The wisdom of sociology: Sam Richards at TEDxLacador
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 เม.ย. 2014
- How can an academic discipline like Sociology be life changing? This talk suggests one way by exploring how sociologists teach us to re-imagine our personal problems and ourselves. In the end, we learn that even in our most private and seemingly isolated moments, we may be more connected to others than we realize.
His unique ability to connect with students along with his innovative use of technology in the classroom makes Sam Richards a very popular Sociology professor in the United States. Every semester over 750 students at Penn State University take his class on race and ethnic relations, the largest course on this subject in the world. He creates an active learning space where he addresses with humor and courage the very questions that most of us choose to avoid. Sam is also a co-founder of Penn State's World in Conversation Center. Every year, thousands of students from around the world participate in the Center's mission to bring conflict into collaboration through peer-facilitated dialogue.
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POV: you're in Sociology class.
so true
True
POV: you’re in his sociology class lmao
bro fr
third time it has been assigned to me lol
The camera man was getting hella inspired
I thought the same thing xD
Jake Cogan It's so hard to watch.
Lmaoo
😂😂😂😂
hahah I was going to say something about the cameraman also but not as nice
I watched this once, and every time I get high, I literally become this guy, and start talking so sentimentally about our society
same here. and that somehow confirms what he was saying. i can already consider me and the other people who liked this status a little group of marijuana and sociology emos
@@monoludens monoludens, you somehow just hit the nail right on the head with that one.
My mentor in college, he was the teacher that taught the classes I wanted and lucky for me classes that hadn't been offered for awhile at Penn State as there was nobody to teach them for awhile before they hired him shortly before I attended. He even recorded some of his lectures for me to use in our music. And he even asked if we could be the official band for his SOC119 channel here on YT. I need to parts of this is my sets this summer, thanks for helping me realize that with your comment. Peace.
Literally me while washing dishes lmao
same haha
Sociology literally saved my life and i made a video on it. It gave me an acceptable perspective of myself, separate from what my parents were enforcing on me, what our academic system was trying to mold us in, and away from peer pressure. Sitting in that soci class at the age of 19, i felt COMPLETE for the first time. I sitll don't understand how this isn't taught mandatorily in schools.
This is great, thanks Sam!
PangeaX Oh I think about this all the time. Wished sociology was part of school. Especially the topic of critical thinking and gender studies.
lol you had a religious experience
I was lucky enough to be able to take sociology as an elective in high school. it allowed me to break the bubble I was stuck in as a result of the ideas I grew up around, and now I still love that field of study so much. critical thinking is such an important skill to learn and I do wish it was more available in high schools.
I am currently 19 and I am taking the summer class this week
What you said and your nickname don't agree with each other
Sam Richards is emphasizing the idea that as individuals, we are not isolated in our experiences. He's highlighting the shared human condition, suggesting that there are others in the world who are going through similar challenges, emotions, and life experiences as we are. This perspective encourages empathy and understanding by reminding us that we are part of a broader human community, and our struggles and joys are not unique to us alone. It can foster a sense of connection and solidarity with others, promoting compassion and a greater awareness of the universality of human experiences.
wtf
Sociology empowers people to survive in life. It's like someone pats your shoulder whenenver you feel like you're giving up. It's an epitome of a contagious hope that gives comfort to human beings.
I almost though he would start singing or something at the end there...."We are the world..We are the children"
lol
It's amazing how the mathematical study of human behaviour can reveal such deep truths about living in today's society
Wish we had WAY more politicians who are also Sociological experts. Having an empathy that extends way beyond yourself I believe is key to having better leaders.
ABSOLUTELY!!
8 minutes in I still don't know where he's going with this talk. And I just completed my Honours degree in Sociology
Really? It was quite clear it was Emile Durkheim and the sociological imagination construct.
I've started studying this subject n i still get it all
Seriously the message is very clear! That we think we’re free and decide what decisions to make, but in reality we’re not free society has influences on us that unknowingly do not allow us to be free our decisions are shaped by society! How can you miss that message!?
