Gen Z and the end of our Humanity | Isabella Muri | TEDxASL

[@raulantunez4228]

The fact that I may not get a job with a masters degree is terrifying and I hope this actually doesn’t happen because in my country it’s already hard to get a job.

[@lucianmacandrew1001]

Well, I got a job the same day i got my master.

[@bvd_vlvd]

@synchromorph and here we can see exactly what she warned us about. Don't listen to this man. I'm not a fan of college, but this is just extreme

[@iSoldat]

You don't need a degree to get a job. You need the will and ability to do the job you want. I'm a software developer. I bought books and a computer and taught myself. It takes a little longer to get there, but it works. If you think you have to get there at breakneck speed you need to learn patience.

[@Sam-on5jf]

@@lucianmacandrew1001 did you just like not read their comment?

[@lucianmacandrew1001]

@@Sam-on5jf didn't feel the need to respond... I said what I wanted to say.

[@Ludiotic]

Bella: "Our brains hate waiting, so we sped up everything else!" Me, watching this video at 2X speed: 0__________________________________0

[@nospecificpurpose5971]

Bro, HOW DO YOU KEEP UP WITH THAT

[@thecatonacouch9371]

1.25 for me

[@RoyceBenning]

@@nospecificpurpose5971 it really is not that bad. It takes practice.

[@Ryanmuniverse]

Oof same

[@c4t4r4c]

i watch every video sped up. mostly 2x, sometimes more through Video Speed Controller chrome addon. it saves so much time

[@MM3OG]

Gen z is a prime example how the advancement of internet could either make you or break you. Unfortunately it broke our gen z youth and it's honestly sad and humiliating

[@generalusername1182]

Exactly.

[@coldfrenchfry5181]

Oh, it's honestly really hilarious reading all these comments. While I agree with the first sentence, the rest of your statement is completely and utterly false. There's a huge bias regarding it. You can't base an entire population on a few bad examples. There are parts of gen z that don't even have access to the internet as much as some. Like those stuck in extreme poverty.

[@deacondrury4218]

Couldn't be more true

[@ziq1450]

there’s still some good but mostly

[@sasapetroski981]

Gen Z don't use internet to much and will have much better life

[@underground_man]

While she brings a lot of good info, business-wise, It feels as if this was just an elaborate advertisement for her company.

[@jragon9215]

Anybody can access a lot of good info on business or any subject, I’m not impressed by her in fact to me she’s just average and not anything special and the fact that she brings up material from her company just tells me that she is desperate for business, I’m not impressed by this.

[@visu550]

Not Applicable she’s a kid you’re sick

[@fredmarks8188]

@Not Applicable Mate she's like 15. Look at the bio of the video, 22' and this school is a high school 🤦‍♂️. Stop your waffle

[@fredmarks8188]

@Not Applicable It's most definitely not owned under her name, but her parents...

[@BillLaBrie]

Are you familiar with Ted Talks?

[@mcewenreil9241]

Her: I have a fashion company. Also her: Technology is the reason zoomers are so busy.

[@spiritualeco-syndicalisthe207]

McEwen Reil Fashion is one of the main reasons why we destroy the planet

[@user-bv2md6yd1p]

spiritual eco-syndicalist hero of the working class we don’t destroy anything but ourselves) planet will live even after total nuclear war

[@spiritualeco-syndicalisthe207]

@Jose Francisco Lecaros Then I guess I'll take it back, but then I don't understand the original post...

[@spiritualeco-syndicalisthe207]

@@user-bv2md6yd1p So true

[@MichaelMommyMilkers]

@pa tamburrino It's been worn by celebrities with millions of followers on social media, but you can continue to make uninformed assumptions.

[@raywilliams5352]

Did she seriously put an add for her own company in the middle of a freaking Ted Talk? haha

[@WinterCharmVT]

gotta respect the hustle LOL.

[@Dsullivann]

What better time? lol

[@fiddlesticks6146]

smart if you ask me haha

[@kale3144]

Gotta respect a Queen

[@ravik9534]

will it do any good? how tf u gonna spell that?

[@dylsco2707]

The idea that this wealthy tween is in any way the average Gen Z, or even knows what it's like to be an average Gen Z, is ridiculous.

[@Sora_Nai]

How old is she isn't she 15 thats what she said, no?

[@Ana-ty8sl]

👏

[@commonsense8931]

She like 20 I think in the pictures in the background with gen Z but that might be when it started not sure I'm genz don't think its started then I think is started like 1998

[@Sora_Nai]

@Michael Garrett wait 22 and a sophomore why shouldn't she be a senior

[@elisaiaquintanilla4905]

@@commonsense8931 shes a gen z and at least a zillenial. we have debates but its common that it is 1997 to 2015 or 2000 to 2015.

[@Bassguitarist192]

I have a couple degrees in tech and omg is her talk beyond flawed. So much of her argument is similar to when I hear boomers yell "phones are bad because we don't understand them." She demonizes many of the cultural problems that tech has made more visible but never addresses the cultural patterns that drive most of these problems. Even then she COMPLETELY ignores positive cultural shifts that tech has helped build like community building and information access. I'm not going to say tech is faultless, but omg you can't simplify the argument as much as she does.

[@bilykralik885]

100% agree she talks like my grandpa i hear nothing interesting or insightful here!

[@meh.9605]

Yeah I agree. It was like a school presentation but rather vague and too broad. I think she has potential as a presenter but she neglected way too much!

[@lego007guym8]

I dunno, I find it harder to concentrate and trust things with tech. Of coarse, the trust part is just because barely any news online is trustworthy

[@jacob9673]

She’s listening to what her parents say and then regurgitating it. It’s not an informed opinion.

