[klodolph]

TED started giving nearly anyone a platform, which changed it from a curated set of higher-quality presentations into something more like YouTube. There are a ton of TED presentations full of debunked science. The entire vibe of TED talks seems a bit self-congratulatory and without substance, IMO. There's also TEDx, which has the same problems but worse.

There are still good TED talks, but you have to sort through TED the same way you sort through YouTube... and at that point, YouTube starts looking a lot better.

[Stratoscope]

There are some great TED[x] talks, like "Ducks Go Quack, Chickens Say Cluck":

https://youtu.be/tom6_ceTu9s

And "How to sound smart in your TEDx Talk":

https://youtu.be/8S0FDjFBj8o