TEDxAmsterdam

Ernst-Jan Pfauth

What is your TEDx job?
During the day, I’m a blogger for Dutch newspaper nrc.next. In the night time, I blog for TEDxAmsterdam.

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What is your favorite TED talk?
I was impressed by the moving talk of Sir Ken Robinson. He says that schools kill creativity. Not in an aggressive way, but witty, with the typical British jokes. I wish more people would stop striving for mediocrity, but allow talent and originality to flourish.

What would you tell during your 3-minute TEDx Talk?
Internet is the new LSD, didn’t you know yet? I thought so. That’s why I’ll use my three minutes to explain that LSD and internet both help you to break through existing structures. Yet there’s also a problem: they’re both pretty addictive. So my main message would be: use internet as a means to achieve big audacious goals (more here).

Come up with five keywords that define you:
Ambitious, blogging, new media, connecting, and generalist.

More about Ernst-Jan
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Photo credits: Jan Jaap Heine.