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The whole experience was very relaxed while at the same time the service was very professional.
I had two dinners at Prim with friends. One was on the outside with a wonderful of the fountains. the second was on the inside in a semi private room with view of the fountains. All our guests were impressed with the quality of the service and the food. There was no rush for us to complete our dinners (5:30 and 7:30pm seating's). The staff was wonderful and accommodating.
Decor, service, food and wine all superb. The finest steak I have ever enjoyed. Definitely recommend aged bone in ribeye.
The food was amazing the service was out standing . Next visit to Vegas we will be back at Prime. . In our opinion it was the best meal we ever had in Vegas . ( we have had many visits there ). If sitting by the window which we were you can see the beautiful fountain the Bellagio has out front .
My 2nd visit in as many months. Sat inside this time as it was very cold and windy and the terrace was closed. Food and service are outstanding, but as other reviewers have said, wine prices are extremely high even for Vegas' standards. Expect to pay upwards of $20 per glass for the $12 retail bottom shelf BOTTLES! Other than that, everything else was superb.
We had excellent service and food. Even the bread before dinner was so good we asked for more! Our steaks were cooked to perfection and they had an extensive wine selection!
My wife insisted that during this visit to Las Vegas that I would enjoy the finest steak she could find and Prime has A5 Wagyu by the ounce available. So, after reading through multiple online reviews, we decided to book a table for an early dinner at 5:00 Saturday night. Staff was accommodating when we requested a view of the lake -they gave us a deuce right at a window. Drinks, bread and orders were taken care of in a timely manner. Had the Foie Gras appetizer, wife had Prime Onion Soup, I had Fall Vegetable Goat Cheese Salad - all well within expectations. For entrees, she had the Ahi Tuna and I had a 12 oz. A5 Wagyu. I ordered my steak rare with a charbroiled sear. Both the Tuna and the Wagyu were wonderful. Overall Rating: Recommended
We visit Las Vegas 1-2 times a year and we always visit Prime. It is our favorite Vegas steak restaurant because of the food, service, atmosphere, and of course the spectacular decor and water show views. As for price, we feel it is well worth the few extra dollars because of the food's superior quality, we have never been disappointed. We will be returning to Prime every time we are in Vegas. For us it's a must!
A great steakhouse at the center of the strip. The prices aren't low, but the food and drink are absolutely amazing - as is the service. Windows right up against the famous bellagio fountains are icing on the cake. The only possible fault I could find was the photographer going around attempting to sell group photos. But you are forced to get used to that sort of thing in Vegas.
Probably the best steak resturant I have ever had the pleasure.
This is a very special restaurant. We have been here three times over a 10 year period. So, we will always recommend it. Although the food is quality, the ambience is the special ingredient. It is very old world, formal and romantic. It is always a dinner jacket environment for us and, obviously, for others who dine in the restaurant. Since its in the Bellagio, an added bonus. This time, we had two additional guests. We found the prime onion soup to be superb; the Caesar salad was not as special, because it was not a real Caesar. The entree's were quality. I especially enjoyed the filet mignon with the different sauces presented. Expect the service to be slow because this is a dining experience.
Fabulous! Our third visit in the last year and we look forward to our next visit and Prime is a must do.
Forgive the pun but it fits. 2 steak lovers, both had bone-in aged rib eyes, one med rare, one shy of medium. Technically both steaks were perfect. Side of Mac and cheese was shared and it was fantastic. Service was spot on. Only slight pick was some noisy neighbors but that is so situational but just know it can be noisy. But not nearly as noisy as some places. I can strongly recommend.
We had an amazing time at prime. Absolutely delicious steak and service was top notch. If your heading to vegas PRIME is a must !!
Prime has become the center piece of every Las Vegas trip. I have had steak all over and their steaks are the hands down best - period. Great service with knowledgeable and helpful staff. We go every time we are in Vegas. Wonderful fountain view this time! Just Outstanding!!!!
We come back to Prime every time we are in Vegas, as we have not found another steakhouse that matches the quality of the food here. Call ahead as advance reservations are needed. I mentioned that it was my husband's birthday, and they sat us at a private table right in front of the fountain for an amazing view. They also brought him a ver generous lava cake dessert. Truly the best filet I've ever eaten!
Since there is a 50 character limit on the review, the decor is great, the view of te fountains is unparralled, and the steaks are perfectly cooked.
This was my wifes birthday day, an your restaurant came thru. Thank you for you wonderful food amazing serviceand for making my life birthday wonderful. We will see you again soon. Gabriel
The service at Prime was outstanding! Our server was on top of things and available when needed. I had the filet mignon which was some of the best steak I've ever had. My husband had the 13 oz. bone in rib eye and was very happy with it..
It's a must do. I had porterhouse and it was the best steak ever
Our experience at Prime was first rate! The service and food were all top notch.
Can't beat the feeling of sipping wine while watching the fountain show. Very very good food but we eat in lots of exquisite places so not very best food. Service excellent but a little rushed. Got my salad before wine or bread. Politely said whoa. Not right. They then immediately rectified. But had to tell them again after salad to slow down. Very romantic.
it was the best filet i have ever eaten, i guess you really do get what you pay for because the filet was 65 dollars
This was a night my wife and I will never forget. The food and atmospher were outstanding.
We celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary and had requested a particular table. Our request was fulfilled and the food and service was second to none!
The food was absolutely amazing! You have to try the Tuna Ribbon App. It was off the hook!
