Of course, there would be bongos. And a Tuvan throat singer. And a multimedia performance by a jazz band whose members have 11 Grammys between them. But mostly, there was science, a celebration of the human urge to explore our world and find things out.
Caltech hosted its first ever TED-X conference last Friday, with talks by a diverse lineup of speakers all celebrating famed physicist Richard Feynman: the scientist, the explorer, the visionary, the wacky eccentric, the brilliant explainer of complex topics, and above all, the raconteur. (Videos of the short lectures will eventually be posted here and here.)
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