Joshua Foer's TED Talk

The text my partner and I were originally going to analyze was Robb Willer’s Ted Talk called How to have better political conversations. We decided not do analyze his speech however we did take inspiration from it. The text we analyzed in the end were article titles posted on The Washington Post written by a variety of people.

In the Ted Talk, the presenter Daniel Reisel talks about how we can change both our society and mindset. Reisel demonstrates an example about prisoners in a high- security and it's filled with aggressive prisoners. He talks about what triggers that behavior that those prisoners have and what can be the cure for them. Reisel talks about the Joe the prisoner and how he tested Joe and his inmates to see their ability to categorize images of emotions. The inmates failed to show emotions and to show physical response for the images they were showed. It showed that the inmates had a deficit in their brain that was ¨amygdala” that was proven by their MRI scan. Amygdala is known for our experience of empathy in which the inmates did not have causing

The speech is more or less a positive reflection on the Founder’s life that tends to leave out any challenges. Or even evidence of perseverance through challenges, which would have seemed to give him ethos with his audience. The Narrator has been made to

This Ted Talk about how the criminal condemnation of most young adults are based on unfair circumstances. These circumstances being based upon race and background. Alice Goffman throughout the Ted Talk tells stories that persuade the audience through pathos to be tentative of injustices based on race. Goffman wants the audience to understand how these injustices are created and at then end gives some solutions. This Ted Talk will be helpful in showing some injustices and also showing some logos of criminal cases based on race. The Ted Talk will also be helpful in comparing the incarceration probability to the different

There are still minor difficulties that I can’t comprehend in the text. One of it is how the author still uses the technique to relay a story in a

David Camarillo, in his speech at Ted, explains what a concussion is and why helmets do not prevent them. Camarillo, a former football player, has suffered concussions from football as well as biking. Camarillo aspires for a helmet that will prevent concussions and make risky activities safe. Camarillo adequately explains to his audience what a concussion is and why helmets do not prevent them through familiarity with the subject, awareness of audience concerns, and examples and illustrations.

He starts to build more of assertive fact stating tone to his speech. It helps his case in this point because he starts to tell the minority to ,”stop living life with the burdens of our past and stop becoming victims of the past,”(5) . The passion he is using just gives the the people an example of how far he has gotten as a minority. The hall in which he is speaking can feel his tone and take it to consideration when it comes ,” for better health care and better schools and jobs,” (6). He confronts issues and straightforward and shows that he is a problem solver. He always believes that people are the very on own history changer and destiny chasers. He knows what his supporter want to hear and need to hear. Not shying away from the elephant in the room. He addresses his former pastors statements and provides his solution statement. Allowing the audience to understand that you can have all the help you can get but at the end of the day the person that really can help you is yourself. ,” self help requires a belief that society can change ,”(6). The people who sinned back then their ancestors should have the stamp on them as being like their past. Everyone deserves redemption and a chance to prove their

By describing his life events, such as failure, he makes himself sound more human, and not as much as a celebrity as he really is. He uses Pathos mostly throughout the speech to create an emotional bond with his audience. Instead of using facts and stats to convey his message, he uses emotion and logic. “Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.” The way he connects them with failure makes him sound like he is way more like them than he really

Eighner is relating to the reader something that others can easily link to and can imagine. He also uses imagery by recounting the way he goes down into the dumpster, the way he reacts to fire ants, and when he describes his dog, Lizbeth. He does a well job with his imagery.

Victor: My mind was spinning. First of all, I couldn’t decide what I was going to talk about. I had never seen so many people in front of me before. I’m not much of a public speaker. Then all of a sudden, my history with teachers crossed my mind. I

He also did this because He wanted to impress the audience so that they could remember what he was his topic show the importance of the first impression to a people. The last two “Blah, Blah” was mean “ thank you”, He meant this by gave people a bow after he said “Blah, blah” to finish his talk. He also used our daily life example to connect with the audience. He showed to audience the redesign of the Diet Coke can by Turner Duckworth, and compared with the Charlie Brown’s face he had given before. He said that the Diet Coke gave the credit of show just enough information. However, he explain the “Unuseful Clarity: was the post ads that Coca-Cola has bought in the subway. “You moved to New York With the clothes on your back, the cash in your pocket,and your eyes on the prize. You’re on

After watching the Ted Talk video, I do agree with Hanauer and that inequality within the U.S and the triple down theory will only result in a economic decrease for all. What I found convincing was the overcasting theme of not status nor wealth but, the healthy competition for all classes and genders. This statement is logical and yet, fair, his example was that raising the minimum wage is one way to prevent the trickle theory and the decrease of economic growth. Simply, because rising the minimum wages benefits everyone and sets the foundation for a more equal ideology of economic balance pertaining to the United States.

In this TED Talk by Robert Sapolsky, a neurobiologist, Sapolsky describes his outlook on humans and what makes up unique and not unique. His outlook stems from in depth studies that he has performed on baboons. Humans are primates. He then goes on to describe that what makes us unique has nothing to do with our genes or neurons.

The ted talk “The Linguistic Genius of Babies” by Kuhl (2010) tells about babies are genius on language learning, and shows some results of research as proof of this idea. The article “Learning a Language as an Adult” by Pakenham, McEntire, and Williams (2013) shows an idea about the “critical period hypothesis”, children during this period learn much better than people older than this age, especially in pronunciation, because their brain activities are different than adults during this time. Personally, I totally believe the idea of children younger learn better, because the scientific research and data are shown to audiences, and they are persuasive enough. And I do see proof in my life, like four of my Korean friends who came China around

The speech opens by asking a rhetorical question, “Have you ever heard of typo-squatting?, he then informs the audience on the subject. He does this because typo-squatting is a practice in which companies buy adds on websites that have very similar web addresses to popular websites in other words they are betting on you not being perfect and making typos when working online. This allows him to transition into the main topics of the speech which are perfection and failure. It is a decently memorable introduction as the question piques your curiosity, and then he secures your attention