ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ze Frank - Humorist, web artist
Ze Frank rose to fame on a viral video -- in 2001! He has been making online comedy, web toys and massively shared experiences (like the addictive Young Me Now Me) ever since.

Why you should listen

Ever since his "How to Dance Properly" viral video -- born as a party invite for 17 friends -- hit the Web in 2001, Ze Frank has been making people giggle, guffaw and gasp out loud whilst procrastinating at work. He defines, in many ways, the genre of online comedy, and continues to innovate madly on the form. 

In 2006 he launched a year-long daily video blog called The Show with Ze Frank, which Slate.com called "the best sustained comedy run in the history of the Web." His rapid-fire delivery and absurd explorations in audience participation (like Earth Sandwich) has influenced a generation of digital native YouTubers. Perhap his most brilliant move: calling on fans to write the show for him. Using collaborative tools, online viewers collectively put words in his mouth (and props in his lap); he faithfully performed this wiki-comedy each week for his "Fabuloso Friday" show.

In 2008, along with Erik Kastner, Frank launched Colowars, the first massively multiplayer game on Twitter, which featured two months of sponsored online events and competitions. Recently he has worked with his audience to create a series of projects based on shared emotions such as pain, fear and the pang of nostalgia. Frank works as a consultant to range of industries on audience engagement and is a public speaker on the subject of the virtual life.

In 2012 he returned to the internet airwaves with "A Show." About which a MetaFilter commenter wrote:

If this were a cult, I would join.

If this were a religion, I would attend services.

If this were a band, I would not torrent the albums, but buy them, full price, from a local independent record store.

If this were a telethon, I would buy multiple tote bags.

Welcome back, Ze.

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Ze Frank | Speaker | TED.com
TED2014

Ze Frank: Are you human?

Ze Frank: Vai esat cilvēks?

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Vai esat kādreiz domājuši: „Vai es tiešām esmu cilvēks?” Ze Frank piedāvā virkni vienkāršu jautājumu, kas palīdzēs rast atbildi. Atslābinieties un sekojiet norādījumiem. Sāksim...
- Humorist, web artist
Ze Frank rose to fame on a viral video -- in 2001! He has been making online comedy, web toys and massively shared experiences (like the addictive Young Me Now Me) ever since. Full bio

