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TED censors Presentation About Why Rich People Aren’t Job Creators

There are some really powerful and interesting TED talks that I really appreciated over the years. I even thought about making it a longer term goal to save up and go to one of the conferences. Who knows, maybe it’ll happen.

But reading this article I became very frustrated. How can it be that an organization dedicated to “Ideas Worth Spreading” censors a talk that focuses so clearly on the core of the social problems created by a disappearing middle class?

I’m glad, that the text of Nick Hanauers talk is available here and I urge all of you to read it!

For me the central message here is the fact, that every human being depends on the next human being both as a consumer and as a creator. Especially in the media business we need to find a way to re-establish this respectful relationship. It has been damaged for the past 13 years by technological development driving a wedge between citizens on both ends of the spectrum.

We’ve had it backward for the last 30 years. Rich businesspeople like me don’t create jobs. Rather they are a consequence of an eco-systemic  feedback loop animated by middle-class consumers, and when they thrive, businesses grow and hire, and owners profit. That’s why taxing the rich to pay for investments that benefit all is a great deal for both the middle class and the rich.

Nick Hanauer TED Presentation About Why Rich People Aren’t Job Creators – Business Insider.

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A quick thrown together TED talk:

It’s not nose picking. You also means keeping your back straight et cetera, et cetera. But most importantly, you need the brain to always think straight. I’ll give you an illustration of this: In the middle of the world lies all the knowledge and wisdom we need. I would like to remind you of French intellectuals ridiculing these things. And – admittedly – when you look at the middle of it all, you could see the situation running the same way that a downward spiral would. It makes you yearn for coffee – you know it will be wonderful. I’ll give you some related data of the United States health situation. Compare this to French phrases such as “et cetera, et cetera”. But I should be more specific when referring to a milky weak coffee which makes you both happy and excited. How many of you would prefer that to tea? I think it’s just like when the middle of the world lies all the knowledge and wisdom we need.

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