Prime is an amazing restaurant with impeccable service. I've dined here several times and would recommend everyone try it at least once. I've never had a bad meal or bad service in all my experiences dining here.
Food was good but the service was snobby. We had reservations for 615 to make a 9pm show and ended up waiting for 30 minutes to get our table. The waiter was very arrogant and didn't even acknowledge me at all. He asked my boyfriend all the questions and made me feel very uncomfortable. He even asked my boyfriend if I wanted another drink. Really come on man I'm sitting right here and very capable of ordering my own drinks. I was looking forward to this meal and was very put off by the waiter. I probably wont go back due to the numerous other choices there are for great steaks in the area.
The ahi tuna brought us back, and we discovered new yummy things also! My lemon drop martini was great! My husband ordered the bison steak medium rare and the flavor was really good! The Mac and cheese will cause you to over eat, it's so tasty!
We had a birthday dinner with 8 people and had a great dinner. We wanted to go out to the patio for drinks and dessert afterwards, which we had done before, but the patio was closed. I wish we knew/were told that dinner is now served out there and it closes after that. I really looked forward to watching the fountains dance over a few drinks. Unmatched setting and ambiance! So we were saddened...
My boyfriend Jake and I chose this restaurant as we were going to see O later that night at the hotel. I had been to your restaurant about 5 years ago and remember the great food and the coziness of the location. We got a romantic table by the window and got to enjoy the water show all night as we ate great food and enjoyed delicious. The services was impeccable and I loved the cozy low lighting. I would recommend this place for anyone who wants to have a great romantic date night.
We elected to dine outside on the patio with the best view of the famous Bellagio fountain. The food and service were both top notch and some of the best we experienced in Vegas. The appetizers (shrimp cocktail and crab cakes) were excellent and paired with a nice chardonnay. The salads were fresh and a twist on the Ceaser salad recipe. My filet and lobster tail were the best I've ever eaten but my wife's wagyu filet was simply the best tasting steak either of us have ever tried!! A bit pricey but one of us had to try it and we were not disappointed. Between courses we were entertained with fountains making it one of best dining experiences you can have on the strip in our humble opinion!!
The food was good, but it was a little bit stuffy and maybe slightly overpriced.
Every single aspect of this dining experience was 5 stars. I visit this restaurant annually when I'm in Las Vegas, enjoy it completely every time I'm there.
Great food and we took advantage of the outdoor seating and the view blew us away. Service was excellent and the food was great as we'll. lobster mashed potatoes and the crime brûlée were spectacular.
we came here for a honeymoon dinner had a great view of the belagio fountains. it wasn't to dark or bright it was a good balance, food was a great and so was service we got a complimentary desert for our honeymoon which was a nice touch , would come back again next vegas visit
We went with a group of 8 and everyone was happy. Great steak and service. Thanks!
The food was delicious. Very pricey but it was worth it because it was delicious. The ambiance was romantic. The view of the fountains adds something special. Very worth it.
Food / Service/ Ambiance / View of Bellagio fountains = all spot on. We had to wait over 30 minutes for our 6:15 reservations made months in advance. Luckily we were seeing a late show and didn't have to hurry. Steak was cooked perfect. Apple/Pear/Endive salad to start was light and refreshing.
My fiance proposed to me here. The photographer captured amazing once in a lifetime shots. The staff was over the top with congratulations. They were extremely attentative. The food was absolutely spectacular and you can't beat the views of the fountain.
It's first time that I bought my 6 years old son and an aunt to the four-star restaurant. Because of the waiter, they could have a perfect dinner and a pleasure moment. I believe I'll going back when next time I travel the Vegas. Of course, the fountain view is another essential element.
A great place to have a memorable, romantic dinner. Watching the fountains dance at the Bellagio from our seat was spectacular.
Excellent evening food great,we had a table by the window and the water display was awesome
My son and I had a Terrace Seat and were wined and dined. Complete with a wonderful birthday cake from the Prime Chef. Such a wonderful memory for my son!
You must simply have to try this excellent restaurant with an unmatched view of the fountain shows at the Bellagio. The service was amazing and the food was very good. We went for our 2nd anniversary, the fountain view request is a must, and save room for a dessert y you will not be dissappointed. Well Done Bellagio!
Everything about this restaurant was first rate! The food could not have been better and the wine selection was perfect. The pretzel bread was the best we ever had We can't wait until we can come back again.
Second time to Prime and once again-- delish! Steaks all Prepared perfectly, salmon tasty, wonderful salads and sides. Definable request a table by the window to watch the fountains! Truly a memorable experience !
Could not fault this restraunt .Excellent service ,food,atmosphere,location .Would not hesitate to visit again
Great wine list at this relaxed feeling restaurant. The chairs are awesome. The service is outstanding and the view is spectacular with the light show on the fountains outside. Recommend asking for window or close to window seat. The filets with the bone and without were excellent along with the lamp chops and the short ribs. Ordered various sides. All were great. The brussell sprouts and truffle mash potatoes stood out.
If you are looking for a special restaurant, this has to be the choice. Food was exceptional and the view of the fountains was spectacular. This was a great treat for our anniversary and would eat there again without hesitation. They surprised us with a special, unordered dessert for us! What service!!


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May 23, 2013 @ 7:30 amZoe Saldana's tour de red lip continues! After sporting the bold hue at the Star Trek Into Darkness premieres in London and Los Angeles, she took the latest version to Cannes for the perfect finishing touch to her Valentino look. "Deep red lips gave a pop to the entire look," said her makeup artist Vera Steimberg. "There's no better place to rock a red lip than France!" Steimberg chose Laura Mercier's Stickgloss Lip Color in Cranberry, a crimson-plum hybrid with the slightest amount of shimmer. "It was the perfect color to complement the rest of Zoe's makeup," she added. Pick up the color for yourself at lauramercier.com for $22.
