to get technical, the sun does "rise and set" (that's our terms for the beginnings and endings of days, ie. "sunrise" and "sunset", though granted yes there is no literal "setting" of any astrological bodies), and also if you google "spin definition", you'll find "turn or cause to turn or whirl around quickly"; the moon rotates only once a lunar cycle. That's not spinning, it's rotating to keep orientation the same with us.
@Truthiness231 Fanny tastic !! The sun does not move !! The moon rotates !! The next question could win you a weekend away in a luxury caravan in Scunthorpe, is music entertainment ?
@twistedbass15 ROFL, nice strawman argument. Glad you can take one bit of what I said, take the figurative "the sun doesn't move [across the sky]" and change it to "the sun doesn't move [around the galactic central point]". Kudos. You deserve a metal for "showing me up" and "making me look a fool".... *rolls eyes*
Have fun playing with yourself, I'm done feeding you.
@Truthiness231 *sighs* I typed "metal" meaning "medal"... I'm just going to leave that one there for you to have fun with; give ya something to nut out over.
@twistedbass15 Wow, I feel sorry for your lack of ability with semantics, but at the very least you're not alone.
TED's focus: "Ideas worth spreading". Something falling under the category of "Entertainment" part of "TED", at least in this forum, means someone has something to say about some change to be made or will that will be made in the field of entertainment
By what you're ignorantly arguing, we might as well play episodes of Jersey Shore at TED (many, sadly, deem that "entertainment").
@Truthiness231 She sounds like she has an idea to spread, I'm sure I can understand English because I am from England. So you would prefer if the singer spoke her ideas instead of singing them? Why do monkeys throw shit? If you don't like the view move to another window. All music is good its a matter of taste. You just sound like a sexist music hating monkey with too much shit on his hands :-/ Religious Americans will be the downfall of us all :-( Cuppa tea?
@twistedbass15 Again, technically, Ozzy Osborne has messages to spread and, again, technically, he's an entertainer. Ozzy Osborne doesn't belong here, even though it would seem so by your reasoning for why she is here. Please reread my argument.
Also, as an atheist, I'm embarrassed by 1) your consistent leading of any post you have to a theistic subject (even the vast majority of theists you vilify don't proselytize as much as you), and 2) you conflate ignorance and theism (ironically ignorant)
@Truthiness231 I'm not religious or an atheists, I am a human being who enjoys music and ted talks. You honestly sounded like a christian because you kept avoiding simple questions :-/ You have no argument because the bottom line is - the ted talks director uploaded this for a reason, maybe to share ideas worth spreading through music.
I really don't like songs like this, that ride the empathy train and hope people will like it just because they are supposed to.
Yeah people suffer and it's horrible, but this song fixes nothing, just makes people feel better because they can tell themselves they care.
And don't get me started on the Woman crap TED runs with, they should really strive to just see us as a pack of people and not split us in groups depending on gender.
It has the opposite effect of whats its supposed to in my eyes
@eatcarpet Medical things affect us all and are a scientific 'problem', were woman problems are more a attitude problem in society
I really don't think this is the way of getting more acceptance into our society.
People suffer all the time, not just women, most men feel and have mostly the same problems as women do
Everyone can grow stronger from helping someone else even if they feel helpless themselves, i just don't think pushing the "woman problem" on this 'the right way to do it'.
@ninjovich While men also suffer, it's completely absurd to say that women of all societies have not historically been and are still systematically discriminated against on a massive scale. You could say that women's issues are so large and significant that it requires its own dedicated sphere.
@eatcarpet Im not saying that men has it as bad as women have it.
But i believe its better now, but im not a 50+ female so i cant know
But lets make a comparison to racism
Black people in the states have lived mostly in seclusion from whites, after things started changing, not much really did, because they where afraid history would repeat itself and they in a way chose to not take more space but just stay in their "zones".
I hope you see where im going and dont take it the wrong way
@eatcarpet Also i would like to say, just putting a bubble around stuff and focusing on it does not make it better, believe me I've fought with a depression and social phobia for over 10 years now.
And thats my whole point about this whole TED women and women only problems, they aren't really only women problem, they are social problems, something we have to solve together.
By excluding us from the discussion nothing will change.
And passive seclusion is just as bad as active one
This is comparable to focusing on how many African Americans were killed in America, without addressing how many Native Americans were killed. No it's not? Yes it is.
I want intellectual debate and talks not fucking cheesy wordless song. It wont increase my understanding, I love and respect woman..you dont have to sing to me.
what a double standard. just imagine the horror if TED put up a talk called "men of hope" and showed only pictures of men, purposefully neglecting women
When I woke up a few minutes ago, and in bed I was just thinking about TEDWomen. I remembered how I was going to boycott TEDtalks a year or longer ago after they posted their first TEDWomen talk. Luckily I didn't and I still watch every video. But I simply can't get over this crappy feeling. I did not grow up in a culture where there's sexism. Is there in other cultures of the people who watch TEDTalks online? I don't see how this is supposed to help suppressed women at all.
@xilliah Men come to TED talks for the science/engineering marvels. Women come for an emotional story. That is why men think TEDxWomen has failed, and why it hasn't.
To be honest I think that the backlash that TED receives on videos like this is due to the fact that there are loads of people who are very, very uneducated and lacking in compassion existing in this world, which is why we're all in the incredible mess that we're in today.
