Tag: Skills-Response to Source

I believe that the TED Talk presented by Alessandro Acquisti was very interesting. H made extremely valid points that many people often overlook. As a teenager who uses different social medial platforms to share content with friends I can truly agree that “we do reveal so much more information about ourselves online than ever before, and so much information about us is being collected by organizations” (Acquisti 00:36). Organizations and companies are using the content we post online to further advance their online impact without us even realizing. Large companies are able to invade our privacy to benefit themselves leaving those invaded hopeless because they have no control over what is ultimately seen by outsiders. The feeling of not being able to restrict others from viewing your content can feel quite hopeless like compared to Adam and Eve naked in the garden; exposed with no means of privacy.

I feel very worried about my personal content being used without my knowledge and permission. I cannot control what is seen as much as social media makes it seem like. I do not understand how it is legal for companies and organizations to invade our privacy to make advances for themselves without our consent.

I agree with Susan Greenfield’s claim that “social networking can demonstrably increase narcissism levels” because my experience with using social media and viewing others social media pages provides similar conclusions. When posting a picture, tweet, or video on social media all one cares about is how they themselves looks and would be viewed even if there is other people featured in the post, they tend to ignore them.

After reading “Have smartphones Destroyed a Generation” I believe that Jean M. Twenge, author of the article, has made very valuable claims. However, some of the claims she made were over exaggerated. A majority of the iGen teens are constantly on social media cites however, that is not the only form of communication iGens encage in. According to Twenge’s interview the teen Athena, she states “I have been on my phone more than I’ve been with actual people. My bed has like, an imprint of my body” (Twenge 2017). That statement from Athena may apply to her however it does not apply to my friends or myself. I spend a lot of time engaging in face-to-face contact with my friends and am constantly doing some type of activity, especially in the summer. Twenge explains how more iGens aren’t getting a sufficient amount of sleep compared to teenagers before them due to Smartphone usage. In Twenge’s view “their phone was the last thing they saw before they went to sleep and the first thing they saw when they woke up. If they woke up in the middle of the night, they often ended up looking at their phone” (Twenge 2017). This claim is very relatable due to the fact that I spend the majority of time on my phone at night. After completing my homework I will spend time browsing my different social media applications before I am ready to go to seep. Even if I am tired I won’t skip out on looking at my phone before falling asleep. When I wake up in the morning I wake up to an alarm set on my Smartphone, making that the first thing I see when I wake up in the morning.

Jia Jiang’s TED Talk on “What I Learned from 100 Days of Rejection” explains what most people fear the most, rejection. Jiang was oppressed by rejection at a young age and explained how that effected him in his future. He looked up ways to avoid the fear of rejection and come to get what you want. He found the idea of completing 100 days of rejection. For 100 days Jiang went around offering himself up for rejection. Jiang was able to “desensitize himself to the pain and shame that rejection often brings and, in the process, discovered that simply asking for what you want can open up possibilities where you expect to find dead ends” (Jiang 2015). By objecting himself to the pain of rejection he was able to control his emotions towards being rejected and lear to accomplish what he sets out to do.

In the “Editor” the compelling suspense of the story made me want to keep listening. Throughout the podcast I didn’t exactly know the final outcome which kept me at the edge of my seat. The detailed description of the setting every time it changed allowed for me to imagine where the story was taking place in my mind. The details allowed for the listener to be a part of the story in their own way. Throughout the podcast the development of the main character was executed perfectly. There was a very distinct difference between the main character from the beginning to the end of the story. The relationship between Robin Woods and the editor developed throughout the podcast and eventually led up to the two “pen pals” finally getting the change to meet in person. The conflict in the narrative was unusual to that of a normal everyday conflict however, it gave the story a more appealing sense. It allowed for imagination because not everyone listening to the podcast has been to prison before. The story is very inspiring, which made me more interested in continuing to listen to the podcast.