I just watched this incredibly moving and somber TED talk by Sylvia Earle. And I'm looking at the rest of this TED page (see screenshot). What's missing to me is *ACTION* - I see this talk and I want to do something in response. But look at my options:
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There's such a prime opportunity here to connect the enthusiasm of the moment - the inspiration to act - with real action. I know that Social Actions is playing in this space - providing a system to embed actions on relevant content pages - and I think that's smart. When our system is up and running, you'll be able to perform a task, right there, on the spot via a widget - or mobile phone. Something - TED needs something to inspire and then enable us to action. Otherwise, it seems like something of a wasted opportunity. Building awareness is great, but I'm left wanting more.
Here's the talk:
You guys are right on here.
Posted by: EB | February 20, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Thanks EB - I watched this video after seeing the link posted by you on Facebook. This Web2.0 is circular.
Posted by: Ben | February 21, 2009 at 03:47 PM
you are totally mega hiper right!
how could we encourage ted.com to do domething about it?
Posted by: dnuske | September 25, 2009 at 11:42 AM