He sits behind a desk rather than pacing around a stage, but the power of his message is not diluted. Pope Francis has made a surprise TED talk, beamed from the Vatican to Vancouver, calling for leaders to act with humility and tenderness. The first pontifical TED talk, which lasted 18 minutes, featured Francis dispensing advice to politicians and leaders of big business, as well as talking about his own background as the son of migrants. TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a media organisation that posts talks from its annual conference online for free. If you don’t, your power will ruin you and ruin the other.”The pope also quoted an Argentinian proverb: “Power is like drinking gin on an empty stomach.

Source: The Guardian April 26, 2017 03:46 UTC