Sebastian Wernicke: 1000 TEDTalks, 6 words

[smogunner]

This talk would be wonderful and genial, unless for one mistake: He used more than six words to explain his ideas.

[SOSTacoJohnson]

lol i have seen some amazing videos. The last 5-7 were complete crap. please don't put out videos if you don't have anyhting to share. Playing with my dick is more beneficial to me than this bullshit.

[sadiscord]

So good!

[kalimeraHellas]

shit

[kevinth66]

Summarize this talk in six words.

[PedanticNo1]

@kevinth66 Blanket summaries lose substance and meaning.

[poppars]

@kevinth66 Just six words for every TEDTalk

[IDKBiThC]

If i tell my english teacher the text i need to study in 6 words guess what mark i will have ...

[podec1]

WOW this bullshit on TED ?! The world is truly going to end this year :R

[nutsbutdum]

For those wondering about the end,...don't worry!

[xsonicx08]

500th like!! :)

[VoiceOfAleppo]

This Talk can be summurized in 1 world

SHIT

[HeilNizar]

@VoiceOfAleppo I couldn't agree less

[zawawi1980]

Sometimes ... inspiring comes with alot of expalnations and wording.

few words is a level of artists ... not all of us reached that level

[mokopa]

TED Talks: was inspiring, now entertains.

[ynsane2000]

@soulsanctuarymusic1: pure genius

[SunkuSai]

Obviously, one shouldn't speak at TED about too many TED talks :/

[Laceylove303]

Why the worry? I'd rather wonder (:

[SoundOfScilence]

He became a hypocrite at 0:18

[soulsanctuarymusic1]

@SoundOfScilence I did think almost exactly the same thing!

[zassounotsukushi]

I don't know why people dislike this talk so much. It's creative and fun.

0:45 All 1,000 TED talks will take 250 hours to watch and cost $15,000 to do.

:(

I had a goal to watch all of the TEDx talks. There are 11,000 of them.

[KoreanCOSMOPOLITAN]

Thumb up if you tried Six

[dubhilton]

senseless TED reduction costs Sebastian $99.50

[lightandbeautiful]

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.

[MedicineManMehdi]

@FindingVickie true

[lvldsnr]

Nice exercise, hope he got a good score on his degree paper for this.

[TheBitspirits]

hans roslin would have made this talk so much more interesting

[PerspectiveEngineer]

That was a waste of time.

[truepersian405]

im a noob, wtf are ted talks??

[bdxavierz]

@truepersian405 ...where have u been hiding..??? ...I suggest u get back there..!

[truepersian405]

@bdxavierz no where much. just outside living a life. yourself? just cuz a person doesnt know something doesnt mean you should be rude to them :P

[bdxavierz]

@truepersian405 : the very fact that u HAVE NOT HEARD of TED speaks volumes..!! ...TED has 1000+ super, mind-churning videos...you should go thru sum ov em..!! TEDTalks shares the best ideas from the TED Conference with the world, FOR FREE : trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons and geniuses, all giving the talk of their lives in 20-30 minutes. TED posts a fresh TEDTalk every weekday.

[bdxavierz]

@truepersian405 : TEDTalks are licensed under Creative Commons, so you're welcome to link to or embed these videos, forward them to others and share these ideas with the people you know.

[bdxavierz]

@truepersian405 : now u know....indulge..!

[Friedrice3000]

what a wonderfully eloquent way of essentially expressing nothing

[danaligntech]

I feel that if you are focused on his presentation being a realistic outcome and actual way of representing all of TED's content, you've missed his point. I don't believe that is what he is trying to achieve. I think he is actually hitting on the very theme and meaning of what TED achieves for people, summed up by what many have expressed in their comments or complaints. I think the very essence of TED is summed up in the 6 words. We need to worry less and wonder more - which TED helps us do.

[FindingVickie]

Six word summaries loose inspirational value.

[csbarathi]

this video is a waste of time

[3thrnl]

Sebastian Wernicke, Reductionist Zealot

His great great great grandfather Ernhouse Wernicke invented the Quicky.

I hear his next project is to create stick figure renditions of all the galleries in the Luovre. Really looking forward to that one.

Reductionism is useful for technical and administrative activities but when you are dealing with things that are supposed to be inspiring, beautiful, funny, well the phase, "right tool wrong job comes to mind".

It's doable but those take rare genius.

[StarcrossedPacific]

herp derp he is totally seriously trying to take away our talks and remove them with 6 words you guyz. people on youtube are idiots.

