What a bunch of whiny watchers commenting on this gentleman's efforts. Dude's got more balls than all of us sitting safely on our couches doing more screen time. I applaud the content and the delivery of this awesome message. Great job David!!
Oh my! My house is 980 s.f. and I purchased it new in 1995. We still have the smallest house in the neighborhood of about 3,600 homes. It is now a pleasure to own because it is so economical to heat/cool.
One of the better TedTalks I've ever seen. And his presentation and speaking skills are just fine. It would be good to keep in mind that with EVERYONE following this route, that jobs will vanish. Our society is based on production and consumption, not living the good life.
+John Karavitis Things will adapt though. It would be stupid not to change just because we are scared. In a way trying to hold onto our consumer culture is hoarding and maybe having a country not based on goods could make us happier? fuck who knows haha
+Elliot Chocano agreed. Innovation and change cause humans to reinvent themselves. There will be something else to work on and for a while it could be renovating old homes and buildings into these micro homes
Perhaps all this producing and consuming is what is keeping us from living the good life. I have for a long time felt like all my unused stuff is smothering me. Time to let it go. Freedom appeals to me.
If you think having more things will make you happy you will be disappointed. If you think having less will make you happy you will be disappointed. Drop your attachments to things people and places and do your work without any goal of being happy and you will find peace.
In swedish we have an ironic saying that ruffly translates to: He who has the most stuff when he dies .....wins! I love this saying because it hightlights the futality of collecting things.
Catarina Wikström In the 1980s I remember seeing the slogan "Whoever dies with the most toys wins!" on bumper stickers, coffee mugs, that kind of stuff.
Nobody's talking about "collecting things," but you need adequate space for all of the materials, supplies, and equipment for multiple interests and hobbies. Micro housing is great for people who do nothing but work, look for mates in the city, and spend all of their free time online, probably Facebook.
most hobbies require "stuff," yes you are right. even if just a small bag full of stuff to rooms such as for surfboards or garages for cars. if you don't have stuff that makes you happy, great, but most people do enjoy some material things at the least.
I have lived in 500sf for 32 years. My motto is, "Preserve floorspace." Luckily, I have 10+ ft ceilings which keep my little house from being claustrophobic, and we can use lots of vertical storage methods. I constantly donate, sell, and toss out stuff. I'm pretty ruthless about it, but my partner is just the opposite, and *VERY* obstinate with holding on to stuff. It's a process, believe me. Funnily enough, I grew up in a house with 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, huge rooms--typical space-hogging 1950's style housing.
Our house is 1951, and considered small at 1485 sq ft. :) We are a family of 5, with one out of the house at this time. We are good with the size of the house. Interestingly a family of 8 originally lived there! (3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, remolded kitchen dining (12 x 24), and a nice living room. On a standard city lot. Pretty much the same with stuff - always purging and decluttering! :)
And when you take the long view of it, here in the US we have some of the largest houses on the globe, on average. So many world citizens are happy to thrive and grow big families in, like, 2 rooms, or something like it. Everything here in America is big-wide open spaces and food servings! But all kidding aside, we could live in more economical spaces if we needed to adjust and go smaller I believe.
Yes, this is true, very thankful for living where we do, and not taking it for granted. I don't mind our house, and there is room for all, however I still need (want) studio space. Even that doesn't need to be large. I do prefer being out of the city though...
Cruithne We do, but the government talks out of both sides of their mouth. In my community, the smallest house you can build is 800 square feet. They apparently want us to downsize but the laws don't allow it!
Can you imagine living in one of these micro apartments during the quarantine? Spending all of your time locked, down stuck inside of that small space drive people crazy...
we don't need to see the guy over and over again. we are not marrying him. we are not in love. he's just some guy talking. the focus should be on pics.
Some interesting points here, although we didn't see a lot of them as the camera was more on the speaker instead of the projected images. Unfortunately the actual presentation suffered from the very problems that were being addressed - too much unnecessary 'stuff'. If the much quoted 'edit' function had been applied and cut out all the "so" and "you know" usage, (which was really annoying), David could have given us a considerably higher percentage of the useful and practical info he was endeavouring to put across. Best wishes for the project though!
