TEDxVancouver - Marc Stoiber - 11/21/09

Marc Stoiber asks is social media killing the environmental movement?

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[2011campion]

So the idea worth spreading in all this is??? Social media is a distraction to real environmental activism! Wow! The speaker should correct his website ... this is not a TED Talk but a TEDxVancouver talk ... just an oversight I guess.

[pazzacalze]

I hope Marc's audience had the presence of mind to look up and stop typing. He deserves our undivided attention.

[mredwinjansen]

Slacktivism is definitely an issue today, and Marc did a great job of painting the picture. We are lulling ourselves into thinking real change is happening, when all it has been is some talk, a lot of comments, a few fans, and a ton of useless "likes". Let's ask ourselves how we are starting with ourselves, and changing those around us.

[metalmaniac1759]

How many times did he say "awesome"?

[mbielby]

Couldn't agree more. Marc, this is great stuff.