The Ted Talk By Sherry Turkle

In the TED talk “What does it mean to be Muslim” a speech by Dalia Mogahed. The 9/11 attack had proven that “Not only had my country been attacked, but in a flash, somebody else's actions had turned me from a citizen to a suspect” (Mogahed). This proves that if any one person of your race does something wrong it will affect everyone of that race not only you. People can be affected by your actions even if they have nothing to do with you. You cannot blame one incident from one person on the whole race. There is no possible way that a whole race could get together and plan something as brutal as a terrorist attack. There are many bad people in the world but you can't blame the action of one person on the whole race. People can be affected

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.

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

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.

In her 2009 Ted Talk, Sylvia Earle spoke about ocean preservation and why preservation was and still is important. In the beginning of her speech Earle states current problems pressing our oceans, including that we’ve taken and eaten about 90% of the oceans big fish, the problem of oxygen depletion in the ocean, and the problem of coral reef destruction, which also affects her personally as a marine biologist. Earle then cracks a few jokes, then alludes to her start in marine biology, through scuba diving. She then goes on to talk about her personal experience, including aquanaut adventures, spending a week underwater, and touching the ocean floor in a one person submarine swim suit like suit named Jim, and the dawn of her non-for profit foundation called “Deep Search”, used for deep sea search using submarines with a simple control system and much more.

Social psychology is centered around people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors influenced by society. In Morgana Bailey’s Ted Talk she explains the social psychology of being a homosexual. Bailey, herself is a lesbian and has the fear not being accepted and be discriminated on. A Deloitte study was brought up to show that people who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual and are out of the closet do their best to fit in a workplace and make other people less comfortable. Also, there are laws being passed or being voted on to allow people to discriminated against a type of homosexual.

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.

Rita Pierson is the presenter of the first Ted Talk. The title of her Ted Talk was that every kid needs a champion, and I think that title fits perfectly with what she discussed. The main topic that she talked about was how students need teachers that can form relationships. When a teacher can form relationships with their students, the students will look up to them in a different way than if the teacher could not form them. She talked about how she was able to raise her student’s self-esteem by telling them a saying, and over time they began to believe her. She was able to form a relationship with her students and in turn, was able to make them feel better about themselves. Her mother was able to positively impact the students she taught as

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 significant topic that stood out for me this week was the in class viewing of the TEDMED talk by Aimee Mullins (2009). Specifically, when Mullins asserted,

Karima Bennoune’s influential stories of real/innocent people fighting against fundamentalism in their own communities is incredibly touching. Situations alike are never heard about in the United States and her compassionate story strengthens the knowledge of every individual. I pray to God I’m never put in such a situation where I’m put in precarious encounter and have to defend myself and my ideals against unrestrained fundamentalists. It takes a special kind of courage to refuse to allow the faith you love to become a tool for crime, attacks and murder.

The TED Talk video that I watched was Why do we sleep by Russel Foster. This TED talk was about why we need sleep and how getting less than the suggested amount affects the brain. There are three main reasons why we need sleep; restoration, energy conservation, and brain function. Only certain genes are turned on when you sleep so you need to sleep in order for those genes to turn on and allow you other genes to be restored, while sleeping you save about 110 calories, sleep helps enhance creativity, and your brain is less likely to retain information if you’re sleep deprived and trying to cram information. On average a teen needs 9 hours of sleep, in the 1950s the average teen was getting 8 hours of sleep, today on average teens are getting 5 hours of sleep, which is half the amount that we need. If you’re not receiving the amount of sleep that you need your body will uncountable got into micro-sleeping which will happen to at least 31% of drivers in their lifetime.

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