Tony James Funny how many people are criticizing the style in which he presented the data, INSTEAD OF digesting the urgent need for the message itself! Everyone can do their own simplification of their own lives, downsize and avoid being wasteful and get away from the mass consumerism. He was just sharing what HE is doing (and some others) to go in that direction. I think instead of critique the style try to digest the message in your own life. How much consuming do you do? Do you have too much stuff?, etc? This is something we all should ask ourselves, esp when we are literally destroying the planet and producing so much waste (whilst poverty continues I might add) yet those with wealth are in debt and have the need to endlessly acquire things. People's wants have become their needs in a very unhealthy ( to ourselves , other species and the planets) psychological phenomena that corporations constantly exploit. Our economy is based largely on this idea of disposability (waste and pollution UNNECESSARY)... as well as people carrying huge amounts of debt to continuously buy things that they do not need!!! WHICH PRODUCES a lot of stress and/or waste. It is a loss to everyone for us to behave this way collectively. The more people have the more they want. It's a psychological and sociological fact. U.S. needs to hear lots of this message anbd make changes to correct this aberrant behavior most URGENTLY!
That microunit in Soho looked amazing. Hopefully, prices will come down enough when things get up to scale to make that sort of living affordable for more people.
Mountain scapes are spiritual. Beautiful. Makes one's feelings lifts. Using a city as your 'living room' & giving up privacy, sounds very suspicious to me. If you select that sort of life style you're going to miss out on nature; be muddled up with the mob mentality. (Sorry for my typo's on my few posts; spelling has nothing to do with it, I'm sure the points been made)
Some of these ideas are good but people need to take care of one another better ----and understand how to interact better without envy and greed and fear. It will take requiremore growth and maturity on human beings part. Maturity requires some hard but valuable work.
I'm kind of missing the point. He talks about how having too much stuff is silly...then shows their design for a house which has ALL OF THE SAME STUFF just compacted into a smaller space that is probably more difficult to use. That's not LESS, any more then modern smart phones are LESS then the landlines we used to have in our homes.
You make a good point, but I think with less space, you can't own as much stuff in the home. For example, you'll probably be less inclined to have 2 TVs, smaller wardrobe, less furniture, etc.
I think that is also an issue I have with these small space designs. They're swell for one to two people who are comfortable in a small area, who do not have hobbies and who are out a lot. The stuff is compacted to provide all the similar necessities (nothing more now or you might clutter the space!!) which will have to have an assigned spot AND be put back right after being used. The concept is swell for city dwellers, perhaps.
Who wants a life, spent in a cement jungle with a bunch of unpredictable monsters that back stab, put you down, are down right goofy & unaware of reality? Those that believe everyone in media is true, even when shown as being impossible. This video I don't recommend as anything remotely healthy.
This is not a material world, I agree you'd be happier with less plastic bubbles. But, I also understand some buy or overeat or overwork to fill themselves up but it's temporarily. If you can find what fills you up, try it out then some 'bad' habits can stop.---SABLE
OK so this video is old and my comment may not be read but.... UGH! why oh why is the solution to create super-sofisticated micro apartments for young folks who curate every moment of their lives? How does this benefit the ordinary folks who aren't either super handy or who don't have piles of money. 1000$ per square foot? By all means rent a bike, rent a stockpot, rent a dining table but who is going to live in the origami apartment? Designers, thats who.
Mike yes. I have been trying to find information from designers recommending use of existing smaller spaces-but this fellow and most “tiny designers’” goal is to create new...so people spend money-another product! I live in my quirky 1870 multi family in less than 700 square feet. My tenants have larger apartments than I (1200 s.f.). I have room for my instruments, hobbies, my late husband’s wood shop, etc. Very quirky and untraditional,not fancy and nothing origami. Some of my furniture came from finding things on the sidewalk. This guy is just one opinion. It is his vision, and not terribly well articulated, He is young and has not been through much. He will most likely change and refine his ideas many times over his lifetime, I remind myself it is only his opinion...and needs better presentation to boot.