[@chrisstoll3253]

Could you please elaborate?

[@navyal7237]

A ten minute long version of my mom's "it's all because of that damn phone "

[@Brianbravo2000]

Phones and social media are wrecking the minds of the young

[@cheapphilosophy9371]

It's true tho, my memory and concentration are way worse than my mom's and there's a clear relation between that and my use of electronic devices; people ARE getting damaged because phones

[@Superbatmanbro]

🤣🤣🤣 deal with it boomer and Gen X

[@derpymule7977]

Gotta love when people tunnel vision on the negatives and completely ignore all the positives. Gen Z is less focused, yes. We’re also more socially minded, more tech-savvy, far more generally informed, and more. All of those are also direct results of smartphones.

[@Superbatmanbro]

We all understand modern politics and Technology and better and new policies and law to take over the old politician Jobs

[@smrk_tv6728]

She talks about the differences in her, her mom’s, and grandmother’s young lives without acknowledging the change in her family’s economic status. That’s the reason her life is so different cause there are plenty of Gen Z people who still don’t have as much opportunity or things to do as it sounds like she has the privilege to do..

[@inactive5924]

yes i think that's a pretty good observation to point out.. when people look down on this generation for dependence on technology, i feel they can tend to leave out those who naturally don't have it easy in life and could only be able to keep going with and _because_ of technology, but of course still can't make it as far as others even with its aid.

[@tres155]

Literally used a ted talk to basically plug her fashion company lol

[@maxcrypto774]

Heard the plug, read ur comment and saved myself some time and moved on 😆

[@ChaiL4tt3]

I hate these “past good, tech bad” arguments so much they’ve been getting old for so long 😫

[@falcongamer58]

Like bro youngins these days are farming, back in my day we used to hunt animals in the wild and always on the move

[@adararelgnel2695]

Yeah it's annoying. And solutions are never offered.

[@poopslappa1661]

She literally admitted tech makes our lives easier and then proceeded to fearmonger about jobs. She pitched her own ONLINE company as well 🤣

[@falcongamer58]

@@poopslappa1661 she's a curb meme

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

but like haven't you seen terminator, that's for real bro

[@JesterAzazel]

"Things are changing, phones bad, we're all going to die."

[@ks8090]

Did no one notice that she just put commercials inside her talk about VALUES ? :D Seems like this is a perfect example how people can be dazzled. In this case by her confidence.

[@xcalakpenguin5541]

TEDx talks expect your talk to be personal and draw from experiences you've had. Nothing unethical about bringing up a company she started in her TEENS.

[@imnotoyougrounder3404]

Could t really listen to her at all, typical stuff of gen zer, its all about social media, well maybe you get out of it. Im no old person but you can do it, some people have it harder, but shes very brainwashed by the life she got and not the life she made.

[@TheBigJawn]

Haha the devil’s greatest trick was convincing everyone he didn’t exist

[@niklitis]

I think this quote is really important. It's a quote by John Adams that says, "I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain." The invention of all this technology allows us to study the things deemed unconventional be previous generations. Our previous generations' jobs were to make life easier for future generations to be able to thrive and explore our thoughts and passions.

[@ErutaniaRose]

I love that quote. I myself am in the Gen Z boat, and I plan to study architecture to make eco-friendly buildings for ALL people (every single visibility) and travel the world. But until then? I'm using the internet to study minimalism and figuring out how that functions in my life moving forward. I use it to ask all those questions teachers at school shot down. My current project, among many I have done, is translating recipes from a video game into real-world recipes and ingredients. (Which is A LOT of research to do!) The internet makes that stuff possible for me. It let some figure out which plant families are closest, when something is ready to harvest, what biological and genetical make-up makes a plant a plant, what animals are legal to eat, what animals are closest to one another and what substitutes can be used, what cookware do I need, how are certain dishes prepared. Along with various writings, symbolism, and many other things. (These above were just for the video game recipes!) Thanks to the knowledge at my fingertips, I can learn almost anything I want with a few clicks, and I can piece those together to gain more knowledge, create and organize plans, create new wonders for people to try, and figure out what I want to keep doing with my life and figure out how to get there. In a more old fashioned time, I would probably be covered in books and reek of the paper's smell (that lovely old smell kinda like dust and moth-balls, which is actually the acid of the ink slowly killing the paper) and be scratching every inky blotched idea onto parchment or plant paper I made with a quill I forged. (Parchment is made from animal skin, most commonly baby cows or sheep, while other forms are made from plant fibres. It's quite interesting!) (I do metalworking and LOADS of other crafts for fun, so...that's why I say forged.) Though I would have enjoyed it, I am glad I live now where the information is easier to acquire, more readily available and accepted, and faster. Now, I don't think everything should be SUPER FAST, I do think many things need to slow down. But, when it comes to gaining knowledge and being able to communicate, speed is not only a gift but can often be a lifesaver. I hope people can remember that knowledge is only power when used with wisdom.

[@TheMeanGirlz]

@@ErutaniaRose girl ain’t nobody reading allat. 🤰🏿

[@ATD909]

@@TheMeanGirlz if u have a short attention span just say so

[@TheMeanGirlz]

@@ATD909 shut up roaches.🤰🏿

[@TheMeanGirlz]

@@ATD909 you wan fight? 👩🏿🤰🏿

[@meh.9605]

7:45 Gah!! No, theres already so much misinformation regarding ADHD and this does not help. ADHD is a psychological disorder, like autism or bipolar. ADHD was basically unheard of in the past, poorly understood and psychological disorders in general were rather taboo. Only recently have we seen a much more comprehensive understanding of the disorder and many people are finally getting proper help, also thanks to improvements in medical technology, go figure. Thats why we have seen increases in diagnosis rates. However, it is still not fully understood and there is alot of stigma and misinformation regarding it, just like the idea that technology is causing young people to develop a psychological disorder out of the blue...lmao. Correlation does not equal causation!