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Ever wonder how to sell $100,000 worth of drugs in a week? We learned the secrets of a drug dealer in NYC - a man who will deliver any substance you want, 24/7. He told us everything - from where he gets his drugs to how his crew operates. Come with us as we take a rare look into the dangerous life of a NYC drug delivery-man.


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Summary (Magill's Survey of World Literature, Revised Edition)
Candida: A Mystery is included among "Plays: Pleasant" in George Bernard Shaw's first collection of plays, Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant (1898). Like each of the other "Plays: Pleasant" (Arms and the Man, The Man of Destiny, and You Never Can Tell), Candida presents a youthful figure whose informal moral reflections help other characters to understand their lives better. This youth is the nervous eighteen-year-old nobleman Eugene, who returns with Candida to her house and husband in London. Candida's husband is the socialist reverend Morell, a famous speaker who also runs his household in an egalitarian fashion; since there is only one maid, Morell, his wife, and his secretary assume some of the household chores. Morell seems very much in control of his world until Eugene tells him that he (Eugene) is in love with Candida and that she is probably repulsed by Morell. Eugene's revelation and reflections undermine Morell's apparent security and control and show his fragility. An additional complication arises when Morell's despised father-in-law, the unscrupulous businessman Burgess, comes to talk to Morell for the first time in three years. Burgess is appalled at Morell's suggestion that they would get along fine if they agreed to be honest with each other. Morell should openly consider Burgess a scoundrel and Burgess should openly call Morell a fool.
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Summary (Masterplots, Fourth Edition)
Act 1. In his London home, the Reverend James Morell, a popular speaker for Christian Socialist causes, is arranging lecture dates with his secretary, Prossy, who is secretly in love with him. His curate, the Reverend Alexander Mill, enters and announces that Morell's father-in-law, Mr. Burgess, is coming to see him. While Morell briefly leaves the room, Mill and Prossy argue about Mill's tendency to idealize Morell and his wife, Candida. When Burgess enters, Mill leaves. Burgess has not seen Morell, whom he regards as a fool, for three years. Morell despises Burgess for being interested only in money and for paying low wages to his help. Morell was instrumental in getting the county council to turn down Burgess's bid for a construction contract. Burgess says that he changed his ways and now pays higher wages, but Morell suspects that Burgess only wants to bid on other contracts. Candida returns from a vacation with her children, accompanied by Eugene Marchbanks; Burgess, impressed to discover that he is the nephew of a peer, leaves, promising to return that afternoon. Candida, too, goes out, and Morell invites Marchbanks to stay for lunch. Marchbanks announces that it is incredible that Morell should think his marriage to Candida a happy one; he himself loves Candida, and he dares Morell to tell Candida what he said. Morell begins to get angry when Marchbanks asserts that Candida is too fine a spirit for a life with Morell. Saying that he will not...
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President MacNamara on Politics Nation
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Our President, Elisabeth MacNamara, returned to Politics Nation with Al Sharpton as a guest on Monday evening. She was joined by the Supervisor of Elections of Leon County, FL. They spoke about voter suppression and the efforts to purge the voter rolls in Florida.


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The trouble with TED talks
In the cult of TED, everything is awesome and inspirational, and ideas aren't supposed to be challenged, says Martin Robbins.
By Martin Robbins Published 10 September 2012 12:33I've long been amused by the slogan of TED, makers of the ubiquitous TED talks. TED's slogan is this: 'Ideas worth spreading.' Apparently TED has some ideas, and we should spread them. What ideas? Ideas that TED in its infinite wisdom has picked out for us, ideas which are therefore implied to be true and good and right. What should we do with these ideas? We should build a message around them - slick presentations by charismatic faces captured in high definition - and we should spread that message far and wide. If this doesn't yet sound familiar, try replacing 'TED' with 'GOD'. 'Ideas worth spreading' sounds more like the slogan of the Jehovah's Witnesses.
It's nearing midnight, and I'm sitting in my pants in front of the computer holding a tumbler of scotch, the curtains closed, the lights off, doing something I don't do enough of these days – just watching. This is not how TED Talks are supposed to be consumed. The genius of the format is that nobody really watches them: we play them on iPods or we run them in our browsers while working on other things, but it's rare that people put one on the television and sit down and really focus on them. They come at us from the side of our vision, sneaking past our preoccupied neural circuitry and planting little seeds in the nooks and crevices of our minds, like mould spores on a damp window frame. In the darkest hours of countless nights I've woken convinced that a solar-powered cup holder will end third world debt, but not really knowing why.
I start with a talk by Rob Legato, and sixteen minutes later I'm aware of only three things: the talk was awesome, I can't remember anything of substance from the talk, and I'm now watching a weirdly artificial standing ovation - by sheer coincidence a camera happens to be pointed at some of the first audience members to rise to their feet; then the rest of the audience follows, compelled by social instinct to follow their peers. Of course standing ovations occur more frequently in homogenous audiences, and what better crowd could there be than social elites who've invested thousands of dollars for the opportunity to bask in the warm glow someone else's intellectual aura.