You need adequate space to store the stuff that supports your life. What about people who have interests and hobbies that have nothing to do with being online? For healthy, young, non-disabled twenty-year-olds who can lift and stretch and kneel and climb, who like socializing and may be looking for mates in the city, and who spend all their free time on Facebook, perhaps these tiny doghouses will do. Privacy is UNDER-rated. People need and want privacy and adequate space in their living qrtrs.
I have to say that 90% of the time when you get a speaker like this (extremely difficult to listen to and follow due to his rambling, stuttery style) I turn these TED talks off and can't listen any further even though the topic is fascinating. I wish that people would learn better public speaking skills, rehearse more, and if it's difficult for a person to speak publicly, they ought to possibly consider getting a speaking coach. I'm not trying to be overly-critical. The material this guy is presenting is really amazing. I only wish that is could be presented in an interesting and listenable format.
+Zisskeit Seeing someone stand there and talk turns me off. My style would be sitting on a sofa and wave my arms around. I'd through red foam balls at the audience every 30 seconds or so, just to keep people focused cause I tend to talk monotone.
Totally agree! It's really too bad because I'm really having to force myself to finish listening so I don't miss any inspiring info regardless of how painful it is
I have been a public speaker for much of my life and not half bad at it. Yet, not everybody that is worth listening to is a Master Public Speaker. Go on David, who cares if you stutter a little. I appreciated your talk very very much; even more so by the fact that you are up there even if it is not a perfect speech. As long as it is worthwhile ideas, keep it up! Those who don't like it can go watch Miley Cirrus or some other edifying presentation.
The camera work on this was shoddy. The presentation on screen was just as important as the speech made by the guy. Would have liked to see what he was showing.
Why have photo's of things and not show them? The camera was on his back rather than the photos! Also, his presentation is unprofessional with inappropriate language. Good idea presented badly.
How did you have a dinner party without a large refrigerator, oven, microwave, stove? Just ordered delivery or take-out? Ordering food every day will cost you more than just having a larger space for a real kitchen
Yeah, this isn't new stuff David. Buddhism has taught less is more for centuries, and the importance of space clearing and purging one's space. Also, this would be more meaningful if it were coming from a middle class or working class person. Not some blue blood kid, who just 'purchased in SoHo' ,in the most expensive city in the nation. Is that what you call 'minimalist'?? Grade: D
So did Jesus, but Jesus was a budhist monk, so ... The shocking part to realize is not that it's a new idea, but it's a refreshing realization, that maybe they weren't all full of it 200 years ago.
Good subject, terrible filming - so much of the talk is about what's on the screen and we can't even see it? what's the point. It's a shame because this does sound like it would have been a really interesting talk especially if you're a visual person and into design.
This video demonstrates my frustration with Tedx events. They are not inspiring, motivating or help to bring people and new ideas together like the real Ted talks are. They get a fancy talking guy and a project with not very much science behind it and talk about it for 20mins. Its a shame that Tedx events get as much publicity as the real Ted events.
Some people have the wisdom, but not the experience in public presentation. The regular TED events are more carefully curated for speaker skills. I go into these TEDx talks looking for content instead of worrying about the speaker. Still good stuff.
You need adequate space to store the stuff that supports your life. What about people who have interests and hobbies that have nothing to do with being online? For healthy, young, non-disabled twenty-year-olds who can lift and stretch and kneel and climb, who like socializing and may be looking for mates in the city, and who spend all their free time on Facebook, perhaps these tiny doghouses will do. Privacy is UNDER-rated. People need and want privacy and adequate space in their living qrtrs.
hm.........the principle of editing and clearing, yes, great. That is what i do, personally. I feel that people need space, however. We need to learn how to share our spaces? So, given that it has mostly proved that we are not able to live in close community, then, yes, we are needing to look at this downsizing idea. BUT, some spaces MUST be made for people to share in the public arena, or neighbourhood arena.
Consuming has become a pass time so what will people do instead? Between going to the mall on weekends and watching home shopping networks to ebay it has become our entertainment.
