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xchrom

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1. What's 'controversial' is his money.

Reply to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Thu May 17, 2012, 10:51 PM

May 2012

If he had been an academic or even an acclaimed pundit - they would have put it up.

Those can be discounted in any number of ways.

Some from the 'inner circle' - it's a little different.

It's important to note - TED was aware of the content of his talk well in advance of when it was given.

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Know That TED Talk You Weren't Supposed To See? Here It Is [View all] HarveyDarkey May 2012 OP

What's 'controversial' is his money. xchrom May 2012 #1

Thank You, Nick! Raster May 2012 #2

When this hit Reddit I think there was only one outcome. joshcryer May 2012 #3

This is actually great. lumberjack_jeff May 2012 #4

Thank you. EFerrari May 2012 #5

K & R He tells it like it is. nt Speck Tater May 2012 #6

One of the good guys. He's involved in some very worthwhile gateley May 2012 #7

Wish I could rec this more than once! snappyturtle May 2012 #8

K&R me b zola May 2012 #9

The term "Job Creators" is spin of trickle-down economics. AdHocSolver May 2012 #10

A huge K&R for this! Poll_Blind May 2012 #11