[@unitedspacepirates9075]

@Ryan WHITE its a side effe from vaccines with roundup and mercury in them.

[@Foodude]

United Space Pirates That’s not true

[@unitedspacepirates9075]

@@Foodude look it up. Autism has grown exponentially since glyphocates were added to vaccines

[@unitedspacepirates9075]

on the interwebs more than some apparently

[@cyagami90]

@@unitedspacepirates9075 autistic children are better than dead ones

[@synapticmemoryseepage4447]

Muri has a great summary of some evolutionary elements of humans caused by the technology we have created, and point to the work we have to do to maintain human dignity. Certainly there is more to do, and it's in large part the responsibility of technologists (cough - engineers, marketers, business leaders, and scientists) to shape the system to encourage human dignity, rather than unbridled development.

[@MW-sw7so]

Can we please give this young lady the national stage and let her say this to the nation please

[@patrickwaldchen963]

Not a great idea. She's pretty good, better than me, but presenting something opinionated like this on a national scale is not a good idea. I'm not saying I don't completely agree with her, but MANY people would get the wrong idea by her speech.

[@danielcruzp4p]

No

[@MW-sw7so]

@@danielcruzp4p well lets put her on a committee then to hear her ideas, better?

[@patrickwaldchen963]

@@danielcruzp4p That's what I was going to say

[@whitneycaldwell8858]

You guys are way too harsh...she’s 15 giving a Ted Talk. 15, give her some slack. How many of you own anything company related?

[@nicholaslacourse6320]

3 software companies.

[@Nieldyboy]

Bro, this came out in 2019. She was born in 2000

[@putsomerespeckonmaname540]

Agreed we shouldn't be harsh to her at all. She's just not 15 lol

[@niceskie88]

Who let this girl plug her brand using technology while simultaneously speaking against it.. this was a commercial.. nothing more

[@KnightmareUSA]

Never has a generation documented itself so much and achieved so little. This applies to late x, y, z and essentially anyone else hooked on social media.

[@yohanahramen6756]

Where’s the gen z Einstein vlogging about how he’s working toward a new understanding of time? Where’s the TikToks by the next great philosopher or psychologist inviting us to collaborate on a new theory of mind? Where’s all the time gone, where’s the progress? Are we really so stunted we can’t break free of the previously known and grow the collective pool of knowledge?

[@Max-xt1fo]

this ted talk was just one big ad....

[@pheenobarbidoll2016]

So her mom and grandmother worked at 15 and she translates that to tranquility? Has she ever worked in an orchard or washed clothes by hand in cold water, because those things aren't easy. It took all day.

[@Sam-on5jf]

do you ever shut up about how other people just have life easier then previous generations.

[@kenyagreene195]

Her point was they’re all working but past generations worked slower with less stress. It was more tranquil then life now

[@holyinquisition8854]

Ok boomer

[@ihyyvngmvlik6975]

@@holyinquisition8854 somebody has no comeback skills

[@VFAHSN]

@@kenyagreene195 Less stress? My grandparents fought in WW2. We shouldn't judge past people's life if we do not know them.

[@brucanthwood]

Ted talks aka high school presentations

[@Madrock7777]

The purpose of tools like the spiny jenny, phones, and many others is not to eliminate human's from the equation. These tools purpose is to amplify the potential of humans. To make them more capable, to give them the abilty to do more then they could before, to make more, to work more efficiently, to communicate more distantly.

[@xcalakpenguin5541]

The more technology progresses, the more people with simple jobs are at risk. People are expensive, inefficient, prone to make mistakes. Machines will inevitably replace humans.

[@Madrock7777]

@@xcalakpenguin5541 You forget our machines, our technology is a force multiplier. Sure what we think of as simple jobs now will be taken and then jobs we think of as hard will be made simpler, allowing more people to do those jobs. And new technology will make things we though impossible possible allowing for more continued growth. Once upon a time the wheel was the hot new piece of technology. With we could make carts that we could pull ourselves or use animals to pull. This new technology allowed us to move far more goods and people far faster then before. Before you either walked, or rode an animal, if you had one that is. Now we use wheels everywhere, our cars, our chairs, bikes, and a lot more. Would we go back to before we used the wheel just because it gave people more jobs? Wheels allow us to travel across whole countries to visit families, to go on vacation, to go to work. Those wheels replaced a lot of workers, but I bet you would not part with them now. They made hard jobs simple, and impossible jobs only difficult.

[@Madrock7777]

@@xcalakpenguin5541 You forget our machines, our technology is a force multiplier. Sure what we think of as simple jobs now will be taken and then jobs we think of as hard will be made simpler, allowing more people to do those jobs. And new technology will make things we though impossible possible allowing for more continued growth. Once upon a time the wheel was the hot new piece of technology. With we could make carts that we could pull ourselves or use animals to pull. This new technology allowed us to move far more goods and people far faster then before. Before you either walked, or rode an animal, if you had one that is. Now we use wheels everywhere, our cars, our chairs, bikes, and a lot more. Would we go back to before we used the wheel just because it gave people more jobs? Wheels allow us to travel across whole countries to visit families, to go on vacation, to go to work. Those wheels replaced a lot of workers, but I bet you would not part with them now. They made hard jobs simple, and impossible jobs only difficult.

