# This TED Talk is full of bad ideas

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2025
- Speaker: Gabe Whaley
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/gabe_whaley_this_ted_talk_is_full_of_bad_ideas)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What if the worst ideas turned out to be the most interesting? Mischief-making artist Gabe Whaley shares how he built a collective of artists whose seemingly bad ideas — like selling 5,000 keys to the same car — often go viral and sell for thousands of dollars. His playful experiments show why it’s worth leaning into the absurd … because you never know what might happen.

## Lectures

1. [This TED Talk is full of bad ideas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/gabe_whaley_this_ted_talk_is_full_of_bad_ideas/2826c2c95fd6), 12 min (TED's player)