[HumaidAlnuaimi]

Yeah, I guess people didn't get his message. if he was only meaning to summarize those words,it would have been meaningless. But to show us that when we actually think in a creative-out of the box- way , new solutions would show up to meet our needs. Wernicke wanted to sum all the TEDtalks into 6 words and he was successful at the end, regardless of how meaningless the sentence may seams, the es sense of having accomplished this task is what makes it a great ordeal. Or so i believe.....

[OpusOneTwoFive]

Summary: Watch this. Waste time.

[muffindermeister]

What a "Sheldon Cooperian" way to think about TED talks!

[lawazza]

oh nice nice.... OR.. you came to the logical conclusion you wasted $100 and tried to pull of a sloppy read between the lines finish to clinch that your not a knob. well sir you are, what about the other 1000? or do you just always waste money, preach crap, and then find a diagonal pointless message in a word-search like format between only 6/1000 results. statistically incorrect conclusion to rap up a sad excuse of a ted talk.

i bet i could pick 6 from the list to insult you just as equally.

[lawazza]

the only solution is don't be lazy with knowledge. brilliant ideas aren't meant to be absorbed like a sponge they need to be critiqued over time. 1000 talks do that. dedicate some time and grow your own knowledge son.

ted talks are logically constructed math equations and through simplification you only get remainders. eg. this tard.

[excelgeo]

Nominee for worst TED talk.

Alongside that religious nutcase some time ago.

[TheClearOne]

It's like compressing an image, the more compression, the more quality is lost.

[robvh2]

His six word summary reminded me of Philippians 4:6-8 which begins "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." You can Google the rest (verse 8). It gets better!

[marcsfutures]

His grand summary seems so abstract.

Condensing many ideas into one bite.

I like the simplicity of this talk.

Six words gets to the point.

The use of six seems revolutionary.

[noodlespudz]

@marcsfutures

I like what you did there.

[AlgeKalipso]

This is in the category if ingenious... not rational and kind of emotional (in my humble opinion, the least interesting category of TED)

[StarcrossedPacific]

youtube audience doesn't get lighthearted talk.

[northantara]

This talk doesn't deserve six words.

[beatboxpeej]

When you look at the price to just even assist a talk (go on their website and check the prices) nobody would pay that for 6 words. And the cost of DOING a presentation is even more mind-blowing so nobody would go at TED talks if they were only 6 words...Id rather go to a poetry club

[TheIslammiracle]

TED summed up in 6 words

#1 'Politicians wont help. Lets try science'

#2 'Whoever isn't watching is the problem'

#3 'Sucky world standards - oh we mad!'

#4 'TED or cats -youtubes only choices'

#5 'Worlds problems -come at me bro!'

[Bfavrestarr415]

@TheIslammiracle Haha love it!

[akazombie]

@TheIslammiracle I like you, do you like me?

[KilledInAsia]

this talk sucks biebers giant cock.

6 words.

[KilledInAsia]

so many shitty talks..

[Azureim]

He should have used six words

[Bohogren]

I find it funny that the people who watch TEDtalks get so mad at things like this.

I thought it was an interesting way of looking at things, personally. His goal wasn't to circumvent watching truly inspiring and innovative talks, it was to attempt to capture their essence. It's fun and artsy and only seven minutes. chill out.

[fayww]

why don't just read the title....I wonder

[yurikolovsky]

This is already done in the title of every video...

[soulsanctuarymusic1]

"Can't Get Back Last Seven Minutes"

[vesji]

@soulsanctuarymusic1 Good one for you: Is this time yours? Or is it ours. Or maybe it is neither's? Is the time you spend eating, walking, breathing, watching videos your possession? Or is it universal, adequate and necessary for everyone to "obey"? If you think about it, you might have implied something sounding like "Coconuts explode in a volatile burst when dipped in ammonia chocolate", which makes no sense. ^_^

[soulsanctuarymusic1]

@vesji "all your base are belong to us"

[theBigRubez]

i'll sum this video up. "defeating purpose of being curious" and i have an extra word...

[Indzzgracey]

I love this

[iceprincessdelta121]

Wow I never thought a day like this would come where I wouldnt like a Ted talk. :( except for the spider silk one, I'm sure no one liked that one...

[scarfprickles]

"intrepid" "reductionist" "completely" "misses" "the" "point"

[42fontenator]

Spoken language will soon be archaic. Mind reading is the future.

[MikeNoises]

It just seems that TED is now more focussed with meeting an upload schedule than they are with curating quality content. It's better to be thought an idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

[Crazee108]

This is meant to be a comedic thing right?

[oshinsr]

it's interesting and sounds cool, but what's the point?

[xinlo]

He says all TEDtalks are ideas worth spreading. This very video is an example to the contrary

[jonney999]

Man wastes ninety nine dollars summarising.

