miniature TED conference. 6-10 people.
Format: either copy TED and have subsequent discussions, ie, someone speaks and is uninterruptible for a while, then joins the group and discussion under some moderation, or
guided discussion of topics by moderator, or
someone speaks and is interruptible as they go, with/without moderation, discussion either being good to go in the middle, or not.
Initial group of people would have a technological bent - is this unfortunate? Perhaps. Definitely not limiting it to tech.
possibility of a rule similar to ko: if an argument breaks out, it can not continue more than two or three 'plays' - person A says "True", person B says "False!", person A may then say "True, because (argument)!", and person B may then say "False, because (argument)!" - but at this point, Person A may not respond again to defend True. Both sides have spoken twice, and the conversation must move on.
Or something like that. Anyway, going to keep developing this.
The Guelph Seven
13 years ago