I choose a talk by Ben Goldacre next, a man whose work I know and enjoy. Ben's high-speed presentation style was once described by a fan as like being 'skull-fucked with his data-cock', and his appearance at TED did little to restrain his exuberance, but I found myself switching off after a while; I'd seen his talk before, at The Royal Institution. In fact, virtually none of the talks I watched were particularly new or original – presentations that are that well-polished rarely are.
One of the common charges against TED is that it's elitist, and yet many of the speakers were the sort of people you might find at your local 'Skeptics in the Pub' event. The genius of TED is that it takes capable-but-ordinary speakers, doing old talks they've performed many times elsewhere, and dresses them up in a production that makes you feel like you're watching Kennedy announce the race to the moon.
The videos aren't given star ratings; instead you have to rate them by checking words from a list: 'jaw-dropping', 'persuasive', 'courageous', 'fascinating', 'beautiful' and an array of similarly vapid adjectives. Cameras lurk below the eye-line of the speakers looking up at their sharply defined forms, picked out by spotlights against dark backgrounds like a Greek god's statue in a museum display case. The crowd acts as a single helpful entity; laughing when it should laugh, whooping when it should whoop, awwing when it should aww. Quotes are picked out and highlighted as if they carry some profound truth: "There's no such thing as a dumb user," says Timothy Prestero, a designer who has clearly never read the user comments on Comment is Free. Or indeed the articles. There are no questions here: in the cult of TED, everything is awesome and inspirational, and ideas aren't supposed to be challenged.
The problem with this evangelical approach, discarding the voice of scepticism and mindlessly parroting 'fascinating' ideas instead of challenging them, is that you risk spreading some utter codswallop. A couple of weeks ago, TED posted a list of the 20 most-watched TED talks to date. Occupying third and fifth place is pair of talks viewed more than sixteen million times, dedicated to a "paradigm-shifting" technology with "thrilling potential" from 2009. It was called 'SixthSense'.
Nope, nor me. And yet its inventor, Pranav Mistry, is described by the on-stage TEDster as a 'genius' and "truly one of the two or three best inventors in the world right now," the latter assertion based, amusingly, on "the people we've seen at TED." That Mistry is talented and clever I wouldn't dispute for a second, but words are cheap, and they get cheaper when overused. The presentation looks to my tired eyes like a slightly ropey sales pitch, except the ruthless interrogators of Dragons' Den have been replaced by a whooping, clapping audience displaying the world-weary cynicism of an arena-full of Beliebers. Anyone who posed a meaningful question in this environment would be treated like they'd thrown a shit in someone's face.
With the world's easiest audience, many inaccuracies and errors go unchallenged. A talk by Terry Moore on algebra was littered with unsourced claims about Spanish language and history. Their coverage of science topics is at best superficial, and sometimes downright misleading. Felisa Wolfe-Simon's infamous claim that bacteria could incorporate arsenic into their DNA led to a huge backlash from the scientific community, during which she refused to engage with critics and said that: "Any discourse will have to be peer-reviewed in the same manner as our paper was, and go through a vetting process so that all discussion is properly moderated." Not long afterwards, she signed up to do a distinctly un-peer-reviewed TED talk. 'Ideas worth spreading' . . . except in this instance the ideas didn't survive peer-review.
Ultimately, the TED phenomenon only makes sense when you realise that it's all about the audience. TED Talks are designed to make people feel good about themselves; to flatter them and make them feel clever and knowledgeable; to give them the impression that they're part of an elite group making the world a better place. People join for much the same reason they join societies like Mensa: it gives them a chance to label themselves part of an intellectual elite. That intelligence is optional, and you need to be rich and well-connected to get into the conferences and the exclusive fringe parties and events that accompany them, simply adds to the irresistible allure. TED's slogan shouldn't be 'Ideas worth spreading', it should be: 'Ego worth paying for'.
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Well put. I've felt uneasy about TED for a while, but couldn't put my finger on what it was. You summed it up perfectly.
I have to agree to a large extent but, whether it can be seen as elitist or not, it's still a lot better than the celebrity BS that otherwise colonises much of the interweb. I know which I'd rather my kids get some ideas and inspiration from.
Totally agree but couldn't have put it into words, so thanks for the article. I first saw TED a while back and was inspired, nothing like a survivor story to take your breath away. But lately it is as you said, its a bunch of people congratulating themselves. Its gone all slack. We had a TEDx here and it was broadcast live and i tuned in to be terribly disappointed by rubbish talks that everybody thought were fantastic. And the announcer at the start having massive probs using an ipad on screen for no apparent reason. A friend walked away from the experience saying he learned that "learning is good". Well sure it is, but i wouldn't tune in just to discover that, honestly, its been done. FFS if this is the best n brightest, then come on, lift your game...
QUOTE "Ultimately, the TED phenomenon only makes sense when you realise that it's all about the audience. TED Talks are designed to make people feel good about themselves; to flatter them and make them feel clever and knowledgeable; to give them the impression that they're part of an elite group making the world a better place"
Well, durrr, yea, of course. What's wrong with that?
Quote "you need to be rich and well-connected to get into the conferences and the exclusive fringe parties and events that accompany them"
No, not well connected, or exclusive, just able to pay the $7500 and be of sufficient stature in your field to get into the main conference. If you can't manage that then try a local TEDx event. If you can't even get off your lardy arse to do that then just watch the whole lot, for free, gratis, nada, nowt on the TED website, Youtube, iPlayer, Doggcatcher...
Martin Robbins (the writer) runs Soho Skeptics (how recherche dahlink) which is basically a low rent version of TED.
