As some would know, I have a love and hate relationship with the TED conference. I love it because I get to know about some of the most interesting stuff and people in this world (alas, through Internet video.) I hate it because of its stuck-up rich people top 0.001% of the world audience who want to cure AIDS but think the best way to do it is by going to a $6000 super-exclusive invite-only conference and giving standing ovations to people who are actually curing AIDS. Enough to say, this article, which dedicates 700+ words to an e-mail examining the social ineptness of the TED audience, is an interesting read.