As a school teacher, I would add: The more time teachers are forced to enter, and stare at, assessments and standardised test results, the less time they have to know, connect with and help their students. The reliance on standardised tests and data is killing our education system and robbing our children of creativity. It’s sad, so sad …
I was a governor for 15 years and I agree with you 100%. It was always a frustration to me wasting endless hours making sure that teachers were on the ball in moving pupils towards getting good sats... not a good education, that was irrelevant, just good sats results and being ready for a random visit by the inspector.
I agree Fiona. Just reading Stree Data by Shane Safir, it's all about this and what we might do instead in K-12 public education. It's been a life saver
The problem is that we've constructed a system of educators where people without your passion are readily accepted. That stems from the belief that education is an expense, not an investment.
As Margaret explains the future is unpredictable and teachers can't teach anything about it and that frustrates them. The main problem of education is although quite simple: Learn them how to learn themselves, so they know how to quickly learn new skills. In fact the teacher should teach in such a way he is not needed anymore after a while.The problem is that most teachers are stuck in a closed-mode system where creativity and imagination are killed. So first transform the education system, and I hear teachers thinking that someone should do that. No, they should start it themselves, but until now I seldom saw a teacher changing the system by changing first himself.
So in short, admit that complex systems (humans, most of all) can't be meaningfully modelled and predicted for any and all purposes (yet), and therefore shouldn't be over simplified to mere numbers pushed around by data wonks. The fact that this seemingly mundane 'common sense' sounds 'risky' and 'radical' in today's increasingly data-driven, algorithmically optimised world is what makes this talk intriguing and powerful. I appreciate the speaker's effort to invite us to rethink the balance between 'efficiency' and 'robustness', the 'complicated' and the 'complex' - and maybe on a more human level, the balance between wealth and well being, results and purposes.
We would have to include climate as a complex system yet many (including the speaker) seem to believe the IPCC has climate models that model climate correctly despite twenty years of failed predictions. Yes the climate models have been over simplified for political purposes in an attempt to pin all the blame for climate change on man made CO2 and create a moral panic even when we know CO2 is a feedback mechanism not the driver of climate and that climate has always changed and always will regardless of what humans do; I'm not saying man made CO2 doesn't have an effect, it does, but it would seem to be overestimated as evidenced by all the failed predictions. Climate may yet turn out to be chaotic as some scientists have claimed but whilst ever they zero out the effect of the driver of climate, the sun, (by holding it constant) and ignore other factors that influence climate including changes in the heliosphere, the magnetosphere, cosmic radiation and upper cloud formation then we have no hope of ever achieving an accurate model.
Yes, this one of the best TED talks I have seen. Profoundly inspiring and insightful with deep implications on many important areas. Exquisitely delivered by the speaker. Thank you.
This Margaret woman is an excellent speaker! Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into this talk. I have much to think about in the days to come!
You know, what really struck me is that the speaker does not even read the script but still is very fluent in what she tries to deliver. That will help the editors spend less time on making videos.
I think you're comparing two things complitely different... Editors does have the time to internalize the content of a video like she had to give this talk. You're not seeing the great amount of time she spend developing and learning that script
@@creavenw22 I dont think you get the gist of what I'm saying sir. I wanted to say that she's great as she delivered her speech without any mumbling or mistakes and this will help the editors spend less time on editing her speech. I did not compare them at all just so you know.
it's so refreshing to see such a profound, insightful look at human skills in an age that tempts o eliminate them. she has said more than enough, and i hope more and more people see this truth, thank you !
Uncertainty is most certain. People need to be able to react and act in uncerain times. Tech and tech efficiency have people at a certainty disadvantage and in that we lose our creative ability to efficiently react on the fly.
But what can we do tho? Civilization is evolving, and one of the most high rate growth is technology. Maybe in about 3 to 10 decades machine will work for us, not man who work for themselves.
@@canyoulendaniggaapencil8719 perhaps more people should think about embracing a minimalist or off-grid type attitude for their life. Just because technology is available doesn't mean we need to embrace it and bring it into our homes, vehicles and life.
"Anyone who tells you that they know the future, is just trying to own it, a spurious kind of manifest destiny." This is a tremendous TED Talk with some excellent wisdom being imparted. But that whole deal about climate change: perhaps the quote she gives toward the tail-end of this talk needs to be heeded more by smart people like her as they listen to the policy advocates/doomsayers on the climate subject.
this is great. i have said for ages that people need to rely less on tech and more on themselves. people just don't seem to think anymore. :( i think it is part of why our health professionals do such a slacking job these days...just incapable of thinking outside the box. and of course other professionals do the same.
