Assignment task: TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design. The TED organization sponsors global presentations on "Ideas Worth Spreading," and you will often find that TED talks directly address disciplines in the Humanities, or they address the intersections of the Humanities with other fields.
Based on your review of the TED talks in this week's Required Learning Resources, choose one to address for this discussion. Alternately, you could go here and choose another TED talk that addresses one of the Humanities disciplines in some way.
One you have chosen a TED talk, please do the following:
1. Identify the name of the speaker and the presentation, indicate when it was presented, and provide a link to the talk.
2. Identify the field (s) in the Humanities you think this talk addresses and explain how you know this.
3. Identify any other fields outside of the Humanities (if any) you think this talk addresses and explain how you know this.
4. Describe one of the main points you think the speaker is making.
5. Offer a critique - your assessment of the speaker's ideas and the presentation overall.
Use at least one quote from the talk to help you make your points.