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I discovered TED in December 2011 and I can't stop watching the talks ...

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• A reply on Conversation: What business models are outdated and what are the alternatives?

  Jan 28 2012: I would add crowdsourcing to the 'freemium' and 'platform' models. Indeed, crowdsourcing/crowdfunding is starting to disrupt some industries, including the showbiz: Wikipedia which is causing troubles to encyclopedias, one can easily substitute manuals by googling fora and the likes, soon we will be able to learn languages while helping translate the Internet (http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration.html), crowdfunding could modify (at least a little bit) capital markets, Youtube offers so much entertainment (free from copyright) etc.
  Freemium, platorms and crowdsourcing essentially concern intangibles. Still, I wonder whether these three business models (which exists thanks to, and on, the Internet) will have an impact on the economics of hard goods. Some clues are already there: ebay and Amazon enable the 'long tails' of manufacturers and consumers to meet and 3d printers will do much more.
  Probably the showbiz is just the first industry trying to resist the disruptions caused by the Internet.
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  A comment on Talk: Brian Goldman: Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that?

  Jan 25 2012: Next time I need a medical treatment, I want to get it from Dr. Goldman.
  I have faced a bad medical mistake (never admitted) on a close relative of mine and this makes me uncomfortable with docs, at least at the beginning. On the other hand, I have also seen great successes by docs: this has persuaded me that they do a great work every single day and makes me essentially trust them. I believe that a lot of people has the same ambiguous feelings towards docs.
  The change in medical culture proposed by Dr. Goldman is an enormous challenge to the medical profession, but it would help docs gain trust and patient have some more comfort with medical treatments.

• A reply on Talk: Mikko Hypponen: Three types of online attack

  Jan 18 2012: I do agree that the debate will grow (see today black-out about SOPA). I just fear that officials know the matter much better than the man in the street (web?). I do appreciate when someone lets me understand something more. Thank you, Mikko!