I chose to watch this video because it looked like it might relate to what I want to talk about in my TED talk. I thought Nicholas Christakis's talk was very interesting and I definitely got some good ideas and take-aways from it. The main idea he talked about was how many aspects of peoples' lives are affected by their social network. He talked about how people's weight is often influenced by their friends, and the friends of those friends, etc. I thought that was so weird and almost scary. He basically said that you can be affected affected by people you hardly know. I think that is creepy, but really interesting and cool at the same time. Then, he put it in reverse and pointed out that you have influence on other people as well. The way you look or behave affects people you don't even know! I thought that was incredibly mind-blowing.
Mr. Christakis did not only give an interesting TED talk, but he was also a good speaker and incorperated some great qualities and support. Firstly, he included humor, which I always really like. I know I comment on that almost every time, but I think that including some jokes to lighten up the talk helps quite a bit. Secondly, Nicholas had a great slide show going on behind him that helped illustrate some of his points. His slide show was organized, informational, and clean. This was a great addition to his talk. Finally, he did a lot of research on his topic, which he included in his slide show. It was very clear that he had spent a lot of time both collecting this data and visually showing it. I was very impressed by how much work he had done for his TED talk.
I definitely thought Nicholas Christakis had an idea that was worth spreading. I think it is a good thing to know that people you know and maybe even don't know can affect you in good and bad ways. It is also important to know that what you do affects many other people as well. Nicholas Christakis presented a wonderful TED talk and I really enjoyed watching it.
Watch his TED talk here
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