The “Danger of a Single Story”, a 2009 TED Talk by Chimamanda Adichie, provides a powerful look on how one person’s impression on a subject is dangerous and often stereotypical. According to Adichie, a “single story” emerges when someone has a one-dimensional view on a subject and fails to open their mind to the many different viewpoints (Adichie, 2009). For instance, over the course of several weeks, I was asked to provide my opinion on several social problems to include healthcare; drug and alcohol addiction; crime and violence; racism, prejudice, and discrimination; and gender and sexuality. This opinion was not based on facts and often times created due to previous lifetime experience, which was skewed by my own judgments. This paper
Before watching this Ted Talk by Gever Tulley, I did wonder why would you let your child do anything dangerous. I figured this guy has a lot of convincing to do. Then it hit me, I would be “those types of parents that over-guard their child and keep them from danger only to “protect them” After watching, I can say that I was wrong and I should let my child experience these encounters on their own to increase their learning capabilities. By doing this it would help the child learn and grow from their mistakes. I could be keeping my child away from all the possible experiences that life brings to us and they would not be able to learn own their own because of me shielding them away from these
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.
I think much of what Harris claims in his TED talk is true, such as the existence of right and wrong answers related to morality and the foolishness of valuing every opinion when it comes to morality. However, I think he fails to provide any real support for his main opening claim: that science can answer the hardest questions of morality and why we're here. Sure, we may use the accurate scientific knowledge that a monkey has more emotional feeling than an ant to decide the monkey's life is of more value than the ant, but this knowledge cannot logically support whether killing the monkey is right or wrong. I also disagree with his idea that overall human well-being can be measured comparably to physical health. While I agree that science
The Ted Talk entitles “teach every child about food” by Jamie Oliver is about the obesity in america. He describes how important it is to educate children on food and how to stay healthy so that they can avoid the #1 disease in america, obesity. Jamie’s viewpoint being a chef is that food is everything. The way you eat and what you eat is extremly vital to a persons everyday life. I agree with him, it is so crucial to know what you are eating. Jamie played a clip during his ted talk of him in a elementary class room displaying various vegetables. The children did know what they were, he showed a child a tomato and he said very confidently that it was a potato. children need culinary education so that they atlas have the basic knowledge of
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TedTalk “The Danger of a Single Story” is an effective monologue which highlights our perceived notions as to not always being accurate. When one narrates another’s background with bias information, we paint an unfair picture. The speaker approached the subject with a lighthearted, humorous, and most importantly relatable choice of words. Adichie began her monologue with showcasing a bit of her childhood, and how the books she had read caused a case of “a Single Story”.
Judging a Book by Its Cover How many times has one found themselves driving a little faster than usual when in a “sketchy neighborhood?” Or found themselves feeling uncomfortable when boarding a plane that has a group of Arab or Muslim men on it? Or maybe even find themselves silently cursing the Asian kid in their calculus class for ruining the curve on the final exam?
The matter presented in video is a great explanation of what is fundamentally wrong in the way the business organizations are thinking, planning, strategizing and running their businesses, today. As a health care worker, I completely agree with what Dan Pink tries to propagate in his Ted talk.
Chimamanda Adichie is a novelist and a narrator who delivered a persuasive speech on what she calls; "The Danger of a Single Story" but in reality what it means is the danger of stereotyping. Dictionary.com defines Stereotype as “A generalization usually exaggerated or oversimplified and often offensive, that is used to describe or distinguish a group.” Adichie delivered her presentation on a very well-known website called Ted.com, with one objective in mind, to prevail upon everyone to share their personal stories with the world so that there no longer is a “single story” defining any one person or group. Although, Adichie is aware that the damage that has been already created may take some time to undo, she felt that
In the Ted Talk, Dan Pink present “the puzzle of motivation”. He talked about the relationship of between extrinsic incentives and creativity and productivity, which is that the more incentives one can give to produce creative ideas and productivity the performance decline greatly.
This Ted video shows how interesting to watch because help educators to have a better understanding of how teenagers think. The part of the brain that shape teenager personalities takes longer to mature because of teenager’s daily experiences. I think that every teenager has a different rewards system. The parents and teachers need to understand and teach teenager responsibilities.
In Mike’s Ted Talk Barry Schwartz provided a deep insight into what we call, “choice”. Honestly, I had no idea what he was talking about for the first couple of minutes of his presentation. However, with humor and several examples he was able to break down his topic into something I could understand. Schwartz connected freedom, choice, and welfare together in order to expand our understanding of the concepts surrounding choice. I found his presentation interesting as this could topic could be approached differently depending on the country of your origin. America was built on the principles of freedom, so on Schwartz terms the colonists were also fighting for choice.
In Martin Seligman’s TED talk, he explains the values of positive psychology’s impact on creating happier lives. In 2000, Martin Seligman created a new field of psychology called Positive Psychology. This field of positive psychology is the study of positive traits and behaviors that can contribute to a positive “happier” life. In Seligman’s TED talk, The New Positive Era of Psychology, he categorizes positive lives into three categories. The Pleasant life, the life of engagement, and the meaningful life. But before he begins his speech, he explains the negative actions taken by psychology when treating people.
When it comes to choice it always seems to be a love hate relationship: we hate making them, but we can’t live without them. Anyone can all look back to a time in our lives where they wish someone could just pick for us, or times when we wish there were more to choose from. All Americans have many choices, and it is such a part of our daily lives that we don’t even realize it. Barry Schwartz and Sheena Iyengar‘s TED talks bring up interesting ideas about choice, how people deal with them and their affects. They both state that although choice is good, it can also have negative effects. Schwartz explains what most people believe and experience with choice, while Iyengar shows cultural differences in choice making. Both Schwartz and Iyengar
In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TedTalk, “The Danger of a Single Story”, they emphasize the importance of having multiple perspectives of different people and ideas and explain that one story does not show a true image of oneself. Single stories are incomplete because they focus only on one aspect of a full story, losing necessary information in the process while simultaneously creating stereotypes of individuals or even entire groups of people. Adichie demonstrates knowledge of how dangerous a single story can be through personal experiences with a college roommate, a professor, and by showing a previous ignorance towards the concept of single stories.
The beginning of a presentation is what must grab the audience’s attention and tell them what’s about to happen. I think I succeeded in informing my audience, but definitely could have improved the interest factor of my video. My introduction is a simple title animation going into my presentation, and my introduction is a very basic overview of what my presentation will be covering. Looking back on the example given and at other students’ videos, I realize some music and a hook could have been very helpful. A hook is especially important because it gets the audience excited for what’s coming, and I notice now that my opening lines are pretty tame. Of course, I find it interesting, but my audience has not seen the video, so they