[@xcalakpenguin5541]

@@Madrock7777 ​ I agree, but in the process they will render certain jobs obsolete. I think that was the point that was made, not that all humans will be completely without work in the future (although some even speculate that it is possible with developments in AI)

[@patrickwaldchen963]

I think that humans will be their own downfall, but if you think about that from a grander perspective, then it's not necessarily a bad thing.

[@johnc1014]

So, regarding unemployment resulting from automation, this has certainly been going on for centuries. Yet, this lady completely ignores the reality of it. Machines replace some jobs, but more often simply automate certain menial procedures. This frees up humans to focus far more on human skills (creativity, critical thinking, innovation, reason, logic, etc.). These human skills can't be replaced by a computer. A computer can only do what it's already programmed to do by an intelligent human.I don't foresee a future with no jobs. I foresee a future where jobs are basically only in human skills. We'll need doctors, engineers, programmers, etc. We won't need cashiers, vehicle drivers, etc.

[@azzel8258]

that is true.. but who knows what will happen in the future

[@johnc1014]

@@azzel8258 Well, we can certainly make reasonable conclusions about the future based on current trends. Obviously, they're not perfect and subject to change based on unforseen events. However, that doesn't make such predictions entirely invalid.

[@ddandymann]

There is one key difference, we have ai now and it's just going to keep getting better at a near exponential rate. Ten years ago people were still dismissing self driving cars as dangerous scifi, now tesla has a fleet of self driving trucks on the roads of the USA in a testing phase, so far they have all outperformed human drivers. In the past machines were able to perform only very simple tasks better than humans, they are now starting to perform a range of complex tasks better than humans. I will highlight once again that this improvement is now happening at an exponential rate. Where in the past the rate of automation was fairly linear and limited only to agriculture and manufacturing now it is accelerating and encompassing a very wide range of tasks. Our machines have already moved beyond pre-programmed tasks to active learning. The most significant breakthrough is an ai that taught itself the highly complex game of 'Go' with no outside input. This game had long been considered impossible for an ai to master as it relies on intuition. It taught itself this to such an extent that it was able to defeat it's predecessor in 100 games out of a hundred, that predecessor was the first machine to defeat all human champions of the game. This level of improvement took three years. This is just the tip of the iceberg. If our progress continues then we will have created super intelligent ai well before the end of the century. If so that will be the last invention we will ever make as it would make our mental capacities completely obsolete. All of this is if things go well, what might happen if they don't is one of the only things that truly scares me.

[@Thebigbean114]

@@ddandymann your getting mixed up with intelligence and consciousness. While an ai can practicaly master any algorithmic function based off its machine learning it isn't actually able to create, reason, or destroy as it doesn't really have a sense of being. It is only calculating based on the number sets and limits that are applied and without this information it totally useless. Which is why even technically ai is still dumber than a human since it has no ambition and only complies by what the sets and limits are. While consciousness has no bound and no logic to it at all

[@johnc1014]

So, artificial intelligence, or machine learning, still requires careful human construction. It's really more like simulated learning based on statistics, making their talents very narrow and inflexible. Humans are capable of grasping very complex, abstract concepts and remixing those concepts depending on a great variety of situations. Machine learning simply can't do this.This is why those self-driving cars have a hard time dealing with unexpected traffic situations. There are plenty of limits to machine learning.Humans are capable of creative thinking, grasping abstract ideas and adapting them to new and changing situations, using logic and reason, and innovation, and much more.Machine learning can only do so much, and it requires careful human instruction. It requires humans to design complex algorithms that then require a lot of good data to give any useful results.There really isn't anything to be afraid of, unless you stay in a job that is easily automated.If you're really afraid, try becoming a programmer or engineer.

[@josefrancisco7192]

So eloquent and pertinent to society today, well done!

[@natsplat1371]

simp

[@pressiyamu8976]

Her actions do contradict her statements in some aspect. At the end I got a hint of double speak. Hmmmmm.... she will do well in this world

[@smcd6101]

This girl is an AMAZING speaker!!! Well done!

[@perrinchalk7090]

I'm a humanities student, throughout the talk I felt like the basic three staged argument format she was using was totally screaming out during her presentation. Very well done.

[@kerrymartin7557]

Interesting word choice

[@RobbieKiama]

Shallow ending : an ad for her business, topped up with a shallow insight. Yet the whole speech up till that point was really awesome and had pretty deep insights.

[@belmontb4910]

Ted talk quality is really low now. Just a commercial with random quotes and silly info.

[@lobaetoile8440]

She's a lovely young lady, smart too, but she lacks perspective. Her understanding of how life was in other generations is naive.

[@TOH_Fan]

I’m not sure she’s so smart. Being naive in this generation is indicative of lower than smart intelligence.

[@lobaetoile8440]

@@TOH_Fan Not really, it's more indicative of your upbringing or experiences.

[@squimbwarftestiballs]

Loba Étoile I second that

[@peterrosqvist2480]

Her understanding of life in other generations is more than most people her age

[@xcalakpenguin5541]

She references her personal experiences (grandparents) as anecdotes for how certain past generations lived. TEDx talks encourage speakers to incorporate and draw from your personal life experience. Therefore, I think it's unfair to judge her based on that... after all, you can't generalize how an entire generation lived in the past.

