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How I Turned Frustration Into Creative Success | Joshua Schachter | TED

Sharing his accidental journey to viral fame, digital pioneer Joshua Schachter reveals how programming a robot to make deliberate mistakes in otherwise deeply satisfying plotter art sparked millions of views (and hilariously strong reactions). Learn how to turn your frustration into creative success — and discover how quirky, unexpected art can captivate audiences worldwide. (Recorded…

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Sharing his accidental journey to viral fame, digital pioneer Joshua Schachter reveals how programming a robot to make deliberate mistakes in otherwise deeply satisfying plotter art sparked millions of views (and hilariously strong reactions). Learn how to turn your frustration into creative success — and discover how quirky, unexpected art can captivate audiences worldwide. (Recorded at TEDNext 2024 on October 22, 2024)

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  1. @indrahimari8025

    August 8, 2025 at 11:15 am

    First

  2. @hmq9052

    August 8, 2025 at 11:19 am

    People are depressingly ridiculous

  3. @AnamikaDas-c7l6f

    August 8, 2025 at 11:30 am

    Wow!

  4. @darshans8147

    August 8, 2025 at 12:01 pm

    Excellent

  5. @nilsonsilva2484

    August 8, 2025 at 12:41 pm

    How revelant is this content to us?
    He’s just telling others that people are getting more stupid by spending countless hours watching useless videos wasting their times just to get frustrated?
    This is insane. TED is inviting idiots to tell stupidities to the audience. And how come people like this bullshit and still applaud it?

    • @BonnieShadow33

      August 8, 2025 at 2:11 pm

      The point is that even your failures can become art that people appreciate. Just because it doesn’t look perfect doesn’t mean it has no value. In fact, sometimes, it’s the imperfections that create value.

    • @BruCipHiF

      August 9, 2025 at 12:25 am

      I think you not understanding and going directly into calling others stupid just shows… Well… You know…

  6. @TheMagicLemur

    August 8, 2025 at 12:43 pm

    Surprisingly funny – not seen anything like it before. 😅

  7. @Fygjl

    August 8, 2025 at 1:25 pm

    I would say, this is a public experiment of how some humans love to organize, categorize, alphabetize and generalize everything in order to make sense of the world around them and the frustrations and furious responses that arise when it doesn’t make sense, line up, fit together or add up. Then hilarity ensues as we try to will chaos into order. It’s like an uncanny valley or not being able to get past a certain point in a video game after 300 tries. Says a lot about the human brain.

  8. @user-kq2tc5hy5g

    August 8, 2025 at 4:32 pm

    Where to find those videos on youtube?

    I searched his name, but didn’t find the drawing robot stuff.

  9. @lehuyvo3812

    August 9, 2025 at 1:24 am

    This is genius stuff!😂 imperfections make it real

  10. @mariaantoniettamontella9173

    August 9, 2025 at 4:13 am

    divertente

  11. @GlassFullIsh

    August 9, 2025 at 5:18 am

    😆

  12. @innerrise.official

    August 9, 2025 at 9:13 pm

    This is such a fascinating look at turning creative frustration into viral success. The insights on intentional ‘mistakes’ are brilliant!

  13. @paperspeaksco

    August 10, 2025 at 8:40 pm

    Love love love this. These are the kinds of talks TED used to be famous for. Now you have to sift through 50 AI slop peddlers to get to one of these gems

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