TED, women don't need their own category. By creating a category just for women you are implying women cannot compete with men. We don't need a Jew, black, or any other exclusive category. Also this song sucked.
@Ryakki Men and women will always have their differences. Different issues around the world associate exclusively between women and men. The only sexist aspect about this video is there being a TED for women.
@Ryakki How exactly is this sexist? As far as I can see, it merely promotes the strength of women and the power of hope. To be sexist would require this to deningrate men somehow. I don't see how this video did that.
@ciaochowbella it promotes women over men. it's like when people say "black power" it's fine but if they say "white power" it's considered racist. in truth they are both racist, because neither of these phrases promotes equality, and instead further distance the groups. it's the same with the sexes. feminism is a form of sexism. if you believe women are inherently better, you can call yourself feminist. if you believe in equality, you call yourself egalitarian.
@OcelotPwns Feminism doesn't promote women over men. It promotes equality.
The reason it's not racist to say "black power" is because they are they oppressed group. It's the same with feminism. Women are generally oppressed on this planet so it's not sexist to promote women's rights and well-being. Not so they are over men, but so they can become equal.
Don't create the false dichotomy of "us or them". Just because you promote one thing doesn't mean you automatically demote another.
@Ryakki There ARE meetings to promote different minorities. There ARE meetings for men, blacks, whites, etc. Some are appropriate, some are not. It depends on CONTENT.
See, there is a difference between celebrating and promoting something and using that promotion to denigrate and demean others. Do you think Puerto Rican Pride parade is demeaning to non-PR people? Do you think a Gay Pride Parade is demeaning to heterosexuals?
Bla blah if you don't like it, don't watch it, blah blah. How am I supposed to know it's crap unless I watch it? I watched it, thought it was horrible, I disliked it and thereby showing my opinion, end of story.
The people behind TED will then have to take it up to revision, that if they get a lot of dislikes, something has to change, same way with any entertainment, sheesh, get over yourselves.
It's as simple as that, nothing personal, though it seems I am not the only one to dislike this :P.
@FoxvoxDK just curious, what's wrong with this video? it reminds us there are those who suffer in a world where we quickly forget. And to remind us even as we feel helpless for their circumstances, we can still help someone out. The message is they will always have hope, that's a powerful motivation tool for real change.
@architect333 The text is too sentimental for me I guess, I do not feel a sense of connection to it. The music is so far from my taste, and the weird sorta voice it's sung in, made it impossible to write something(don't ask, private :p) while it was playing. If it was music in the style of Johnny Cash or Dolly Parton I might have liked it. I prefer a message like this given in a different style like; /watch?v=0Mg2deSkgoE. Thanks for the curiosity, but this simply didn't "reach" me.
OK performance and I appreciate the performance for what it is but I don't think its appropriate in the context of TED. Lets keep TED a purely discussion based platform.
Homosexual activists understand the power of words.
Please visit my channel to watch a one-minute video clip in which popular atheist author Richard Dawkins admits that homosexual activists "hijacked the word 'gay'".
The word "homosexual" is more appropriate and accurate because it, unlike the word "gay", actually describes the behavior/attraction/relationship being discussed.
The word "gay" helps homosexual activists push their agenda.
Tactically Engineered Discrimination socially perpetuated by a Woman against a new target Men. They killed the Men that wouldn't join, We were sad but life goes on, I mean their only our husbands, our fathers, our sons but OMG! women are the real victims STFU and prepare to suffer under the same unspeakable horrors You thought making a pagan sacrifice of the all Males would save You from. You stand collectively when evil comes in one voice and say, No or get mowed over their is no third option.
I think TedTalks should disable comments on these types of videos. Some of the worst attitudes I've seen on the internet come from TedTalks youtube viewers.
Maybe this world wouldn't be the mad house it is today if people hadn't lost touch with their hearts. It's sad to see everything that's human disappearing and everything that's inhuman becoming more important, dominant and powerful.
@FFreeLevant Define what you mean by human and inhuman. What are these things to you and what do they have to do with the hearts of people in your opinion? Don't be vague. If you have something of worth to say you should be able to give an example and elaborate on your point.
I think that the admin of TEDtalksDirector is female. This seems to be forcibly installed here, I don't buy this as any sort of stretch because it totally misses the mark. This is not an example of "trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons and geniuses" as stated on this channel's page. Very worrying that TED is moving this far out of their original vision. THIS IS PROPAGANDA not entertainment!
Too much hating here. I'm pretty sure that TEDtalksDirector just wants to diversify their content a bit. It's not like the majority of the content is changing at all.
@JIYkp Should diversify into something less banal, then, I've heard different iterations of this ten hundred thousand million billion times before. At least. Usually better ones, as well.
No but there is a consistent history of TEDwomen presenting videos which tend to be questionable in their accuracy and/or mediocre by comparison to everything else.
Diversifying is good, just aslong as what your using diversifying with, is on par with the original.
if you dont like this then Now you know not to click on the next video that says "Sings" then.. seems like TED talks arent making you any more insightful/intellectual if you cant figure out that much. TEDS only purpose is to do good.
@seigfreeg so let me ask you this: if I skip this video, shut my mouth, and go without TED for a day because the relevant content is evaporating, how will TED know that the audience is reeling due to lack of technology, entertainment and design? This is not a simple issue of being offended and not knowing which button to press dummy, it is an outrage that my favorite science and technology podcast is depreciating in value by the weekn at the hands of the feminist agenda! Buy a clue, brah!
