Helen Fisher
The Brain In Love
Helen Fishes gets down to why we deal with love how we do.
Anthropologist, expert on romantic love.
In this talk, Helen Fisher talks about how we go about dealing with different types of love, how we experience love, how our brain reacts to experiencing love, and how we deal with getting out of love. Obviously starting off with the different way we go about loving, she talks about when we love, a sensory part of our body goes to work, which is the part that allows us to feel good. And that's why people are so addicted to love, because we sometimes feel so attracted to this person that we cant get enough of it. And apparently after romantic relationship break ups, you would think that we would like to forget this person and just move on, but infact we just love them harder.
I picked this particular ted talk because I was talking to my dad, and in the back of my mind I was wondering, why parents separate, and why it has been getting more, and more frequent throughout the years. I sometimes feel like, am i the only one that has a real family? pardon me for saying that and I mean no offence to anyone, but sometimes if feel it to be true, my parents are still in a loving relationship, but I find it weird that so many parents are separated.
Although that was what I wanted to be answered it didn't quite help me, instead gave me a better grasp of how we love one another, and what the actual feeling of love means to people. Well, I know what that feels like, I've been there. So infact it did help me in some ways but not quite in the areas I expected.
I know its the recommended quote but I liked it so much. "Romantic love is an addiction: a perfectly wonderful addiction when it’s going well, and a perfectly horrible addiction when it’s going poorly.”
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Ted Talks Summary No. 8
Kevin Allocca
Why Videos Go Viral
In this talk Kevin Allocca talks about how videos get popular and go "viral"
Trends manager for Youtube
In this he talks about how internet web videos become viral in such a a short time span. As a trends manager for Youtube he gets paid to watch videos. And being a trends manager, you are paid, to see how trends start on Youtube and become widely known to the world. Most "viral" videos are apparently started from celebrity introduction, and from there on become widely known very fast. For instance, Jimmey Kinnel introduced the double rainbow guy. Daniel tosh introduced the viral pop monstrosity friday. And even Justin Beiber got started right off of Youtube.
I like most teens am on youtube frequently almost every day, and when he says that 2 days worth of video are uploaded every day its really not that hard to believe. So when I watch a Youtube video and ask myself, why is this video so popular, or why isn't this video more popular? I wanted to have an answer.
This made me think about how things outside the internet and how they can become a big deal very fast. And as cheezey as it sounds, it may help to understand the idea behind what people are thinking in buisiness and how that could or could not affect me later in life.
Why Videos Go Viral
In this talk Kevin Allocca talks about how videos get popular and go "viral"
Trends manager for Youtube
In this he talks about how internet web videos become viral in such a a short time span. As a trends manager for Youtube he gets paid to watch videos. And being a trends manager, you are paid, to see how trends start on Youtube and become widely known to the world. Most "viral" videos are apparently started from celebrity introduction, and from there on become widely known very fast. For instance, Jimmey Kinnel introduced the double rainbow guy. Daniel tosh introduced the viral pop monstrosity friday. And even Justin Beiber got started right off of Youtube.
I like most teens am on youtube frequently almost every day, and when he says that 2 days worth of video are uploaded every day its really not that hard to believe. So when I watch a Youtube video and ask myself, why is this video so popular, or why isn't this video more popular? I wanted to have an answer.
This made me think about how things outside the internet and how they can become a big deal very fast. And as cheezey as it sounds, it may help to understand the idea behind what people are thinking in buisiness and how that could or could not affect me later in life.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Ted Talks Summary No. 7
Elizabeth Gilbert
Nurturing creativity
Elizabeth Gilbert talks about the pressure creative artists have when it comes to their work and that having a "genius" can be better than being a "genius"
Writer, author of the novel "Eat Pray Love"
In this particular talk, Elizabeth Gilbert tells us how as people from the creative arts; writers, artists etc. We struggle with the problem of finding creative inspiration. In the early times in greece and france, people who came by inspiration easily and created great works of art were referred to as a "genius". Although in rome, these amazing artists were have said to have, a "genius". And by genius I mean, a little entity or spirit that lives within art studios and concert halls, that was said to be the source of inspiration. Until the renaissance arrived, with the the idea that these amazing artists are have said to be the source of their own inspiration and that they had the power all along! Although, this may have been a mistake, because you put all this pressure on the artist, that did not exist prior to this new theory. Artists could feel more at ease knowing that it isn't all up to them. Although now these artists feel the pressure of their work overpowering them, if they write a masterpeice no inspiration they think of will ever ammount to what that masterpeice was, Many artists took their lives and some went crazy. So the goal of this was to nurture your creativity and let it flow through you and beleive that that "genius" might actually exist.
like my previous post, I wanted to find somethig to help me in my life. I am (hopefully) becoming a designer after school, the hard part is I dont know what I am going to be designing. So I wanted to get a generalized term of how to deal with creativity, and what challenges I might face in the future when I rely on myself for inspiration to fuel creative thoughts.
