TED – Peter Geoghegan

TED — A Strange Way to Talk About Openness

By peterPosted on 14th August 2012Posted in Scotsman, Society and CultureTagged Edinburgh, TED

IF you had wanted to see the movers and shakers in Edinburgh this week, it would have cost you £3,850, writes Peter Geoghegan If you did find yourself with just shy of four grand burning a hole in your pocket, would you spend it all on a ticket for a four-day conference on “radical openness”? […]

Better FED than TED

By peterPosted on 5th July 2011Posted in Politics, Society and CultureTagged Bella Caledonia, Edinburgh, FED, Realpolitik, TED1 Comment

Next Monday, Edinburgh plays host to the second UK conference of TED (that’s Technology, Entertainment and Design to you and me). When I mentioned this to a friend in town recently, she was delighted. ‘I’ll definitely be there. Where do I book my ticket?,’ she asked excitedly. Like millions of others around the world, my […]