[@Y_Canada]

I'm a Millennial. My parents' job will go away in 10 years. My job will probably be eliminated or at least simplified in 10-20 years. However, I absolutely love technology, and I'm truly grateful to everything it has given us. I'm currently learning new skills, so I can diversify my skill set and be prepared for the job market change. I'm ready and willing to accept that my career will have to shift or even completely change, and my degree may become almost useless. This is tech progress, and it made our lives so much better and easier. I don't get why some people complain about losing their jobs to tech progress. Didn't you know it will happen? Couldn't you prepare in advance? Why didn't you learn something else? We don't ride horses or get manually get water from wells anymore. The world is changing, so should you. Amazing talk.

[@leaefird911]

Exactly what jobs do you think will be left in the future? How are you preparing for all of this automation? Does it occur to you that millions o people may be fighting for the same job. How will you feel when the high school graduate or person in another country get the jobs you were applying for because they can be paid less than you as a college graduate? How will government’s assist or all the people who are unable to find jobs? Who will pay for all the taxes needed to support our municipalities? Oh wait, maybe the few people who have jobs won’t mind paying 60% taxes so the remainder of society can be supported. Good idea automation is great.

[@starrynight1165]

@@leaefird911 artists, the people making ai, animators, game designers, entertainment in general, any job that requires thinking.

[@cyagami90]

@@leaefird911 Also AI's dont possess consciousness. Even learning tech has limits where as human consciousness is boundless.

[@leaefird911]

꧁༺Alyssa༻꧂ I agree and as long as you invest and come up with new inventions or solutions you will probably be okay. My only point is we went from farmers, to industrialism, to service workers, to what? People use to have careers but now it seems several individuals now rely on 2 or 3 jobs to make a living. Automation is great and has its place but if all companies were to use it to reduce expenses a large percentage of the population would be fighting for fewer jobs. Starving artist can’t pay bills✌🏼🌸. Being positive should help though.

[@M0ebius]

I’m a millenial too and I’m just trying to build my investment portfolio as aggressively as possible before AI break trading.

[@目は心の鏡]

People choose to busy. You don’t have to be busy to be cool but we say we’re busy like it’s a badge of honour. All it means is that you can’t manage your own time and do too much. Just sit and be that’s all you need to do.

[@westwing23]

Hopefully this helps someone here.. especially to Millennial and Gen Zs. I am in my early 20s and i am currently a CNC Machinist while majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Bella brought a lot of great points but for the job/career part.. especially the 800 million job lost falls short. As a matter fact, COVID-19's quarantine is beautiful example why small and large companies cannot survive without human workforce/labor regardless of the high quality automation we have today. Yes, you no longer have a guaranteed seat in the high salary career for life with a college degree. To me that is a good thing, Now John Doe can finally compete against Karen Paige for the position that they both strive to have. The employer will look at the schooling and actual work experience that is RELATED to the job application. Its no longer a Masters degree trump bachelors degree 100% therefore bachelors lose 100% the chance for a career unless they accept a huge pay cut. Companies realize that they need to fill in positions in their workplace that is a good fit to the application but also a good fit to the team at an affordable salary. Now to the nitty gritty truth about production.. Yes, there is a declination to USELESS jobs like hand counting parts or something mundane and worthless but there is an inclination for higher quality jobs. The hard part is going from a nobody to that quality position you want to fill in. They're ways to get into that quality position but that will only come from 3 things, that is either swallowing your pride and start from the rock bottom, or work experience from internship or quality education from either trade or college. What trumps all three of these is actual work experience that requires unique skill set without sacrificing efficiency. So for CNC machines, we have 3,4,5 axis mills, precision grinding and all sorts of lathes/Swiss. You're gonna start off with a basic lathe or 3 axis mill and soon as you understand your G & M codes and making the right offsets, you will be more comfortable reading programs and troubleshoot a manufacturing error if there is one. The more the axis, the harder it is because the companies are not gonna justify making cheap parts on exotic machines. With that being said, you will have to hold very tight tolerance and and make sure your adjustment will be correct the first time. In smaller shops they will have older machines and no A/C which makes GD&T and tight tolerance manipulation twice as hard. Older machines lose their repeatability even when the CNC denies that evidence and the hot heat in the building will cause the machine or work-piece to move even more. This is something an experienced machinist can only do, you can whip out that $100 million dollar AI or robot and it will never understand the issue or how to find the alternative solutions. What I am saying is in production realm, if a job application is closed due to newer tech then at least 2 or more job application is open for hire.

[@glowrua6051]

She literally called the spinning jenny a sewing machine even though it was used to separate cotton from the seeds, not to sew

[@mayorsnorkum4005]

Yeah, I thought the same :) :)

[@alannothnagle]

The spinning jenny spun cotton and wool into thread and yarn. You're thinking of the cotton gin, which separated the seeds from cotton.

[@glowrua6051]

@@alannothnagle Thank you, I had thought the picture she had shown looked like a cotton gin and she said spinning Jenny which made her message unclear. They look similar which makes them easy to confuse.

[@glowrua6051]

@Citizen 1491 did you even bother to read my other comment? also what does that 2nd "fact" have to do with anything? genZ aren't the ones who think the moon landing is a conspiracy btw.

[@lonesoul17]

Goes to show just how much effort was put into it. Clearly.

[@imnotoyougrounder3404]

You cant blame Everything on technology, yes its Hard but take some responsibility

[@flipflop6525]

It's not so much the technology as it is our brains.

[@lublytalks1239]

It’s mainly technology as todays issue

[@angiedurdiev1687]

She is the definition of boomer is a mindset.

[@Aldoddddeww]

Her: they lack patience Me: watching this video in 2x

[@unlokia]

Gosh what a lovely and special young woman, a real blessing and asset to whomever brought her up. God bless you sweety.

[@TOH_Fan]

Are you wholly sure of that? She snuck an add for her company into it. Then again. Not having to work because your child works for you is pretty good.