So we must conclude that @mjrobbins is an hipster class idiot if he really thinks that he's suddenly come up with an idea worth spreading, patronising little well balanced chip-on-each-shoulder New Statesman Guardianista twonk that he is.
With the world wide wubbish avaialble all over the web, you someone find time to criticise a medium that may actually inspire and/or provoke though.
As the BBC and Channel 4 begin to streamline the educational sides to their websites, years after the internet went from being a leading library to a mass appeal shopping mall, you pick on one shining light.
I was lucky enough to attend the Ted X 2.0 Salford event earlier this month, and some of the speakers were great and inspirational, some were little more than sales, others were just rubbish.
And guess what, some people are teachers, some are sellers and some are idiots. The most important thing with TED talks is that each of these speakers is doing something with their lifes, and if that inspires the internet cruisers to do the same then it's working.
I find it hilarious that I had the following comment removed on a TED talk:
"Comment: I'm not the only one who can't help but notice the cult-like, almost Dianetics/Catholic/Etc-ish vibe from the rabid TED Talks community. Anything that shuns being "questioned" begs to be questioned hard."
I stand corrected . : x
Britain has faced unprecedented intellectual elitism in the hands of the coalition, university fees up to over £9000, EMAs being taken away, and insufficient wages for hardworking, dedicated teachers.
TED strikes me as an organisation which claims to provide an access to free impartial knowledge, but in actuality falls into the trap of commodifying and almost fetishising a very certain kind of wisdom. Indeed I don't quite understand how a £5,000 ticket to a three day TED event made up of an array of 17 minute talks and standing ovations can really be quantified in such a way.
I prefer to turn to The Institute of Art & Ideas and their philosophy festival HowTheLightGetsIn. They are a much more genuine space for debate, conversation and thought. Have a look for yourself!
This article would make a great TED talk.
TED talk is one of many a fantastic initiatives "out there". However, as with all great initiatives, opportunities and sources of information, it is only what you as an individual make of it. I don't know much about this blog and just came across it whilst looking for a TED talk that I am about to present to one of our businesses. I also don't know the people who have taken the time out of their day to speak badly about this initiative, however I do know this - If you believe that TED talks is nothing other than another great source of information, then your comments are a reflection of yourself, not the initiative. Change your perspective, start using this great tool, and you just may find yourself a more enriched and successful individual!
As you say in your sell "Ideas aren't supposed to be challenged" which is exactly how we create anything. You have your ideas without judgement, then you edit later.
TED is probably intended to only be the the ideas stage.
Whatever happened to Edward de Bono's PISCO system?
In a world in which Top Gear and Big Brother are considered worthwhile entertainment, I'm still in favour of people spamming each other with TED links. Better that then links of the time the fast car went fast, or when someone inserted something into themselves whilst drunk. (if they could do that whilst driving a fast car fast then I'd give it a 'Like')
It such a great story and interesting topic...
I listened to a TED talk once. Don't ask what it was about but it sounded like high-powered drivel aimed at an audience who would like to pass for educated without needing to do the real work. It reminded me of the old Reader's Digest, which also cauterized the mind.
Evgeny Morozov already did this, in much more detail and in much more devastating fashion. Perplexingly, I can't include a link to the article as the word `naked' in its title is being flagged as a profanity. Anyway, it's in the New Republic reviews section, if anyone wants to read it.
Evgeny Morozov already did this, in much more detail and in much more devastating fashion. Perplexingly, I can't include a link to the article as the word `naked' in its title is being flagged as a profanity. Anyway, it's in the New Republic reviews section, if anyone wants to read it.
Spreading is something you do with manure.
It may have littlr intrinsic value but if you wait a year there should be beneficial results.
My problem with TED is that I never knew it existed until relatively recently.
If it was any good it would have spread a little further.
Like Artistic Taxi Driver.
Lectures are very poor at getting information over; we can mostly only remember four facts the next day, and later we can only remember that the lecturer was good or bad. But then they are performances, aren't they?
I don't understand this urge to put things down, particularly with an unbalanced analysis. From my casual interaction with the TED website (some months ago), I would submit that it does not claim to be anything that it isn't - and in particular not a debating chamber or dynamic generator of ideas.
I see it as a resource for reference. You can browse, and delve here and there according to your areas of interest, and terminate any talk if style or content do not suit.
Are there potential criticisms? Absolutely, but so what? Whether or not specific talks irritate a specific journalist or me or you is neither here nor there. There is some good - possibly even 'inspiring' - stuff if you bother to look for yourself.
It seems to me it was nearing midnight, and MR was sitting in his pants in front of the computer holding a tumbler of scotch, the curtains closed, the lights off, wondering what the hell he was going to come up with to meet his deadline. As with some of the TED talks, you'd have to conclude 'could do better!'.
In a cynical world you get such snipes from the wings. It might be so different if the author had been invited to speak - or am I being cynical?
Shim Shimuzu,
Later than that; I wrote about it at the start of April, picking on the aspect of vetting the lectures from pseudoscience, etc. (some of the talks, in TEDx at least, have outright pseudoscience in them):
'Do TED lectures need better vetting?' at sciblogs.co.nz (I'd include a link, but I'm guessing this comment forums considers any links to drop the comment.)
Once again Martin Robbins latches late onto the bandwagon. This angle was was all up in Slate weeks ago.