Having begun my career 50 years ago, what Margaret is referring to is what we would have called "treating people as adults". That the Verve CEO had to initiate an experiment which was infantilising in an attempt to overcome the infantilisation of her workforce speaks volumes.
You can see this in all things in life, anything based on religion or culture which simplifies things, tends to push out the unique... not only at work places.
The future is awesome and it involves people working together and in concert with machines. The rugby team story was very interesting. Teamwork and emotion is very important. Thanks for the video
I think it's coalition building, and before bravery there is experimentation: you experiment a possible solution you have imagined, and to do so in the face of common practice needs bravery.
So I watched this at the behest of a friend and I believe what the speaker discusses is 2 sides of the same coin, that is Force Majeure and X Factor; the comparison of failure due to unpredictability vs. the success based on some X Factor. In any failure a person, leader, manager, executive, organization can either point outside the window to something they could not control or was unforeseeable OR a leader can look at the mirror to internalize and own the failure. So too, in any success a leader can blow their own trumpet OR point to those outside who made their success possible. In most cases it depends on the relationship one has with the mirror and window of success/failure. How does that relate to data and algorithms in success - it doesn't - because data and algorithms are FACILITATORs or ACCELERATORS of success or possibly even failure... within an organization. But the X Factor - the people... what they do, how they think, bond, communicate, enculturate, motivate, mentality - that is the other side of the coin that determines success - WITH the right people, right skills - success will happen. In the end, I think that the commonality of unknown X Factors and unknown reasons of failures lies within the mentality of those who own and give vs. blame and gain. @RichardBuenviaje - thanks for the recommendation. #GoodtoGreat thanks for the framework of thought. #TryingtobeLevel5
Indeed, one size only fits some, and there is no silver bullet. The problem is that the human brain tries to look for patterns in everything, even when there is no underlying pattern to be found, because that's just its survival mechanism. The brain is content when it's convinced it has found a pattern, because then it doesn't have to work to solve each situation. It can just execute a familiar pattern, which requires minimal effort from the brain. With that comfortable "laziness" as its motivation, the brain will favor decisions, which help form the surrounding world into predictable patterns that can easily just be executed. However, repeating something will only strengthen those specific pathways and connections in the brain at the expense of others, much like training only one muscle and neglecting the rest of your body. This becomes problematic at the slightest deviation from the norm. In a perfectly calculated, regular world of patterns, this would never happen. But the real world is not perfectly calculated, regular or based on predictable patterns, no matter how much the brain tries to convince itself of this. When a change occurs, and it is time to use those other unused pathways, connections and muscles, they simply aren't available. The survival mechanism has failed itself. So, even if the brain doesn't like to work for its keep, putting it to work by exposing it to change is actually good for it in the long run. Trying new things will open new pathways, which in turn will become a wider selection of tools available at a time something unexpected happens. Even if you cannot see an immediate benefit in trying something new or something different, it may become useful later on. At the very least, it will add to your pool of experiences, providing the brain more examples and data to base its patterns upon, increasing the odds of finding something that works. Even though we cannot predict the future, and even though we cannot reshape the world into a perfectly regular thing, it is comforting to know that there is at least a way for us to become more prepared for the inevitable unexpectedness.
Good observations delivered in a sound speech. These insights are more than just valuable to humans in today's world; in many instances they're recognized as basic "laws of nature." IE: Efficiency (at it's peak) is akin to over-specialization & nature doesn't favor it (consider it "robust") or the hybrid(s) it produces.
Technology is not the enemy and is going to be the only means to facilitate the needs and an expanding population efficiently and fairly. The biggest problem we face as a species is that we have grown complacent and no longer differentiate need from want. We can not sustain growth without technology increasing the efficiency of how we can use the limited resources of this planet. The intangibles of the human mind will always remain secondary to surviving.
I agree with the author that the artificial method of control may not be very effective, because the task distributor does not know surprises and works systematically. Although the unexpected in our difficult world is a frequent thing and algorithms make us unprepared for the unexpected. I found the thought in this video interesting. For example, I agree that creativity and bravery enlivens us and makes us more productive. But I don't think we should underestimate modern technology. In my experience, I can say that the system streamlines my daily routine, for example in my studies. I don't know how I would organize my studies without the information portal. It has everything: schedules, subjects, information. And it's very convenient. Without information and its technological order everything was very uncomfortable and I can't even imagine it
Kind went over my head but I enjoyed the talk... had to look at the comments and description for some explanation. Is that what she warns us about? Not being able to think for ourselves? I don't know for sure.
Wel literally follwing the saying. "We'll cross that bridge when we get there." Meaning We'll handle it when we get there. IF it happens. Extremely risking because you may be reducing the chances of depreciations.
@@insider_english1594 I don't understand what you're trying to say. I know you understood what I was trying to say. I couldn't exactly remember the quote. Thanks for the correction.👍
love this. but it's also true that Tech is what's allowing this video (and the popularity of the TED stage) and her name to go out there and be heard... over and over... further and further.
Cant we just go back to living simply ? I would LOVE to tend the land , build a wooden house and have a horse and cart etc , no tvs no sidetracking . Just good old fresh air and nature , family by my side me by their side . I don't WANT to leave myself volneruble as far as hospitals but i do think they should be to help the sick . Its hard to balance whats for the best but im seeing a world that kills rapes loots and destroys itself for no reason . We need to be humbled . The sky really is going to roll up . Its almost black hole time we need to back off .
You say "a world that kills rapes loots and destroys itself for no reason". The reason I offer is that this inhumane behavior is driven by political and economic forces. That these forces are funded by Banks. That the money system was conceived and initiated in Babylon 600 BC, to control (enslave) the population by lending money, thus creating debt. However there is a solution that will enable us to live in a world without debt.
3:45 " We know there will be more epidemics in future, but we don't know where or when or what." I hope the researchers will soon develop a vaccine against COVID 19!
so true yet so misleading. yes, the less we think the lesser we become. but that's not direct cause of ever expanding technology. that's direct cause of greed and money.
"so true yet so misleading. yes, the less we think the lesser we become. but that's not direct cause of ever expanding technology." - I was looking for exactly this in the comments.
@@doogleticker5183 Just because you watch "ted talks" and automatically adher to them doesn't make you smart, pal. This woman said nothing. She put together a bunch of obvious modern topics and ranted on with eloquence, full stop.
*Subtitles in Hungarian and Persian, and do not put subtitles in Spanish, the second most spoken language in the world😒* *Subtítulos en húngaro y persa, y no ponen subtítulos en español, el segundo idioma mas hablado del mundo😒*
@@doogleticker5183... did I *say* I *thought* she was wrong? and now *doesn't* your answer seem pretentious and *condescending* ? ... why, yes. Yes it does.
Efficiency becomes a replacement for effectiveness and eliminates the human's capacity to be (To name a few.) creative, adaptive, empathetic and autonomous. Relying consistently on a sure thing that has no basis in positive growth and learning produces a stagnancy in body, mind and spirit, crippling our ability to adapt to the real world and indeed contributes to a colder and more complicated world. A doctor told me that those who do this do so as a result of upbringing, genetics, environment and personality and I've heard and experienced that this can be changed through application of conscious thoughts and actions.
She presents "efficiency" as a bogeyman, repeating anti-technology and Luddite tropes a century and a half old. Technology isn't the problem, but she contrasts it as the two in combat, Technology ("efficiency") vs Real People ("human skills"). Technology and efficiency are boons. They make us stronger, not weaker. They empower, not disarm. Yes, we need "human skills". Technology, through "efficiency", has empowered more folks to develop "human skills", to communicate world-wide, to do things which would've been seen as Magic a few generations ago. She's not just wrong: she's actively directing folks away from the tools we have to improve their lives.
I think you missed the point of the talk; I have worked for many companies that have "bean counters" or rely far too much on accountants, HR, computers etc. They are necessary and generally keep things running BUT they don't take reality, an ever-changing landscape of people, their health and personalities, weather, accidents and so on. If an accountant or HR says "You need X number of people to do security or X to run the heavy machinery" but in reality we need far more, the realities on the ground do not reflect the computer technology's forecasts.
@@papasitoman I can appreciate that may have been the intent of her talk; what she said was quite different, and mostly revolved around We Shouldn't Rely On Technology Because Humans Make Better Choices. The argument she could have made, but did not, was that technology is not a complete solution and when we find errors, we should improve the technology because it is that technology that often allows us to see the errors.
Don Lachlan, you’re comment was a valid counterpoint to the presented material. I appreciate that it reminds me look at all angles to best have an understanding and opinion. This Talk has prompted many interesting comments.
She is a legacy dinosaur of past begone time who resist and will never understand in long term benefit of systematically implementing standards everywhere and in depth. AI into machine is a fresh new technology just need time for trial and errors correction and perfection into system of society, over time will assisted humanity and give untold benefits and will evolved into the next level of human civilization.
“One should use information and logic as a drunkard would use a lamp post, only for support, not for illumination.” ― Jaggi Vasudev, Mind is your Business
I wanted to add a public reply, but was hesitant as I myself was sure that I would digress from the discussions that this talk should generate, as well as appear to digress even where I was not veering from relevance( as to here). But browsing down to your comment and your allusion to an Indian thinker just made it irresistible for me to take the plunge. While I can't contest Ms Haffernan's insightful observations based on tangible, albeit emperical examples, I can surely say that for a significant minority of people, people who are not just the product of modern civilization as many would claim, but are simply being increasingly recognized now, for example, those with aspergers syndrome or infj personality type, though not limited to these alone, definitely benefit from dehumanising(through technology), and here I may add(1st digression among the many that may follow), even outside work places. For, how much they make efforts, they are misunderstood and at even simply an objective level, be offered wrong advice or inappropriate support system(the one, the speaker was referring to which many down and out CEOs would fall back on), not to talk about at subjective levels be negatively affected, at subtle as well as not so subtle ways. Coming to why your reference to an Indian guru piqued me( in both ways of this word's meaning,i. e., arousal as well as resentment- the latter one, something to do with your name, well actually everything to do with it). As the speaker says, it's about cultivating social human relations and bonds, though she was referring to workplaces, it could not be in isolation from life outside that and hence in general- a favourite refrain of 'wise' men of the East! Probably, one reason, you would have drifted towards the sadhu's teachings(sincere apologies, if I'm being cliched, doing the very thing I want to negatively highlight, if not expose.) I would have continued, but why to, unless you are interested ? But slightly digressing, I would like to ask- The lamp post eg. that you gave, I don't know what that figure of speech is called in English, but I'll mention a( totally unrelated)similar eg of that kind of figure of speech- I'm in chains and lock, you are in chains and lock, I have a set of keys, why should it be that the keys to your lock are the keys to mine? I think that this eg is profound in the sense that it applies in all similar situations , while the eg you gave(lamp post one), is just a smart alec-ism, in that a bigger smart alec will have a smarter repartee to it, though I don't have one right now. Do you agree with me on this one or not?
Wow, watching this and knowing it came out in Fall 2019, mere months before the coronavirus pandemic hit... is kind of chilling
One of the best TED Talks I've watched so far
As a school teacher, I would add: The more time teachers are forced to enter, and stare at, assessments and standardised test results, the less time they have to know, connect with and help their students. The reliance on standardised tests and data is killing our education system and robbing our children of creativity. It’s sad, so sad …
I was a governor for 15 years and I agree with you 100%. It was always a frustration to me wasting endless hours making sure that teachers were on the ball in moving pupils towards getting good sats... not a good education, that was irrelevant, just good sats results and being ready for a random visit by the inspector.
Totally agree! I teach marketing at a university.
I agree Fiona. Just reading Stree Data by Shane Safir, it's all about this and what we might do instead in K-12 public education. It's been a life saver
The problem is that we've constructed a system of educators where people without your passion are readily accepted. That stems from the belief that education is an expense, not an investment.
As Margaret explains the future is unpredictable and teachers can't teach anything about it and that frustrates them. The main problem of education is although quite simple: Learn them how to learn themselves, so they know how to quickly learn new skills. In fact the teacher should teach in such a way he is not needed anymore after a while.The problem is that most teachers are stuck in a closed-mode system where creativity and imagination are killed. So first transform the education system, and I hear teachers thinking that someone should do that. No, they should start it themselves, but until now I seldom saw a teacher changing the system by changing first himself.
So in short, admit that complex systems (humans, most of all) can't be meaningfully modelled and predicted for any and all purposes (yet), and therefore shouldn't be over simplified to mere numbers pushed around by data wonks. The fact that this seemingly mundane 'common sense' sounds 'risky' and 'radical' in today's increasingly data-driven, algorithmically optimised world is what makes this talk intriguing and powerful. I appreciate the speaker's effort to invite us to rethink the balance between 'efficiency' and 'robustness', the 'complicated' and the 'complex' - and maybe on a more human level, the balance between wealth and well being, results and purposes.
mrvzhao you wonderful intelligent thinking human you
We would have to include climate as a complex system yet many (including the speaker) seem to believe the IPCC has climate models that model climate correctly despite twenty years of failed predictions. Yes the climate models have been over simplified for political purposes in an attempt to pin all the blame for climate change on man made CO2 and create a moral panic even when we know CO2 is a feedback mechanism not the driver of climate and that climate has always changed and always will regardless of what humans do; I'm not saying man made CO2 doesn't have an effect, it does, but it would seem to be overestimated as evidenced by all the failed predictions. Climate may yet turn out to be chaotic as some scientists have claimed but whilst ever they zero out the effect of the driver of climate, the sun, (by holding it constant) and ignore other factors that influence climate including changes in the heliosphere, the magnetosphere, cosmic radiation and upper cloud formation then we have no hope of ever achieving an accurate model.
Yes, this one of the best TED talks I have seen. Profoundly inspiring and insightful with deep implications on many important areas. Exquisitely delivered by the speaker. Thank you.
This Margaret woman is an excellent speaker! Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into this talk. I have much to think about in the days to come!
One of the best TED talk ever. ❤️
This came up right before COVID-19, good lessons here
I almost cried ... you were the best speakers I ever heard
You know, what really struck me is that the speaker does not even read the script but still is very fluent in what she tries to deliver. That will help the editors spend less time on making videos.
Yuntube윤튜브 how do you know she isn’t following script?
Are you familiar with the term audio-prompter or teleprompter.... or she just might have histrionic capabilities... and she is very smart...
Yeah, some things are so real...
I think you're comparing two things complitely different... Editors does have the time to internalize the content of a video like she had to give this talk. You're not seeing the great amount of time she spend developing and learning that script
@@creavenw22 I dont think you get the gist of what I'm saying sir. I wanted to say that she's great as she delivered her speech without any mumbling or mistakes and this will help the editors spend less time on editing her speech. I did not compare them at all just so you know.
it's so refreshing to see such a profound, insightful look at human skills in an age that tempts o eliminate them. she has said more than enough, and i hope more and more people see this truth, thank you !
Uncertainty is most certain. People need to be able to react and act in uncerain times. Tech and tech efficiency have people at a certainty disadvantage and in that we lose our creative ability to efficiently react on the fly.
"The more we let machines think for us,
the less we can think about ourselves" damn that's a strong word.
Yup.
I however have no doubt those hard words are true.
The more we let machines think for us, the less we can think for* ourselves.
But what can we do tho? Civilization is evolving, and one of the most high rate growth is technology. Maybe in about 3 to 10 decades machine will work for us, not man who work for themselves.
@@canyoulendaniggaapencil8719 perhaps more people should think about embracing a minimalist or off-grid type attitude for their life. Just because technology is available doesn't mean we need to embrace it and bring it into our homes, vehicles and life.
"Anyone who tells you that they know the future, is just trying to own it, a spurious kind of manifest destiny."
This is a tremendous TED Talk with some excellent wisdom being imparted. But that whole deal about climate change: perhaps the quote she gives toward the tail-end of this talk needs to be heeded more by smart people like her as they listen to the policy advocates/doomsayers on the climate subject.
This is beautiful. What a gifted lecturer Mrs Heffernan is!
Her English... she sounds like a book, a very good one!
No coaching bullshit, but true life experience and humanistic values. Great speach.
I truly admire her and her way of talking. 😍😍😍😍😍
this is great. i have said for ages that people need to rely less on tech and more on themselves. people just don't seem to think anymore. :( i think it is part of why our health professionals do such a slacking job these days...just incapable of thinking outside the box. and of course other professionals do the same.
Soft skills, leadership and stable mind.
O'SSÉIN - Master Your Mind With Me - thank you. She’s an eloquent and experienced speaker, but it’s very wordy.
This is an amazing tedtalk. Needs way more attention.
Having begun my career 50 years ago, what Margaret is referring to is what we would have called "treating people as adults". That the Verve CEO had to initiate an experiment which was infantilising in an attempt to overcome the infantilisation of her workforce speaks volumes.
You can see this in all things in life, anything based on religion or culture which simplifies things, tends to push out the unique... not only at work places.
This is an amazing talk. Thought-provoking and inspiring.
The future is awesome and it involves people working together and in concert with machines. The rugby team story was very interesting. Teamwork and emotion is very important. Thanks for the video
Крайне информативно, актуально и действительно полезно. Есть над чем задуматься и пересмотреть.
One of the best TED talks i've watched wise information.
One of the best vidéos .
Thank you for this rich content
Powerful wisdom in this talk.
This is just so beautiful
This woman is a poet.
Preparedness,correlation building,imagination and bravery.
I think it's coalition building, and before bravery there is experimentation: you experiment a possible solution you have imagined, and to do so in the face of common practice needs bravery.
Thanks for sharing Margaret :)
So I watched this at the behest of a friend and I believe what the speaker discusses is 2 sides of the same coin, that is Force Majeure and X Factor; the comparison of failure due to unpredictability vs. the success based on some X Factor. In any failure a person, leader, manager, executive, organization can either point outside the window to something they could not control or was unforeseeable OR a leader can look at the mirror to internalize and own the failure. So too, in any success a leader can blow their own trumpet OR point to those outside who made their success possible. In most cases it depends on the relationship one has with the mirror and window of success/failure. How does that relate to data and algorithms in success - it doesn't - because data and algorithms are FACILITATORs or ACCELERATORS of success or possibly even failure... within an organization. But the X Factor - the people... what they do, how they think, bond, communicate, enculturate, motivate, mentality - that is the other side of the coin that determines success - WITH the right people, right skills - success will happen. In the end, I think that the commonality of unknown X Factors and unknown reasons of failures lies within the mentality of those who own and give vs. blame and gain. @RichardBuenviaje - thanks for the recommendation. #GoodtoGreat thanks for the framework of thought. #TryingtobeLevel5
God, why can't we have world leaders like this :(
Wow a decent ted talk in ages.
Indeed, one size only fits some, and there is no silver bullet. The problem is that the human brain tries to look for patterns in everything, even when there is no underlying pattern to be found, because that's just its survival mechanism. The brain is content when it's convinced it has found a pattern, because then it doesn't have to work to solve each situation. It can just execute a familiar pattern, which requires minimal effort from the brain. With that comfortable "laziness" as its motivation, the brain will favor decisions, which help form the surrounding world into predictable patterns that can easily just be executed.
However, repeating something will only strengthen those specific pathways and connections in the brain at the expense of others, much like training only one muscle and neglecting the rest of your body. This becomes problematic at the slightest deviation from the norm. In a perfectly calculated, regular world of patterns, this would never happen. But the real world is not perfectly calculated, regular or based on predictable patterns, no matter how much the brain tries to convince itself of this. When a change occurs, and it is time to use those other unused pathways, connections and muscles, they simply aren't available. The survival mechanism has failed itself.
So, even if the brain doesn't like to work for its keep, putting it to work by exposing it to change is actually good for it in the long run. Trying new things will open new pathways, which in turn will become a wider selection of tools available at a time something unexpected happens. Even if you cannot see an immediate benefit in trying something new or something different, it may become useful later on. At the very least, it will add to your pool of experiences, providing the brain more examples and data to base its patterns upon, increasing the odds of finding something that works. Even though we cannot predict the future, and even though we cannot reshape the world into a perfectly regular thing, it is comforting to know that there is at least a way for us to become more prepared for the inevitable unexpectedness.
Good observations delivered in a sound speech. These insights are more than just valuable to humans in today's world; in many instances they're recognized as basic "laws of nature."
IE: Efficiency (at it's peak) is akin to over-specialization & nature doesn't favor it (consider it "robust") or the hybrid(s) it produces.
I will adapt, improvise, and compensate to difficult situations.
Technology is not the enemy and is going to be the only means to facilitate the needs and an expanding population efficiently and fairly. The biggest problem we face as a species is that we have grown complacent and no longer differentiate need from want. We can not sustain growth without technology increasing the efficiency of how we can use the limited resources of this planet. The intangibles of the human mind will always remain secondary to surviving.
I agree with the author that the artificial method of control may not be very effective, because the task distributor does not know surprises and works systematically. Although the unexpected in our difficult world is a frequent thing and algorithms make us unprepared for the unexpected. I found the thought in this video interesting. For example, I agree that creativity and bravery enlivens us and makes us more productive. But I don't think we should underestimate modern technology. In my experience, I can say that the system streamlines my daily routine, for example in my studies. I don't know how I would organize my studies without the information portal. It has everything: schedules, subjects, information. And it's very convenient. Without information and its technological order everything was very uncomfortable and I can't even imagine it
Kind went over my head but I enjoyed the talk... had to look at the comments and description for some explanation. Is that what she warns us about? Not being able to think for ourselves? I don't know for sure.
So relevant to the Coronavirus, powerful stuff
Love you Margaret Heffernan
Thank you 😊
preparedness, coalition-building, imagination, experiments, bravery
What a fantastic talk! That's why I don't completely trust AI these days.
@NoBrainer Languages I know they're amazing, but they would eventually make humans useless.
Wel literally follwing the saying.
"We'll cross that bridge when we get there."
Meaning We'll handle it when we get there. IF it happens. Extremely risking because you may be reducing the chances of depreciations.
even your saying seems to have changed from "we'll cross that bridge WHEN WE COME TO IT."
@@insider_english1594 I don't understand what you're trying to say. I know you understood what I was trying to say. I couldn't exactly remember the quote. Thanks for the correction.👍
love this. but it's also true that Tech is what's allowing this video (and the popularity of the TED stage) and her name to go out there and be heard... over and over... further and further.
i loved this . thank you .
This lady is smart, quite smart.
Beautiful!!