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(MusicMūzika) This is the humancilvēks testpārbaude,
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(Mūzika) Šis ir cilvēku tests.
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a testpārbaude to see if you are a humancilvēks.
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Tests, lai pārbaudītu, vai esat cilvēks.
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Please raisepaaugstināt your handroka if something appliesattiecas to you.
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Lūdzu, paceliet roku,
ja kaut kas no minētā attiecas uz jums!
00:23
Are we agreedvienojās? Yes?
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Esam sarunājuši? Ja?
00:27
Then let's beginsāciet.
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Tad sākam!
00:29
Have you ever eatenēst a boogerbooger
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Vai esat kādreiz ēduši puņķus,
00:31
long pastpagātne your childhoodbērnība?
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jau pieaugušā vecumā?
00:34
(LaughterSmiekli)
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(Smiekli)
00:36
It's okay, it's safedroši here.
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Viss kārtībā, šeit ir droši.
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Have you ever madeizgatavots a smallmazs, weirddīvaini soundskaņa
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Vai esat kādreiz izdvesuši
klusu, dīvainu skaņu,
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when you rememberedatcerējās something embarrassingneērts?
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atceroties kādu neērtu situāciju?
(Nopūta)
00:49
Have you ever purposelymērķtiecīgi lowercasedlowercased
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Vai esat kādreiz tīši
sākuši rakstīt īsziņu ar mazo burtu,
00:51
the first lettervēstule of a textteksts
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in orderkārtībā to come acrosspāri as sadskumji or disappointedvīlušies?
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lai radītu iespaidu, ka esat
noskumuši vai vīlušies?
00:57
(LaughterSmiekli)
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(Smiekli)
00:59
Okay.
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Labi.
01:02
Have you ever endedbeidzās a textteksts with a periodperiods
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Vai esat kādreiz īsziņas
beigās rakstījuši „Punkts.”,
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as a signzīme of aggressionagresija? Okay. PeriodPeriods.
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lai parādītu, ka esat agresīvi noskaņoti?
Labi. Punkts.
01:11
Have you ever laughedsmējās or smiledpasmaidīja
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Vai esat kādreiz smējušies vai smaidījuši,
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when someonekāds said something shittysūdi to you
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kad kāds jums saka ko riebīgu,
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and then spentiztērēti the restatpūsties of the day
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un tad pavadījuši atlikušo dienas daļu,
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wonderingjautājums why you reactedreaģēja that way?
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prātojot, kāpēc tā reaģējāt?
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Yes.
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Jā.
Vai jums kādreiz ir šķitis,
ka jūsu lidmašīnas biļete pazūd
01:24
Have you ever seemedlikās to losezaudēt your airplanelidmašīna ticketbiļete
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a thousandtūkstotis timesreizes as you walkedgāja
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vai tūkstošiem reižu, kamēr nokļūstat
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from the check-inreģistrēšanās to the gatevārti?
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no reģistrācijas līdz izejai uz lidmašīnu?
01:32
Yes.
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Jā.
01:34
Have you ever put on a pairpāris of pantsbikses
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Vai esat kādreiz uzvilkuši bikses
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and then much latervēlāk realizedsapratu that there was
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un tad vēlāk pamanījuši,
ka tās starā pie augšstilba ir
iemīcīta nomaldījusies zeķe?
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a loosevaļīgs sockzeķes smushedsmushed up againstpret your thighaugšstilba?
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(LaughterSmiekli)
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(Smiekli)
01:43
Good.
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Labi.
01:46
Have you ever triedmēģinājis to guessuzminēt
someonekāds else'scits ir passwordparole
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Vai esat kādreiz mēģinājuši
uzminēt kāda cilvēka paroli
01:48
so manydaudzi timesreizes that it lockedslēgts theirviņu accountkonts?
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tik daudz reižu,
ka viņa kontu tādēļ nobloķē?
01:53
MmmMmm.
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Mmm.
01:54
Have you ever had a naggingķildīgais feelingsajūta that one day
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Vai jums kādreiz ir bijusi
tā smeldzīgā sajūta, ka kādu dienu
01:58
you will be discoveredatklāts as a fraudkrāpšana?
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cilvēki atklās, ka esat krāpies?
02:02
Yes, it's safedroši here.
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Jā, šeit ir droši.
02:05
Have you ever hopedcerēja that there was some abilityspēja
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Vai esat kādreiz cerējuši,
ka ir kāda spēja,
02:08
you hadn'tnebija discoveredatklāts yetvēl
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ko vēl neesat atklājuši,
02:10
that you were just naturallydabiski great at?
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bet kurā jums ir dabas dots talants?
02:13
MmmMmm.
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Mmm.
Vai esat kādreiz ko saplēsuši
— realitātē —
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Have you ever brokensalauzts something in realreāls life,
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and then foundatrasts yourselfsevi looking
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un tad attapušies meklējam
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for an "undoatsaukt" buttonpoga in realreāls life?
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„Atsaukt” pogu — realitātē?
Vai esat kādreiz pazaudējuši
savu TED vārda karti
02:25
Have you ever misplacednetiek atdots laikā your TEDTED badgežetons
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and then immediatelynekavējoties startedsāka imaginingiztēlodamās
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un tūlīt pat sākuši iztēloties,
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what a three-daytrīs dienu VancouverVancouver
vacationbrīvdienas mightvarētu look like?
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kāds varētu izvērsties
trīs dienu atvaļinājums Vankūverā?
02:35
Have you ever marveledapbrīnoja
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Vai esat kādreiz brīnījušies,
02:37
at how someonekāds you thought was so ordinaryparasts
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kā kāds, kuru uzskatījāt
par pavisam parastu,
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could suddenlypēkšņi becomekļūt so beautifulskaists?
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pēkšņi varēja kļūt tik skaists?
02:45
Have you ever staredskatījās at your phonetālrunis
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Vai esat kādreiz blenzuši telefonā
un muļķīgi smaidījuši,
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smilingsmaidot like an idiotidiots while textingnosūtīt īsziņu with someonekāds?
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ar kādu sarakstoties?
02:52
Have you ever subsequentlyvēlāk textedatsūtīja that personpersona
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Vai esat kādreiz šim
cilvēkam pēc tam rakstījuši
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the phrasefrāze "I'm staringskatās at the phonetālrunis
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šos vārdus: „Es blenžu telefonā
02:57
smilingsmaidot like an idiotidiots"?
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un muļķīgi smaidu”?
03:01
Have you ever been temptedkārdinājums to,
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Vai jums kādreiz ir bijis kārdinājums
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and then gavedeva in to the temptationkārdinājums,
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un tad esat krituši kārdinājumā
03:05
of looking throughcauri someonekāds else'scits ir phonetālrunis?
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ieskatīties cita cilvēka telefonā?
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Have you ever had a conversationsaruna with yourselfsevi
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Vai esat kādreiz sarunājušies ar sevi
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and then suddenlypēkšņi realizedsapratu
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un tad pēkšņi atskārtuši,
03:13
you're a realreāls assholeasins to yourselfsevi?
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ka izturaties pret sevi kā īsts kretīns?
(Smiekli)
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(LaughterSmiekli)
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Has your phonetālrunis ever runpalaist out of batteryakumulators
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Vai jūsu telefonam
kādreiz ir beigusies baterija
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in the middlevidū of an argumentarguments,
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strīda karstumā,
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and it sortkārtot of feltfilcs like the phonetālrunis
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un jums ir šķitis, ka telefons
03:26
was breakinglaušana up with bothabi of you?
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grib pamest jūs abus?
03:30
Have you ever thought
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that workingstrādā on an issueizdevums betweenstarp you was futileveltīgi
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ka kāda jautājuma risināšana
starp jums abiem ir bezjēdzīga,
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because it should just be easiervieglāk than this,
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jo tam būtu jābūt vieglāk
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or this is supposeddomājams to happennotikt just naturallydabiski?
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vai tam vienkārši būtu jānotiek dabiski?
03:42
Have you ever realizedsapratu that very little, in the long runpalaist,
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Vai jums kādreiz ir
ienācis prātā, ka ilgtermiņā
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just happensnotiek naturallydabiski?
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reti kas notiek dabiski?
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Have you ever wokenpamodies up blissfullysvētlaimīgi
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Vai esat kādreiz pamodušies
pilnīgā svētlaimē
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and suddenlypēkšņi been floodedapplūst
by the awfulšausmīgi remembranceatceres
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un tad pēkšņi sabrukuši, atceroties,
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that someonekāds had left you?
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ka kāds jūs ir pametis?
03:57
Have you ever lostzaudējis the abilityspēja to imagineiedomājieties a futurenākotne
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Vai esat kādreiz zaudējuši
spēju iztēloties nākotni
04:00
withoutbez a personpersona
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bez cilvēka,
04:01
that no longerilgāk was in your life?
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kura jūsu dzīvē vairāk nav?
04:06
Have you ever lookedizskatījās back on that eventnotikums
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Vai esat kādreiz
atskatījušies uz šo gadījumu
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with the sadskumji smilesmaids of autumnrudens
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ar rudenīgi skumju smaidu
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and the realizationrealizācija that futuresaizkavēšanās will happennotikt
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un apjausmu, ka nākotnes būs
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regardlessneskatoties uz?
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tik un tā?
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CongratulationsApsveicu.
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Apsveicu!
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You have now completedpabeigts the testpārbaude.
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Jūs esat pabeiguši testu.
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You are all humancilvēks.
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Jūs visi esat cilvēki.
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(ApplauseAplausi)
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(Aplausi)
Translated by Ilze Garda
Reviewed by Kristaps Kadiķis

