Interview with Adora Svitak, the youngest speaker at TED 2010

She's precocious, she's a TED speaker, published author, and teacher of other kids. Adora Svitak talked to Mashable for a few minutes about how she ended up at TED, what interests her in technology, and why she likes Twitter.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• TED
• TED 2010
• youth
• inspiring

[slimpretty4life]

if i was her mother i would hate to have an argument with her Lol

[ImmaRoxstarSoBeware5]

Look adults, I'm a kid, and she's my role model. 90% of these comments are about Adora losing her childhood. Someone's "childhood" is not translation for cartoons, parties, and saving up money to buy candy. A childhood is a special time in your life when you don't have to wake up everyday and be stressed because of work or money. A childhood is a time to have fun in your own way. Clearly she is having fun doing what she does. Really, people, be positive.

[age20104383]

Pedo Smile :D 0:59

[inkgirl726]

To all of you saying she's unattractive, etc: a) She was TWELVE AT THE TIME THAT THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN. b) She's accomplished a good bit already, and if getting laid were so difficult, then the world population wouldn't be upwards of 7 billion.

She's not living in any of the lines defined for her, and that, to me, is commendable. Most adults can't say they do that.

[FFUCKED]

only if she was hot

[symetricbody]

wtf1!!!!!!!!! im sooo uneducated!

[EyeLickChildren]

This made me hard.

[qiyuuu1]

WHAT THE HELL IS TED.

[shortshortdi]

@opensighted homeschooling is not always the same, there are different schedules and plans among individuals. also, i dont agree with what u said about schooling because after school, its free time for kids, they can choose to play sport, play video games, read books and almost anything they want. but for this girl's schedule, its fixed with little flexibility. im not gonna argue if that is her will or not because little information is given, and there are many other factors.

[opensighted]

@shortshortdi : hey bud, you should do some research into what home schooling involves maybe before casting a judgement on it. The concept of going to the same place, every day, every week, month and year, surrounded by the same people in the same 4 walls for your whole schooling life sounds more limiting to me than learning outside, inside, around others you know, around others you don't, and having the flexibility to alter both social and surrounding environments during learning.

[opensighted]

The ONLY reason (in every single instance of occurrence) why someone would 'put-down' another is due to a negative self-perception that is usually specifically related to the type of personal characteristic the 'pay-out' is directed towards. There's no need to ever be angry at someone who bullies or 'pays-out' another person, we need to think about what they might feel they're lacking, and provide some help.

[lmq0209]

Another Sheldon!!