tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post7975044071071348953..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Against AuthenticityJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-27804436657754061862016-06-11T17:36:11.389-04:002016-06-11T17:36:11.389-04:00Who signs up for a TED talk without having somethi...Who signs up for a TED talk without having something to talk about? Why would you do that? Is this why so many TED talks are utter trash? They're just the first things these unprepared idiots think of that they can get away with wasting ten minutes blathering about?<br /><br />Seriously, this guy's big talk is that "authenticity" is bad, but "sincerity" is good? Give me a break! They're the same thing! This chump is splitting hairs and purposefully treating two incredibly close synonyms as wildly different things just to fill time and sound sagacious. All because he signed up to give a talk and didn't have anything prepared.<br /><br />This is called "bullshitting", and it's what I used to do as a lazy teenager in middle and high school when I had a paper due, didn't do an ounce of work on it, and then wrote it all in ten minutes on the morning it was due. It was a waste of everyone's time and insulting to boot, and I and everyone else knew it - but at least I wasn't going out of my way to give it as a TED talk.<br /><br />Heck, this moron could have at least switched around his adjectives! He got them completely backwards! <i>Sincerity</i> is the quality of being free from deceit, not authenticity! Deceit can be authentic - just look at any good actor. But it absolutely cannot be sincere. Meanwhile, striving to be the person you wish you were isn't sincerity, it's attempting to become authentic.<br /><br />Talk about your complete nonsense! This guy and his fellows are a total disgrace, and the people at TED need to seriously rethink their vetting process and institute some quality control - the phrase "TED talk" is rapidly becoming a joke.G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com