And I ended up not quite getting a life changing theory, but more of a couple of pointers. It was helpful and a lot if the stuff about talking to famous poets and muscisians form of inspiration was very touching, and I found that I could relate to a lot of it. So I think I may try it out but im not sure of how much I agree with it, but I do know that it does feel like it takes A LOT of worry of yourself.
I particuallarily liked the part where she was talking about the famous poet and how she would just suddenly whereever she was, catch almost a "breeze" of inspiration and she would try and race it to a peice of paper before it got away and found another poet. Its the childish things that keep our imaginations alive.
Nurturing creativity
Elizabeth Gilbert talks about the pressure creative artists have when it comes to their work and that having a "genius" can be better than being a "genius"
Writer, author of the novel "Eat Pray Love"
In this particular talk, Elizabeth Gilbert tells us how as people from the creative arts; writers, artists etc. We struggle with the problem of finding creative inspiration. In the early times in greece and france, people who came by inspiration easily and created great works of art were referred to as a "genius". Although in rome, these amazing artists were have said to have, a "genius". And by genius I mean, a little entity or spirit that lives within art studios and concert halls, that was said to be the source of inspiration. Until the renaissance arrived, with the the idea that these amazing artists are have said to be the source of their own inspiration and that they had the power all along! Although, this may have been a mistake, because you put all this pressure on the artist, that did not exist prior to this new theory. Artists could feel more at ease knowing that it isn't all up to them. Although now these artists feel the pressure of their work overpowering them, if they write a masterpeice no inspiration they think of will ever ammount to what that masterpeice was, Many artists took their lives and some went crazy. So the goal of this was to nurture your creativity and let it flow through you and beleive that that "genius" might actually exist.
like my previous post, I wanted to find somethig to help me in my life. I am (hopefully) becoming a designer after school, the hard part is I dont know what I am going to be designing. So I wanted to get a generalized term of how to deal with creativity, and what challenges I might face in the future when I rely on myself for inspiration to fuel creative thoughts.
And I ended up not quite getting a life changing theory, but more of a couple of pointers. It was helpful and a lot if the stuff about talking to famous poets and muscisians form of inspiration was very touching, and I found that I could relate to a lot of it. So I think I may try it out but im not sure of how much I agree with it, but I do know that it does feel like it takes A LOT of worry of yourself.
I particuallarily liked the part where she was talking about the famous poet and how she would just suddenly whereever she was, catch almost a "breeze" of inspiration and she would try and race it to a peice of paper before it got away and found another poet. Its the childish things that keep our imaginations alive.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Ted Talks Summary No. 6
Brene Brown
The Power Of Vulnerability
Brene Brown talks about her research and her ongoing goal to understand human emotions
Brene Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston and has spent the last ten years breaking down vulnerability.
The Power Of Vulnerability
Brene Brown talks about her research and her ongoing goal to understand human emotions
Brene Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston and has spent the last ten years breaking down vulnerability.
In this talk, she talks about how as humans, we seek to find a belonging in our lives, and in doing so need to break down the concept of vulnerability, and courage to accept that "we are enough". The question is, why do we struggle with vulnerability, and how can we overcome it? the answer lies within ourselves if we have the courage to see it, we try to make ourselves noticed, otherwise we feel vulnerable. And then the bad thoughts start pouring in, i'm not good enough, i'm weird etc. But in the process of trying to become visible we instead become who we currently are, and not who we should be, and that sense of vulnerability comes back, but in a different form. So it seems that the way to overcome vulnerability is to be at peace with our emotions, to let our self know, we are enough, and then the vulnerability will start to fade and that sense of belonging will return, but without the self guilt trip to follow.
I went into this ted talk hoping to find something that could help me. I thought I would sound vulnerable to say this, but who really cares, I am who I am. This has always been a touchy subject for me, because not that you care about my personal life, but I struggle, and when I say struggle, I really mean I struggle. With the fact that, i put myself down all the time, and i hate myself for it, so it's just myself and my conscience always in a constant fight. And i hoped I could get out of this; something to help me fight that feeling of "I am not good enough".
