Play The Part
Narrated By: Ryan Murdock
In this they are talking about, how when people are put on camera, or on the spotlight, we tend to act differently under the circumstances. It's 2008, and they go on about this man living in the bronx unemployed, in the middle of a lawsuit, coming back from the war. And his life is just a complete mess. Until he walks into a bar, and everybody is watching the presidential speech when everybody turns and looks at him, and their jaws drop, because he looks exactly like the soon-to-be president, Barrack Obama. So he goes on to make a career out of being a Obama impersonator, and through his many bumps, he tries to get though life.
It sort of made me think of how he would feel under the circumstances. Although when Obama was in the middle of election, he was glorified, and everybody thought that this was the president that could fix everything. But as it turned out he didn't quite turn out to be the prodigy he was acclaimed to be, so with people hating his guts you can imagine how hard it would be to look exactly like Barack Obama.
1. How people can change their life when given the opportunity
2. How hard it is to live in a time and place such as he was.
3. To not give up on your life no matter how awful it gets (I guess)
I though the part that I think related to the thesis of the presentation the most, was when he says. When my life was going bad and I had problems, I would just put on the suit, shave, and take a walk downtown, and watch the praise pour in, and it felt amazing. But as soon I would return home and take off the suit, I would realize, Im not Barrack Obama, I'm me, and all my problems would return.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Ted Talks No. Me
If I were ever to do a talk on something, to be honest, I would need some credentials to start it. Anyway, over the course of doing all the summaries for these talks, it wasn't the cool technology, or the interesting science that really got me going or motivated, it was really the talks about the emotions of people, and why people, when out of their element react to situations like they do. Being a high school student, I know when i'm not wanted in some situations and sometimes I don't, or sometimes I am wanted and just don't know it. I would really want to do my talk on breaking down, how, and why people react in a social society the way they do, how people act to certain people with certain feelings, and most importantly, what does it mean to have a reputation. This may just be fragments of my actual life, but personally I cant see anything better to talk about
Sunday, April 1, 2012
(and finally) Ted Talks Summary No. 10
Steve Jobs
How To Live Before You Die
Steve Jobs talks about how his life proceeded from birth and how he arose to the seat he holds today
CEO of Apple and founder of "Pixar"
In my final talk, Apple CEO Steve Jobs starts by telling us how he was adopted into a family that took him for who he was, and seventeen years later put him in college for him to drop out six months later, because he felt we was wasting his parents life savings. He did various things until he began working with computers and began a 10 year journey to create the multi-billion dollar industry that today is know as "Apple". When fired from apple due to a bad decision, he took a step back and thought carefully about his life, eventually starting companies called "Pixar" and "Next" witch were eventually owned by apple. So there he was again back up top. But after having this epiphany, he really wanted to "live" before he died, and to make conscientious decisions to feel like you were living each day as if you would "like" it to be your last.
I chose to do this one, because I figured Steve jobs would be talking about his life and his rise to fame and power. I figured I could see if I could pick up any helpful tips for life along the road. It has always really intruiged me to hear stories of what people did after school, even today I am hearing interesting things about my parents early lives that I didnt know.
I ended up getting a feel for what people do after they graduate, but it still worries me to think of what I am to do. I really liked his part about living each day like you would like it to be your last, because it sort of ties in with my moral belief system that I currently use, and I think it could be a helpful tool to use.
My favorite part, and by now you are hearing an echo, was when he says. At the end of each day, I looked in the mirror, and asked myself. If this were my last day on earth, would i have made the decisions that I did? and if my answer enough times in a row was no, then I knew something needed to be changed.
How To Live Before You Die
Steve Jobs talks about how his life proceeded from birth and how he arose to the seat he holds today
CEO of Apple and founder of "Pixar"
In my final talk, Apple CEO Steve Jobs starts by telling us how he was adopted into a family that took him for who he was, and seventeen years later put him in college for him to drop out six months later, because he felt we was wasting his parents life savings. He did various things until he began working with computers and began a 10 year journey to create the multi-billion dollar industry that today is know as "Apple". When fired from apple due to a bad decision, he took a step back and thought carefully about his life, eventually starting companies called "Pixar" and "Next" witch were eventually owned by apple. So there he was again back up top. But after having this epiphany, he really wanted to "live" before he died, and to make conscientious decisions to feel like you were living each day as if you would "like" it to be your last.
I chose to do this one, because I figured Steve jobs would be talking about his life and his rise to fame and power. I figured I could see if I could pick up any helpful tips for life along the road. It has always really intruiged me to hear stories of what people did after school, even today I am hearing interesting things about my parents early lives that I didnt know.
I ended up getting a feel for what people do after they graduate, but it still worries me to think of what I am to do. I really liked his part about living each day like you would like it to be your last, because it sort of ties in with my moral belief system that I currently use, and I think it could be a helpful tool to use.
My favorite part, and by now you are hearing an echo, was when he says. At the end of each day, I looked in the mirror, and asked myself. If this were my last day on earth, would i have made the decisions that I did? and if my answer enough times in a row was no, then I knew something needed to be changed.
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