I like the TED video where they invited the guy from the completely dirt-poor African village to talk about building a windmill out of scrap bicycle parts... What must he have been thinking while talking to all of those super-rich who could buy his whole village like it was a candy bar from a vending machine as he recounted scrounging enough rusty bicycle parts to pump water and keep villagers from dying of cholera?

I'm sure they were thinking this made them all "global" and "in touch" or something. I think they were treating the poor guy like a curious little pet.

Here it is: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/153