Naomi Shimada : Tips for reclaiming your peace of mind online

Naomi Shimada·How to Deal with Difficult Feelings
Tips for reclaiming your peace of mind online 
Summary 

The speaker seemed to be born in Japan thus her name was Japanese, but her English is not like Japanese, probably, she wouldn’t speak Japanese. She works as a plus-size model, but she seemed to be in trouble with her body and using SNS for a long time. 

And then, she has just co-authored a book called “Mixed Feelings: Exploring the emotional impact of our digital habits”. In fact, her experiences were what all young people think about, so we wanted to be told how to untangle our self-worth from follower counts, likes, and the unattainable perfectionism perpetuated online. 

Online excellently shows that our lives are shiny and perfect. The speaker called it “Optics”: it’s the branch of physics that studies the behavior and properties of light, so we care about optics too much. We feel fear of missing and anxiety. It becomes difficult to deal with feelings, worsen the human condition and there’s no “off” button. 

The speaker told us that there are, again, more questions to ask ourselves. It’s not only to post or not to post, but it’s necessary to pay attention to your own life privately, work on and think about it or businesses deeply. We need to inhabit and act on these reflections. We can manage our relationship with our online worlds. 

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exacerbate / worsen, aggravate

Sophie Williams : The rigged test of leadership

Sophie Williams·TEDxLondonWomen
The rigged test of leadership
Summary 

The speaker explains about the glass cliff. 

There are situations where a person only took a leadership role, though, the chances of success have been limited before the person has even begun and it has often happened among black women. 

This is the rigged test of leadership. When underrepresented people have taken on most senior roles, the businesses have already been in trouble. And then, we have to change the situation, because it must lead to discrimination of race, gender, and color or discrimination must create the situation. 

I think that the situation is not only among women but also among men. The solution is not to blame someone but to see the value in all people of the time. 

Luis Vargas: Travel More & Buy Less

 

Luis Vargas: Travel More & Buy Less at TEDxPortland (Transcript)
Summary 

I was really happy when l found the article! because we can’t travel now, and we can’t know when we will start to do it yet because of the coronavirus. We are truly looking forward to being able to travel and when it’ll start, the story must be famous, furthermore, our company’s products designed with flag patterns must sell well again!! What? The story explains  “travel more and buy less”. Hahaha!

“I want to challenge each of us to invest in experiences instead of more stuff,” the speaker said. From traveling, you know, you must have opportunities to grow, learn, have fun that no one can’t explain. However, only less than 10% of the U.S. population will leave the continent in a given year, furthermore, only 35%of Americans have passports, they can visit over 174 countries without a visa or get a visa at the point of entry, though. (Japanese people who have passports with which they visit over 191counteies are only 25%. )

The speaker tells us that there are three reasons that we couldn’t travel: work, money, and fear. 
We are a nation of workaholics, but many people don’t like to work! 
We feel fear when we’ve heard some bad news from the media, but horrifying things aren’t happening! 
You think that you don’t have money, but you must have over 22 unworn items in your closet!

Thus those are not the reasons not to go!

If you’re young, it means go, if you’re older, it means go because you must have more resources than before. If you don’t have friends or a partner, it means to go, if you have friends or a partner, of course, it means to go. If you have kids, it doesn’t mean not to go! It’ll take a lot of work, but family travel can be extraordinarily rewarding! 

Having meaningful experiences must truly transform you!! 

Michael Levin : The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life

Michael Levin·TED2020
The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life
Summary 

I was surprised at the two-headed worms which are highly regenerative. If you cut it into pieces, every piece will rebuild exactly what’s needed to make a perfect little worm. However, the speaker tells us that it’s not editing DNA. This is a mysterious bioelectric layer directing cells to work together to grow organ systems and bodies. It could be called the world’s first living robots known as a planarian. Cracking codes, not building what you would like them to build, it seems to lead to having communication with those, it means to be able to normalize tumors, repair birth defects, and induce regeneration of limbs and other organs. Furthermore, it’ll be able to take it into mammalian cells and really turn it into the next generation of regenerative medicine. 