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Yes Shim, how could someone else thought of the same thing at a different time period -- a whole week later at that! Should I be crying "plagiarism!" because I had the same idea Martin AND Slate had the second I watched my first and second TED talk? Or did we, the few who dare call them out for being unchallenged knowing that the general consensus of TED followers would cling to their feigned intellectual superiority like some entitled trophy in an arena where everyone wins, call bs in the name of logic, reason, and experience?
My first impression of TED was "wow...this feels like listening to (insert type-A personality here) getting "excited!" about nothing new whatsover. Like a Tony Robbins/Dianetics infomercial. The same kinda creepy unease I used to feel as a 7 year old in my one year exposure to Catholic mass; "Why are you people chanting this? You're not puppets!"
I like this article. It's well written, gets to the point, has examples that I haven't checked up on, but that "sound" legit. The big problem I perceive with this criticism of TED, I see in my capacity as a student in the UK who has stumbled upon a dozen TED talks in my searches for interesting content on the internet.
This article treats everybody like an idiotic machine: as a viewer from afar I don't judge the performance based upon who was filmed clapping for what. The format may embellish the talks, but that's just to make the good presentations better. I've seen a few presentations that were unconvincing, or inconclusive, or that I found badly organized. I've seen fascinating talks, that have taught me things about creativity and innovation not only in the specific field exposed, but in general. And I was able to judge, for myself, what I liked and didn't. So they have good cameras and a happy-clappy audience. I'm a conscious human being, and I won't stand to be reduced to some docile herd-animal.
I don't know, and don't care, about the internal workings of TED. The majority of viewers do so from their computers at home, and are free to judge a talk for themselves. "Ideas Worth Spreading", sure, sometimes. Sometimes, not. But the majority viewers, who get to choose what was or wasn't worth spreading, are watching all of this for free. Your criticism of TED seems to mostly be a criticism of a certain part of the audience in the talks.
However, the main point I'll be leaving on is that your protest all comes down to: TED should have more quality check. Perhaps those talks rising to 3rd or 5th most viewed have something to them that you have not, or cannot, appreciate. Perhaps people are being lied to by a pernicious presentation. Either way, it's not your problem. If you listen to a talk and are unable to think and question al the information you've been given, that's your problem. If not, a quick checking the numbers can be done using this handy website, google.com. As long as TED spreads some great talks and ideas, I'll try to find them. If a group of rich egomaniacs are paying for it, all the better. If you try not to judge an entire population by vague accusations, you might avoid insulting people for no reason other than to "make your point harder".
...I may have gotten carried away in this response. I still think many points you raise are valid, but iy's taken too far.
I do get where you are coming from and I see how one from the outside might perceive it this way. Even I from a distance thought that TED was too good to be true (and above all free for the invited fellows and prize winners) and that it sounded and felt like the latest service club where you get in and then you owe somebody something.
Until a close friend of mine became a TED fellow for her research and was invited to give a talk about her work across the disciplines of sciences. I got to watch her go through the process of being supported to apply, then being in the next rounds and finally being chosen. Then, preparing her talk, having it checked and rechecked, receiving book after book after book and text on inspiration, creativity, idea spreading, social coherence and what not.
Once in California, it was all about networking. People want to see the talks (and I doubt that there isn't some kind of peer-review to get in to be honest), but it's all about exposition. Her research got a coverage that she would have never dared think about, even in 10 to 20 years of research.
Maybe contrasting your article with someone who actually has been there and lived through what TED is supposed to be, would have helped you balance your article a bit more.
While I can't discount that it's an inside hype for insiders, I do honestly think that the idea to put people from extremely various backgrounds, working fields and fields of influences can generate a lot of creative energy, that cannot be gained otherwise, simply because we have become so focused on our own niche, or else be swallowed by information overload. Or when is the last time you have checked the latest in protein research?


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"The portrait has endured throughout history. However, the radical experimentation that figurative art has undergone has barely affected the portrait which tends to adhere stubbornly to academic canons. Yet one has only to think of the portraits by Rodin, Brancusi and even the sculptures of Picasso to appreciate the success of this form of modern art. The idea that the portrait should be the "mirror of the soul" was not original to Titian…Giorgione, the most shadowed and inward looking of the Venetian Quattro cento painters had as an ambition to paint people in the act of thinking, to invent signs for internal reflection as well as external show.
Utilizing a classical approach in my sculpture, I transcend its limitations by turning my subject matter "inside out", by revealing the inward psychological and metaphysical preoccupations of the individual (practicing without a license) , I develop a portrait that mirrors the soul, the essence of the individual. That which is hidden most deeply becomes the most visible. I make a conscious effort to render the internal reflection into a symbolic, semiotic realization unique to the individual before me, yet touching the concerns of us all.
In this same approach, I believe that the portrait is not only the likeness of the physical being, but also a spatial positioning of the soul. By constructing the subject's likeness as if it were a window to his essence, I exteriorize the intimate, the symbolic, the psyche, which is thus materialized and rendered accessible. The narrative joins with the visual and the portrait leaps into the realm of universal interest." -Leah Poller
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What is Needed to Get Businesses to Hire?
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Well it is the biggest little number in DC today only 80000 jobs added in the month of June 8 how sick.
That is way off -- and discouraging news for our economic recovery look at it this way I mean we need.
Almost a 100000.
New jobs every month just to keep up with population growth so what in the world is going on.
Let's bring in a man who knows a thing or two about this -- -- he is chairman and editor in chief of Forbes media.
So much for joining us and -- to be with you so what did you think of that number.
Well it's not a surprise that what's happening in Europe what's happening in this country and certainly specially if the Supreme Court decision that was a wept like -- non small businesses in terms -- hiring.
