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Maybe because the non-English TEDders tend not to be the self-congratulating sort who charge $3000 for conference attendance to support the self-delusion that they're elites and "oh, what a smart boy am I".

Like infographics, that's the human perception of being informed when you really haven't been. Quiz yourself afterwards on anything practical, and you've learned jack compared to what you'd get out of a 20-minute college lecture.

TED/TEDx is infographics set to video. It's the idea that people want to be entertained more than informed, and there's a false portrayal that their presentation slight-of-hand actually has made you more informed than the minuscule level you actually are. Then there's the worse criticisms...