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Quotation of the Day for February 8, 2013"People frequently say that TED has a low irony quotient. Actually, there is plenty of irony at TED; what's missing is a particular kind of irony, the underdog kind. TED's sensibility reflects a West Coast mood, one that becomes palpable down near Big Sur, where the light changes from the buttery subtropical glaze of Southern California to something cooler and more filtered, where people start calling the Pacific Coast Highway by the simpler name of Highway 1. It is the mood of professionals who wear Converse to work, own multimillion-dollar homes at thirty-two, eat local, donate profits to charity, learn Mandarin, and rock climb in the Pinnacles on Sundays. It is the friendly, self-effacing irony of winners. There is a joke around the TED offices which distills this West Coast irony for me. It goes, "Oh, so you've lost your legs and climbed Everest? So did everyone else."" - Nathan Heller, discussing the TED Talks, from the July 9, 2012 New Yorker. Submitted by: Terry Labach Feb. 7, 2013  |
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