The Harvard Business Review has an interesting look at what has happened as TED Talks has expanded to ever-wider audiences and (in doing so) has lost control of its own brand. It's also an excellent object lesson in why slapping the TED logo on something doesn't make it true.
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New research finds evidence that sea anemones track the sun
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After $500m Zuckerberg donation, Harvard university gutted its disinfo team studying Facebook
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