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

I wish my granddaughter could be more like her

[@elsiegel84]

This starts with a picture of a member of the "Silent Generation" labeled "Boomer" followed by a "Boomer" labeled "Gen X" . . . . At which point I refused to be further misinformed.

[@stephaniemoore1930]

Born in 1970 is thoroughly gen x. Agree about the other tho

[@elsiegel84]

@@stephaniemoore1930 The picture said 1970 and the subject was at least 10. That puts the birthdate at ~1960 - not thoroughly gen x but solidly boomer.

[@stephaniemoore1930]

@@elsiegel84 *born* in 1970

[@elsiegel84]

@@stephaniemoore1930 Who? Are you being intentionally dense?

[@stephaniemoore1930]

@@elsiegel84 Her mother was born 1970. Girl was born in 2000. How am I dense?

[@MsGenXodus]

I got news for you, your grandma is a member of the Silent generation not a boomer. Boomers weren't born until after 1944.

[@misseywetzel29]

That is assuming her grandmother and mom did not have kids young? Thus making grandma part of the Boomer age. Oldest boomer is 65. You could be right. We just do not have that info.

[@MsGenXodus]

@@misseywetzel29 She said her grandmother was born in 1940. I didn't have to guess.

[@misseywetzel29]

@@MsGenXodus I missed that and I apologize :)

[@Dee226]

1940 is indeed part of the Silent Generation, not Baby Boomers who were born from 1945 to 1962.

[@wraith2939]

Silent Gen = 1928 - 1945 Boomers = 1946 - 1964

[@csommer4492]

Her last point hit harder when I realized that I'm watching this on 2 times speed. Really wonderful summary of negative social consequences of technologies.

[@lsporter88]

She speaks well for someone so young, and she's absolutely correct. Great video.

[@jonrooney3310]

One of the best tedx talks

[@berdooli3326]

you can really hear the rage building up in her voice - powerful

[@starrynight1165]

@Dante Marinucci yeah me either, it sounds more confident than angry. This person, as much as i disagree with them, knows how to present.

[@TonyDeisisNice]

She has a cute mini lisp on some of her words. And she made a few mistakes, but I hope she doesn't stress about it. Very honest information. She doesn't look nervous but I always wonder if that has anything to do with the slip ups. Most adults just aren't nervous anymore as most TED talkers are either educators or people who talk in front of others for a living. Best of luck to you Bella!

[@Maigus224]

It's not technology its cost of living, we have to do more to earn a living now than in the past.

[@J.J._777_]

1:19 "What's caused this acceleration in the pace of life?" Capitalism. The answer is capitalism.

[@whateverrobot7162]

Eliminating human labor is someone’s job; remember that.

[@Sora_Nai]

Not my problem more money for me

[@firej4cks986]

Yep the goal is to get that job Most secure job on the market

[@demonking86420]

@@Sora_Nai that's assuming that universal basic income is a guarantee

[@Thesamwheto]

This is powerful, factual and insightful.

[@covidinfectedmonkeypox6775]

She is 100% correct, I miss the 80's and 90's the last years of social bonding people used to bond in person not online and its only going to get worse.. It's sad

[@savionking6697]

I'm a 🐓 and a ♌

[@savionking6697]

First racism and sexism now Chinese-astrologyism and western-astrologyism

[@keezswift]

Isabella you are brilliant. Keep shining

[@Plax123]

The examples and the arguments are all over the world place. This is classic Zoomer; appealing presentation, no depth.

[@bilykralik885]

agree shes rather cringe. i cant believe she's got a TED this is empty

[@xboxxguy_9360]

Alot of ppl hate this presentation but dammit she speaks the truth!

[@yasobakacom]

Because of what? Why alot of ppl hate?

[@stephaniefunes4394]

She gives me hope but I don't believe most of this children would be able to do anything significant for our societies. And I'm aware that they are not guilty

[@KoreanH00N]

I agree, technology has consumed many people including me. I understand how addicting it can be, after all, here I am wasting time watching a youtube video. However, I know that some people have it much worse than I do. This is exactly why I try to stay away from apps such as tik tok, instagram, twitter, pintrest, quora, and much more social media apps. People talk about how their lives have been hard when trying to look "perfect", while I may sound incredibly old when I say this, I mean it; It's all becaues of social media and trends. People want to fit in, I understand however, when it comes to trying out trends, trying to look nice, and other things, it just straight up corrupts you. It is a bad influence on many, I remember there was this one trend when I was in my first year of high school where people destroyed property for views. I mean, who does that? I don't even think its the peoples faults, they were just heavily influenced.

[@MW-sw7so]

What a smart kid she hit the nail right on the head man I really hope her word gets out of their kids to get their heads out of them damn phones how does she know all that stuff for such young of an age she's obviously putting her mind and spare time where it needs to be this gives us hope

[@archeryndior6796]

The reason we know about all of this stuff is BECAUSE of the internet. Without our internet we wouldn’t know as much. Don’t assume every gen z is texting when most of us are informing ourselves.

[@ElPicoDeGallo]

@@archeryndior6796 If you were sent in the 6os, would you survive in that era and be well informed without the use of internet since it didn't exist back then? I mean don't get mean wrong the internet is useful, but sometimes they rely on it too much.

[@archeryndior6796]

pico of course. We all use library’s too and we know how to read, it wouldn’t be that difficult. But the internet has helped us find out more in a shorter amount of time, allowing us to be well educated like the rest of the people in the world.

[@MW-sw7so]

@@archeryndior6796 well its good to know there are some smart young adilts and kids who can put the internet in its proper place and use 👋😄👍

[@ElPicoDeGallo]

@@MW-sw7so "adilts"

[@sta5011]

Whats scary is, these people are incharge of thr country and the government

[@alexndg5260]

This is the least insightful ted talk I’ve ever seen :/ unfortunately, some people don’t know this sheriff

[@Joefest99]

It goes deeper than the mere existence of technology. It is a shift from the values we hold. I have grown through these generations and watched the change. It is the worship of materialism and the egoic self, rather than God, family and morality. So many people used to adhere to their moral principals at the COST of material stature. Now people sacrifice their morality and family FOR material gain.

[@natyinthehouse]

Sees title... sees date published... if only you knew.

[@patrickwaldchen963]

I believe that tech can be great if used properly. It's just that people can use it in not ok ways. That problem isn't in the technology itself, but in the combination of the tech and the people who use it. Regarding the surfing analogy, I think people need to accept that the surfboard will eventually break. Feel free to respond to this and have a respectful conversation about it.

[@yasobakacom]

ok. what can you present? Because i still dont see solving.

[@railroadtrash09]

I almost left when she was talking about patience.

[@MrKoopan]

A lot of comments proving that nobody wants to admit she’s right about all of this, it isn’t hard to see but you all never care to look.

[@davidravnsborg2565]

I'm not sure I get her complaint about having to go from her golf competition, to piano lessons, to homework, to working on her fashion line. She's 15 and she has a fashion line - that's amazing but also an example of incredible privilege that she had the connections and support to do this as a minor. I also had many activities I did when I was in high school, both athletics and musical activities. Sometimes you need to drop some things. But I left school ambivalent about my career path a decade and a half ago, with straight As, and struggled with finding work while I was in school as a university student. I also struggled with depression and anxiety as I dealt with the alcoholism of my almost boomer parents. I fricking wish someone was there to help me set up an independent business at 15.

[@cedrix57]

The world is getting more and more competitive…and it is only the beginning.

[@quantumfrost9467]

Although do think artificial intelligence becoming sentient is a myth, it'll definitely take out some of the more basic jobs

[@darrenpat182]

John Searle says similar.

[@starrynight1165]

Yes, but it will create jobs for people who can create these machines.

[@NikosM112]

@@starrynight1165 Not everyone wants to become engineers. Everyone have different interests

[@tudotraduzido4570]

6:33 wow what a great explanation!

[@Jemgirly]

7:21 my internet actually cut out 😂😂

[@luvdomus]

What a charming, intelligent, poised young lady.

[@youngdreamer8425]

This girl speaks very well, she should go on Ted talks one day Edit: thank you guys for the lovely 10 likes

[@exomoneylabel]

Bro its okay you dont need to answer yourself, we get it.

[@TOH_Fan]

Being to speak well, and being smart, are two very different things.

[@xcalakpenguin5541]

@@TOH_Fan Clearly you have no grasp of either

[@TOH_Fan]

Xcalak Penguin I have done public speaking for crowds of hundreds. With that aside, I’ve also written a novel, and several publishers have shown interest in publishing it at a mass scale. I say this not to brag. But to prove that I know what I’m talking about. Please, I’d love to speak with you. Why do you think I have a poor grasp of both?

[@xcalakpenguin5541]

@@TOH_Fan Would love to see that novel. Does it have anything to do with the Minecraft videos on your channel? I was looking for a good guide on how to play!

[@482darkknight]

Technology is not being designed to improve the human condition, but to replace the worth of human struggle to live valued lives.

[@geoeira]

lots of jobs will be automated but a lot more will spawn and it gets more diverse and complicated

[@User_forbidden]

Gen Z → Gen Alpha - Lonely by technical innovation (z) - Miserable by advanced information (Alpha)

[@daniaflores8013]

Everyone in the comments questioning her knowledge is wasting their time, she’s researched all of this and while you may say “This isn’t accurate” I can guarantee that what she’s saying is true.

[@patrickwaldchen963]

"Everything is an opinion and has two (or more) sides." That's an interesting thing to think about, I bet it will help you in many areas of life.

[@davidnelson3026]

Generation Z is the future for every country. This generation is fighting for freedom in some countries as we speak. The power of internet today is vital weapon to fight for democracy and freedom, and Generation z is very important part of this movement . Just saying the positive aspect of technology.

[@aaronwolf4211]

I commend her for sharing a presentation in front of so many. It’s a hard thing to do, especially when so young. That said, I have problems with a lot of what she says. As someone mentioned in the comments, there is simply a large degree of naïveté with many of her points - particularly her lack of overall perspective. She uses older generations urging her to get a post-graduate degree as an example of what was done in the past that is being set as a standard for her now. I’m sorry, but that is definitely the (wealthier) minority. Undergraduate degree? Yes, absolutely. That’s just the broader culture now. But I guarantee you that most parents today are just concerned about getting their kid into any kind of higher learning program, if that’s even an option for them at all. This particular point she makes bothers me a great deal because it reveals how trapped she is in confirming to an incestuous intellectual exercise of getting degrees for the sake of getting degrees, assuming that somehow guarantees an even better job. I would encourage her and anyone else agreeing with this notion of “needing” to have a masters degree, let alone even an undergraduate degree, to watch/listen to Andrew Yang’s interview on the KZbin channel, Impact Theory. It’s a positive perspective far more grounded in the current reality than this presentation. I trust with more time researching these issues, and a few more years of experience to enhance perspective, she’ll make stellar Ted Talks and online content in the future.

[@teslayogini432]

This can be the year of the write-in: Andrew Yang 2020

[@blueki9264]

thanks for voicing us out fam!

