Jack Leahy | Senior Editor TED isn’t going to destroy the world, but it is having a lasting impact on how we interrogate ideas. The news that student societies – the Society for International Affairs chief among them – are beginning to adopt the TED approach as a model for undergraduate innovation is deeply concerning, given the extent to which that model conflicts with robust academia and actual innovation. The videos are weirdly artificial, yet are some of the most watched in the short history of web-only video. There is a formula: the speaker recounts a personal struggle with established modes of inquiry. He or … Continue reading TED Talk Is Cheap