The TED commandments

I quite liked this list of rules for presenters at the TED conferences.

• Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick.
• Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before.
• Thou Shalt Reveal thy Curiosity and Thy Passion.
• Thou Shalt Tell a Story.
• Thou Shalt Freely Comment on the Utterances of Other Speakers for the Sake of Blessed Connection and Exquisite Controversy.
• Thou Shalt Not Flaunt thine Ego. Be Thou Vulnerable. Speak of thy Failure as well as thy Success.
• Thou Shalt Not Sell from the Stage: Neither thy Company, thy Goods, thy Writings, nor thy Desparate need for Funding; Lest Thou be Cast Aside into Outer Darkness.
• Thou Shalt Remember all the while: Laughter is Good.
• Thou Shalt Not Read thy Speech.
• Thou Shalt Not Steal the Time of Them that Follow Thee.

How much more fun would ELN conferences be if we had something like this!