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Felix Oberholzer-Chi

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
257 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

Yes.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

It's not like your great-grandfather's nightclub.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

Oh, we are a jackets-only place.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

But really cool, hip places that all of a sudden will not accept someone if you come in even the chunkier stuff, sneakers, and will require more formal attire.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

I was recently at the symphony, and I noticed the mix of people who dress up completely changed.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

Used to be, I don't know, maybe 50% jeans, 50% a little more formal.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

Now I think it's more like 70, 30, 80, 20 or so.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

And I love this, like this observation that it's not uniform like and you have to look that way because you're going to work, but you're choosing to celebrate particular moments in life.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

You're doing something special and then you dress up and then it's really fun.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

So I have a little public announcement.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

Uh-oh.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

Can we please stop building platforms?

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

Are you talking about elevated sneakers?

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

I'm thinking about online intermediaries.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

that are supposed to somehow make the world a better place.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

And they mostly don't.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

I had a window renovation project.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

And when you go online, there's like so many opportunities to be paired with contractors and be paired with manufacturers and be paired with insurance companies that will insure your new windows.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

And there's an endless list of services.

TED Talks Daily
2022 - The Stories We Loved (and a Few Others) | After Hours

And basically what all of these companies do, as far as I can tell, is they collect your information.