- What inspired you to write this book? How did you research for this topic
Monday, May 5, 2014
Thursday, April 24, 2014
And now, the real news - Kirk Citron
http://www.ted.com/talks/kirk_citron_and_now_the_real_news?language=en#t-3932
The next TED talk that I watched was And now, the real news by Kirk Citron. In this TED talk Citron talks about how some news stories matter and how some don't. He brings in the recent headlines of the flight that crashed into the Hudson, the Fort Hood shootings and the economy and asks the question on whether or not they really matter in a decade, 50 years and a hundred years. He brings up all the scientific advancements that humans have made in this past year and points out that these are the things that really matter.
I agree with Kirk Citron 100% on this. We ignore the news stories that really matter and go instead for the ones that will get the most emotional response an therefore the most money. They ignore all the great scientific advancements that we have made and rather go for the depressing stories that makes you think the world is a truly horrendous place. It's amazing how much we believe is important which is really not. Celebrity gossip is often front page news rather than the fact that we have discovered that we can fix the human body from the inside. Kirk Citron's TED talk adds to my criticism to what is today's news casting system. It is obviously inaccurate and poisons the mind of all who watch it.
I agree with Kirk Citron 100% on this. We ignore the news stories that really matter and go instead for the ones that will get the most emotional response an therefore the most money. They ignore all the great scientific advancements that we have made and rather go for the depressing stories that makes you think the world is a truly horrendous place. It's amazing how much we believe is important which is really not. Celebrity gossip is often front page news rather than the fact that we have discovered that we can fix the human body from the inside. Kirk Citron's TED talk adds to my criticism to what is today's news casting system. It is obviously inaccurate and poisons the mind of all who watch it.
Once Upon a School
The students at the school pirate store respond well. Their grades went up and many of them were happier in their lives. The pirate shop encouraged students to write and do their homework right away. It avoided a negative social stigma by having adults and older students mentor and write with them.
The idea caught on. Places like the Pirate Store opening up all around the country. Dave Eggers message of helping kids in communities is important to remember. Dave Egger is encouraging students and people to help their communities and do better in life. If we had a Pirate Store in my area I would definetly go. Dave Egger's idea is genius and going to help to community.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Summarry Response Weird or Just Different
http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different?language=en#t-38012
The next TED talk I watched was Weird or Just Different by Derek Sivers. Derek Sivers tells the story of a Japanese man coming to America and asking what block number a collection of houses are. The American man asks if he meant the street name and the Japanese man leaves confused. Meanwhile in Japan a American asks what the name of a street is and a Japanese man asks if he means the block number.
Derek Sivers gives a perspective of how something on one side of the planet could be considered normal while the complete opposite is considered weird. One example he gives is of an upside down map. The map is completely accurate yet considered weird to most people.
I believe that weird shouldn't hold such a negative connotation. Weirdness is just difference something that people just don't understand. In our current society weird is commonly used as a synonym for wrong. When in the truth the word weird merely means different than what you are used to.
Derek Sivers message of understanding weirdness is an important lesson for everyone to have. Instead of honoring the things that are not what we call them undesirable, wrong. Weirdness is more of a synonym to
uniqueness than it is to wrongness and Derek Sivers message is that we should accept this.
Weird isn't wrong. Just different.
The next TED talk I watched was Weird or Just Different by Derek Sivers. Derek Sivers tells the story of a Japanese man coming to America and asking what block number a collection of houses are. The American man asks if he meant the street name and the Japanese man leaves confused. Meanwhile in Japan a American asks what the name of a street is and a Japanese man asks if he means the block number.
Derek Sivers gives a perspective of how something on one side of the planet could be considered normal while the complete opposite is considered weird. One example he gives is of an upside down map. The map is completely accurate yet considered weird to most people.I believe that weird shouldn't hold such a negative connotation. Weirdness is just difference something that people just don't understand. In our current society weird is commonly used as a synonym for wrong. When in the truth the word weird merely means different than what you are used to.
Derek Sivers message of understanding weirdness is an important lesson for everyone to have. Instead of honoring the things that are not what we call them undesirable, wrong. Weirdness is more of a synonym to
uniqueness than it is to wrongness and Derek Sivers message is that we should accept this.
Weird isn't wrong. Just different.
Summary Response - How I held my breath for 17 minutes
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/david_blaine_how_i_held_my_breath_for_17_min.html
The first video TED Talk I watched was How I Held My Breath for 17 minutes by David Blaine. David Blaine is a magician who has performed on many famous Las Vegas stages and has completed stunts such as burying himself alive and living in a glass bubble for several months. He has a passion for completing tasks that others claim to be impossible, and admits he loves to prove people wrong.
One task that David Blaine wanted to accomplish was to beat the world record for breath holding. When he went to a doctor and asked him how long he could hold his breath was 2 minutes. When he asked the doctor how he could hold it longer the doctor said that he was a magician and instead of actually doing it he should just pretend. He tried crazy things like stuffing down a re-breather, breathing liquid and even considered surgically inserting a tube to allow him to reuse oxygen.
After all of these things failed David Blaine decided to just to do it. He learned how to meditate underwater and practiced vigilantly. He brought his heart rate down to half the normal rate and ate an extremely healthy diet which led to a significant weight loss. He tried to break the record twice. The first time he failed on television. He says that is was because his nerves got the better of him which brought his heart rate up. But the second time he was successful holding his breath for 17 minutes and breaking the old world record.
I think that David Blaine's main idea is about working for success and accomplishing the impossible. He put his blood sweat and tears into breaking the world record an accomplished his goal. David Blaine's ability to hold his breath was considered impossible by doctors from around the world.
His message of accomplishing the impossible is an important one and it strikes me at a personal level. Some of the goals that I want to accomplish in my life seem impossible sometimes. But David Blaine's message of doing things that others seem impossible inspires me to prove others wrong.
The first video TED Talk I watched was How I Held My Breath for 17 minutes by David Blaine. David Blaine is a magician who has performed on many famous Las Vegas stages and has completed stunts such as burying himself alive and living in a glass bubble for several months. He has a passion for completing tasks that others claim to be impossible, and admits he loves to prove people wrong.
One task that David Blaine wanted to accomplish was to beat the world record for breath holding. When he went to a doctor and asked him how long he could hold his breath was 2 minutes. When he asked the doctor how he could hold it longer the doctor said that he was a magician and instead of actually doing it he should just pretend. He tried crazy things like stuffing down a re-breather, breathing liquid and even considered surgically inserting a tube to allow him to reuse oxygen.
After all of these things failed David Blaine decided to just to do it. He learned how to meditate underwater and practiced vigilantly. He brought his heart rate down to half the normal rate and ate an extremely healthy diet which led to a significant weight loss. He tried to break the record twice. The first time he failed on television. He says that is was because his nerves got the better of him which brought his heart rate up. But the second time he was successful holding his breath for 17 minutes and breaking the old world record.
I think that David Blaine's main idea is about working for success and accomplishing the impossible. He put his blood sweat and tears into breaking the world record an accomplished his goal. David Blaine's ability to hold his breath was considered impossible by doctors from around the world.
His message of accomplishing the impossible is an important one and it strikes me at a personal level. Some of the goals that I want to accomplish in my life seem impossible sometimes. But David Blaine's message of doing things that others seem impossible inspires me to prove others wrong.
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