I CAN WRITE A SUMMARY AND MY PERSONAL REACTION TO THE VIDEO 'HOW ARCHITECTURE HELPED MUSIC EVOLVE'''

 

In this video, David Byrne presents his ideas on the interrelationship between music and architecture. David Byrne has played in many nice places like the Disney hall and places like that. They have been very exciting, but sometimes those halls didn't seem suited to the music he had made.

He thinks that he wrote his songs for specific rooms.
Furthermore, he explained how the nature of the romantic words could make the songs better.
Most of the Republican songs that we know have a big part of its roots in West Africa.                                                                         
Besides, he mentioned that in Africa, the instruments, the intricate rhythms, the setting, and the contest are all perfect. So, the music works perfectly.

 

Carnegie hall became popular and the halls got bigger Carnegie hall’s fair size and it is larger than some of the other symphony halls.

Because of the reservation in those rooms like Carnegie hall, the music had to be a little less with making a little more textural.

Jazz band started to improvise new melodies and a new form of music was born. This band played on riverboats and clubs.

Thomas Frank assumed that if voters hear something that sounds sincere and is more passionate, is more authentic. So, if somebody can fake sincerity, if they can fake passion, they stand a better chance.
 

MY PERSONAL REACTION
 

Maybe, people who are interested in music could enjoy this speech given by David Byrne. However, this video seems to me so nice. I agree with him when he says that a lot of songs are created for a particular context, specifically clubs, dancing, and social music events. Furthermore, creativity is what we need if we want to compose good songs for a specific place that we have in mind.

 

I CAN WRITE A SUMMARY AND MY PERSONAL REACTION TO THE VIDEO ''HOW SIMPLE IDEAS LEAD TO SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES''

In this video, Adam Savage is talking about some famous scientists. He focuses on three examples: Feynman’s childhood inspiration from observing a ball in a wagon, the discovery of the circumference of the earth, and Fizeau’s ingenious device for measuring the speed of light. He says that their curiosity changed the way people thought about the world, and thus it changed the world.

Richard Feynman solved the Challenger disaster, and he ended up winning the Nobel Prize in Physics for his Feynman diagrams describing the movement of subatomic particles.

Eratosthenes is most remembered for began in a letter that he received from the town of Swenet. The letter included this fact that stuck in Eratosthenes’ mind, and the fact was that the writer said at noon on the solstice, when he looked down this deep well, he could see his reflection at the bottom, and he could also see that his head was blocking the sun.

Eratosthenes understood that the sun was directly above the city of Swenet, because looking down a well, it was a straight line all the way down the well, right past the guy’s head up to the sun. He knew that a stick stuck in the ground in Alexandria at the same time and the same day, at noon, the sun’s zenith, on the solstice, the sun cast a shadow that showed that it was 7.2 degrees off-axis. In fact, he invented the word geography.

Aristotle noticed that every time you saw the Earth’s shadow on the Moon it was circular and the only shape that constantly creates a circular shadow is a sphere.

Armand Fizeau was an experimental physicist in Paris. His speciality was actually refining and confirming other people’s results. He was familiar with Galileo’s experiments in trying to determine whether or not light had a speed. So, Galileo had worked out this really wonderful experiment. He assumed that light was roughly 10 times as fast as the speed of sound.

 Fizeau was aware of this experiment. He lived in Paris, and he set up two experimental stations, roughly five and a half miles distant, in Paris. And he solved this problem of Galileo’s, and he did it with a really relatively trivial piece of equipment.

Most people think of science as a closed, black box, when in fact it is an open field. And we are all explorers. The people that made these discoveries just thought a little bit harder about what they were looking at, and they were a little bit more curious.

MY PERSONAL REACTION

In my opinion, this talk was so fascinating and it allowed me to improve my knowledge. It is important to mention that those scientists were so intelligent, and their curiosity allowed them to discover many important things related to science.
In reality, we don’t need to be like Feynman or Einstein, but if we incorporate just a little of our curiosity and sense of wonder about the world, we might continue making the world a better place to live. Of course, all of these discoveries are made possible by technology that’s been developed in the last few decades.

I CAN WRITE A SUMMARY AND MY PERSONAL REACTION TO THE VIDEO ''GOOGLE: THE BEST PLACE TO WORK FOR''

Google is considered the best company to work for in The United States. Many people are having so much fun working in this company and they have been in the news with record profits huge acquisitions. