TEDxBoston - Rick Borovoy - Junkyard Jumbotron July 14, 2011

Favorite:

"The magic of face-to-face is under assault."

Rick Borovoy from the MIT Media Lab explains that while mobile devices are helping us to interact across distances, they are also blocking us from having authentic shared experiences with one another.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)