We -- seeing that in the jobs numbers this is a pathetic number.
It's a pathetic number I mean when you look at the stats are now in the second quarter we've averaged about 75000 jobs a month.
In the first quarter we were all the way up at 226000.
Simpson need this is stalling to almost at standstill -- -- you think that the economy.
Is gonna start growing at you know 1% even lower.
Now I think gave me had a little sliver of good news and that the average weekly wage went up a few pennies the average work week went up a few minutes but just so so so what average spread of means -- will have about 2%.
Which by American standards is like going twenty miles an hour and superhighway.
Doesn't mean -- if they increase the weekly wage and the increase the hours worked that employers doing everything they can.
To squeeze -- at the current workers they have.
And they're trying as hard as they cannot hire someone church like gone into a game not known that the rules are you gonna stay on the sidelines to you know what -- out in the field.
So what would it take to turn things around at this point.
Well if -- President Obama came out and said he's repealing obamacare.
Stabilize in the dollar.
At extending the tax rates for at least some of the year for you see the market go up a thousand points but I don't think -- gonna do it obamacare you know.
Business leaders said that they needed certainty while not sort of -- certainty right I mean does -- and right now it's going to be a huge battle in the fall and Romney wins which looks like he's got a good chance of doing he says the first thing you'll do is repeal it.
So you don't know what the rules are and there are so many new regulations coming out -- even if obamacare stays.
Got thousands new rules coming out of that.
Thousands new rules coming out of Dodd-Frank.
Who -- what the game miss.
Yeah so hard to beat this argument is people say you know what would it take to really make businesses go out there and higher grown sick confidence.
But also nebulous -- and it's not something that's that's right there.
What would it really take I mean -- they need to have a new product that they could go out and sell to they need to see more demand from consumers and it it's wasn't just confidence right.
Well if you're gonna make an investment you -- know what to the possibilities get your investment back getting a profit on that investment just like a baseball game when -- some batter up to the plate there's three strikes is six strikes eight balls to balls.
Four -- to -- don't know.
-- could very hard to play the game.
So in terms of the dollar you don't know what you're gonna get back in terms of value of the dollar that's gonna hurt you don't know what tax rate you're gonna have.
That's gonna hurt the general rules you can again on critical thing like health care which cost thousands of dollars and -- worker you hire.
You don't know what the banks are gonna do.
I'm sitting on the sidelines.
But overnight if we have an election in Romney is an office.
You think business leaders -- gonna go out and hire the very next day.
I think get they're gonna say okay if it looks like something's gonna get -- we're gonna start taking risks and you start at the margin than it starts to build up.
Why would more stimulus not work.
And that's that's the -- -- -- that you always here -- excited and just lets -- make up it's never works because you have to ask where did they get the resource is from prison might come -- honestly happened does not come from Mars.
Come from people either through borrowing taxing.
Or printing money which is -- on the form of taxation.
-- -- -- resources out of the economy which Japan has been doing for twenty years put it through the political sausage factory spit it out again that's supposed to be stimulus.
Now it's a waste of resources and it's all money it could have come from.
You know as my money at first or second comic store bought a pair of -- second -- restaurant and in the products help but it is private sector you're gonna get a better return.
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- Sean said...
China is definitely rising but have you looked at the potential bumps in the road? Is some of the major cities, housing prices are 22 times earnings. In the US, home prices over the long term average are ~3x household income and during the housing bubble, it did not get much beyond 6x earnings. What kind of creative finance is supporting China's housing bubble and what affect will it have on their GDP growth when it bursts?
- Thu Dec 16, 12:19:00 PM MST
- DeWitt said...
I'd be more interested in a PPP comparison rather than MEX. But I'm not holding my breath. Remember only a few years ago the question was when will the Japanese economy surpass the US.
- Thu Dec 16, 01:54:00 PM MST
- markbahner said...
In this calculation, a higher inflation rate in China produces a faster overtake of the U.S. economy.
If that were true in the real world, the Weimar Republic and present-day Zimbabwe would be paradises. ;-)
http://www.cato.org/zimbabwe - Thu Dec 16, 03:32:00 PM MST
- markbahner said...
Hi Roger,
I made this comment, but it got lost.
The calculation system has higher inflation in China contributing to China catching the U.S. sooner.
If that were true in the real world, the Weimar Republic and modern-day Zimbabwe would be paradises.
http://www.cato.org/zimbabwe - Thu Dec 16, 08:16:00 PM MST
- madadadam said...
Shouldn't the question be When?
Especially as the US, judging by California's performance, appears to be intent on comiting economic suicide with its carbon taxes! - Fri Dec 17, 02:14:00 AM MST
- Roddy said...
markbahner putting in higher inflation is one thing, but that would surely mean yuan depreciation.
- Fri Dec 17, 07:32:00 AM MST
- markbahner said...
"markbahner putting in higher inflation is one thing, but that would surely mean yuan depreciation"
My point was that inflation should not be counted as a positive influence on the size of the economy. The real size of the economy should be discounted for inflation.
So essentially, all that is needed is the "Real GDP growth" value, since real GDP growth would be adjusted (downward) for inflation.
For example, suppose nominal GDP growth was 10% per year, but inflation was 4% per year. Then real GDP growth would be 6% per year.
As the unfortunate souls living in Zimbabwe can attest, high inflation rates do not mean that the economy is growing. - Fri Dec 17, 12:49:00 PM MST
- DeWitt said...
"My point was that inflation should not be counted as a positive influence on the size of the economy. The real size of the economy should be discounted for inflation."
