Mike Rowe gives a TEDTalk... (old)

[her209]

Don't know how I missed this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRVdiHu1VCc

 

[KDOG]

Wow that was EXCELLENT. Good grief if we could just get guys like him to run for office...

 

[novasatori]

Yeah I saw that one a couple times, its always interesting every time I see it.

He seems like a pretty nice guy.

 

[ViviTheMage]

will watch, ty

that was awesome ... he's a smart mofo.

 

[Jeff7]

Well, I was eating.......

"like Velcro"



Good talk though.

 

[Ichinisan]

Heard this a long time ago. Recommended.

 

[brblx]

had to turn it off when he started talking about castration...is that the whole damn video?

 

[Printer Bandit]

had to turn it off when he started talking about castration...is that the whole damn video?

 

[paulney]

Saw him yesterday at Maker Faire. First he gave a talk on stage, then I ran into him at TechShop. Security was fairly tight, but polite.

 

[Ichinisan]

had to turn it off when he started talking about castration...is that the whole damn video?

WATCH THE DAMN VIDEO. FFS!

Gawd dayum.

Sheesh.

Yomayo.

 

[DrPizza]

awesome.

 

[busydude]

had to turn it off when he started talking about castration...is that the whole damn video?

Watch it.

 

[zokudu]

I love TED talks.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Excellent...

 

[moshquerade]

Don't know how I missed this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRVdiHu1VCc

this might be old, but it's the first time i've seen it.
Thanks.

Mike Rowe is not only intelligent, and relevant, he actually has a calming voice which makes you want to listen him.

 

[MarkXIX]

Wow that was EXCELLENT. Good grief if we could just get guys like him to run for office...

The sad thing is, there are guys like this all around us in the country. The problem is, we've allowed the morons and the idiots to get into office and we keep voting them back in, over and over again.

 

[Juked07]

Marked

 

[slayer202]

why the shit did I listen to you guys and watch that. what a waste of time. you guys really wanna blow mike rowe, huh?

 

[yhelothar]

Great vid. It was insightful to hear that people can be very happy working those jobs. I how Mike Rowe is able to make a lot of the dull tedious ones into a game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fTGVS-BZqI

 

[Ichinisan]

I heard it, but I didn't really listen to it.

:hmm:

 

[slayer202]

:hmm:

I watched the whole thing because I knew people would bitch if I cut it short. I don't think the guy said anything at all that had any substance. what did you get out of that talk?

 

[Ichinisan]

I watched the whole thing because I knew people would bitch if I cut it short. I don't think the guy said anything at all that had any substance. what did you get out of that talk?

It's an important point about the attitudes of intellectuals that think they know better than certain people. We actually depend on people with limited skill sets and specific knowledge that far exceeds what any individual can possibly know.

Further reading...
Thomas Sowell: "Intellectuals and Society"
Book review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nPskmu6CbI

 

[CZroe]

I watched the whole thing because I knew people would bitch if I cut it short. I don't think the guy said anything at all that had any substance. what did you get out of that talk?

Sometimes, the "right way" is the decidedly WRONG way. Any bureaucrat or idealist needs to realize this and his example is a revalation and interesting to boot.

 

[0roo0roo]

Deb Roy: The birth of a word
http://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word.html

 

[yhelothar]

I watched the whole thing because I knew people would bitch if I cut it short. I don't think the guy said anything at all that had any substance. what did you get out of that talk?

Cliffs for the retarded:

1. Dirty jobs isn't signing up to be a sad tortured soul like you would be led to believe.

2. Our country needs more people doing these dirty jobs

3. Passion is overrated in careers.