He's a designer, why doesn't he have any slides or other preparation for a TED talk? Does he put any effort into speaking English clearly? Why does he talk about that bogus lightning/primordial soup theory? Why is he attacking a straw man that we are the permanent pinnacle of evolution? Eight minutes in and he still hasn't said anything about design. I give up.

This is interesting, not in a way that's easy to understand. A few of his keypoints are:

- On Design: when designing something, think beyond (in fact, way beyond) the thing that you are designing.

- On Living: the smart way to live is to build stuff for many people (the more the merrier).

- On Civilization: do your best to fulfill your part.

Anyone have a transcript? I tried, I really did.

Phillipe Starck is such a wind bag celebrity designer. I don't believe this guy for a second just because he's pseudo philosophical. Congratulations on your horrible lemon squeezer.

Can't stand his accent, and I'm french...

I'm pretty sure Starck is a better marketer than designer. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)