Tag says it all : TEDxWomen Activism ,thumb down move on ,you're not going to win this one who's ever at TED pushing the feminist agenda ,it aint going to work .Can't you make another channel for this crap ,we want the science stuff
What does the "E" in "TED" stand for again? Oh yeah, Entertainment. Musical performances are forms of entertainment. Why so much hate? Sure, she sucks, but that is just my personal preference---a preference that shouldn't be imposed on other people by me trying to dictate what TED is or is not.
FYI. Aung San Suu Kyi is losing support from the ethnic minorities in the country. Let the truth be known, she is a great icon who holds everything about the liberal values that the Western world want to hear but fail to address concerns for the ethnic people who are boldly bullied under the military regime's ethnic cleansing policy. failed!
Seems like the TED audience reflexively scorns anything that they think isn't scientific. Usually this is for good reason. But, in this case i think we have genuine artistic expression, not unlike the amazing architecture or scientific discoveries the TED audience usually enjoys. Art and science aren't so different: both require intellectual determination and creativity. Don't get me wrong, I'm in favour of scientific achievement, but occasional art is good too.
what's with all the dislikes? there's nothing wrong with a musical performance on TED
trojans1453 1 month ago 2
How about we try to help everyone instead of only half the population?
Look, this isn't the 50's anymore. Women don't have social equality, they have social superiority instead. Is there discrimination towards women? Absolutely. Do people judge them over superficial matters? Definitely. Does that only apply to women? Certainly not, and pretending the opposite is doing nothing to help your cause. Men have just as many issues to deal with, but without the special treatment that women get.
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Homosexual activists understand the power of words.
Please visit my channel to watch a one-minute video clip in which popular atheist author Richard Dawkins admits that homosexual activists "hijacked the word 'gay'".
The word "homosexual" is more appropriate and accurate because it, unlike the word "gay", actually describes the behavior/attraction/relationship being discussed.
The word "gay" helps homosexual activists push their agenda.
lightandbeautiful 1 month ago
i saw Wangari Maathai!!!!
ShattyDiablo 1 month ago 3
Look, a lightsaber... oh, wait... nop... It's the like/unlike bar.
leonidasx666 1 month ago
WOMEN OF HOPE against all the absurd comments & unjustified unlikes !
CountessaRosalitte82 1 month ago
This song makes me want to abuse women :(
Veredika 1 month ago
Let me just further emphasize that these 5th grade lyrics do more to harm this woman's cause than help it! Isn't she like 30 or some shit?!? Also, when you can hear the scratchy sound between note transitions more than the notes themselves it means you suck at guitar!
Veredika 1 month ago
This song is fucking horrible!!! The only woman who ever pulled this shit off was a mid-90s Jewel. I hope she can still get back her job at the Kambucha stand
Veredika 1 month ago
I like TED talks, not TED touchy feely singing bullshit.
Veredika 1 month ago
@Veredika Why so much hate? Sounds like you are feeling threatened.
eatcarpet 1 month ago
@Veredika that thing you said about 'blacks staying in their zone' is wrong by any definition. just like in transformation u wldnt know what its like to be transformed until you are, same thing with racism. i dont mean to pick a fight with you i thought i shld let u know its bigger than it appears
ShattyDiablo 1 month ago
Boy, there sure are a lot of whiny bunch around here... Art can be an idea worth spreading. Well, she says "If you're feeling helpless, help someone". There's an idea worth spreading.
eatcarpet 1 month ago
I object on artistic grounds. Real art discovers its truth. It doesn''t go about proving and stating what it had planned to. The fact that we agree with the message doesn't make it art. The women's issues, I don't mind, the talks about emotions or relationships, I don't mind. But art should be art, not propaganda.
Art knows us better than we understand art. It is wiser than us. By ignoring the artistic process, by using it as mere communication, we lose the truth and we lose who we are.
leconfidant 1 month ago
bad voice, cheap song, in my opinion art has its place in TED - this was simply useless and produces some very wrong ideas about problems, what problems are, and how they can be solved
poarak 1 month ago
Tedious.
InvisibleCivilian 1 month ago
I'll repeat the original point that I and many others have been arguing for some time now, since the brainless chatter of people who think ends justify means:
Musicians have a plethora of stages and chances to be on them (shocking, right?). The intelligentsia have very few of these same opportunities. When one of the countless pretty women who like to get on stage and sing is taking up time that could be spent on one of the brainy people who hardly get a chance, the others rightfully get pissed
Truthiness231 1 month ago
@Truthiness231 TED is Technology, ENTERTAINMENT, and Design, not education.
gibbogirl5 1 month ago 10
@gibbogirl5 Wow, I feel sorry for your lack of ability with semantics, but at the very least you're not alone.
TED's focus: "Ideas worth spreading". Something falling under the category of "Entertainment" part of "TED", at least in this forum, means someone has something to say about some change to be made or will that will be made in the field of entertainment
By what you're ignorantly arguing, we might as well play episodes of Jersey Shore at TED (many, sadly, deem that "entertainment").
Truthiness231 1 month ago
One word describes this video
lame!
BrutusAlbion 1 month ago in playlist More videos from TEDtalksDirector
sorry i'm subscribed cause i thought this was technology based channel :/ so a dislike from me too.
ElmoNotty 1 month ago
I had to go watch Phil X to get the nasty taste of this song out of my mouth.