Your right....America is in desperation.....I've been an RN for 17 years...and my wage is LESS than that of 1999; effective for inflation....what the f*ck is NOT desperate about that John please? Unless you're a surgeon, business owner or Hedge Fund Manager....you're broke too pal.
Melody, so do I, and I wish I had more than four. I usually have several appliances going at the same tme: oven, toaster oven, ricer cooker... Perhaps if you eat nothing but a bowl of rice or chicken broth every night like a good serf a single burner would work for you...
Exactly, Carbide. You need adequate space to store the stuff that supports your life. What about people who have interests and hobbies that have nothing to do with being online? For healthy, young, non-disabled twenty-year-olds who can lift and stretch and kneel and climb, who like socializing and may be looking for mates in the city, and who spend all their free time on Facebook, perhaps these tiny doghouses will do. Privacy is UNDER-rated. People need and want privacy and adequate space in their living qrtrs.
Interesting topic - terrible presentation. Couldn’t see most of the slides. Basically I spent 18+ minutes watching him stutter and speak so quickly as to be non-understandable.
Why not go the whole hog and live in cardboard box, much simpler! Dear me, what nonsense this is, becoming the human equivalent of battery hens, lovely?
I hated the speaker - why the dove did they put HIM on? I found the talk interesting and I loved some of the stuff presented here... but, I did hate the speaker. I loved the idea. And I hated the speaker. God, this guy is irritating. But, I did love the ideas. But, I really didn't like the speaker. Yep. Tried and tested - I cannot stress this enough. I DID NOT ENJOY LISTENING TO THIS MAN, BUT I LIKED HIS IDEAS.
What a bunch of whiny watchers commenting on this gentleman's efforts. Dude's got more balls than all of us sitting safely on our couches doing more screen time. I applaud the content and the delivery of this awesome message. Great job David!!
It's true, he does have more balls than me. Literally and figuratively.
Herbin' Legend I want to live efficiently, so kudos to him for that. But he's a terrible presenter!
Oh my! My house is 980 s.f. and I purchased it new in 1995. We still have the smallest house in the neighborhood of about 3,600 homes. It is now a pleasure to own because it is so economical to heat/cool.
One of the better TedTalks I've ever seen. And his presentation and speaking skills are just fine. It would be good to keep in mind that with EVERYONE following this route, that jobs will vanish. Our society is based on production and consumption, not living the good life.
+John Karavitis Things will adapt though. It would be stupid not to change just because we are scared. In a way trying to hold onto our consumer culture is hoarding and maybe having a country not based on goods could make us happier? fuck who knows haha
+Elliot Chocano agreed. Innovation and change cause humans to reinvent themselves. There will be something else to work on and for a while it could be renovating old homes and buildings into these micro homes
Perhaps all this producing and consuming is what is keeping us from living the good life. I have for a long time felt like all my unused stuff is smothering me. Time to let it go. Freedom appeals to me.
Ppl would start chasing quality and artisanship rather than quantity.
If you think having more things will make you happy you will be disappointed. If you think having less will make you happy you will be disappointed. Drop your attachments to things people and places and do your work without any goal of being happy and you will find peace.
Awesome job. The talk sounded sincere to me, and that is all I can asked for.
In swedish we have an ironic saying that ruffly translates to: He who has the most stuff when he dies .....wins!
I love this saying because it hightlights the futality of collecting things.
Catarina Wikström In the 1980s I remember seeing the slogan "Whoever dies with the most toys wins!" on bumper stickers, coffee mugs, that kind of stuff.
Nobody's talking about "collecting things," but you need adequate space for all of the materials, supplies, and equipment for multiple interests and hobbies. Micro housing is great for people who do nothing but work, look for mates in the city, and spend all of their free time online, probably Facebook.
most hobbies require "stuff," yes you are right. even if just a small bag full of stuff to rooms such as for surfboards or garages for cars. if you don't have stuff that makes you happy, great, but most people do enjoy some material things at the least.
Catarina Wikström lol! What kind of stuff?