Fami Chan i think the people that instantly understand all of this are the ones who naturally posses this hunger for understanding the world and people
To all people here, he is being sarcastic and saying he could be more straight to the point. But i get why he was not.
Sociology is like a best friend, whenever you are alone, you can share anything with your sociological perspective and you will always get a lot of new answers and aspects to look at.
Why'd I get assigned to watch a 14 minute saliva asmr video
its the beads in his hands
You mean 14 minute beads clicking and saliva ASMR video.
Oh god I didn’t even notice until I saw this comment and now I cannot unhear it
Yooo wassup I’m watching for an assignment too lmao. And yes I hate the saliva thing
Ayy bro bro pass the answers to the quiz
Lol, this guy is off his rocker. He was on the right trail until his eyes became flooded with rainbows and starlights.
lmfao lol
The end is such a weird hippie talk, but not surprising coming from a grown man who wears an amulet
@@Alter_Ego247 damn bruh! So true tho hahaha
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Forgive them, for their heart is with god.
I've always tried to distance myself from people and do my own thing. But the older I get, the more I see that I'm not in control of the things I want to do in life.
True words. I think you get to choose at some "decision knots" though and then get dragged on somehow
sadly, I am still in the stage that thinking I can only be empowered by separating myself from others. So after watching this speech, I was deeply confused by how the speaker made the big worldview change
@@user-bg2bi6qq2p Of course you make choices, but often you make choices out of alternatives that exist, opportunities that are there for you in society. Rarely are the options that you can choose between, detached from society.
I had this guy for a Soc course as a freshman in 1987. It was a trip.
the comments are distracting me from contextualizing my reflection paper about this video ejwbsksjks
This sociology talk is GOLD.
I used to be interested and fascinated by psychology but after pursing a human service career and having to study Sociology, my worldview of ppl and places changed so much so it was like cognitively dissonating (especially since i was deconstructing religious/spiritual beliefs and experiences too) bc it just puts into perspective connections, cultures, circumstances into a range of contexts. Its mind opening and paradigm shifting. It comes back to nature/genetics AND nurture/environment to frame your personal and professional understanding and capacity.
Thank you, Mr.Richard! Your TED Talk really inspire me to learn more about Sociology major. I want to see the world, to feel the world and to understand the world. I want to contribute, to help, to connect and to build the community up with other people in the most meaningful way. Thank you again and I hope this major really fit me and it will give me a new career path.
Sammeeee❤
I do wish he'd just get to the point and drop the drama.
I'm moving on.
that microphone is too good..i dont like it..
^^
yeah, in some case "too good" is not good =)))
as a sociology major in his second year of sociology...this dude don't make no cents................
How does he now make any sense ? He was being clear you just clearly don’t understand
Guess I need to become a sociologist cause this is the stuff I think about all of the time and its maddening how deep you can go
I have seen so many TED and TEDx talks and this is the first one i did not like and thought was too superficial
Agree!!
I am so glad that the camera-person got that shot of that box. Seriously, that man needs some ADD medicine.
Phiman24 lol, just don't give him an adderall overdose
also sorry for this random response, doing this for sociology homework
@@midflight_art Same! We love sociology XDD (Only taking this course because I was told it was easy, if not a bit boring)
Thought the same thing
As a graduate sociologist and social anthropology this great scholar made me to benefit more from his introduction
Wow! Dr Richards, Hi, I am at Maryville University getting my BSN after practicing 27 years on my associates degree. Your "Wisdom of sociology." Is AMAZING. Thank you so very much. SC Nurse. 😇✅
As a Ph.D sociologist, I don't agree with this interpretation of sociology explaining that you don't have freedom. The concept of freedom/free will or determination/fate is a value judgement needed for a moral code. Also, sociology is concerned and best addresses group behavior - not individual behavior. Its not that people have no freedom, it is just they have similarities to other people (structually equivalents) based on their position in the strata of demographic characteristics. Within these strata, there is large differentiation, but when comparing one group to another group - you see the stable differences.
this is interesting
@@alece thanks. and believe me, I am a moron. I just happen to know that before opening my mouth
You would at least have to be fair enough to admit, as a sociology PhD, that yours and his interpretation of freedom are widely discussed ideas in the realm of sociology and have not been validated or falsified to this day.