/watch?v=3whj7FnJukk
MMAharaja 1 month ago
TED: Ideas worth spreading, and elevator music.
craigberry007 1 month ago
Reading youtube comments = the realization that humanity is fucked
theraccoonhat 1 month ago 2
What's to dislike about this? She obviously has some connection with someone in the military that she loved. The singing and guitar-playing even add to the amazement I had in watching this video.
Jimmie95Dean 1 month ago
What's wrong with showing this video that caused that many dislikes? I bet most of the people who watched this video are men. Why is feminism so wrong? Why should women, especially mothers not be honored? If this is bullshit then you, men or women should consider going back to thinking about where you came out from.
popout886 1 month ago
@TheLowermen i like the song. i just don't like it when people censor each other because they dislike something
CheekyVimto08 1 month ago
I thought it was alright. I didn't really listen to the lyrics. I tend to pay more attention to the music..
CheekyVimto08 1 month ago
I like the sound of it, I'm going to chop it up and make my own music out of it.
woahhitsnoah 1 month ago
so are you saying black people are handicap? that they can't accomplish anything so we need to help them?
scancool 1 month ago
wow, the word "women" next to "hope" next to "change" next to "TED" really brings the ugly out of some good people, guess they needed a sacrificial lamb and found one. rock on Morley, u got vision and strength.
mikewins7 1 month ago 2
@mikewins7 right im sure the tags are the real reason why this video is voted down so heavily.
dizzle42008 1 month ago
Why was this so poorly received?
wakeupfist 1 month ago
WTF TED?
MMAharaja 1 month ago
Thanks for posting this. cheered me up
lianga9 1 month ago
Profound lack of intellectual substance, defeating the point of TED.
lanceawatt 1 month ago
I find the dislike comments to be sexist ____ and appalling
! Thank you TED for keeping open, quality and creative expressions that advance positive notions....and may the CIVIL RESPECTFUL APPRECIATIVE comments rise to the TOP!
kalisrainbowranch 1 month ago
Morley you are truly beautiful and I love what you are putting out in the world. Gratitude
joyfullybea 1 month ago
Homosexual activists understand the power of words.
Please visit my channel to watch a one-minute video clip in which popular atheist author Richard Dawkins admits that homosexual activists "hijacked the word 'gay'".
The word "homosexual" is more appropriate and accurate because it, unlike the word "gay", actually describes the behavior/attraction/relationship being discussed.
The word "gay" helps homosexual activists push their agenda.
lightandbeautiful 1 month ago
*sighs*
TED and TED's audience needs to get this settled once and for all what we're all here for.
We, the viewers, had the impression for the longest time that TED was a place where big Technology, Education, and Design news had a platform.
Were we wrong? Did the format change? We're kinda confused as to why you keep mixing in Art when TED itself originally embodied the science/engineer fields, which mix with artists about as well as oil mixes with water in a container on a different planet.
Truthiness231 1 month ago 11
@Truthiness231 *smiles* - you haters are something else. a beautiful song sung by a beautiful woman. it's technology, entertainment and design, (ted)
jdand43230 1 month ago 2
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@jdand43230 Wow, I feel sorry for your lack of ability with semantics, but at the very least you're not alone.
TED's focus: "Ideas worth spreading". Something falling under the category of "Entertainment" part of "TED", at least in this forum, means someone has something to say about some change to be made or will that will be made in the field of entertainment
By what you're ignorantly arguing, we might as well play episodes of Jersey Shore at TED (many, sadly, deem that "entertainment").
Truthiness231 1 month ago
@Truthiness231 Sorry to hear about your confusion of why this video might be here! I am a 38 year old guy with a huge bent on Science and Technology. But if you are baffled between any reasonable connection of Art and the Sciences, and why this should be on TED, you are certainly forgetting where you literally came from, and maybe why.. Peace!
blagost 1 month ago
@blagost See my other posts. Your comment is moot at this point. =/
Truthiness231 1 month ago
@Truthiness231 I'm downvoting your comment because it is utterly incorrect. The "E" in TED stands for "Entertainment", not "Education". They have always had artists since I first started watching them maybe three years ago. They have always had musicians, photographers, and craftsmen and women.
angelwhite 1 month ago
@Truthiness231 Actually, it's Technology, Entertainment, Design...
eatcarpet 1 month ago
@Truthiness231 It is entertainment not education. Maybe that may clear things up for you!
EgoKatalepsis 1 month ago
@EgoKatalepsis *sighs* yeah I fixed that in another post.
Please read them before making any argument on how this would fall under the "Entertainment" part of TED. By the arguments people have been giving me, Ozzy would be allowed on this stage.
This stage is a place for brainy people who don't have any other stages in which to spread "ideas worth spreading". When musicians, who get to be on stage all the bleeding time,are taking up time on stage that a brainy person could have, we get pissed
Truthiness231 1 month ago
@Truthiness231 It would be unfair and impossible to declare an absolute standard to which TED presentations may make it on stage or not. Opinions vary as well. I have watched videos of musicians and artists that have stunned me while others see no value in it. This goes back to Sir Ken Robinson's TED talk; why discern a hierarchy between science over arts? In my opinion this performance wasn't the greatest of them but still deserves its chance on TED.
EgoKatalepsis 1 month ago
i think she is beautiful - and I think the song has a wonderful message for those with ears to hear - it is a perfect fit for TEDxwomen ...
feenxrising 1 month ago
Monkeys will always throw their shit (six words to sum up some of the ted audience)
:-D
twistedbass15 1 month ago 2
@twistedbass15 Yes, because if someone doesn't like something that you don't like, it's clearly something wrong with the other people instead of being some sort of subjective situation...
