> Take jazz music -- it takes a lot of listening, knowledge, and understanding to fully appreciate really great jazz

It takes a lot of time and practice to fully appreciate drinking methylated spirits... that doesn't make it a good idea.

> Simply TED is pretentious.

Your argument boils down to "I dont like TED because people think TED is clever, but I think I'm cleverer than TED".

Prove it. Do something better than TED.