hi guys how are you good yeah Cherie sir president oh there we go
president oh there we go
president oh there we go okay um hi so since this is a TED talk
okay um hi so since this is a TED talk
okay um hi so since this is a TED talk it’s pretty I don’t know pretty rational
it’s pretty I don’t know pretty rational
it’s pretty I don’t know pretty rational let’s let’s talk okay
let’s let’s talk okay
let’s let’s talk okay humans have had this habit of getting
humans have had this habit of getting
humans have had this habit of getting desensitized to a lot of things and it
desensitized to a lot of things and it
desensitized to a lot of things and it happens way too often nowadays what
happens way too often nowadays what
happens way too often nowadays what desensitization it’s basically just
desensitization it’s basically just
desensitization it’s basically just getting used to things for example oh
getting used to things for example oh
getting used to things for example oh 20,000 lives gone big deal war here war
20,000 lives gone big deal war here war
20,000 lives gone big deal war here war there war everywhere sure oh let’s have
there war everywhere sure oh let’s have
there war everywhere sure oh let’s have a pumpkin for president so yesterday
these sensitization occurs when people
these sensitization occurs when people see these flashing images so much that
see these flashing images so much that
see these flashing images so much that they don’t get surprised anymore
they don’t get surprised anymore
they don’t get surprised anymore there’s no big hype there’s no big deal
there’s no big hype there’s no big deal
there’s no big hype there’s no big deal it’s just there and so that then causes
it’s just there and so that then causes
it’s just there and so that then causes people having to tell other people
people having to tell other people
people having to tell other people showed them the intricate detail for
showed them the intricate detail for
showed them the intricate detail for them to understand that there is a
them to understand that there is a
them to understand that there is a bigger picture so let’s get into the
bigger picture so let’s get into the
bigger picture so let’s get into the microscope in my case social media is my
microscope in my case social media is my
microscope in my case social media is my little job my little job because I don’t
little job my little job because I don’t
little job my little job because I don’t fully depend on it for financial support
fully depend on it for financial support
fully depend on it for financial support but it does give me a cheese Fatah here
but it does give me a cheese Fatah here
but it does give me a cheese Fatah here for lunch it’s pretty cool and it’s
for lunch it’s pretty cool and it’s
for lunch it’s pretty cool and it’s always been cool ever since I started if
always been cool ever since I started if
always been cool ever since I started if we talk about the job aspects to it I
we talk about the job aspects to it I
we talk about the job aspects to it I have a youtube channel I have a blog and
have a youtube channel I have a blog and
have a youtube channel I have a blog and I used to even hosts a podcast show but
I used to even hosts a podcast show but
I used to even hosts a podcast show but that’s over now the fact that I’m 14
that’s over now the fact that I’m 14
that’s over now the fact that I’m 14 years old sometimes surprises me oh yeah
years old sometimes surprises me oh yeah
years old sometimes surprises me oh yeah I’m 14 just like any
I’m 14 just like any
I’m 14 just like any [Applause]
just like any teenager in the 21st
just like any teenager in the 21st century it’s not surprising to say that
century it’s not surprising to say that
century it’s not surprising to say that I just use social media for fun I mean
I just use social media for fun I mean
I just use social media for fun I mean there’s no harm in wanting to tell my
there’s no harm in wanting to tell my
there’s no harm in wanting to tell my friends what I’m up to at 4 p.m. on a
friends what I’m up to at 4 p.m. on a
friends what I’m up to at 4 p.m. on a Saturday and so with the fact that I am
Saturday and so with the fact that I am
Saturday and so with the fact that I am a regular teenager I have to satisfy
a regular teenager I have to satisfy
a regular teenager I have to satisfy those needs which can be a lot and I
those needs which can be a lot and I
those needs which can be a lot and I justify my little businesswoman needs
justify my little businesswoman needs
justify my little businesswoman needs and together they’d result with a very
and together they’d result with a very
and together they’d result with a very great concern for numbers I woke up one
great concern for numbers I woke up one
great concern for numbers I woke up one day look back at the bad week I just had
day look back at the bad week I just had
day look back at the bad week I just had and I realize that numbers are taking
and I realize that numbers are taking
and I realize that numbers are taking the best of me likes views and comments
the best of me likes views and comments
the best of me likes views and comments all I ask for is a big number all you
all I ask for is a big number all you
all I ask for is a big number all you ask for is a big number and what is that
ask for is a big number and what is that
ask for is a big number and what is that big number going to do to us it’s going
big number going to do to us it’s going
big number going to do to us it’s going to give us satisfaction it’s going to
to give us satisfaction it’s going to
to give us satisfaction it’s going to replace our actual worth just for a few
replace our actual worth just for a few
replace our actual worth just for a few days and it’ll tell us that we’re worth
days and it’ll tell us that we’re worth
days and it’ll tell us that we’re worth watching or listening to how can we
watching or listening to how can we
watching or listening to how can we think of it like that
think of it like that
think of it like that how come we’ve warped our heads into
how come we’ve warped our heads into
how come we’ve warped our heads into thinking that that’s what’s right and
thinking that that’s what’s right and
thinking that that’s what’s right and that’s the thing we don’t even think
that’s the thing we don’t even think
that’s the thing we don’t even think about this at all we’re desensitized
this is the 1820s the 1820s was when the
this is the 1820s the 1820s was when the social numeric system started to