Thats also exactly what i was thinking, to say you have no freedom because youre shaped by society is not really accurate, we are shaped by society and by our individual choices, we do have free will, no one is telling us what to do and what to choose out there and even if they were we still have the power to say no and do what we want. to say we have no freedom is to say that we are mere puppets of outside forces
@@juliahallit intelligent people are not necessarily insightful. he sounds more like a social psychologist.
This is probably the most inspiring Ted Talk I have ever watched. Thank you, Sam Richards (and his wife) for this give of perspective.
like if you get the Durkheim reference
+spuffyselen Nobody talks about Du Bois though.
Durkheim came first?
Durkheim was lame because be ignored race.
SessKo j
Rachel Yates
I love sociology. So simple yet so complex.
And so speculative and wrong
@@LatifaShaqueefa why is it wrong tho?
@@sandrawahyudi611 The reliability criteria for which sociologist consider valid is the lowest of all sciences, when it should be one of the highest considering all of the factors involved. Famous sociologists from Harvard consider r >.5 to be reliable, which means the study is replicable less than 1/3 of the time. This is ridiculous.
@@LatifaShaqueefa This is because people are extremely variable. It isn’t like STEM at al. It doesn’t make the information you learn any less valid. Nor should it be taken/used as a law of the society like physics has laws of the universe. You need to approach social science with open questions & heavy context
You should know/deduce which is the primary group for a person at a certain point of time to predict his/her behaviour. Generally, as a kid, the primary social group is family and relatives. That changes when you get into college/university to your cohort. Then when one enters a profession, the office colleagues become the primary group.
The primary group influences behaviour strongly. Also, it depends how much you’re socialised into the group value system. You can’t just run a statistical analysis and predict behaviour patterns; it gives only a part of the overall picture.
As a sociologist i have to say that it was a good speech. And i want to give an example about what the speech want to teach.
Imagine your life as a stage of a theater. Now imagine your self as an actor. You have the option to choose what kind of actor you want to be, a dramatic actor or comedy or anything else. Now the point is that the end of your lifes theater depends only from the other actors in that stage and not from you or your role in this theater.
Ervin Goffman. Life as a theater approach.
007sting exactly
Erving Goffman
Dramaturgic approach
007sting
. Good analogy - well explained, thanks.
"We are an invisible tribe", made me tear up, good speech, thank you.
what the heck is that sound, his saliva?
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Actually, I'm pretty sure the sound was the beads in his hands. (Maybe a rosary?).
i was thinking this is an involuntary asmr video
I didn't notice it before but now ai can't unhear it!
It's all I could hear too. Still good talk nonetheless
At the end when I imagined a pinpoint graph light up of an interconnection of people with similar social factors.. it clicked for me what sociology is about. This wisdom will help me for my test today.
same
Wonderfully explained Sir. I could actually feel the essence of C Wright Mills and Durkheim's work in whatever you said.Beautiful!
Rodriguez,Christine P.
Mindanao State University Main Campus
SOC 100-Cc1
Sociology inspired people who think only below the surface, but to think that applying sociology in our lives,in every decision that we make. Makes us see through the upper surface of true meaning of life That at some point even the smallest decision in our life is embedded deep into the structure of life that shape us even the most private, personal actions that people do. A person is not alone, and we are connected to the people around us. Watching this video of Mr. Sam Richards, enlightened my perspective in making decisions although that is personal and private decision. What he also say's in his discussion is that, " what if people think sociological way?" What would happened? I understand we might think that we are alone, we are struggling alone ang going through alone in this kind of problems. But as we also ask different people about their experience they also going or go through what we go through but in different seasons in our life but. Yes it's true that we are not alone their are lots of people are stepping in on the same road what we are on stepping today. We might not know them or blood related but we are connected to them. So I some what agree about the fact that people around me is connected to me.
