How the Information Age Is Disempowering Us | Alunga Madala | TEDxUniversityofPretoria

Alunga gives an animated and thought-provoking talk on the topic of "How the Information Age is Disempowering Us". Alunga is a BCom Accounting Sciences student at the University of Pretoria. His interest in
the arts led him to his love for public speaking. His passion for public speaking, in turn, led to an
overarching passion for self-improvement and striving to be his best. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@stranger9951]

Negative Consequences of Information Age:
1. Distraction (Partial Attention)
2. Information Overload
3. Misinformation

[@emmanuelpoirier4602]

The question to ask yourself before watching, reading, listening to any source of info is "Do I need it?". If the answer is No then switch it off. If the answer is Yes then ask you why? Once you"ve the Why clear get the info in. Once there ask you the questions "Is it true? Why is it true?", is it fact based or authority based? Have you experienced the fact yourself?
Once the fact is acknowledged to be true, ask you "Who benefits from me knowing this info? Who is financially behind this info? How could I use this info to improve my health, happiness, wealth?"
And ask you " Who is financially behind the opposite rethoric? Who benefits from the opposite rethoric?"
This way the info overload will stop and you'll be clear about who benefits from the information age. And you will see most of the info out there is pure noise. Unplug from noise sources.

[@alungamadala]

I agree. We don't need majority of the things we come across in the media. Another key question to ask which can unplug us further is, "whoever is behind this infomation, do they have my best interest at heart?". Nine times out of ten, the answer is no so we need to take a step back and look for those people, communities and organisations that actually do genuinely care about us and our personal interests. Listen to them. Don't listen to anyone else. Think for yourself. Only then can you use the information age to your advantage and liberate yourself. Thanks for your insight Emmanuel!

[@Eye-Of-The-Beholder]

Dude really used the famoud "distraction dance" animation to prove a point regarding the decay in attention spans, impressive indeed

[@amorriego1969]

naa ko diri tungod sa among Gen 003

[@SendyAnnKatipunan]

😂😂

[@lexessawyer1043]

Real

[@slaynicha1466]

same 😢

[@mello4392]

Wish more people could watch this video to be aware of what we're all going through
Greta tedtalk Alunga!👏👏👏

[@reyeskennetho.9310]

Thank you for the wonderful words that you share with us

[@unfilteredthoughts.9175]

can relate.. thanks for sharing yourthoughts with us!

[@paquibulanemmano.3074]

Very impressive thank you!!!

[@pagaduancharlesjustinc.9888]

Thank you I learned a lot

[@vuyozungu3120]

Thanks for talk really “empowering” definitely relate

[@alungamadala]

Thanks Zungu bru🙏🏾

[@tinashemunyawarara6593]

💯💯💯

[@alungamadala]

🤝🏾🔥