Bravo!!
"Bravo"?
Amazing!!!
for me, technology already turned from friend to enemy
Cant we just go back to living simply ? I would LOVE to tend the land , build a wooden house and have a horse and cart etc , no tvs no sidetracking . Just good old fresh air and nature , family by my side me by their side . I don't WANT to leave myself volneruble as far as hospitals but i do think they should be to help the sick . Its hard to balance whats for the best but im seeing a world that kills rapes loots and destroys itself for no reason . We need to be humbled . The sky really is going to roll up . Its almost black hole time we need to back off .
You say "a world that kills rapes loots and destroys itself for no reason". The reason I offer is that this inhumane behavior is driven by political and economic forces. That these forces are funded by Banks. That the money system was conceived and initiated in Babylon 600 BC, to control (enslave) the population by lending money, thus creating debt. However there is a solution that will enable us to live in a world without debt.
3:45 " We know there will be more epidemics in future,
but we don't know where or when or what."
I hope the researchers will soon develop a vaccine against COVID 19!
I'm beginning to become concerned that certain inventions will take over
Not your fault...now you have been "red-pilled"...and the more you want to know, the stronger you'll need to be.
Concern.. .. .. mushroom clouding no joke.
Excellent
What do you mean by human skills?
Im pretty sure it's a term to separate savages from people that are civilized.
Soft skills, emotional skills, skills that tell you fox news is not news but propaganda dressed up like news
Human kills?
Interpersonal skills, empathy, communication etc
so true yet so misleading. yes, the less we think the lesser we become. but that's not direct cause of ever expanding technology. that's direct cause of greed and money.
"so true yet so misleading. yes, the less we think the lesser we become. but that's not direct cause of ever expanding technology." - I was looking for exactly this in the comments.
So innovation is key to progress and ditch the screens and the future is a mystery. Her point?
Is that YOU are a part of the problem...have your IQ checked and maybe you can help yourself.
@@doogleticker5183 Just because you watch "ted talks" and automatically adher to them doesn't make you smart, pal. This woman said nothing. She put together a bunch of obvious modern topics and ranted on with eloquence, full stop.
Her dress is amazing.
Your sense of humour is precious. Hope you never lose it!
"We" does not exist. There's us and them, ad infinitum, ad hoc. 💖😎
Ya know, I don’t know how to take your comment Gzpo, but it’s intriguing. It caused me to remember to look at things from many angles. Thx
@@GeneralZap Wah?
Trade efficiency for resilience.
Hmmmm... Now I have to think real hard about all this..
I know.........right!
@@kennbiggs9311 yeah :)
She's awesome, science is awesome.
*Subtitles in Hungarian and Persian, and do not put subtitles in Spanish, the second most spoken language in the world😒*
*Subtítulos en húngaro y persa, y no ponen subtítulos en español, el segundo idioma mas hablado del mundo😒*
Do it yourself...or wait until it is "processed".
efficiency vs robust
Aim
Game Sense
Strats
I’d rather be paranoid than unprepared
She's wearing PewDiePie's merch, very cool!
This is the moral thrust of Terminator/The Matrix isn't it? Efficiency costs us our humanity? Or rather, hubris in efficiency costs us our humanity?
If what she is communicating might resemble what others have done...this does not mean that she is wrong. Welcome to the World David.
@@doogleticker5183... did I *say* I *thought* she was wrong? and now *doesn't* your answer seem pretentious and *condescending* ? ... why, yes. Yes it does.
Efficiency becomes a replacement for effectiveness and eliminates the human's capacity to be (To name a few.) creative, adaptive, empathetic and autonomous.
Relying consistently on a sure thing that has no basis in positive growth and learning produces a stagnancy in body, mind and spirit, crippling our ability to adapt to the real world and indeed contributes to a colder and more complicated world.
A doctor told me that those who do this do so as a result of upbringing, genetics, environment and personality and I've heard and experienced that this can be changed through application of conscious thoughts and actions.
She's speaking directly to Apple users.
great insight, my mind is always focus on efficiencies
Nice.
Interesting!
R.I.P. Robin Williams
We don't mourn suicidal losers
@@kekzealot3568 - Or non-suicidal losers...you are what version?
i hate TED talks with a passion and i hate that i get watching them for homework even more
She presents "efficiency" as a bogeyman, repeating anti-technology and Luddite tropes a century and a half old.
Technology isn't the problem, but she contrasts it as the two in combat, Technology ("efficiency") vs Real People ("human skills").
Technology and efficiency are boons. They make us stronger, not weaker. They empower, not disarm.