I love all of the time he is referring to pictures and the camera isn't even showing it. :)
I have lived in 500sf for 32 years. My motto is, "Preserve floorspace." Luckily, I have 10+ ft ceilings which keep my little house from being claustrophobic, and
we can use lots of vertical storage methods. I constantly donate, sell, and toss out stuff. I'm pretty ruthless about it, but my partner is just the opposite, and *VERY* obstinate with holding on to stuff. It's a process, believe me. Funnily enough, I grew up in a house with 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, huge rooms--typical space-hogging 1950's style housing.
Our house is 1951, and considered small at 1485 sq ft. :) We are a family of 5, with one out of the house at this time. We are good with the size of the house. Interestingly a family of 8 originally lived there! (3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, remolded kitchen dining (12 x 24), and a nice living room. On a standard city lot. Pretty much the same with stuff - always purging and decluttering! :)
And when you take the long view of it, here in the US we have some of the largest houses on the globe, on average. So many world citizens are happy to thrive and grow big families in, like, 2 rooms, or something like it. Everything here in America is big-wide open spaces and food servings! But all kidding aside, we could live in more economical spaces if we needed to adjust and go smaller I believe.
Yes, this is true, very thankful for living where we do, and not taking it for granted. I don't mind our house, and there is room for all, however I still need (want) studio space. Even that doesn't need to be large. I do prefer being out of the city though...
Cruithne I grew up in a 2 room apartment with 6 people and one bath! I learned great social and communication skills :)
Cruithne We do, but the government talks out of both sides of their mouth. In my community, the smallest house you can build is 800 square feet. They apparently want us to downsize but the laws don't allow it!
Happiness is cutting some grass, not smoking it. Just cut the lawn without rushing through it and think deep thoughts while cutting.
cute but true.Stop an smell the roses...
Can you imagine living in one of these micro apartments during the quarantine? Spending all of your time locked, down stuck inside of that small space drive people crazy...
I live in 200 sq ft. It is actually quite relaxing
Only if you can't stand yourself or who you live with :)
I really hate how he's showing these wonderful slides and they just focus the camera on him. /:
we don't need to see the guy over and over again. we are not marrying him. we are not in love. he's just some guy talking. the focus should be on pics.
He’s hot. You’re not. That’s why?
AWEsome talk = Excellent ... worth sharing and re-watching
This was really really enlightening and relatable.
keep up the great work
Some interesting points here, although we didn't see a lot of them as the camera was more on the speaker instead of the projected images. Unfortunately the actual presentation suffered from the very problems that were being addressed - too much unnecessary 'stuff'. If the much quoted 'edit' function had been applied and cut out all the "so" and "you know" usage, (which was really annoying), David could have given us a considerably higher percentage of the useful and practical info he was endeavouring to put across. Best wishes for the project though!
Lots of misfires in talk and delivery, *SHOW MORE PICTURES!!*, intriguing ideas!
Tony James Funny how many people are criticizing the style in which he presented the data, INSTEAD OF digesting the urgent need for the message itself! Everyone can do their own simplification of their own lives, downsize and avoid being wasteful and get away from the mass consumerism. He was just sharing what HE is doing (and some others) to go in that direction. I think instead of critique the style try to digest the message in your own life. How much consuming do you do? Do you have too much stuff?, etc? This is something we all should ask ourselves, esp when we are literally destroying the planet and producing so much waste (whilst poverty continues I might add) yet those with wealth are in debt and have the need to endlessly acquire things. People's wants have become their needs in a very unhealthy ( to ourselves , other species and the planets) psychological phenomena that corporations constantly exploit. Our economy is based largely on this idea of disposability (waste and pollution UNNECESSARY)... as well as people carrying huge amounts of debt to continuously buy things that they do not need!!! WHICH PRODUCES a lot of stress and/or waste. It is a loss to everyone for us to behave this way collectively. The more people have the more they want. It's a psychological and sociological fact. U.S. needs to hear lots of this message anbd make changes to correct this aberrant behavior most URGENTLY!
That microunit in Soho looked amazing. Hopefully, prices will come down enough when things get up to scale to make that sort of living affordable for more people.