The argument we are giving - those in the TED audience that hate seeing this sort of thing - is that the TED stage has been hijacked by people who were originally not meant for this stage.
In this particular case, IT'S A FUCKING MUSICIAN! *sarcasm* I wonder if she'll ever have a chance to be heard again...
Truthiness231 1 month ago
@Truthiness231 all music is good its just a matter of taste, simples
twistedbass15 1 month ago
@twistedbass15 I didn't say anything about whether I liked or didn't like this music, nor that liking certain music was or was not subjective. I said it didn't belong at TED. Musicians have their own stages, believe it or not...
Truthiness231 1 month ago
@Truthiness231 Technology Entertainment Design ? Next you're going to tell me that the sun rises and sets and that the moon doesn't spin :-\
twistedbass15 1 month ago
@twistedbass15 wiki/TED_(conference)
TED = Technology, Entertainment, and Design. Not sure where you're confused...
Truthiness231 1 month ago
@Truthiness231 Music is not entertainment ?
twistedbass15 1 month ago
@twistedbass15 And, if you want to get technical, the sun does "rise and set" (that's our terms for the beginnings and endings of days, ie. "sunrise" and "sunset", though granted yes there is no literal "setting" of any astrological bodies), and also if you google "spin definition", you'll find "turn or cause to turn or whirl around quickly"; the moon rotates only once a lunar cycle. That's not spinning, it's rotating to keep orientation the same with us.
So, yeah, there's that to think about..
Truthiness231 1 month ago
@Truthiness231 Fanny tastic !! The sun does not move !! The moon rotates !! The next question could win you a weekend away in a luxury caravan in Scunthorpe, is music entertainment ?
twistedbass15 1 month ago
@Truthiness231 (the sun does move but that might blow your mind)
twistedbass15 1 month ago
@twistedbass15 ROFL, nice strawman argument. Glad you can take one bit of what I said, take the figurative "the sun doesn't move [across the sky]" and change it to "the sun doesn't move [around the galactic central point]". Kudos. You deserve a metal for "showing me up" and "making me look a fool".... *rolls eyes*
Have fun playing with yourself, I'm done feeding you.
Truthiness231 1 month ago
@Truthiness231 *sighs* I typed "metal" meaning "medal"... I'm just going to leave that one there for you to have fun with; give ya something to nut out over.
Truthiness231 1 month ago
@Truthiness231 Is music entertainment ? You are either wrong or religious :-D
twistedbass15 1 month ago
@twistedbass15 Wow, I feel sorry for your lack of ability with semantics, but at the very least you're not alone.
TED's focus: "Ideas worth spreading". Something falling under the category of "Entertainment" part of "TED", at least in this forum, means someone has something to say about some change to be made or will that will be made in the field of entertainment
By what you're ignorantly arguing, we might as well play episodes of Jersey Shore at TED (many, sadly, deem that "entertainment").
Truthiness231 1 month ago 3
@Truthiness231 She sounds like she has an idea to spread, I'm sure I can understand English because I am from England. So you would prefer if the singer spoke her ideas instead of singing them? Why do monkeys throw shit? If you don't like the view move to another window. All music is good its a matter of taste. You just sound like a sexist music hating monkey with too much shit on his hands :-/ Religious Americans will be the downfall of us all :-( Cuppa tea?
twistedbass15 1 month ago
@twistedbass15 Again, technically, Ozzy Osborne has messages to spread and, again, technically, he's an entertainer. Ozzy Osborne doesn't belong here, even though it would seem so by your reasoning for why she is here. Please reread my argument.
Also, as an atheist, I'm embarrassed by 1) your consistent leading of any post you have to a theistic subject (even the vast majority of theists you vilify don't proselytize as much as you), and 2) you conflate ignorance and theism (ironically ignorant)
Truthiness231 1 month ago
@Truthiness231 I'm not religious or an atheists, I am a human being who enjoys music and ted talks. You honestly sounded like a christian because you kept avoiding simple questions :-/ You have no argument because the bottom line is - the ted talks director uploaded this for a reason, maybe to share ideas worth spreading through music.
The End
:-D
twistedbass15 1 month ago
Worst. TEDTalk. Ever.
markuss232 1 month ago
I really don't like songs like this, that ride the empathy train and hope people will like it just because they are supposed to.
Yeah people suffer and it's horrible, but this song fixes nothing, just makes people feel better because they can tell themselves they care.
And don't get me started on the Woman crap TED runs with, they should really strive to just see us as a pack of people and not split us in groups depending on gender.
It has the opposite effect of whats its supposed to in my eyes
ninjovich 1 month ago 13
@ninjovich It's not about splitting, it's about focusing on women's issues.
eatcarpet 1 month ago
@ninjovich e.g. TEDMED isn't about ''Splitting'' into medical and non-medical fields, it's about focusing on health and medicine.
eatcarpet 1 month ago
@eatcarpet Medical things affect us all and are a scientific 'problem', were woman problems are more a attitude problem in society
I really don't think this is the way of getting more acceptance into our society.
