TED: The Seven Deadly Sins

At TEDxBroadway Ellen Isaacs discusses ethnography. She starts off engaging her audience with an example of old and new computer technology. Where new technology is more visual and easier to use and that people often take it for granted. That computer scientist such as Doug Engelbart and Alan Kay and other influential people wanted to make technology more easier and accessible to use. The evolution of the original giant and heavy computers to the smaller and more conviene computers known today. And then she started discussing another example. Of a ethnographer who invented a new technology and observed how people used it. The men in the observation video were struggling to make copies with her invention. It was difficult and

However, there are a select few as we saw within Ted Bundy’s case that they did not come from an abusive background. He grew up in a very loving home, with two very loving, and caring parents, so why did he still become a “monster?” From the studies, and interviews with him, he says that it is because of the pornography he was introduced to when he was young that put the thoughts of rape into his head. Yet, even though he personally said that it was the porn that enticed his interests, it is still argued that he may have been born with some sort of flaw within his brain. From the information that was found of his grandmother and her psychological problems may show that it can be a genetic problem. By these accounts, it would seem as if Ted Bundy would fall in between both the nature and nurture theories. He had psychological problems as well as, different encounters when he was younger, and when he was a teen that worked together to create his horrid ways.

One of the first things that come to people’s minds when they hear the word psychopath is Ted Bundy. Bundy spent most of the 1970’s killing 30 or more young woman who happened to resemble his ex-girlfriend in some way. The exact time and number of Bundy’s kills will likely never be known. Ted Bundy is what is considered a successful psychopath. Psychopathy is a form of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). Not every person with ASPD is a psychopath, but every psychopath has ASPD. No one knows exactly what causes this disorder, but there has been some speculation over the decades. The two main ideas is that an genetic influence causes psychopathy or an environmental influence causes psychopathy. The neurotransmitter MAOA has been linked to several brain structural differences in the brains of a psychopath when compared to the brain of a non-psychopathic person. Multiple studies have linked childhood abuse to the psychopathy development. Both of these causes have been shown to influence psychopathy development but it is my hypothesis that genetics hold

In “Why I keep speaking up, even when people mock my accent,” Safwat Saleem, shows his passion and his courageous side when speaking in his Ted Talk, describing the main idea of there not being such a thing of normalcy, as well as arguing that individuals should be confident and accept who they are from their special qualities. Agreeing with Saleem (2016), however to also consider it has become common in today’s society to want to be normal. Therefore many people would not agree with wanting to be exactly known as quote on quote ‘normal’ but they may want to assimilate to norms because that person is or may be in a unique way socially accepted.

In “7 Ways We Lie”, Riley Redgates wrote in seven high schoolers point of view, switching in between chapters, from person to person. Each of these seven characters had a one of the seven deadly sins, lust, envy, greed, sloth, gluttony, wrath, or pride.

What is the price of cheap meat? Is the mistreatment of animals, immigrants, manipulation of local politics, and monopolizing industry really something that people want to support just so they can purchase meat cheaper and in larger quantities? Ted Genoways book The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food dives into the meat packing industry, specifically Hormel and the Quality Pork Processors Inc. He investigates how the factory is run, how the employees are exploited and mistreated, the abuse of the hogs that are used for the meat, and the overall disgust that stems from the industry. Big business has always had a reputation for being shady and always looking for new ways to manipulate rules and regulations in order for them to maximize

It is clear that Ted B. scores at (2) in parasitic lifestyle due to the way he lived his life. He moved through his life several times. When he had his first girlfriend and broke up, it caused him to quit colleague, and move several times while taking minimum wage jobs. According to (Mr.Leibman, 1989) this break up was a major, proved the beginning of his aggressive behavior (p.41 to 44). In similar murders and rapes by Ted B., most of his victims had the similar characteristic as her main-important relationship with Marjorie. During his life and escapement, he had visited more than seven states, and never stay in a consistent location. He additionally moved from place to place to hunt women. Ted B. eventually went back to university to finish

This paper explores the novel Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong by David Walsh, who published the novel at the end of 2012. This novel is about Walsh’s journey as he follows Lance Armstrong and his life as a cyclist for 13 years as Lance deals with critics and skepticisms about his correlation with doping. Lance Armstrong was a glorified athlete who won many Tour de France titles after conquering testicular cancer. He was widely appreciated for cycling, but many people were questioning how he was able to make such a comeback after his cancer diagnosis. This book explores what happens from David Walsh’s point of view and the struggles he had to face as a Tour de France sports journalist: whether he should just celebrate Armstrong’s victories or question his usage of drugs. The purpose of this paper is to give a brief summary of the novel, and to reflect on the novel while still linking it to the issues and concepts of drugs and cheating in sports.