And as it turns out it has helped, I think it helped A lot. Although the next day i felt really good about myself, it does take some getting used to, a lot of getting used to. So it will have to become a thing that I need to rehearse more, but I am always open to concepts that aren't total bullshit, that make me a more understood person, to myself, but I got a lot out of this, more than I've got from a talk yet.
My favorite line of this was: when we feel vulnerable, we feel sad, and to cope with sadness we get say, a beer and a banana nut muffin, and try to put all these harsh hate we have for ourselves on ice. but in doing so we numb happiness itself. So when we can no longer feel happy we feel now very sad, so what do we do? we spring for a beer and a banana nut muffin, and its a vicious downward cycle.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Ted Talks Summary No. 5
Harald Haas
Wireless Data From Every Lightbulb
The topic that Harald Haas talks about, is that simply we have 1.4 million wireless fidelity broadcast towers around the world transmitting data, through radio waves, to computers routers and smart phones around the world. Although this process can be simplified much easier by transmitting data through a newfound technology invented, to transmit wireless data through light waves, because the visible light scale is 10,000 times more potent than the radio wave scale. Therefore, 10,000 times 1.4 million is 14.4 billion, which is about how many lightbulbs we have around the world.
I have always been on the struggle with wireless technology, whenever I pull out my phone or mobile device I am wondering about wifi, and how I can get some when i'm out, or what position i have to be in to get the best signal. So for when a presenter comes to talk about an alternative to wireless fidelity, I really wanted to hear about this.
I think His point is very well said, and the idea is almost, very sound. Yet his original point of there being 14 billion lightbulbs in the world, it would seem very confusing still to think of how people would adapt to an alternative source of wireless fidelity. It may seem weird, instead trying to find a signal, trying to find a source of light. A lot of factors come from that, when I think about the sustainability of connection while using this "light fidelity". For instance when you are using wifi you find a strong hotspot and stick to it until you are done with it. But light varies all the time, day goes to night lights turn off cars drive by, it just seems like a work in progress at the moment.
I really liked the point near the end where he says " So, all what we need to do is, to fit a small micro chip to every potential illumination device. And this would then, combine two basic functionalities, wireless data transmission, and illumination. And it's this symbiosis, that I would personally believe could solve the four essential problems we face in wireless communication these days. And in the future you may not only have 14 billion lightbulbs, you may have 14 billion lifi's deployed worldwide, for a cleaner, greener, and even brighter future."
Wireless Data From Every Lightbulb
The topic that Harald Haas talks about, is that simply we have 1.4 million wireless fidelity broadcast towers around the world transmitting data, through radio waves, to computers routers and smart phones around the world. Although this process can be simplified much easier by transmitting data through a newfound technology invented, to transmit wireless data through light waves, because the visible light scale is 10,000 times more potent than the radio wave scale. Therefore, 10,000 times 1.4 million is 14.4 billion, which is about how many lightbulbs we have around the world.
I have always been on the struggle with wireless technology, whenever I pull out my phone or mobile device I am wondering about wifi, and how I can get some when i'm out, or what position i have to be in to get the best signal. So for when a presenter comes to talk about an alternative to wireless fidelity, I really wanted to hear about this.
I think His point is very well said, and the idea is almost, very sound. Yet his original point of there being 14 billion lightbulbs in the world, it would seem very confusing still to think of how people would adapt to an alternative source of wireless fidelity. It may seem weird, instead trying to find a signal, trying to find a source of light. A lot of factors come from that, when I think about the sustainability of connection while using this "light fidelity". For instance when you are using wifi you find a strong hotspot and stick to it until you are done with it. But light varies all the time, day goes to night lights turn off cars drive by, it just seems like a work in progress at the moment.
I really liked the point near the end where he says " So, all what we need to do is, to fit a small micro chip to every potential illumination device. And this would then, combine two basic functionalities, wireless data transmission, and illumination. And it's this symbiosis, that I would personally believe could solve the four essential problems we face in wireless communication these days. And in the future you may not only have 14 billion lightbulbs, you may have 14 billion lifi's deployed worldwide, for a cleaner, greener, and even brighter future."