This is what I keep trying to tell people but they keep thinking I’m judging them even though all I’m talking about is the thought process never saying anything about the person and I always reiterate that everything we are is woven in so many directions and overlapping in so many ways and where we grow up
I love his energy.
this dude put my thought process into words
Really enjoyed this Ted Talk, I watched it for my sociology class. I more understood now watching this thank you.
God validation. I've been saying this to my boyfriend, why being brought up inside a cult was so difficult to break out of. My problem solving skills were derivived from the ideas I was exposed to, which were heavily controlled, I lived in a type of George Orwell's 1984. So glad I broke free. Now I make sure I exposed myself to information that I may not naturally be exposed to. I didn't know that people were studying this. It's so good to see.
Sociology is a powerful course, like it and understand it.
I came here to brush up on my Sociology skills as I begin teaching 101 in a few weeks. The comments though. You all are hilarious. Learned nada, had a good belly laugh though!
I'm switching my major to Horticulture after this lecture
LMAOOOOO
An excellent speech!! He knows what he is talking about. We are one people!
This has seriously helped with my studies. THANKYOU TED
im watching this for you professor robbie
"Enlighted" helped me to develop sociological perspective , to write answers in my sociology exams .
Loved your topic, and passion with it.
So easy to understand! That is great!
That why I decided to study sociology and getting my phd in sociology after my first intro class!
What do you use Sociology for?
@@TheWayoftheSith To change the world
@@TheWayoftheSith At university/college one is expected to take a combination of courses. Those who take Sociology as a major might take other courses from psychology or business/commerce/social work/education etc and craft their own life path. Sociology, with a combination of Industrial Psychology, set me up for a career in Training and Development in various multiconglomerates.
Put reverb on this guys speech and sample it into a goa mix. It works perfectly.
I reallu enjoyed this lecture. Thank you.
I agree on Mr. Richard that making a decision should be in coordination with what is embedded in us that shape who we are. In sociology, as per his statement, it dwells on the personal and public issues. But these problems, though inevitable, should not always affect you from isolating yourself with the society, with the people you're connected to because doing so will limit you from discovering the interconnectivity of this wide range of population that are with great deals and aspirations. Connecting with many individuals despite their differences in religion, culture and beliefs will indeed empower your being and uplifts your inspiration. And that's how sociology is being defined, that behavior of one could affect and may empower the other being regardless of their differences.
2 months away from my Sociology degree and this video made me confused on what Sociology is now lmao
Did you read Luhmann? I know he's not very well known outside Europe(if that's the case for you), but I promise his theory of society is genius!
Tnx sir for your motivation... i am also a sociology student in INDIA.. and i want to PSD on sociology but ... it's not possible bcz of economic conditions... but sir your speech is like osom .. and i have more powerful.. tnx sir .. i WANT to meet u if it possible?
Amazing talk. I agree
very nicely explained
i need to watch this while im high lol. the camera guy is just messing with us
W.E.B Dubois Chi State University! Sociology really puts you above society
awareness is not to believe you are above others, but it's about uderstanding the terms and conditions also your position inside an organism
please, give this man a glass of water
If I'm suicidal, simply knowing that I am like other people does not remove the feelings, needs, and cognitions I have. Perhaps it would make him feel better if he were suicidal, and I guess that's my point. Everyone experiences life differently. Suicide rates may stay the same relatively, but he seems to think that our "connection to others" is the cause of that, without any empirical evidence. It's a phenomena that he is merely speculating on
Why "everyone experiences life differently"? It's just a clicse. In reality the way that we comprehend the world around us is very connected to our culture, our family, our education and so many other things that society provides us. Just think how different societies in the world have the adolescence period.
