TED talks

I have never heard anybody say this, and it seems like a lot of people I respect like these TED talks, but I think that TED talks are basically crap. The whole thing is just designed to make you feel a certain way -- like you are learning, like technology is cool and exciting, that these people and ideas are reshaping the world -- and there are a few TED talks that contain some interesting information, but basically these are just hokey schmaltzy propaganda. The model for this seems to be Steve Jobs' Apple presentations.