Mr. Anderson, a former magazine publisher, took over the TED conference from its founder, Richard Saul Wurman, a graphic designer who presided over the stage like a vaudeville showman.

之前曾是杂志出版商的安德森先生从做过图形设计师的理查德索尔威曼（TED的创始人）手中接手了这个庆典。 那时候理查德主持庆典的时候就像一个综艺节目主持人。

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Rumor had it that Wurman waited until the day after his noncompete agreement to begin planning EG, which came across very much as a thumb in the eye of the other Anderson's TED.

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Then TED curator Chris Anderson got up onstage to engage the two economists in a debate.

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"This is the brain trust of the New Economy, right here, " said TED organizer Chris Anderson , a British publisher who a couple of years ago set up the conference as a nonprofit organization.

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