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1. Focusing on Renata Salecl\u2019s TED Talk,\u00a0I thought her initial introduction into her presentation about\u00a0\u201cOur Unhealthy\u00a0Obsession with Choice\u201d\u00a0was captivating. By engaging the audience into her struggle with choosing a quote to introduce her presentation, already introduced her topic of\u00a0conversation in such a\u00a0relatable and understanding way. Elaborating on her own struggle with making a choice, she was then able to flow straight into her perspective on how choices bring about feelings of anxiety, guilt, and inadequacy if the\u00a0\u201cwrong choice\u201d is made. I think it was interesting for Renata to lead with her own struggle with\u00a0choice, as she exemplifies the negatives of human\u2019s ideology of choice throughout her TED Talk. Providing scenarios, such as Manya and her car business, provide a real life scenario that any business owner or customer could place themselves into. The way she spoke about choice is\u00a0linked to risk, and how taking a chance can be anxiety-provoking, had me, an audience member, consider some of the risks and choices or chances\u00a0I have taken and I further asked myself why I took them. But I eventually went even further to then ask myself how I really felt when making those decisions and hr descriptions of fear and anxiety resonated with me, because\u00a0I could clearly remember bearing those feelings.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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2. Focusing on Margaret Heffernan\u2019s TED Talk about\u00a0\u201cThe Human Skills We\u00a0Need in an Unpredictable World\u201d, I found\u00a0that the evidence she used to be rather interesting. Her argument, about the world dealing\u00a0with\u00a0the\u00a0unpredictable, was a conversation that I was initially drawn to, as this was something\u00a0I had never really thought about when considering the\u00a0efficiency of businesses and what they aim to predict. In her argument, I think\u00a0that the evidence she used was rather compelling. Using CEPI, she exclaims how there is a\u00a0prediction for future epidemics, but how does one prepare for the right one? Looking at reality as seeing the pandemic we are currently still trying to manage, I don\u2019t think any human could have accurately predicted how detrimental this would be, as coronavirus has\u00a0effected the entire globe. Turning her topic\u00a0towards climate change, she then examines how certainly there are countries who are trying to combat this change within their territories but how can one predict that their change will in turn be enough to aid in the\u00a0halting of climate change. Using other examples of\u00a0country\u2019s\u00a0initiatives such as the Netherlands and England show that there is some means to actually experiment and test a hypothesis instead of computer analyzing what could possibly occur. This growing use of technology may have his benefits, but Margaret questions the ability for technology to always have the answer.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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1. Focusing on Renata Salecl\u2019s TED Talk,\u00a0I thought her initial introduction into her presentation about\u00a0\u201cOur Unhealthy\u00a0Obsession with Choice\u201d\u00a0was captivating. By engaging the audience into her struggle with choosing a quote to introduce her presentation, already introduced her topic of\u00a0conversation in such a\u00a0relatable and understanding way. Elaborating on her own struggle with making a choice, she … <\/p>\n

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