Man, this professor is a hippy with short hair
Annuar, Hamidah H.
Mindanao State University - Main Campus
SOC 100 - Cc1
After watching the video, I came to realize that our behaviors and beliefs are consistently shaped by others. Every choice we make is influenced by societal factors. From a broader perspective, sociology teaches us that we're not alone when addressing social and personal issues and that we are part of an invisible tribe. This invisible group shares common experiences and beliefs that can lead to similar decisions. I also learned that humans are simply interconnected like a web because our connections run deep, extending beyond interactions to encompass our thoughts, emotions, and perspectives. This is where the beauty of sociology lies, not merely in understanding surface-level behaviors, but also in realizing their deep significance.
he need some milk
Why?
Bayabao, Hamimah M.
BS Social Work
SOC100
I'm thankful for watching this for a fact that it made my perspective on sociology colossal. The energy and motivation he gave can really widen your knowledge.
Americans usually talk so slow. Have to push the 1.25x button on ted talks everytime an american comes on.
LOL, 1.25x speed
might as well go 1.5x speed, it's not fast enough tbh
I like slow talkers, it makes me enjoy their speech.
Who is the template for what should be? From where do your expectations and limitations arise? ;)
@@midflight_art I prefer 1.25x. 1.5x sounds like Ben Shapiro
That's not entirely true.
Sociologically, I am sociologist :)
Bravo! 👏
Wow. Such a flawless human beeing. He had to bring in others suffering to give his message a personal touch. Maybe visit a therapist for a few years.
god this whole perspective is mind blowing
It might have been the longest time I spent watching a creepy man
How is he creepy other than he’s trying to look like John Lennon
Ala, Sahanie U.
BS Social Work (Freshmen)
SOC 100 Uu
All of us engage in a lot of trials and challenges in life, and sometimes we make bad decisions because of our difficult situations, but according to this video, if we all thought like sociologists, we would see that we are never alone. If you're encountering that situation, there are a lot of people who are in your situation too. We must keep in mind that we are not alone; we're supremely connected and totally connected to others. So, this video was so interesting and amazing for me as a learner of sociology. I am so grateful for this knowledgeable video.
i wanna type something condescending.........nah just wasting my time.
It wouldn't have been you making the comment, it would've been all of your sociological experiences ;D
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Bashier,Sittienor A
BS Sustainable Community Development
SOC100
-Mr. Sam Richard talk on sociology wisdom is an insightful analysis of complex social structures. Through personal anecdotes and examples, Mr.Richards emphasizes the importance of understanding sociological concepts to navigate an interconnected world. Overall, it's a concise and informative presentation that offers valuable insights into the power of sociology to transform our understanding of society.
Outstanding video
Not sure why people think this is so profound. It's pretty easy to see how society, culture, and past and present historical events are major influences in each of our individual lives.
ALI, Zumainah B.
Mindanao State University, Marawi City
SOC100 - Cc1
The video tackled a lot about how important to reconect and use socioliogy to guide our emotions and feelings. Similar to how the speaker used his unique liberty and freedom to chart his own destiny. If we only conect our feeling and emotion with others, we can come up to wonderful and rational realm of life. In a world that can often feel competitive and cut-throat, it's easy to forget that we are all in this together. We are all placeholders for each other, playing a small but important in each other's lives. When we support, encourage, and uplift one another,we create a ripple effect of positivity that can far beyond our individual circles. To becoming and being a small ripples in a large ocean of possibilities.
Great speech and talk, keep it up!
NAIFAH M. ALI
SOC100- Bb
Sociology is important because it helps us understand how people interact and shape our communities. By studying sociology, we can learn more about different ways of living and work towards making our societies fairer and more equal. Important word from the video is we are not alone. If you feel sad, happy, and etc. then, think of it, you're not alone. By the time we feel sad, and there are people who are also feel sad at the same time we feel that way but in different location. Like we all people in this world have same feelings such as pain and happiness but in just different location. That's how sociology means. It helps us understand how people interact and shape our communities.
