"But the talk ended up causing more upset than we foresaw...." "So yes, there was controversy. When people on your own team feel like their identity is being attacked, it’s right to take pause."
Really? Were there more complaints from "upset" people than people giving him a standing ovation? What was the ratio of written complaints to tho…
"But the talk ended up causing more upset than we foresaw...." "So yes, there was controversy. When people on your own team feel like their identity is being attacked, it’s right to take pause."
Really? Were there more complaints from "upset" people than people giving him a standing ovation? What was the ratio of written complaints to those coming from TED itself? What was the breakdown of lefties to righties on your staff who felt that their identities were being attacked? What does that even mean anyway?
"Many people have been genuinely hurt and offended by what they heard Hughes say."
How many is "many"? How many thought it was wonderful? More or fewer than thought it was bad?
"If I could wave a wand and replace some of the anger that’s been stirred up here (on all sides) with curiosity and a desire to listen, engage, and understand, that would make me really happy."
I'll tell Anderson what I told Rafael Reif (former president of MIT): this could have been a great teaching moment. Instead, you told a howling bunch of immature people how they could disrupt the normal flow of discussion and exchange of ideas. You blew it. Stop doing that and don't do it again.
In addition, he makes it clear that his little team and their feelings are more important than the vast audience they supposedly serve, which is socially and intellectually irresponsible.
"But the talk ended up causing more upset than we foresaw...." "So yes, there was controversy. When people on your own team feel like their identity is being attacked, it’s right to take pause."
Really? Were there more complaints from "upset" people than people giving him a standing ovation? What was the ratio of written complaints to those coming from TED itself? What was the breakdown of lefties to righties on your staff who felt that their identities were being attacked? What does that even mean anyway?
"Many people have been genuinely hurt and offended by what they heard Hughes say."
How many is "many"? How many thought it was wonderful? More or fewer than thought it was bad?
"If I could wave a wand and replace some of the anger that’s been stirred up here (on all sides) with curiosity and a desire to listen, engage, and understand, that would make me really happy."
I'll tell Anderson what I told Rafael Reif (former president of MIT): this could have been a great teaching moment. Instead, you told a howling bunch of immature people how they could disrupt the normal flow of discussion and exchange of ideas. You blew it. Stop doing that and don't do it again.
In addition, he makes it clear that his little team and their feelings are more important than the vast audience they supposedly serve, which is socially and intellectually irresponsible.