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Hairless men with slits for mouths? John Hodgman's TED talks

Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Posted on: November 25, 2008 10:05 AM, by David Ng

This past Saturday we held our Terry talks student conference, where we had 9 student speakers "give the talk of their lives." It was fun all around, with a few kinks to work on for next year, but I think we've got a good thing going. In any event, because we had been in discussions with folks at TED during the planning process, we also put a few TED videos on the conference program. One of them was this great one by John Hodgman - here, take a gander...

I love this, because it reminds me a little bit of a Kurt Vonnegut, with its meandering premise coming fully home at the end. Anyway, worth 20 minutes of your time I say.

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