[lightandbeautiful]

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.

[carpenterg81]

There's actually people that watch every tedtalks? Now that i'm thinking about it why did i watch this one?

[majinspy]

This is the educated version of "dicking around"

[doobalaki]

I want that 7:34 back! ...what a waste

[theNeverangel]

You know you're a tedtalk nerd when you really had watched most of the videos mentioned X)

[arsonistaaa]

I used to summarize TED Talks, but then I took an arrow to the knee.

[RarewareLover]

my penis my penis my penis

[AsaNodelman]

This makes me think that there should be a TED Talks set of magnetic poetry. A little linguistic analysis would provide the most used words. Then we could all come up with our own profound insights by recombining them.

[NerdyLiberal]

"Many were those whose sole knowledge of Hamlet (you know the title certainly, Montag; it is probably only a faint rumor of a title to you, Mrs. Montag) whose sole knowledge, as I say, of Hamlet was a one-page digest in a book that claimed: 'now at least you can read all the classics; keep up with your neighbors.' Do you see? Out of the nursery into the college and back to the nursery; there's your intellectual pattern for the past five centuries or more."

-Fahrenheit 451

[Flexican409]

Oversimplification leads to a lack of meaning.

[yvsajay]

You will end up having nothing

[snowborednow]

Wow everyone is taking this way too seriously. It's a cute talk that shows that sometimes a few words can be powerful. I don't think this speaker is suggesting we cut down the size of TED talks...

[M1ST3RHYDE]

TED, "ideas worth spreading" can not be conveyed in SIX Words.

[haigfeinn]

i am sorry i love watching these ted talks with all of their words

[expertizzlist]

seeing that a number of people here obviously don't even know what the three letters of TED actually stand for - this talk falling under the category of "E" -, six words might still be too much really. just give them a 3d movie where all the dialog is "awesome! man, that's just..." "awesome!?!" "I know! Awesome!" "Duuude!"

I don't get how people come to a TED talk unprepared to use their brain.

[breaneainn]

Six word comments don't say enough.

[LightWthoutTheStatic]

@breaneainn And perhaps 2300 word orations say far too much. More words isn't always better and less isn't always enough.

[breaneainn]

@LightWthoutTheStatic My comment had six words dummy.

[3liz1990]

So...the 1-word summary of this talk is:

Bullshit

[ThaEther]

the title of this is six words

[unitruth]

My previous comment was a joke too.

[unitruth]

Even I can tell with my learning disabilities that the comment about the economic loss from the time spending watching a ted talks was a joke.

[unitruth]

This was a humorous video demonstrating math........wow some folks are taking this vid way too seriously. I like the video and it was not a waste of time. Keep'm coming!

[NATESOR]

>suggesting ideas have no economic worth... :stopped watching:

[AwayFromTheWorld]

He should have put this into six words.

[theebayjesus]

ASSUMING that the information you learned from TED isn't worth anything economically. But with that logic, grade school and college are a burden on the economy too! And so is sleeping, relaxing, and sitting in traffic!

Come on man, I expected more from you.

[tdurran]

He's assuming a rate of $60 per hour! He's also assuming that this is done during time that would be productive for the economy?!?

[jerrylittlemars]

...now really??? How does this make any sense? If you summarize all the TED talks to "why the worry, I'd rather wonder", you'd never even know what TED is all about! I've had a whole new outlook on life by watching YEARS of new TED talks. If all I ever heard were 6 words, I wouldn't be the person I am today! When you compress video, you ALWAYS loose quality. This is the only TED talk I don't agree with. Yes, he has the right to his opinion, but this should not belong on TED.

[conphatty]

@jerrylittlemars calm down, I don't think he was really serious. just take it as one of the "entertainment" talks.

[KemaTheAtheist]

@conphatty

But it wasn't even entertaining...

[system3142]

Divivded by two gives: Ideas worth spreading. That'll be $49.00.

[RoGeorgeRoGeorge]

This is the most and really stupid idea from all the TEDtalks. Ever...

[yavanna1969]

Deduct this talk from the 1000 talks then deduct most of the TEDwomen stuff.....

[karukuju]

@Sventasis If the economy falls then democracy is endangered all around the world and I hope that the importance of democracy for a human being doesn't have to be explained ;)

[Sventasis]

TED Talks endanger economy? If you want to try to rescue that thing which is called economy, you will have to find enough people who think that this "economy" is worth saving. I personally think, that you will not find much of these people among TED viewers. Peace you guys & gals :)

[GrimSoul66]

Who spends time on this?

[vizigoti]

Got an arrow in the knee.

[nakitimichuchi]

@vizigoti I once tried summarizing TED talks into 6 words each...