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ze Frank - Humorist, web artist
Ze Frank rose to fame on a viral video -- in 2001! He has been making online comedy, web toys and massively shared experiences (like the addictive Young Me Now Me) ever since.

Why you should listen

Ever since his "How to Dance Properly" viral video -- born as a party invite for 17 friends -- hit the Web in 2001, Ze Frank has been making people giggle, guffaw and gasp out loud whilst procrastinating at work. He defines, in many ways, the genre of online comedy, and continues to innovate madly on the form. 

In 2006 he launched a year-long daily video blog called The Show with Ze Frank, which Slate.com called "the best sustained comedy run in the history of the Web." His rapid-fire delivery and absurd explorations in audience participation (like Earth Sandwich) has influenced a generation of digital native YouTubers. Perhap his most brilliant move: calling on fans to write the show for him. Using collaborative tools, online viewers collectively put words in his mouth (and props in his lap); he faithfully performed this wiki-comedy each week for his "Fabuloso Friday" show.

In 2008, along with Erik Kastner, Frank launched Colowars, the first massively multiplayer game on Twitter, which featured two months of sponsored online events and competitions. Recently he has worked with his audience to create a series of projects based on shared emotions such as pain, fear and the pang of nostalgia. Frank works as a consultant to range of industries on audience engagement and is a public speaker on the subject of the virtual life.

In 2012 he returned to the internet airwaves with "A Show." About which a MetaFilter commenter wrote:

If this were a cult, I would join.

If this were a religion, I would attend services.

If this were a band, I would not torrent the albums, but buy them, full price, from a local independent record store.

If this were a telethon, I would buy multiple tote bags.

Welcome back, Ze.

More profile about the speaker
Ze Frank | Speaker | TED.com

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