9.16.2019

Carl June : A "living drug" that could change the way we treat cancer


Carl June·TEDMED 2018
A “living drug” that could change the way we treat cancer
Summary
The story tells us a completely new way the world treats cancer.
It’s because, we know, our immune system doesn’t work in the cancer situation, though, the new way put receptors and CAR T cells into a body that has cancer and it seems to become able to fight against cancer with our natural immune system. There are many types of cancer but it can’t be cured in the past, though, little by little, the ways are researched.
The study took thirty years. It’s great and the speaker says that it’s sheer coincidence. I think that for that, the taught study have to be continued.
In Japan, the way has been just accepted this year in February. Especially, for blood cancer of young people, it’s going to be used first and insurance coverage will be thought.

At last, the thing that is given up, our immune system can’t cure, is changing. That’s why it's said to be a living drug.

9.15.2019

Nick Hanauer : The dirty secret of capitalism — and a new way forward


Nick Hanauer·TEDSummit 2019
The dirty secret capitalism-and new way forward
Summary
The speaker tells us that the reason for rising inequality and growing political instability is that our world now has a bad economic theory. It’s that companies only think about their capitalists like the speaker who is really rich and then only they become rich forever. It doesn’t bring equality and cooperation. Thus the speaker tells us it should change and new economic rules are necessary.

First, our world is too complicated to service something simply. 1)
The economy is people and it’s necessary to include more people in more ways. 2)
The purpose of the corporation is not to enrich shareholders but to serve customers, to do with workers for communities. 3)
Having greed too much 4)and depending large scale too much 5) are not good.

We must have a new economic thought and have to be able to work equally and cooperatively and enjoyably.

However, if the world changes like that, inequality will come from somewhere and the speaker must be rich forever. The title calls him the dirty secret capitalist, doesn't it?

9.14.2019

Sarah Jones : One woman, five characters, and a sex lesson from the future


Sarah Jones·TED2015
One woman, five characters, and a sex lesson from the future
Summary
The speaker’s talk has a solo show and l was really surprised when l watched her another TED talk for the first time that was more difficult than this. I haven’t known about a solo show, American news, American famous characters and English.
I wonder when I understand her English, and that the future in the title shows what years later. This time she played 5 characters, though, she played 11 characters before. Wow! My eyes had turned into dots.👀

This is a play called "Sell/Buy/Date." “Sell” means, you know, that woman and girls sell themselves, “buy” means that guys buy women or girls, and “date” will show dates with money. Those mustn’t be right, though, some people say that there’s no choice and they have justice because there is yes or money. What a bad excuse it is!

Five characters are an elderly homemaker, a “sex work studies” major, an escort, a nun-turned-prostitute and a guy at a strip club for his bachelor party.

They show really different perspectives on sex work. One woman saying sex itself is natural but the sex industry seems to mechanize or industrialize it and the second woman considered sex work to be empowering, liberating, and feminist, though she, herself, notably, did not seem keen to do it. The third woman, who actually was a so-called sex worker did not agree that it was liberating but she wanted the right to the economic empowerment. The fourth woman saying not only prostitution itself but proscribed roles for women in general prevented her from ever finding who she was.

Does legalizing lead to solving all and does reforming occur reality?
And then most people did not know was the average age of an at-risk girl being introduced to the sex industry was 12 or 13.
This is a future lesson, though, someday, can the situations change?

Words in this story
bachelor /noun/ˈbaCH(ə)lər/  a man who is not and has never been married.
notably /adverb/ ˈnōtəblē/ especially; in particular.

Anna Deavere Smith : Four American characters


Anna Deavere Smith·TED2005
Four American characters
Summary
A book, the title is On the Road, seems to be famous and it seems to have a film version. The talk is that the book seemed to be played by the only speaker. It’s said to be a solo show, thus by just reading, l couldn’t understand completely.

Four American characters are Studs Terkel, Paulette Jenkins, a Korean shopkeeper and a bull rider, Rodeo.
And then those people are not successful. There is a person who lies, another person who kills a child, and one other person is put in the riot.

I don’t know why the story became famous in the United States where the country must love to have dreams, rights, and freedom, though, it doesn’t have all.

Does it want to say that the reverse is also true?
If you say a word often enough, it becomes you.
If you continue to think that you don’t want to be, it doesn’t become you.
I think it’s not true.

Words in this story
riot /noun/verb/rīət/ take part in a violent public disturbance.
reverse /noun/ a complete change of direction or action.

9.01.2019

Jon Lowenstein : Family, hope and resilience on the migrant trail


Jon Lowenstein·TEDSummit 2019
Family, hope and resilience on the migrant trail
Summary 
I’m sorry that l don’t like such kinds of stories. It’s important to know what happened on the US-Mexico border, to migrate in search of a better life, and pictures make us sad, though, humans must create their better countries their own hands first. 

Whether a country is safe or not and whether there are gangs and terror happen or not, each country has responsibilities to protect their citizens and citizens have to cooperate with their countries. Almost all countries are independent countries. Not leaving but creating your own country by your hands.

Bina Venkataraman·:The power to think ahead in a reckless age


Bina Venkataraman·TED2019
The power to think ahead in a reckless age
Summary
In the title, a reckless age that the speaker says means at the present time. The technology is growing, and we believe strongly that we have lots of resources and good forecasts. Thus we have mistakes.

In the first place, we have the power that our good ancestors gave to think ahead in such an era. We impair and forget it now. It’s designed unconsciously because people seek benefits only in the short term, education tends to just memorize not to think well, investment is mistaken in the first place, and we really believe that our date can predict in the future exactly.
However, those seem to be wrong. We have another tool for foresight and it must help us imagine the future by using the memory of the past, so hearing a voice from the past. It has a bigger worth than the data on the computer. It’s our own inspiration as humans. Due to the reckless age, hearing a voice from the past.

Peggy Orenstein : What young women believe about their own sexual pleasure


Peggy Orenstein·TEDWomen 2016
What young women believe about their own sexual pleasure
Summary
I’m really glad to continue to study English because the story wouldn’t be talked about in Japanese.
I will summarize the great parts of the article. It must encourage me whatever l do.

The speaker tells us the meaning of the title first. It’s time 1) to have open honest discussion 2) about what happens after “yes” 3) if we truly want young people to engage safely, ethically, and yes, enjoyably. 4) It includes breaking the biggest taboo of all  5) and talking to young people about women’s capacity for entitlements to sexual pleasure. 6)

In Japan, it must be said like this.
Still, it’s too early or it’s not necessary 1) to have the discussion.  2) Thus there is no “yes”. It means that women should be engaged patiently. 3) Even women won’t want young people to change because for a long time, women have endured 4) and no one sees about taboo completely. 5) In the first place. there seems to be no pleasure in the family, study, school and works in Japan. 6)

The story has a great conclusion that girls can have a voice to expect egalitarian treatment in the home, in the classroom, in the workplace. It should be allowed about intimate justice in personal life. Talking to doctors, teachers, and parents candidly from an early age, about sex, pleasure, and importance of mutual trust creates balances between responsibility and joy, so girls can know not only about risks and danger but also commutations and enjoying in their all lives.