Tim Nevius·TEDxDayton The exploitation of US college athletes

 Tim Nevius·TEDxDayton
The exploitation of US college athletes 
Summary 

This story was surprising and there were huge differences between Japan and the US. 

The speaker who is a Sports lawyer and former NCAA investigator told us that colleges and universities in the US make billions of dollars each year from sports, though, it makes compromising the health and education of athletes who are especially black. 

In college sports, all athletes should be given a chance at meaningful education fairly.  

I am not sure whether an Olympic event could be held or not at this time, though, l don’t want to lose hope and I want to believe that Sports give the world power. 

Julia Dhar : How to have constructive conversations

Julia Dhar·TED Salon: DWEN
How to have constructive conversations
Summary 

I want a lot of people, especially Japanese politicians to have constructive conversations. It’s because they just want to win and to choose no meaningful fights. 

Constructive means helpful, useful, and promoting development, so all conversations have to be constructive. 

The speaker explains that the conversation is willing to choose curiosity over the clash. 1)
Conversations should be able to be expected about the development of your ideas. 2)
It leads to moving ideas forward. 3)
Constructive conversations that sharpen and strengthen your relationship. 

My essay about the covid pandemic, any topic about it, how to fight it, and measures to prevent it in 2021

My essay about the covid pandemic, any topic about it, how to fight it, and measures to prevent it in 2021,  April 18.

In the world, a lot of people died because of the coronavirus. I would like to express my deep sorrow and heartfelt sympathy for them. 

That started when orders disappeared. Last January, suddenly world traverses couldn't come to Japan. Shops had to close and our company did nothing. I felt that l couldn’t eat and might lose where I sleep. I was surprised, l lost my senses, l was taken to the hospital by ambulance. I felt that everything went wrong and l fought with you my English teacher. I wanted to forget about the spreading pandemic or didn’t want to think about it. TV news and SNS always gave us a lot of bad news. I felt that no one taught me measures to protect from it. Although l didn’t have work because shops were closed, l went to my office every day as usual and at the same time. I who was wearing a mask often, went the long way about. Ironically, the sky was really clear because there were no cars and people. 

I thought while walking, l had time to do something, and this was the time when God gave us. For a long time, many people were busy, they must have wanted not to go to their office and they realized that for working from home, their long commuting time was not necessary. First, they were surprised at working from home with their family, though, and then little by little, a small ingenuity was born. 

I thought that Japanese TV, media, and SNS should respect and admire Japanese people more, their efforts have been great, and praising must lead to more efforts, but they only told us companies. I’ve heard that some countries' leaders told people about their victory against coronavirus where people died more than in Japan.  

People have to protect themselves, overcome it by themselves, they could do many things, but we couldn’t realize it. 

Even during the coronavirus, l must be able to do something that I want to do. I started to study English again and could update my blog pages as far as one thousand. I started doing weight training to have dance class but l haven’t told it to anyone yet. (A TED speaker told in the past that a person who studies other languages tries to practice dance somehow.) When coronavirus is over, l am going to surprise my friends who would gain weight because of the coronavirus. You can start something from today because it’ll take a little more time until the end. I really love my job, though, it might not be needed by everyone now so I wait for a chance with being ready completely. 

By the way, in the morning, l sometimes saw a father and his son jogging when l went to my office. The father seemed to be good at it, though, the son’s form and breaths were not good. I wanted to tell the son that and if it’s fixed, the son will catch up with the father or l hoped that the father taught the son about it, however, it continued for several months. 

However, only a few days ago, l just saw two people jogging alongside with smiles!! The son has grown up greatly and it must deserve to overcome the pandemic. 

To change your thoughts, to enjoy having time, and for me, not to watch TV were important. I believe that humans could grow up anytime and anywhere. 

"If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" Steve Jobs said.