[Hidden-tech] TEDx Censorship Expands

[R. David Murray]

On Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:48:14 -0700, Marcia Yudkin <yudkinyudkin at yahoo.com> wrote:
> In the light of the disturbing controversy over one of the talks in
> last fall's TEDx event in Shelburne Falls, at which I saw numerous
> other Hidden Techers, consider this even larger instance of the TED
> organization's official disapproval of ideas that are not accepted by
> mainstream science, ideas that many people in our community find
> exciting and worth taking seriously.
> 
> http://weilerpsiblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/30/ted-not-satisfied-with-current-censorship-tedxwesthollywood-is-taken-down/

TED is a brand.  They are defining their brand to not include certain
things some people find interesting.  That is their right.  Perhaps the
publicity around the talks that they are rejecting can be used to create
a new organization, with a different brand, that accepts those talks.

--David