[FatLingon]

Summaries are great for describing content, not replacing content.

[sdrawkcabnipyt]

lame lame lame lame lame lame. there you go. this summary is done.

[elminz]

I don't like six word summaries

[jtai36]

TED: ideas worth watching. six words :p

[litrehead]

information is key to working democracy

[litrehead]

access to knowledge promotes human progress

[litrehead]

all knowledge should always be free

[litrehead]

all knowledge should be free always

[litrehead]

dissemination of information is democracy key

[litrehead]

make a ted talk in response

[litrehead]

ideas make the world what is

[ton3411]

Amusing exercise abstracting meaning from prolixity.

[jollyZOLLIE]

A lot of calculating, no point.

[JeanKM1]

Words increase to fit available time. 

[iwanttodanceallnight]

Summary for this? A lot of word; simple meanings.

[medjitnar]

hey

how many words he said in he talk ? 6 ?.

[lovingboarding]

0:15

[mindnumber9]

what's so important across all of youtube is the comments more than the videos. without much effort, quality comments can be made simply by refusing to express negativity.

someone, anyone - PLEASE - do a ted talks about youtube / internet COMMENTING. there has to be a way of showcasing the importance and power in online commentary.

so necessary to encourage the people of the "new world" (which is the internet) to CLEAN AND CLEAR IT UP.

[Midtowner321]

Very pointless and not worth watching but still commendable for his continued efforts.

[Blukerbeh]

Less self advertising and advertising others

more actual CREATIVITY.

[hautepower]

I wish your TED talk was 6 words..

[lequebecois2]

its humoristic guys. very funny imo.

[RICE510]

Sebastian Wernicke talk summary: "I don't like TED. I'm on TED. I'm a douche."

[openuniverse2003]

@RICE510 MAKE THIS POST #!1!!!!!

[maxjosephwheeler]

One of the most useless nerds I have ever seen!

[VLicious8704]

That's beautiful. That is poetry, IMO.

[tintiringa]

What a stupid talk.

[masiullah619]

This is stupid, everyone has a differnt perspective

[sexyhoney1836]

waste of money, brains and time!

and, just to say it for further useless compression statistics: this phrase can even be reduced to a single word: WOMBAT

[IamBday]

Looks like roughly 1/3 of viewers don't get a humorous speech on the practice of methods building. If you actually go to a scientific convention, tongue-in-cheek talks like this help attendees forget that they've been sitting in a seat too small for them with no leg room for upwards of a day. Enjoyed the talk very much, Dr. Wernicke. Thank you.

[bearhedded]

Don't worry about it. There are several Ted Talks that aren't worth bothering with.

This is one of them.

[litrehead]

How can there be 319 likes and dislikes with only 304 views?

[aldojr86]

@litrehead the '300 glitch'.

[litrehead]

@aldojr86 interesting. had no idea. oh the things we learn. seems like it would be an easy fix. oh well... is it that big a deal? most likely in the negative. thanks for the reply

[LomTang]

Sebastien Wenicke "I'm better than you"

True Story.

[devourerofbabies]

The problem with this idea is that it's very easy to summarize virtually any idea succinctly, but SHOWING WHY IT'S TRUE takes longer. The former without the latter is worthless.

[devourerofbabies]

Oversimplification kills understanding.

That's my commentary on your TED talk using only 3 words. How did I do?

[Convergentassembly]

Guy that ate the followed tail.

[eluap]

Sebastian you really need  a girlfriend

[k0peboy]

@eluap maybe he wants a boyfriend...

[PussiesUnite]

Live life, for you will die.

[annoloki]

To youtube commenters: you boring, boring people. What on earth is wrong with you?

[YoLninYo]

Most TED talks, like most other media these days, can be summarized in 1/10th the space it takes.

[freesk8]

Without detail, all forest, no trees.

[WorthlessLoser8]

Crowd Sourcing Does Not Work Well

A summary of this talk's underlying message... ...

[EclecticSceptic]

Really, really boring, pointless TEDtalk.

[gregjalbert]

I hope TED Talkers will stop talking about inane diversions and get focused on solving the climate disruption emergency sooner than later, saving trillions of dollars and billions of lives. ClimateProgress . org has lots more useful information and projects.

[Aiden057]

Why is there such a war against detail? This is not a bad comedy bit, but rather silly. I like the detail provided by the Ted Presenters and, generally speaking, I wish most of the talks were longer.

[freesk8]

@Aiden057 Yep, the devil, or the beauty, is often in the details. It is like asking for a pixilated version of the Mona Lisa, using two-inch pixels, or preferring an .mp3 of a Bethoven Symphony to a live performance. All forest, no trees.