social numeric system started to
social numeric system started to snowball
snowball
snowball ever since then there has been this
ever since then there has been this
ever since then there has been this growing impulse to understand people
growing impulse to understand people
growing impulse to understand people more with numbers we had to use
more with numbers we had to use
more with numbers we had to use statistics people were given figures as
statistics people were given figures as
statistics people were given figures as their names and a very very known and
their names and a very very known and
their names and a very very known and award-winning sociologist called
award-winning sociologist called
award-winning sociologist called Theodore Porter actually called this the
Theodore Porter actually called this the
Theodore Porter actually called this the trust in numbers Wow no do we really
trust in numbers Wow no do we really
trust in numbers Wow no do we really trust numbers that much I mean let’s say
trust numbers that much I mean let’s say
trust numbers that much I mean let’s say 15,000 120 hours are taken out of our
15,000 120 hours are taken out of our
15,000 120 hours are taken out of our lives
lives
lives is then spent in an institution that
is then spent in an institution that
is then spent in an institution that claims to educate educate us about what
claims to educate educate us about what
claims to educate educate us about what we need to know for the test we’re then
we need to know for the test we’re then
we need to know for the test we’re then given a score which is another number
given a score which is another number
given a score which is another number but that’s not the only test we’re going
but that’s not the only test we’re going
but that’s not the only test we’re going to take
to take
to take there’s about five six or ten then we
there’s about five six or ten then we
there’s about five six or ten then we end up with a huge chunk of numbers that
end up with a huge chunk of numbers that
end up with a huge chunk of numbers that we have to trust we have to trust those
we have to trust we have to trust those
we have to trust we have to trust those numbers and that thing will take us to
numbers and that thing will take us to
numbers and that thing will take us to the next four walls we deserve to be in
the next four walls we deserve to be in
the next four walls we deserve to be in the next fifteen thousand one hundred
the next fifteen thousand one hundred
the next fifteen thousand one hundred twenty hours we deserve to be in
twenty hours we deserve to be in
twenty hours we deserve to be in Singapore holds the largest percentage
Singapore holds the largest percentage
Singapore holds the largest percentage of stressed students through several
of stressed students through several
of stressed students through several surveys they have concluded that one out
surveys they have concluded that one out
surveys they have concluded that one out of three students in the country
of three students in the country
of three students in the country suffered through mental illnesses and
suffered through mental illnesses and
suffered through mental illnesses and stress and unfortunately this has led to
stress and unfortunately this has led to
stress and unfortunately this has led to other things and what is the reason for
other things and what is the reason for
other things and what is the reason for this numbers we’re so drawn to the idea
this numbers we’re so drawn to the idea
this numbers we’re so drawn to the idea of a better number that we forget about
of a better number that we forget about
of a better number that we forget about the idea of a better person a better
the idea of a better person a better
the idea of a better person a better person who wouldn’t settle for
person who wouldn’t settle for
person who wouldn’t settle for satisfaction to feed on forever and
satisfaction to feed on forever and
satisfaction to feed on forever and would strive to do a number of
would strive to do a number of
would strive to do a number of adventures rather than a number of
adventures rather than a number of
adventures rather than a number of viewers maybe that’s the test maybe the
viewers maybe that’s the test maybe the
viewers maybe that’s the test maybe the test is the objective is that we should
test is the objective is that we should
test is the objective is that we should avoid the system and if we do we win but
avoid the system and if we do we win but
avoid the system and if we do we win but have we been failing all this time money
have we been failing all this time money
have we been failing all this time money this is what the big kids look at you
this is what the big kids look at you
this is what the big kids look at you see numbers don’t stop haunting you when
see numbers don’t stop haunting you when
see numbers don’t stop haunting you when you graduate high school or college it
you graduate high school or college it
you graduate high school or college it constantly follows you our world has
constantly follows you our world has
constantly follows you our world has proof has proved it to itself that this
proof has proved it to itself that this
proof has proved it to itself that this system does exist and it’s not another
system does exist and it’s not another
system does exist and it’s not another bloggers theory this is not another
bloggers theory this is not another
bloggers theory this is not another YouTube video I’m not trying to rant to
YouTube video I’m not trying to rant to
YouTube video I’m not trying to rant to you this is something that we should be
you this is something that we should be
you this is something that we should be aware about money something we’re all
aware about money something we’re all
aware about money something we’re all going to be going through some point of
going to be going through some point of
going to be going through some point of our lives you see your social status
our lives you see your social status
our lives you see your social status depends on how you treat the bank so
depends on how you treat the bank so
depends on how you treat the bank so what if you have a brilliant story to
what if you have a brilliant story to
what if you have a brilliant story to tell if you’re still saving up for your
tell if you’re still saving up for your
tell if you’re still saving up for your car so what if you’re a great person to
car so what if you’re a great person to
car so what if you’re a great person to talk to you don’t shop in the generic