Which is precisely why a PPP based GDP valuation is much more meaningful than MEX. The question is not how many dollars you can buy with a yuan, but how many yuan it takes to buy a Big Mac locally with your yuan and also how long it takes you to earn those yuan. - Fri Dec 17, 05:15:00 PM MST
- Bradley J. Fikes said...
"The calculation system has higher inflation in China contributing to China catching the U.S. sooner."
-- It also says higher inflation in the U.S. has China catching up to the U.S. sooner.
-- It also doesn't allow inflation rates of more than 10 percent.
-- It also presumes China's economic stats (and the U.S.'s) are reliable.
-- And it presumes there won't be any major event that disrupts those trends.
The Economist has given us a nice widget to play with, but it shouldn't be taken seriously. - Sat Dec 18, 06:28:00 PM MST
- jgdes said...
The whole calculation is a typically daft, overoptimistic projection from economists who didn't even see this correction coming in the first place. The US gdp could easily flatline or even decrease, since the previous gdp growth came largely from external debt. At some point either a huge payback or a default must happen and in any event a continuing depreciation of the dollar will occur. The only outlook for gdp growth i see is if the US really does develop that shale oil/gas in appreciable amounts or if they come up with revolutionary green tech that. Is that what the optimism is based on or is it just more promises and piecrust?
- Sun Dec 19, 08:45:00 AM MST


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Thats good news , so the rest world will push AMD sales , as they are ,the only worldwide Friendly option ... The job cuts that INTEL did all ready world wide , will cause more INTEL sales ... ?? The market is one , the nation is Earth , and lies and hope is just a toy , to boost moral.
Massive government subsidies is my guess. I wouldn't be surprised if the government was promising all sorts of things to Intel behind the closed doors. Like massive tax breaks to being with.
YES! the OBAMA dream is working. I knew Obama would save us and make INTEL create new jobs in the USA. YES, OBAMA mania is real people. I knew, I just knew, that this 800 billion spending plan would work. WHOO hoooo!
Tax breaks and subsidies -- probably so. I just hope Intel decides to keep investing money in the rest of the world, too -- isolationism is part of what made the first worldwide Great Depression so bad back in the day.
Agreed, I'm hoping sarcastic I'm sure there were huge government incentives (on federal and state levels). Great for those that get hired for both the building and eventual production!
Finally, a company that is planning to actually manufacture the product in the US, and sell it to other countries instead of the reverse. Yeah, because I'm sure all the people in the other countries are going to be so pissed that a US based company created their plant in the US. I bet you didn't get nearly as pissed off and didn't bitch and moan nearly as hard when AMD opened their fab plant in Germany.
The high-tech jobs , needs qualified people , and very few ... The latest fashion even at north east Europe , that labor are cheap ... Are the "full automated" production lines . God help as all , if our dream are to work for INTEL as glass cleaners .
" bitch and moan " ?? Keep in mind, that success called the global market share . By winning few points here , and loose few points there , does not make you a winner. If i produce oranges , and i have to eat them all by my self , were is the good at it .
Agreed! Besides probable tax incentives, there is extreme alarm about the growing number of counterfeit products being sold in the "grey" market. Many OEM's are slowly withdrawing from China and Taiwan and turning to other countries for their manufacturing needs to combat these counterfeit products making it to the consumer. Intel, Cisco and others are quietly addressing this issue with urgency due to certain governments applying pressure. Btw, there is an aggressive time line for these changes to be made. Some info: http://www.builderau.com.au/news/so...-to-US-military-/0,339028227,339288994,00.htm http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5693207
In my opinion high-tech and high quality manufacturing has to be in first-world nations. So you're choices are limited to U.S., Canada, Europe, Russia, and a handful of Asian Nations. Baxter International, a local medical supplies manufacturing company I'm familiar with has factories in Mexico. Much of the products produced there are rejected by quality control and many materials/equipment "go missing". This might be tolerable for some manufacturing, but for Intel to have large quantities of chips rejected and equipment "lost" would be intolerable. So with most of their research/manufacturing base in the U.S. and their choices limited to U.S., Europe and Asia they might as well consolidate their manufacturing here.
Yes, and this will likely not affect their global market share at all. You whining about it isn't going to stop anyone from buying their products. Them openning a plant in the US intead of another one in Taiwan is certainly not going to matter to anyone. And certainly a US based company trying to help the US economy isn't a bad thing at all. Why should they help another country's economy before helping their own?
This makes no since at all to me. Intel just cut tons of jobs nation wide, nearly 1,00 of which were in my local community. How do they have 7 billion to invest in new technologies.
NVM, I found it. Turns out about 1,000 employee's were layed off a few weeks ago. Nationwide about 6,000 employees stand to lose their jobs, but most are transferring to the new fabs.
Oops didn't mean to put 10,000 locally. More like 1000. The rumor is worldwide for 10,000 cuts. But intel has already started cutting people from it work force in the Portland/Corvallis Oregon offices. I know people personally who have recently lost there jobs.
Helping .... do you believe that ?? ... do you know how "environment friendly" are those factories ? There is no gain on the table , just false hope.
Wether the fact that its green or not has no say if it will help the US economy. Whats killing the economy here is that people are loosing their jobs like crazy with no new jobs showing up anytime soon. So any job thats available in the US is a good job and will help the economy here.
I have no interest of who will get what .... as a simple observer i just stated my opinion. The last six months , i have daily as food "false hopes" , its time US to have their .


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