Tuesday, October 15

Journal - What did you learn from the Ted Talk yesterday? Did you find it interesting or accurate? Explain. The Ted Talk was nearly spot on. The women speaking was really accurate about how society is today relative to their usage of technology. I know that with me, I love to be texting my friends all the time and keeping up with what everyone is doing. I am not addicted to my phone though; I may use it a lot but if it came down to it I wouldn't freak out if I lost it or it was stolen. I think that too many people, especially girls, concern themselves too much with how many 'likes' or 'follows' they recieve on a particular social networking site. I think it is ridiculous to let others decided whether or not your photos are beautiful or worthy of said 'like'. When I am hanging out with my friends we are often either checking our phones or on our phones, but we also do things together of course. I feel like that picture of her daughter and her friends was a more 'in the moment' picture and I don't think that people are really hanging out like that the entire time they are together. Checking social networking sites for some is really addicting. I know that one of my friends constantly is updating her status, or posting pictures of stuff that she is doing, but none of it is really worth posting! She just feels the need to check her Facebook or her Instagram 24/7, and decides that every time she does she will post something new. The Ted Talks video really opened my eyes to society and their dependency on technology today. Sometimes I wish life was simpler and that people didn't have the chance to use technology.