Roger Ebert's TED Talk

[gerisullivan]

19 minutes and 30 seconds of non-stop reasons I'm so glad we're living in the future.

Bonus material for debgeisler, benveniste and PLATO lovers everywhere starting at 10:25.

With a tip o'the link hat to elisem, I present "Roger Ebert: Remaking My Voice," filmed at TED2011 in March 2011:

Comments

[thirdworld.livejournal.com]

Fascinating. My boss has a son who has been in a wheelchair his entire life and who also gets all the loud-talking and assumptions of simple-mindedness. Yet he was a chess champion and runs forums for the Portland Trail Blazers. The internet is a place where he can be seen for who he really is and both he and him mom are hyper-aware of the potential and benefits of technology.