Yes, we need "human skills". Technology, through "efficiency", has empowered more folks to develop "human skills", to communicate world-wide, to do things which would've been seen as Magic a few generations ago.
She's not just wrong: she's actively directing folks away from the tools we have to improve their lives.
I think you missed the point of the talk; I have worked for many companies that have "bean counters" or rely far too much on accountants, HR, computers etc. They are necessary and generally keep things running BUT they don't take reality, an ever-changing landscape of people, their health and personalities, weather, accidents and so on. If an accountant or HR says "You need X number of people to do security or X to run the heavy machinery" but in reality we need far more, the realities on the ground do not reflect the computer technology's forecasts.
@@papasitoman I can appreciate that may have been the intent of her talk; what she said was quite different, and mostly revolved around We Shouldn't Rely On Technology Because Humans Make Better Choices.
The argument she could have made, but did not, was that technology is not a complete solution and when we find errors, we should improve the technology because it is that technology that often allows us to see the errors.
Don Lachlan, you’re comment was a valid counterpoint to the presented material. I appreciate that it reminds me look at all angles to best have an understanding and opinion. This Talk has prompted many interesting comments.
Can you back your opinion up with proven facts and examples as this lady has?
Or nah
@@dalladi Sweetie, my comment is three years old. The best you've got is "citation needed"?
Nice
"What get's left out? Anything that can't be measured. Which is about anything that counts." I disagree.
can you elaborate?
She is a legacy dinosaur of past begone time who resist and will never understand in long term benefit of systematically implementing standards everywhere and in depth.
AI into machine is a fresh new technology just need time for trial and errors correction and perfection into system of society, over time will assisted humanity and give untold benefits and will evolved into the next level of human civilization.
play at 1.25 speed..
Regarding experiment parts，they still use data to measure results. lol
Wow
“One should use information and logic as a drunkard would use a lamp post, only for support, not for illumination.”
― Jaggi Vasudev, Mind is your Business
I wanted to add a public reply, but was hesitant as I myself was sure that I would digress from the discussions that this talk should generate, as well as appear to digress even where I was not veering from relevance( as to here). But browsing down to your comment and your allusion to an Indian thinker just made it irresistible for me to take the plunge.
While I can't contest Ms Haffernan's insightful observations based on tangible, albeit emperical examples, I can surely say that for a significant minority of people, people who are not just the product of modern civilization as many would claim, but are simply being increasingly recognized now, for example, those with aspergers syndrome or infj personality type, though not limited to these alone, definitely benefit from dehumanising(through technology), and here I may add(1st digression among the many that may follow), even outside work places. For, how much they make efforts, they are misunderstood and at even simply an objective level, be offered wrong advice or inappropriate support system(the one, the speaker was referring to which many down and out CEOs would fall back on), not to talk about at subjective levels be negatively affected, at subtle as well as not so subtle ways.
Coming to why your reference to an Indian guru piqued me( in both ways of this word's meaning,i. e., arousal as well as resentment- the latter one, something to do with your name, well actually everything to do with it).
As the speaker says, it's about cultivating social human relations and bonds, though she was referring to workplaces, it could not be in isolation from life outside that and hence in general- a favourite refrain of 'wise' men of the East! Probably, one reason, you would have drifted towards the sadhu's teachings(sincere apologies, if I'm being cliched, doing the very thing I want to negatively highlight, if not expose.)
I would have continued, but why to, unless you are interested ?
But slightly digressing, I would like to ask- The lamp post eg. that you gave, I don't know what that figure of speech is called in English, but I'll mention a( totally unrelated)similar eg of that kind of figure of speech-
I'm in chains and lock, you are in chains and lock, I have a set of keys, why should it be that the keys to your lock are the keys to mine?
I think that this eg is profound in the sense that it applies in all similar situations , while the eg you gave(lamp post one), is just a smart alec-ism, in that a bigger smart alec will have a smarter repartee to it, though I don't have one right now.
Do you agree with me on this one or not?
İmportant )
Imaginatively optimistic, encouragingly uncertain and bravely experimental #wishfulworkforce
These TED talks and TEDx have some real bollocks performers in them.
TED is not doing anymore tech speech? Now move to social science?
Don't be controlled by your iphone. LOl
Zainwestuj w styliste
She knew about COVID 19 gonna happen 😅
All dislikes are from bots
I have ADHD. I dont plan.
But....but....I was told that artificial intelligence was the end all be all. It will be our friend!!! Was I lied to?😕🙅
YES. You want celeb confirmation? Check out Elon Musk's viewpoint. FH.
It would be helpful to put subtitles in Spanish ):
Carpe Noctem
Rareti.artine 😥