People suffer all the time, not just women, most men feel and have mostly the same problems as women do
Everyone can grow stronger from helping someone else even if they feel helpless themselves, i just don't think pushing the "woman problem" on this 'the right way to do it'.
ninjovich 1 month ago
@ninjovich While men also suffer, it's completely absurd to say that women of all societies have not historically been and are still systematically discriminated against on a massive scale. You could say that women's issues are so large and significant that it requires its own dedicated sphere.
eatcarpet 1 month ago
@eatcarpet Im not saying that men has it as bad as women have it.
But i believe its better now, but im not a 50+ female so i cant know
But lets make a comparison to racism
Black people in the states have lived mostly in seclusion from whites, after things started changing, not much really did, because they where afraid history would repeat itself and they in a way chose to not take more space but just stay in their "zones".
I hope you see where im going and dont take it the wrong way
ninjovich 1 month ago
@eatcarpet Also i would like to say, just putting a bubble around stuff and focusing on it does not make it better, believe me I've fought with a depression and social phobia for over 10 years now.
And thats my whole point about this whole TED women and women only problems, they aren't really only women problem, they are social problems, something we have to solve together.
By excluding us from the discussion nothing will change.
And passive seclusion is just as bad as active one
ninjovich 1 month ago
Drongo Youtube comments, aut to try to understand. I have absolutely no problem with it. You don't see wimen running around like lunatics with guns
austpom333 1 month ago
A load of idiots bitching "WHAT ABOUT TEH MENZ! SEXISTZ!"
What do expect at TEDxWomen? Jesus Christ, you're as bad as the damn neo-fems, grow the fuck up...
niriop 1 month ago
Comming Soon: TEDWhiteSupremacist
niniomigrania 1 month ago 4
@niniomigrania
I'd sing for that...
sciences8 1 month ago
This is comparable to focusing on how many African Americans were killed in America, without addressing how many Native Americans were killed. No it's not? Yes it is.
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the best ted talk video that i have ever seen but only few people can feel this beautiful meanings in their heart !!!
ajsawan 1 month ago
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ajsawan 1 month ago
I want intellectual debate and talks not fucking cheesy wordless song. It wont increase my understanding, I love and respect woman..you dont have to sing to me.
braveGurkhali 1 month ago
Idea. Not Worth Spreading.
dallasluce 1 month ago
Were is TedxMen?
Static172 1 month ago 3
shit sucks
NaziJesus 1 month ago
What is she doing out of the kitchen?
woahmax 1 month ago
I expected something worthwhile from TED, instead I got this, so flagging this for fraud.
avdmeers 1 month ago
i love how even though TED has over 300,000 subscribers, this has only 4000 views, i've only decided to watch it because of that haha.
musical? check
TEDwomen? check
talk specifically about women? check
uninteresting topic like 'hope'? check
tbh, no one of those things makes a bad presentation, but put together...
Neylonx 1 month ago
what a double standard. just imagine the horror if TED put up a talk called "men of hope" and showed only pictures of men, purposefully neglecting women
mitchelnext1 1 month ago 2
Glorious stuff. Important message.
axelgrz 1 month ago
Great track wtf is everyone pissed about ? Genius !
twistedbass15 1 month ago
I thought it was terribly sung. The voice isn't warm, but rather off. But I appreciate the sentiment and a kind of authenticity in the performance.
Krnphy 1 month ago
I've tried sitting through this 5 times now, can't do it.
VectorArrow 1 month ago
Failed singer looking for sympathy. Gross!
pinojow 1 month ago
When I woke up a few minutes ago, and in bed I was just thinking about TEDWomen. I remembered how I was going to boycott TEDtalks a year or longer ago after they posted their first TEDWomen talk. Luckily I didn't and I still watch every video. But I simply can't get over this crappy feeling. I did not grow up in a culture where there's sexism. Is there in other cultures of the people who watch TEDTalks online? I don't see how this is supposed to help suppressed women at all.
xilliah 1 month ago
@xilliah Men come to TED talks for the science/engineering marvels. Women come for an emotional story. That is why men think TEDxWomen has failed, and why it hasn't.
Tehtog 1 month ago
@Tehtog Thanks for your response, but that does not apply to me.
xilliah 3 weeks ago
TedTALKS
Diazreta 1 month ago
Well, TED has successfully weeded out and exposed their anti-feminist viewers on YouTube.
yammerz 1 month ago
@yammerz Right?!
To be honest I think that the backlash that TED receives on videos like this is due to the fact that there are loads of people who are very, very uneducated and lacking in compassion existing in this world, which is why we're all in the incredible mess that we're in today.
theraccoonhat 1 month ago
TED, women don't need their own category. By creating a category just for women you are implying women cannot compete with men. We don't need a Jew, black, or any other exclusive category. Also this song sucked.
proatheism 1 month ago 6
@proatheism
Postmodern Identity politics: We need a separate category for every possible subgroup. The smaller the better, everybody's experience is important.
outsidemendham 1 month ago
Fuck this sexist bullshit.
TED should be having talks on ending this kind of thing, not hosting it.
Ryakki 1 month ago 57
@Ryakki Men and women will always have their differences. Different issues around the world associate exclusively between women and men. The only sexist aspect about this video is there being a TED for women.
EgoKatalepsis 1 month ago
@EgoKatalepsis
It being a TED specifically for women is indeed what I was referring to.
