An idea

[jedusor]

I was just texting ertchin about a really neat TED talk in which Bobby McFerrin did a great demonstration of how well we recognize and extrapolate from patterns (I'm on my phone, so I can't link it, but it's not hard to find) and I had an idea: a TED talk discussion group. Just get together with a couple of friends, watch TED talks, and talk about them.

In fact, there's no way I'm the first person to think of this. Do these exist?

Comments

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

We've done this once or twice at my office - I'd love to do it on an ongoing basis, but I think the travel would get old pretty quickly.

[ertchin.livejournal.com]

I still haven't looked up that video. This comment is my public reminder of shame.

[jedusor.livejournal.com]

Here you go. (http://www.ted.com/talks/bobby_mcferrin_hacks_your_brain_with_music.html)