talk to you don’t shop in the generic
talk to you don’t shop in the generic markets you can’t win with just who you
markets you can’t win with just who you
markets you can’t win with just who you are
are
are Society whispered but just because you
Society whispered but just because you
Society whispered but just because you can’t win
can’t win
can’t win everything does not mean you can’t win
everything does not mean you can’t win
everything does not mean you can’t win at anything and something you can win is
at anything and something you can win is
at anything and something you can win is you really cliche I know but you must
you really cliche I know but you must
you really cliche I know but you must understand who you are what you want and
understand who you are what you want and
understand who you are what you want and where you want to go reaching a level of
where you want to go reaching a level of
where you want to go reaching a level of self validation is so astonishing so
self validation is so astonishing so
self validation is so astonishing so marvelous that you cannot measure it
marvelous that you cannot measure it
marvelous that you cannot measure it with one two or three once you find an
with one two or three once you find an
with one two or three once you find an escape system cherish it nurture it use
escape system cherish it nurture it use
escape system cherish it nurture it use it because then you will further
it because then you will further
it because then you will further strengthen what the youth stands for and
strengthen what the youth stands for and
strengthen what the youth stands for and it is to live loud another cliche but it
it is to live loud another cliche but it
it is to live loud another cliche but it is it’s the truth we are an icon and our
is it’s the truth we are an icon and our
is it’s the truth we are an icon and our icon represents limitless aspirations
icon represents limitless aspirations
icon represents limitless aspirations creativity and optimism
creativity and optimism
creativity and optimism do not let a number hold you back
do not let a number hold you back
do not let a number hold you back because you are not a number you are you
because you are not a number you are you
because you are not a number you are you the chances of me the chances of me to
the chances of me the chances of me to
the chances of me the chances of me to ever stand on the stage could have been
ever stand on the stage could have been
ever stand on the stage could have been calculated to one out of a thousand but
calculated to one out of a thousand but
calculated to one out of a thousand but yet I’m here and that’s because I am the
yet I’m here and that’s because I am the
yet I’m here and that’s because I am the youth and you are – my purpose is to not
youth and you are – my purpose is to not
youth and you are – my purpose is to not convince you that the CIA made up
convince you that the CIA made up
convince you that the CIA made up mathematics which is still kind of
mathematics which is still kind of
mathematics which is still kind of possible or that your blood pressure is
possible or that your blood pressure is
possible or that your blood pressure is a myth or that your grades don’t matter
a myth or that your grades don’t matter
a myth or that your grades don’t matter anymore my purpose is to bring awareness
anymore my purpose is to bring awareness
anymore my purpose is to bring awareness bring awareness to how our society has
bring awareness to how our society has
bring awareness to how our society has utilized these numbers how we’ve grown
utilized these numbers how we’ve grown
utilized these numbers how we’ve grown how we’ve developed a misconception
how we’ve developed a misconception
how we’ve developed a misconception between worth and self-worth there is a
between worth and self-worth there is a
between worth and self-worth there is a huge difference because you’re not a
huge difference because you’re not a
huge difference because you’re not a number you are not a figure not a
number you are not a figure not a
number you are not a figure not a statistic you’re you and you are your
statistic you’re you and you are your
statistic you’re you and you are your name live up with that
[Applause]
[Applause] this self-awareness this awareness is
this self-awareness this awareness is
this self-awareness this awareness is brought to you by me to the youth
brought to you by me to the youth
brought to you by me to the youth specifically because we we hold whatever
specifically because we we hold whatever
specifically because we we hold whatever the future holds we are the future this
the future holds we are the future this
the future holds we are the future this world this is gonna be ours in a few
world this is gonna be ours in a few
world this is gonna be ours in a few years maybe a few months weeks days or
years maybe a few months weeks days or
years maybe a few months weeks days or right now so we must be aware of what’s
right now so we must be aware of what’s
right now so we must be aware of what’s going on we can’t keep on living in this
going on we can’t keep on living in this
going on we can’t keep on living in this little intricate in this little
little intricate in this little
little intricate in this little intricate detail we have to focus on
intricate detail we have to focus on
intricate detail we have to focus on what is the bigger picture but we have
what is the bigger picture but we have
what is the bigger picture but we have to understand what makes up the bigger
to understand what makes up the bigger
to understand what makes up the bigger picture you as an individual you’re an
picture you as an individual you’re an
picture you as an individual you’re an intricate detail but together we are a
intricate detail but together we are a
intricate detail but together we are a bigger picture and maybe one voice can
bigger picture and maybe one voice can
bigger picture and maybe one voice can only change this room but it’s certain
only change this room but it’s certain
only change this room but it’s certain that 101 voices could probably change
that 101 voices could probably change
that 101 voices could probably change everything and all of you with this soar
everything and all of you with this soar
everything and all of you with this soar higher and never soar high enough thank
higher and never soar high enough thank
higher and never soar high enough thank you
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