Ryakki 1 month ago
@Ryakki How exactly is this sexist? As far as I can see, it merely promotes the strength of women and the power of hope. To be sexist would require this to deningrate men somehow. I don't see how this video did that.
ciaochowbella 1 month ago
@ciaochowbella it promotes women over men. it's like when people say "black power" it's fine but if they say "white power" it's considered racist. in truth they are both racist, because neither of these phrases promotes equality, and instead further distance the groups. it's the same with the sexes. feminism is a form of sexism. if you believe women are inherently better, you can call yourself feminist. if you believe in equality, you call yourself egalitarian.
OcelotPwns 1 month ago 3
@OcelotPwns Feminism doesn't promote women over men. It promotes equality.
The reason it's not racist to say "black power" is because they are they oppressed group. It's the same with feminism. Women are generally oppressed on this planet so it's not sexist to promote women's rights and well-being. Not so they are over men, but so they can become equal.
Don't create the false dichotomy of "us or them". Just because you promote one thing doesn't mean you automatically demote another.
ciaochowbella 1 month ago
@ciaochowbella
And if it was a meeting specifically to promote the strength and power of men? Or blacks? Or whites? It would be inappropriate bigotry.
Just like TEDxWomen.
Ryakki 1 month ago 2
@Ryakki There ARE meetings to promote different minorities. There ARE meetings for men, blacks, whites, etc. Some are appropriate, some are not. It depends on CONTENT.
See, there is a difference between celebrating and promoting something and using that promotion to denigrate and demean others. Do you think Puerto Rican Pride parade is demeaning to non-PR people? Do you think a Gay Pride Parade is demeaning to heterosexuals?
You're creating a false dichotomy.
ciaochowbella 1 month ago 3
@ciaochowbella
true words, dude! its funny how people are overreacting! seems like this is striking a somewhat sensitive chord ;)
Namami88 1 month ago
Bla blah if you don't like it, don't watch it, blah blah. How am I supposed to know it's crap unless I watch it? I watched it, thought it was horrible, I disliked it and thereby showing my opinion, end of story.
The people behind TED will then have to take it up to revision, that if they get a lot of dislikes, something has to change, same way with any entertainment, sheesh, get over yourselves.
It's as simple as that, nothing personal, though it seems I am not the only one to dislike this :P.
FoxvoxDK 1 month ago 70
@FoxvoxDK Really you could not even be bothered to read the title or the describtion before you hit the play button ?
Figures ..
DragonTiger666 1 month ago
@FoxvoxDK just curious, what's wrong with this video? it reminds us there are those who suffer in a world where we quickly forget. And to remind us even as we feel helpless for their circumstances, we can still help someone out. The message is they will always have hope, that's a powerful motivation tool for real change.
architect333 1 month ago
@architect333 The text is too sentimental for me I guess, I do not feel a sense of connection to it. The music is so far from my taste, and the weird sorta voice it's sung in, made it impossible to write something(don't ask, private :p) while it was playing. If it was music in the style of Johnny Cash or Dolly Parton I might have liked it. I prefer a message like this given in a different style like; /watch?v=0Mg2deSkgoE. Thanks for the curiosity, but this simply didn't "reach" me.
FoxvoxDK 1 month ago
@FoxvoxDK That comment gave me a warm glow inside.
CheekyVimto08 1 month ago
Oh this is so fine...
AlgisKemezys 1 month ago
OK performance and I appreciate the performance for what it is but I don't think its appropriate in the context of TED. Lets keep TED a purely discussion based platform.
lebocharp 1 month ago
More science, less basic guitar and crappy singing plz
ahg337 1 month ago
Busker level shit.
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lightandbeautiful 1 month ago
Tactically Engineered Discrimination socially perpetuated by a Woman against a new target Men. They killed the Men that wouldn't join, We were sad but life goes on, I mean their only our husbands, our fathers, our sons but OMG! women are the real victims STFU and prepare to suffer under the same unspeakable horrors You thought making a pagan sacrifice of the all Males would save You from. You stand collectively when evil comes in one voice and say, No or get mowed over their is no third option.
TheAetherspeak 1 month ago
@WemmiLinks lmao That's the best idea I've heard all day!
shango02005 1 month ago
I didn't dislike this because it's TEDxWomen, I disliked this because it's crap religious music.
TheLaughingOut 1 month ago
since i see women equal to men, i dont know why they got their own TED site. but this stuff, some may like it, but not what i see TED as =/
oaaserud 1 month ago
I usually enjoy the TED music videos, but this is not good. Its cafe music. No thanks!
MrJemmyJoe 1 month ago
Why does music on TED always suck ass?
eatingperson 1 month ago 2
I think TedTalks should disable comments on these types of videos. Some of the worst attitudes I've seen on the internet come from TedTalks youtube viewers.
parkj238 1 month ago
I also subscribed for "the intellectual stuff" but, as a music student I did enjoy it.
TheBassHeavy 1 month ago
Haha. Saw the title. Knew the ratio of likes to dislike would be what it is.
What makes art so much less intellectual than science?
Thestralsxxx 1 month ago
@Thestralsxxx pathos, ethos, logos. Science only subscribes to one of those. Art does not.
Zuriki09 1 month ago
Maybe this world wouldn't be the mad house it is today if people hadn't lost touch with their hearts. It's sad to see everything that's human disappearing and everything that's inhuman becoming more important, dominant and powerful.
FFreeLevant 1 month ago
@FFreeLevant Define what you mean by human and inhuman. What are these things to you and what do they have to do with the hearts of people in your opinion? Don't be vague. If you have something of worth to say you should be able to give an example and elaborate on your point.