Bless him, he sounds nervous 😭💕💕 great info tho xoxo
Thank you.
Another project, another 'development' is MORE!
Mountain scapes are spiritual. Beautiful. Makes one's feelings lifts. Using a city as your 'living room' & giving up privacy, sounds very suspicious to me. If you select that sort of life style you're going to miss out on nature; be muddled up with the mob mentality.
(Sorry for my typo's on my few posts; spelling has nothing to do with it, I'm sure the points been made)
the video editing on this is terrible. David is giving a talk and referring to things on a screen that we can't see. very poor.
those slides could be copyrighted, that's my guess
Sucks that they showed "actual pictures" of the space and its just a shot of the guy looking at the screen!!
Some of these ideas are good but people need to take care of one another better ----and understand how to interact better without envy and greed and fear. It will take requiremore growth and maturity on human beings part. Maturity requires some hard but valuable work.
Very interesting and brillant! Thank you!
I'm kind of missing the point. He talks about how having too much stuff is silly...then shows their design for a house which has ALL OF THE SAME STUFF just compacted into a smaller space that is probably more difficult to use. That's not LESS, any more then modern smart phones are LESS then the landlines we used to have in our homes.
I think what he is saying is that your cellphone is less than your landline + GPS + weather channel + watch + whatever else u use your phone for
But it is less. A 2000sq/ft house is bigger than a 500-1000sq/ft house.
500-1000 is less than 2000...math is hard.
You make a good point, but I think with less space, you can't own as much stuff in the home. For example, you'll probably be less inclined to have 2 TVs, smaller wardrobe, less furniture, etc.
I think that is also an issue I have with these small space designs. They're swell for one to two people who are comfortable in a small area, who do not have hobbies and who are out a lot. The stuff is compacted to provide all the similar necessities (nothing more now or you might clutter the space!!) which will have to have an assigned spot AND be put back right after being used. The concept is swell for city dwellers, perhaps.
I don't want to do more. I just want to have less. Shred & dejunk!
yup
What an amazing talk!
420 square foot @ $1000-$1500 per square foot? $420,000- $630,000? Savings? I'm confused.
Seems like excessive spending.
I'm surprised he didn't suggest going to the Library instead of buying books/etc. Decent talk, good suggestions tho!
Just a great and inspirational talk :-)
Who wants a life, spent in a cement jungle with a bunch of unpredictable monsters that back stab, put you down, are down right goofy & unaware of reality? Those that believe everyone in media is true, even when shown as being impossible. This video I don't recommend as anything remotely healthy.
This is not a material world, I agree you'd be happier with less plastic bubbles. But, I also understand some buy or overeat or overwork to fill themselves up but it's temporarily. If you can find what fills you up, try it out then some 'bad' habits can stop.---SABLE
OK so this video is old and my comment may not be read but....
UGH! why oh why is the solution to create super-sofisticated micro apartments for young folks who curate every moment of their lives? How does this benefit the ordinary folks who aren't either super handy or who don't have piles of money. 1000$ per square foot?
By all means rent a bike, rent a stockpot, rent a dining table but who is going to live in the origami apartment? Designers, thats who.
Mike yes. I have been trying to find information from designers recommending use of existing smaller spaces-but this fellow and most “tiny designers’” goal is to create new...so people spend money-another product! I live in my quirky 1870 multi family in less than 700 square feet. My tenants have larger apartments than I (1200 s.f.). I have room for my instruments, hobbies, my late husband’s wood shop, etc. Very quirky and untraditional,not fancy and nothing origami. Some of my furniture came from finding things on the sidewalk. This guy is just one opinion. It is his vision, and not terribly well articulated, He is young and has not been through much. He will most likely change and refine his ideas many times over his lifetime, I remind myself it is only his opinion...and needs better presentation to boot.
good video and great ideas.......simple presentation suggestion would be to edit the number of stated "you knows......"
