Sebastian Wernicke: 1,000 TED Talks in six words

The speaker discusses the challenge of summarizing 1,000 TED Talks, which collectively contain 2.3 million words, into concise formats. Inspired by Hemingway's six-word story, the speaker explores using six-word summaries for TED Talks. They employ Mechanical Turk to crowdsource these summaries, initially by individual talks and later by thematic groups, to reduce costs. Ultimately, they achieve a final six-word summary for all TED Talks: 'Why the worry? I'd rather wonder.'

What method did the speaker use to summarize TED Talks?

What was the final six-word summary of the TED Talks?

What challenges did the speaker face when summarizing TED Talks?