TheSearchingWind 1 month ago
For the first time the 1st 15 seconds of a TED video were the best...
red00devil 1 month ago 5
Dammit I write better...
garrethdavis 1 month ago
Note to Ted talks. Stick to "talks"
ShredGuitarAcademy 1 month ago
I think that the admin of TEDtalksDirector is female. This seems to be forcibly installed here, I don't buy this as any sort of stretch because it totally misses the mark. This is not an example of "trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons and geniuses" as stated on this channel's page. Very worrying that TED is moving this far out of their original vision. THIS IS PROPAGANDA not entertainment!
wyldeman0O7 1 month ago
Feminist propaganda.... you want to save/help someone Save the Men...98% war and workplace deaths, Die 7 years earlier, 97% homeless.
maxjosephwheeler 1 month ago
Too much hating here. I'm pretty sure that TEDtalksDirector just wants to diversify their content a bit. It's not like the majority of the content is changing at all.
JIYkp 1 month ago 2
@JIYkp Should diversify into something less banal, then, I've heard different iterations of this ten hundred thousand million billion times before. At least. Usually better ones, as well.
MrCattlehunter 1 month ago
@JIYkp
No but there is a consistent history of TEDwomen presenting videos which tend to be questionable in their accuracy and/or mediocre by comparison to everything else.
Diversifying is good, just aslong as what your using diversifying with, is on par with the original.
TheIslammiracle 1 month ago
TED = Technology Entertainment and Design...
How about: TES? Technology Education and Science?
That would capture my interest much more, ideas worth spreading, not politics and so on. Lets go for quality, not quantity.
Pemberdeer 1 month ago 4
@Pemberdeer Yes, i would prefer a 'TES' approach.
HiAdrian 1 month ago
Technology? nope
Entertainment? nope
Design? nope
Dragonheart7000 1 month ago
Why? Because it is by a woman about women? Suddenly it is not intellectual enough?
Manyshapes 1 month ago
@Manyshapes It's a song..
fruiteo 1 month ago
if you dont like this then Now you know not to click on the next video that says "Sings" then.. seems like TED talks arent making you any more insightful/intellectual if you cant figure out that much. TEDS only purpose is to do good.
seigfreeg 1 month ago
@seigfreeg so let me ask you this: if I skip this video, shut my mouth, and go without TED for a day because the relevant content is evaporating, how will TED know that the audience is reeling due to lack of technology, entertainment and design? This is not a simple issue of being offended and not knowing which button to press dummy, it is an outrage that my favorite science and technology podcast is depreciating in value by the weekn at the hands of the feminist agenda! Buy a clue, brah!
wyldeman0O7 1 month ago
Q: What do you call an empty jar of Cheeze Whiz?
A: Cheeze Whuz.
Fuzzy192006 1 month ago
nice voice, great song
HeavyAmp 1 month ago
Just curious, did "Lord" give them a shining armor of light? (+5 against darkened sword of night)
WorthlessLoser8 1 month ago
Who is the white chick at 1:00? She's hot.
grt05 1 month ago
Best video ever. TED IS AMAZING!11!!!
grt05 1 month ago
Tag says it all : TEDxWomen Activism ,thumb down move on ,you're not going to win this one who's ever at TED pushing the feminist agenda ,it aint going to work .Can't you make another channel for this crap ,we want the science stuff
sausage4mash 1 month ago
What does the "E" in "TED" stand for again? Oh yeah, Entertainment. Musical performances are forms of entertainment. Why so much hate? Sure, she sucks, but that is just my personal preference---a preference that shouldn't be imposed on other people by me trying to dictate what TED is or is not.
BuBBaGump014 1 month ago
I am a great admirer of Aung San Suu Kyi, but this is nonsense.
GluttonForSex 1 month ago 5
Of course that´s not what the channel was made for, but this is really g it´s not your taste or if you are here to learn something
Shaadoww007 1 month ago
I'VE BEEN HORRIBLY INCONVENIENCED BY THIS VIDEO. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE PILLAGED OF MY INNOCENCE! I'M SUCH A BITCH!
frungahr 1 month ago
@frungahr I'm there for you buddy, perhaps we can do a TED talk about how together we overcame our disappointment with TED talks ;p
jathgnos 1 month ago
FYI. Aung San Suu Kyi is losing support from the ethnic minorities in the country. Let the truth be known, she is a great icon who holds everything about the liberal values that the Western world want to hear but fail to address concerns for the ethnic people who are boldly bullied under the military regime's ethnic cleansing policy. failed!
jlbeemaran 1 month ago
ideas worth spreading!!
mitchelnext1 1 month ago
worst ted ever
scubaseppy 1 month ago 4
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Everyone...it's TED - Technology, ENTERTAINMENT, Design. This is just fine...if you don't like it than just don't watch it :/
brettygood 1 month ago
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brettygood 1 month ago
The song is sad.. TED, quit playing with our emotions. Give us some new research being done in the robotics field, nanotechnology, or biotechnology.
jathgnos 1 month ago
Seems like the TED audience reflexively scorns anything that they think isn't scientific. Usually this is for good reason. But, in this case i think we have genuine artistic expression, not unlike the amazing architecture or scientific discoveries the TED audience usually enjoys. Art and science aren't so different: both require intellectual determination and creativity. Don't get me wrong, I'm in favour of scientific achievement, but occasional art is good too.
paulbartonsounds 1 month ago