[@Zack.Randell]

She plugged her merch bro like candy 🍭

[@stephanwilliams4143]

She’s trying her best

[@serpentzachary1340]

Lol I don't care about pace of life anymore. Once I've graduate high school I want to move to Southeast Asia and live a laid back life and open my hawker stall.

[@starrynight1165]

I dont care either. I like fast.

[@Geubbel1]

crazy how ppl forget how it was 50 years ago

[@NethervvoidBuilds]

7:08 lol Used to take like 10 min for a page to load. I'd hit a link, and then hit the restroom or get a coffee / beer from the kitchen.

[@allanhindmarch7323]

Technology isn't responsible, we are. That's like saying a hammer is responsible for building a house. Technology is a tool, and we have lost the knowledge of how to use tools.

[@mnb4414]

As a gen z human we have one weakness and it’s our intelligence. With so many bright people everyone will compete and if they see people doing better earlier many will just give up. If we fight against this, then gen z will flourish more than any other generation. If not then many are doomed

[@user-zr6pl6nb6z]

Give me a break. Your generation is not more intelligent than those that came before. Looking something up on a phone doesn't equal intelligence.

[@ivonastrukar4715]

Honestly I find myself numbed by my laptop.Sometimes I would go for a few days without even touching it, and I would get this weird feeling when I get to use it after those few days...that weird feeling that tells me "You didn't need it all this time, you were doing great...why do you need to use this laptop now?" I sometimes don't even touch my phone for weeks,I find a phone actually bette than a laptop in some ways, because it does it's job,and isn't as addicting if you only use it for research(not for social media mind you). And it's a lot more practical. Not saying computers are bad,they're just harder to get away from and put away.

[@helmutc.vanyumcookie8197]

"You can disseminate anything on social media", except conservative views, of course.

[@pierre1979]

This girl is very intelligent her future is very bright

[@user-zr6pl6nb6z]

Really? I'm very intelligent too (I have the proof of it) and yet I never made it far in life.

[@CHAOS_6E]

She fails to see that as technology advances, humanity advances. Because of technology doing the simpler things. We can focus on pushing the boundaries of our knowledge of the universe and it’s functions.

[@DJaydoubleA]

society doesn’t value creativity the same way it values intelligence. Technology is going to leave behind those people who can’t operate faster or smarter. Some people are just made differently.

[@whitehawk3776]

Emilio Chavez wrong. It’s a balance. One leads the other follows. We go too far and the scales tip in technologies favor

[@DJaydoubleA]

White Hawk the system doesn’t foster creativity, it wants to create uniformity. A populace that doesn’t think for themselves or outside the box the easier they are to control. just flash shiny toys and yummy food and they’ll comply.

[@denimhawke593]

She is right u kno, I had to be very patient for first 3/4 of this video, filled with fallacies and misconceptions. Even though somehow she landed on an acceptable ending.

[@Qasibr]

“This elimination of human jobs has been occurring for 200 years, and it will continue to do so”. Meh. We had enough jobs to cover 2 billion people back then. Now we’ve got enough to cover 7 billion. Entire new industries crop up to cater to people. As a spiritual person, I believe that people aren’t just consumers - they foster economic activity and are provided for.

[@user-zr6pl6nb6z]

You think all 7 billion are gainfully employed? You're a kook.

[@vitkomusic6624]

Warning to everyone... Go off grid now.... Be as independent as you can. Grow your food, build your house.... Stick to God. You will be saved.. Ww3 is going to be an end...

[@brysonberan2505]

You're kind of young to be a boomer

[@unknownboi1265]

Typical brainlets calling people boomers just because they don't agree with what they say even if boomers were responsible for creating the same technology that your using.

[@starrynight1165]

@@unknownboi1265 boomers created our tech and now they call us lazy and spoiled bc we use it

[@cyagami90]

@@unknownboi1265 Boomer doesnt really just mean old people anymore. It can be used on anyone of any age. Boomer is like a state of mind.

[@bradlausen1973]

History doesn’t lie and human nature and tendencies to focus on ones self will never change . If it doesn’t suit your comfort zone which is most likely environmentally programmed from birth then turn to history your beliefs most likely will . History repeats and people are all capable of the same things when put in the right situation . We are all capable of things we can’t imagine . An open mind is a beautiful thing .

[@Robert-vj6fg]

Not an informative or interesting TED talk. Who decides who in these anyway.

[@rishabh3579]

@Michael Garrett It won't. The rise in technology increases the intelligence and capability of humans as a race. It forces us to adapt and stay relevant thus we begin to develop new highly important skills such as creativity and leadership, skills we need in order for humanity to develop further. Humans have been adapting and changing for 1000s of years and that trend won't be changing anytime soon.

[@stephenhedrick4213]

Very underrated ted talk although it very relevant in the society we live in today. Ted kaczynski tried to get the same point across in his book industrial society and it’s future. He describes the problems technology will interfere with our lives but we are blinded by the elites who strive for these changes bc it only helps them and they don’t think of the bigger picture. Much respect for this girl and I hope gen z will be the generation to find balance with tech and human freedom

[@kingzut]

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[@QuantumEffectResidue]

One more thing, and the reason I'm commenting a second time is because I'm on my phone and there's no edit pop up; another problem. As a generation x person I am sick and tired of playing nursemaid to these machines and software. The glitches the speed, the software malfunctions, the breakdowns, it just goes on and on and on. In fact just today my charger for my laptop went out , and my laptop is on 5% isn't that beautiful? I think all of us regardless of age could find a lot better things to do then play caretaker to these devices.