In Douglas Adams's novel, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect traverse an imperfect galaxy plagued by a lack of individuality. In The Seven Deadly Sins Today, Henry Fairlie ventures that this galactic epidemic correlates to the transmission of immorality throughout the world. Douglas Adams utilizes satire and characterization to demonstrate how the human condition is flawed. Furthermore, Henry Fairlie calls upon the archetypal seven deadly sins to criticize human banality. Collectively, Adams's wittiness and Fairlie's bitterness encourage the reader to exercise one's identity. First, Douglas Adams satirizes modern society to delineate the blemishes that chafe the face of humankind. Next, characterization

I think the Ted Talk “The Danger of a Single Story” was eye-opening and a little daunting. As far as the eye-opening part, it was amazing to think about how often people assume a single story and not just about race. I remember I had a professor talk about how when he was at dinner parties or functions that he would talk around the single most asked question, “What do you do?” Because not only do we look at a person’s skin or clothes, hear their accent, or see a religious symbol from their neck and immediately classify them but we also have a pressing need to know what people do so that we can place them in the appropriate box. The difference between the single story of being a writer or an author, a teacher or a professor, a cook or a chef, is a part of our

I think much of what Harris claims in his TED talk is true, such as the existence of right and wrong answers related to morality and the foolishness of valuing every opinion when it comes to morality. However, I think he fails to provide any real support for his main opening claim: that science can answer the hardest questions of morality and why we're here. Sure, we may use the accurate scientific knowledge that a monkey has more emotional feeling than an ant to decide the monkey's life is of more value than the ant, but this knowledge cannot logically support whether killing the monkey is right or wrong. I also disagree with his idea that overall human well-being can be measured comparably to physical health. While I agree that science

Ted remained emotionally detached from his stepfather. According to Stephen Michaud and Hugh Aynesworth's book Ted Bundy: Conversations with a Killer, Ted became increasingly uncomfortable around his stepfather and preferred to be alone. “This desire to be by himself increased and possibly led to his later inability to socially interact comfortably with others.” Ted granted an interview, his last one , to psychologist James Dobson just a few hours before he was executed on January 24, 1989. In that peculiar interview, he describes the throes of his an addition to pornography.

At the beginning of the summer, Ted talks to his mother using quick and direct sentences. For example, Ted said, “I’m building a fort and sleeping out in it all summer, and I won’t be coming in for anything, not even food. Okay?” (lines 7-9). Also, it states on line 6, “He seemed always to be at the center of his own universe.” However, at the end of summer, Ted seems to have changed in his thought of being as independent as he was. Over the summer, Ted wanted to live alone and fend for himself, but at the end, it states on line 147, “In a few days he’d be inside, and he wouldn’t mind at all”. Ted’s relationship with his mother at the beginning was her caring for

The ted talk “The Linguistic Genius of Babies” by Kuhl (2010) tells about babies are genius on language learning, and shows some results of research as proof of this idea. The article “Learning a Language as an Adult” by Pakenham, McEntire, and Williams (2013) shows an idea about the “critical period hypothesis”, children during this period learn much better than people older than this age, especially in pronunciation, because their brain activities are different than adults during this time. Personally, I totally believe the idea of children younger learn better, because the scientific research and data are shown to audiences, and they are persuasive enough. And I do see proof in my life, like four of my Korean friends who came China around

In The Deadliest Of Sins Robertson Davies, the seven deadly sins are briefly talked about but his main focus is directed towards the sin, Sloth. He talks about the sins in a speech to fellow Queen’s University graduates and is explaining to them what sloth, or as he refers to it throughout the speech, Acedia, does to the mind and why it was considered a sin. I will summarize Davies points as well as add in my own opinion to the subject.