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Ted Talks Summary No. 4
Hans Rosling
New Insights on poverty
There are a few things that Hans starts to talk about, He begins to talk about how, the success rate of people living past the age of 2 on the rise, and on the run, being the average amount of money per household per year, and how the money and people are increasing, but then he points out Africa and how even though they are in a struggle.
I have never known much about why developing countries are so behind in the economic race, so I figured i might get a little educated on the subject, I like graphs, i'm a visual learner, and this really helped to shine some light on the subject.
I always used to think of africa as the unsuccessful younger brother of the rest of the world, but now I see them as the dedicated one-legged man running the marathon trying to keep up, he shows how africa is compared to parts of the world at certain times, like in an earlier time africa was compared to medieval europe, and that they are evolving, although the process might be slow they are getting by an pulling themselves out of poverty.
I loved the quote he said when, " I have a neighbour who knows 200 different types of wine. I only know 2 different types of wine, red, and white. And he said I only know 2 different types of countries, industrial, and developing, and I know 200 "
New Insights on poverty
There are a few things that Hans starts to talk about, He begins to talk about how, the success rate of people living past the age of 2 on the rise, and on the run, being the average amount of money per household per year, and how the money and people are increasing, but then he points out Africa and how even though they are in a struggle.
I have never known much about why developing countries are so behind in the economic race, so I figured i might get a little educated on the subject, I like graphs, i'm a visual learner, and this really helped to shine some light on the subject.
I always used to think of africa as the unsuccessful younger brother of the rest of the world, but now I see them as the dedicated one-legged man running the marathon trying to keep up, he shows how africa is compared to parts of the world at certain times, like in an earlier time africa was compared to medieval europe, and that they are evolving, although the process might be slow they are getting by an pulling themselves out of poverty.
I loved the quote he said when, " I have a neighbour who knows 200 different types of wine. I only know 2 different types of wine, red, and white. And he said I only know 2 different types of countries, industrial, and developing, and I know 200 "
Ted Talks Summary No. 3
Anthony Atala
Printing a human Kidney
In this presentation Anthony Atala is trying to get his point across, when he talks about his cry out in how the world is in a medical crisis because of the lack of human organ donors. In the past until the present, the number of organ donors has gone down, while the number of patients that require organs has gone up. Therefore, Anthony Atala has come up with a way to engineer artificial organs, using biological tissues that allow cells to use as if it was the original organic material.
I first flipped to this particular presentation on a hype from technology from my last summary, I was confused at what "Printing a Human Kidney" could be. and it was really interesting to see how the field of medicine is becoming so technological, for a greater good.
Anthony Atala's talk at the very start got me worried for the future and made me think of how fragile our bodies actually are, and that people may be waiting for a long, long time for donors for new organs, and that they might not get them before they parish of whatever sickness they are suffering from. I would've never imagined some technology as advanced as this coming into the near future, his vision of a world of people who could have access to organs at free disperse could save so many lives. Yet I thought of it as a
visionary's dream, until I saw it applied to an actual person in need.
Continuing on my last paragraph, the most important little bit I got out of this was when the boy that they cured when he was young coming up on the stage 10 years later to talk about how this man saved his life, and how he will never be the same thanks to him, because he allowed him to live his life free of pain and struggle heath-wise.
Printing a human Kidney
In this presentation Anthony Atala is trying to get his point across, when he talks about his cry out in how the world is in a medical crisis because of the lack of human organ donors. In the past until the present, the number of organ donors has gone down, while the number of patients that require organs has gone up. Therefore, Anthony Atala has come up with a way to engineer artificial organs, using biological tissues that allow cells to use as if it was the original organic material.
I first flipped to this particular presentation on a hype from technology from my last summary, I was confused at what "Printing a Human Kidney" could be. and it was really interesting to see how the field of medicine is becoming so technological, for a greater good.
Anthony Atala's talk at the very start got me worried for the future and made me think of how fragile our bodies actually are, and that people may be waiting for a long, long time for donors for new organs, and that they might not get them before they parish of whatever sickness they are suffering from. I would've never imagined some technology as advanced as this coming into the near future, his vision of a world of people who could have access to organs at free disperse could save so many lives. Yet I thought of it as a
visionary's dream, until I saw it applied to an actual person in need.
Continuing on my last paragraph, the most important little bit I got out of this was when the boy that they cured when he was young coming up on the stage 10 years later to talk about how this man saved his life, and how he will never be the same thanks to him, because he allowed him to live his life free of pain and struggle heath-wise.
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