Very, very amazing. Very good teacher.
At 08:57, we see a place in which sociology, per se, is not an adequate explanation: we need to acknowledge the PSYCHOLOGY of the impact of parenting. Even if you could "fix" all the "sociological" problems, you haven't necessarily fixed parenting or the psychological differences in - for example - political leaders.
When you're in sociology class in a public school in Argentina:
You: The shell of the lora
Superb!
Great job
I did really like this talk, thank you for sharing 🙃
Could you explain why you cant find any criticism in comment section anywhere?
this talk is piece of junk
I'm 43 and considering going back to college for a sociology degree. It's something I'm interested in. My only red flag is most of the most famous sociologists sound like philosophers. And Philosophy was something I was also kind of interested in until the people teaching it dissected into a very dry dry desert. So dry. So.... so dry. And I'm thirsty.
Sublime 👍
That's it.
He started speaking Portuguese at the end and I was not expecting it.
Proud to be a sociologist :)
Ditto :o)
David Esteban Rojas Ospina hippy
Axel Bliss where did this come from ahahaha
Naira Acob
Mindanao State University main campus
SOC100- Uu
BSSW
After I watched this video, it enlighten me that I'm not the only person in this world that's suffering from the stress and anxiety, because there's so many people that have this feeling too, so I have to fight because some of us that have this feeling is fighting too, so we can survive. And all that happens in my life even if it is happiness or sadness is I'm with someone. And this is why we have to study sociology and think like sociologist, because there's no perfect life in this world.
Invisible group, never thought about it but make sense.
I actually laughed out loud trying to picture a regular bloke saying ' lets go into the peri menopause together'....I consider myself lucky if I can persuade my one to empty the dishwasher
Upgrade. This isnt a dress rehearsal. You're unequally yoked.
thats my name
A unique and interesting perspective for sure. But I’m also quite skeptical.
Yes, society does influence every single action and thought we have. But if that influence is complete, we would be identical to each other and our children identical to us. So there’s obviously some degree of individuality (deviance). Also to say we are connected to an “invisible tribe” offers no comfort or advice to its members; just a vague influence on us that we’re usually unaware of.
It is because each individual has different experiences in society and these various experiences of individuals shape their behaviour and personality. This is why there is variation in behaviour of individuals within the members of the same family.
No, YOU’RE usually unaware of it. That doesn’t mean it’s not constantly occuring, even when you’re not around anyone.
Really touched my heart! Since after I watched this video, ‘Sociology’, make sense to me! 😍
i actually watched his lectures before watching this
I frequently have a strong desire to respond erratically to the oversimplification of the statement, "I don't care what other people think". Why folks choose to actually exert psychological and physical effort to make another person think about this statement is beyond their informal self-schema's analysis.
Acop, Ilham T.
SOC100 - Cc1
"No man is an island" is a famous phrase which means that no individual exists entirely independently, isolated from others. Instead, it suggests that humans are inherently interconnected and interdependent on one another, both socially and emotionally. Being with other people, you get to be aware of other perspectives which greatly influence your growth similar to what Sam Richard mentioned, "Sociology is that we are shaped by other people around us."
HALIM M. BANSAO
BS - Social Work
1st Year - 2022
SOC100
As Sam Richards said that we are free and independently in the moment of solitude, we are the drivers of our lives. For example, Whenever you are in solitude moment at a certain place, we always knock our minds to interrogate ourselves about psychology problems like our mental and physical spirits and societal issues. We always think that In this world we're one, free and alone but the core ideas of sociology shows that in this global web we're not. He is a sociologist engaged that we, the people who are connected from one to another even at the time of pain. The power of sociological wisdom proves that in this globe we live there's a powered by sociology where in it is actually just there. As Sam said, Somos humanidade "We are humanity" indeed.