TED Theme: Whipsmart ComedyGreat truths can come of great laughs. Rives' lyrical language unfolds around a series of historical coincidences surrounding 4a.m. -- the most surreal hour. Internet star Ze Frank playfully ribs the Internet, video games, haiku -- and even the TED Conference itself. And Julia Sweeney, formerly of SNL, uses her comedic chops to talk about her loss of faith in God and the rise of another way of being.Is 4 a.m. the new midnight- July 17, 2007 Poet Rives does 8 minutes of lyrical origami, folding history into a series of coincidences surrounding that most surreal of hours, 4 o'clock in the morning.http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/rives_on_4_a_m.html |