The New York Times has the low-down on the annual TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) love-in. The $6000-a-seat, invitation-only gathering of the rich and techno-utopian takes place this week in Monterey, CA:
“It’s starting to feel like Christmas and the family is coming in,” Chris Anderson said, in his almost whispering voice.
It’s quite a family, as it includes Murray Gell-Mann, the Nobel laureate in physics; Paul Simon, the songwriter; Richard Branson, the Virgin Group magnate; and the founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
The occasion is the annual TED conference, named for the convergence of technology, entertainment and design— with a dash of social activism thrown in recently as well. It is expected to draw 1,200 people to Monterey, Calif., starting Wednesday.
Link: Where Artists and Inventors Plot to Save the World - New York Times.
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