I think TED talks used to be better. Perhaps it's nostalgia, but I really enjoyed TED talks in the past. Martin Rees talking cosmology, Richard Dawkins talking about why the universe seems so strange, James Flynn talking about the Flynn effect[0], Barry Schwartz talking about the paradox of choice etc are enjoyable to me even today. There are many others, but I've not enjoyed as many in the recent years.

[0] https://youtu.be/9vpqilhW9uI

> I've found TED really disappointing

This suggests a consistency of quality among TED talks that I hadn't noticed before.

I like some and not others.

This is one of my favourites. The last time I linked to it on HN nobody liked it but I didn't feel rejected. I felt special.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeDt9dgFXFk

I liked it. Thanks.

I agree. I feel many talks are selling their books, adding a lot of fluff around the core point and making it a TED Talk. Would be great to have a blog that's entirely TLDW of Ted Talks

Great ones are great but there is the most incredible amount of dross.