Sure. I will throw my antique books away
Don’t chya dare! 🤣😂
Sell them and use the money sensibly
"Privacy is overrated?" Why?
comparing to sharing and connection, I think that's what he means
You need adequate space to store the stuff that supports your life. What about people who have interests and hobbies that have nothing to do with being online? For healthy, young, non-disabled twenty-year-olds who can lift and stretch and kneel and climb, who like socializing and may be looking for mates in the city, and who spend all their free time on Facebook, perhaps these tiny doghouses will do. Privacy is UNDER-rated. People need and want privacy and adequate space in their living qrtrs.
I have a one room apt. We can't afford a house or stuff. So downsizing is happening naturally
I have to say that 90% of the time when you get a speaker like this (extremely difficult to listen to and follow due to his rambling, stuttery style) I turn these TED talks off and can't listen any further even though the topic is fascinating. I wish that people would learn better public speaking skills, rehearse more, and if it's difficult for a person to speak publicly, they ought to possibly consider getting a speaking coach. I'm not trying to be overly-critical. The material this guy is presenting is really amazing. I only wish that is could be presented in an interesting and listenable format.
I totally agree with you. Great topic, not so great communicating it
+Zisskeit Concerning speaking and who you want to listen to; have you listened to LEO BUSCAGLIA ?
+Zisskeit Seeing someone stand there and talk turns me off. My style would be sitting on a sofa and wave my arms around. I'd through red foam balls at the audience every 30 seconds or so, just to keep people focused cause I tend to talk monotone.
Totally agree! It's really too bad because I'm really having to force myself to finish listening so I don't miss any inspiring info regardless of how painful it is
I have been a public speaker for much of my life and not half bad at it. Yet, not everybody that is worth listening to is a Master Public Speaker. Go on David, who cares if you stutter a little. I appreciated your talk very very much; even more so by the fact that you are up there even if it is not a perfect speech. As long as it is worthwhile ideas, keep it up! Those who don't like it can go watch Miley Cirrus or some other edifying presentation.
Great ideas
The filming was not good enough only saw half of what he was talking about - but what he has to say is very relevant for today
Amazing!!!
Had to stop, I really tried but I can't listen to his stuttering anymore. And I am really interested in this topic.
The camera work on this was shoddy. The presentation on screen was just as important as the speech made by the guy. Would have liked to see what he was showing.
Quit cursing and spend more time showing photos. Great info, I just could have viewed the photos longer.
We’re BLOATED
Why have photo's of things and not show them? The camera was on his back rather than the photos! Also, his presentation is unprofessional with inappropriate language. Good idea presented badly.
i just love this talk, life is too short !
These ideas are clever. Cheaper to heat and cool, too. Tina, Al's wife
How did you have a dinner party without a large refrigerator, oven, microwave, stove? Just ordered delivery or take-out? Ordering food every day will cost you more than just having a larger space for a real kitchen
How many times have you used the expression "You know"?
good speech!
Yeah, this isn't new stuff David.
Buddhism has taught less is more for centuries, and the importance of space clearing and purging one's space.
Also, this would be more meaningful if it were coming from a middle class or working class person. Not some blue blood kid, who just 'purchased in SoHo' ,in the most expensive city in the nation. Is that what you call 'minimalist'??
Grade: D
So did Jesus, but Jesus was a budhist monk, so ...
The shocking part to realize is not that it's a new idea, but it's a refreshing realization, that maybe they weren't all full of it 200 years ago.
Good subject, terrible filming - so much of the talk is about what's on the screen and we can't even see it? what's the point. It's a shame because this does sound like it would have been a really interesting talk especially if you're a visual person and into design.
This video demonstrates my frustration with Tedx events. They are not inspiring, motivating or help to bring people and new ideas together like the real Ted talks are. They get a fancy talking guy and a project with not very much science behind it and talk about it for 20mins. Its a shame that Tedx events get as much publicity as the real Ted events.
The project is okay. The guy is just not a good speaker.
Some people have the wisdom, but not the experience in public presentation. The regular TED events are more carefully curated for speaker skills. I go into these TEDx talks looking for content instead of worrying about the speaker. Still good stuff.
