I enjoyed this ted talk by Ariely a lot, at first i was confused on the point of the talk because he started out talking about a book he wanted to write. It started becoming interesting when he demonstrated the table illusion and the color illusion. In which he connected the illusions to a life lesson, or metaphor. He said that once the illusion goes away we learned nothing about the fact that it was just proven. Interesting concept. He uses that as a springboard to explain decision illusions in everyday life. He provides many examples of irrational decision making as a direct result of decision illusions. We do not know our preferences well. He also relates this to physical attraction. And “who you want to take bar hopping with you” lol.
This could possibly relate to tragedy because we so often make irrational decisions on a daily basis, and this could produce tragedy. This ted talk definitely make me think and will continue to make me think about certain decisions in my life.
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De botton's ted talk about success and failure through tragedy was very interesting and super engaging the entire time. He talked about how we don't truly know what success is, so how are we supposed to know weather its tragic or not. He touched on how tragedy is not always a sad thing, this is something i agree with. Within the talk he provided many complex examples of how tragedy doesn't have to be sad.
Like most people, when tragedy comes to mind, the immediate thought that directly relates to tragedy is sadness. When one talks about a tragedy they more often than not are speaking of a horrific event that does not portray happiness. This is, most of the time, how i look at tragedy. The greatest tragedy in life, to me, is death.
Even though tragedy can be a horrible thing, sometimes tragedy can turn out to be a positive thing in some aspects. Sometimes tragedy can make you a better person. An example of this could be a relationship. Some people say that you go through the things you need to learn in failed relationships before you reach the right one (my mom has said this to me….and grandma) this in many ways is true, if you've gone through a toxic relationship, as some of us have, in the long run it teaches you a lot about who you are and how you want a relationship in the future. Even though the situation was tragic in the moment. You learn down the road many things, making you a smarter, and better person towards relationships. This is one way that i look at tragedy as a positive thing. After reading through Wikipedia, i've been surprised to learn that tragedy comes from a past very very long ago, such as the origins of ancient greece. Tragedy was used in plays and poetry, and used for entertainment. This challenged me into thinking what was the topics of these tragic plays and poetry back then? |
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