I was lying awake in bed one night thinking about nachos (which is how I spend most of my nights) when I wondered, “Is there a TED talk about nachos?” I didn’t check right then, because looking at your phone at night totally screws up your circadian rhythms, and then immediately forgot because… I didn’t check right then... Sometime later though I remembered, and then looked it up. Cool story huh? DON’T PRETEND THAT IT IS. No, this is a very NOT cool story because there is only ONE TED talk where nachos are involved, and technically it is a TEDx talk. What is wrong with this picture?
Let’s face it, even this one is a little light on the nachos. Sure, Mrs. Tierney here does a great job talking about introverted leadership, but who I want to hear from is her Grandfather talking about his “Precious Cargo”, i.e. possibly the best description for nachos I’ve heard in awhile. I get it, you need the nachos to get the asses in seats, but it wouldn’t have hurt to drop in Grandpa’s famous nacho recipe at the end of the talk for posterity sake? I don’t know the TED corporation’s stance on including recipes in their talks, but based on this “talks for foodies” playlist, I think they would have been ok with it.
Will this TED talk encourage more introverts to assume leadership rolls? Probably, but what would be an undoubtedly greater boon to the world would be it encouraging more Grandfathers to make nachos. If these nachos in turn promote a “you can do it” attitude, great, but even the worst case scenario, you have some nachos. And as we all know, having nachos is never truly a worst case scenario.