You need adequate space to store the stuff that supports your life. What about people who have interests and hobbies that have nothing to do with being online? For healthy, young, non-disabled twenty-year-olds who can lift and stretch and kneel and climb, who like socializing and may be looking for mates in the city, and who spend all their free time on Facebook, perhaps these tiny doghouses will do. Privacy is UNDER-rated. People need and want privacy and adequate space in their living qrtrs.
I watched for 1 minute and 43 seconds. Sorry I could not watch anymore.
I agree.
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hm.........the principle of editing and clearing, yes, great. That is what i do, personally.
I feel that people need space, however. We need to learn how to share our spaces?
So, given that it has mostly proved that we are not able to live in close community, then, yes, we are needing to look at this downsizing idea. BUT, some spaces MUST be made for people to share in the public arena, or neighbourhood arena.
Consuming has become a pass time so what will people do instead? Between going to the mall on weekends and watching home shopping networks to ebay it has become our entertainment.
you need new hobbies
Talking, walking, gardening, reading…for starters.
Thought I'd just mention that orginal standard size for a bottle of Coke was 6.5 oz!
YOU KNOW
Wonderful talk. :)
this whole talk has an air of desperation to it.
Your right....America is in desperation.....I've been an RN for 17 years...and my wage is LESS than that of 1999; effective for inflation....what the f*ck is NOT desperate about that John please?
Unless you're a surgeon, business owner or Hedge Fund Manager....you're broke too pal.
How many times has this speaker said "you know". its distracting from the content.
I use three hot plates at the same time a lot...
Melody, so do I, and I wish I had more than four. I usually have several appliances going at the same tme: oven, toaster oven, ricer cooker... Perhaps if you eat nothing but a bowl of rice or chicken broth every night like a good serf a single burner would work for you...
Someone has to own the building/communal things you would be renting in those buildings.
Ya know???
you know, you know you know......
I got headache you know
come on guy you know
Basically
You know.... *eyeroll*
please stop with the “ya know?” after that I am not listening.... think before you speak, don’t want
diarrhea of the mouth or the BRAIN
Great apartments for serfs that don't own anything
Exactly, Carbide. You need adequate space to store the stuff that supports your life. What about people who have interests and hobbies that have nothing to do with being online? For healthy, young, non-disabled twenty-year-olds who can lift and stretch and kneel and climb, who like socializing and may be looking for mates in the city, and who spend all their free time on Facebook, perhaps these tiny doghouses will do. Privacy is UNDER-rated. People need and want privacy and adequate space in their living qrtrs.
god bless but the speaker sounds nervous
Probably very informative but the speaker is not very good. I could not stand to listen past the first 3 minutes.
Really editor?! I'm looking at his back while he's showing pictures on the screen. Pictures I can't see? Poor job.
this dude stutter more than rain man
No, in the future you'll care about how, not what.
9 years into the future and I care most about why.
Yeah, but what about jobs? and the GDP?
Not bad.. but the videography could have been improved so much.
Great message, terrible delivery
Get a better sound mixer please. Really hard to listen to.
TEDxDumbo, yeah, that's right. Real boring too (the talk).
Interesting topic - terrible presentation. Couldn’t see most of the slides. Basically I spent 18+ minutes watching him stutter and speak so quickly as to be non-understandable.
Why not go the whole hog and live in cardboard box, much simpler! Dear me, what nonsense this is, becoming the human equivalent of battery hens, lovely?
Great. Racist and elitist speaker.
$1000/sq ft
Hansome man but looks hungry.Eat more body
He only has one burner for a bowl of rice every night. If he had 4 burners, he could cook and eat more.
I hated the speaker - why the dove did they put HIM on? I found the talk interesting and I loved some of the stuff presented here... but, I did hate the speaker. I loved the idea. And I hated the speaker. God, this guy is irritating. But, I did love the ideas. But, I really didn't like the speaker. Yep. Tried and tested - I cannot stress this enough. I DID NOT ENJOY LISTENING TO THIS MAN, BUT I LIKED HIS IDEAS.
Fruglefoods
What a horrible presenter! Clean up your language and learn to present!
Cool video, great ideas on how to compact things that are bulky. Tfs.