Danielle Allen :An ethical plan for ending the pandemic and restarting the economy

Danielle Allen·TED Connects
An ethical plan for ending the pandemic and restarting the economy
Summary
A lot of news about coronavirus are announced every day. We try to understand them as much as possible. However, there are many differences in countries, cities, jobs, populations, ages, insurances, and etc. Living Environment and, of course, our backgrounds are also different. Among them, we have to stop coronavirus spreading and restart the economy. What do you believe and what do you do?

The story tells us that the world is facing two existential threats. It’s a public health emergency and an economic crisis.
It should be solved ethically and democratically. It means to avoid activities or organizations that do harm to people or the environment and accord with the principles of democracy with the practice or principles of social equality.

And then, the most difficult thing must create an equal public health system. Public health aims to improve the quality of life through the prevention and treatment of disease including mental health. The definition is "the science and art of preventing disease”, prolonging life and improving quality of life through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals.

I think that Japan must have a better system from the beginning because the death rate is low this time but there are many elder people. In the parks of the cities, we can drink water, of course, you can wash your hands with clean water and free of charge there. It can be thought about many people can live in the city cleanly. However, we are afraid of infection and losing a job, when we hear that someone is infected in the office or everybody might be an asymptotic carrier.

The story was recorded in April. I think that each country has to find a different solution for their own country and to help others. Japan can work more to help other countries.

Joia Mukherjee : How to quickly scale up contact tracing across the US

Joia Mukherjee·TED2020 (The TED talk was recorded May 27, 2020.)

How to quickly scale up contact tracing across the US

Summary

Contact tracing is the process of identifying people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus in order to slow its spread. It was thought about a fundamental tool in the fight against COVID-19, though, it doesn’t work well.

The speaker is a chief medical officer of Partners in Health where over 1,700 people work for the country’s most vulnerable communities to protect them.

She tells us that COVID-19 is a threat to the health of people who are the poorest.

And then, she suggests that by using a contact tracing process, COVID-19 has to be stopped.

However, not only the threat is for the poorest but also it must turn to for all people. I think that the threat is not the coronavirus. It must be to lose their job and not to be able to live there. Many people don't want to use a process of contact tracing, because we have to work to eat. 

Thomas : Why violence clusters in cities — and how to reduce it

Thomas Abt·TEDMED 2020
Why violence clusters in cities — and how to reduce it
Comments
I don’t think that the story is told by an American because he said that the first reason is politics. It’s because I have a strong image that in America, there are many things that can change without politics.
It won’t be better to say that the Defense Department spends about something. Especially the Defense Department works a lot for all American people.
The second reason is more cops and the third is race. Thus a communication bridge will be never created. In the current generation, if a black man who is a bad robber was killed by police, the demo: Black lives matter will occur, but then other police and people who know nothing will be killed for a change. The police doesn’t kill the black man. Is it the right thing?

The violence reason is not only the race, probably, but it must also change the social systems. It should be a city where people don’t think that they want to kill others from worries, vexations, anger, and sadness.

Nitish Padmanaban : Autofocusing reading glasses of the future

Nitish Padmanaban·TEDxBeaconStreet
Autofocusing reading glasses of the future
Summary
The condition of presbyopia is to lose our ability to refocus our eyes because of getting older. It’s that near objects come into focus, but far objects necessarily go out of focus. We have to constantly switch back and forth between wearing and not reading glasses. However, Benjamin Franklin invented “ double spectacles”, it’s called bifocals. It had the line, though, it’s ridden and the focal power can vary from top to bottom smoothly. 1) There is another solution to use contact lenses or take LASIK surgeries. 2) It works, though, it means that two eyes see slightly different things. And then, the speaker suggests Autofocusing reading glasses that he studies. It can estimate focusing distance automatically. It means that you don’t have to think about it. 3) However, it’s bulky. It looks heavy objects yet, but soon, it must be improving.

Words in this story
pres·by·o·pi·a / farsightedness caused by loss of elasticity of the lens of the eye, occurring typically in middle and old age.

Yves Béhar : How surfboards connect us to nature

Yves Béhar·Small Thing Big Idea
How surfboards connect us to nature
Summary
If a person appears from a faraway while standing on the water suddenly, we will not forget it. This must be the pull of surfing. You want to make it succeed, thus you continue to find better surfboards. I didn’t know that before world war 2, people were interested in it. After that, surfboards were customized and it continues to fascinate people.

David Biello : How the compass unlocked the world

David Biello·Small Thing Big Idea
How the compass unlock the world
Summary
I’ve completely forgotten that the compass is embedded in my phone and I haven’t ever used it. It’s because Google maps can find not only our way north but how long it takes time to there. Technology growing is great!

By using a compass that turns towards the Earth’s magnetic pole, we can find our way north. It’s no matter where the sun is and where the stars are. It essentially laid out what north, south, east, and west.

Al Gore : The new urgency of climate change

Al Gore·TED2020
The new urgency of climate change
Summary
By reading the story, almost all my questions are solved. Probably, l live in Japan thus l didn’t realize because there are many things that aren’t announced.

1, In the world, the coronavirus kills many people and infected people are increasing now. We haven’t known when we can get vaccines yet.
In Japan, hospitals still have many beds for patients luckily and the number of deaths is low, however, people don’t try to work. The economic situation is worst, though, demonstrations don’t happen but the opposite demo to the world happened. People have stopped people’s moving to stop the infection.

2, The Japanese prime minister said many times during coronavirus season, “Protecting employment was important”.
However, many people lost their job because of coronavirus and economic standstills. Furthermore, technology is growing. Soon, for cars trains, buses, convenience stores, and etc. people won’t be necessary to work as robots work. Air is clean outside, there are no traffic jams, there are a few people on the trains, it’s comfortable, there are no overtime works and long time meetings in the office. Some people can get assurances and supports when they lose their job. I don't think that employment could be protected.

3, Before lockdown and stay at home, people rush to buy toilet papers, much food, and masks. However, for producing those, we use huge energies. When we have a problem that is about coronavirus this time, we always forget about energies.
Japanese energies situation is worst as well. Our land is small, thus using wind and solar energy is difficult. We buy high-cost fossil fuel because nuclear energy is dangerous, people love cheap priced products, though, for fossil fuel, using much tax is not announced.

The story tells us that wind and solar energy can decline costs for manufacturing, transportation, and agriculture. It can create employment and decreasing carbon emissions. Not only Japan but the world are, in fact, subside fossil fuels at ridiculous amounts. Petroleum (oil) is exhausting but nuclear energy is dangerous. We can understand what energy is. It should be renewable and sustainable.

4, The most important thing is to think about the crisis of modern capitalism. During coronavirus, many people say that
socialism must be important because in China, coronavirus could stop soon and the economy is increasing, though, l didn’t understand it. The correct answer is to change the form of capitalism. Capitalism is at the base of every successful economy. It balances supply and demand. Just now we ignore the values. It means that measuring the way is not only the GDP. Our thoughts are investment education, health care, mental health care, family services, grand waters, resources are important. Changing those can create better capitalism and democracy. It must lead to decreasing inequality.

5, Because of capitalism unrelenting growth is not the climate crisis. The only way to go forward is to regulate, to force businesses to do the right thing. The generation wants a nice income, but they want to do something more than just making money.

P.S. The speaker is a Democrats and a Climate advocate. Trump is a Republican. The story tells us that young Republicans are demanding a change in climate policy. I love Trump but I don't like the Japanese Minister of the Environment who is young as a politician, though, the election will be held this November. OMG.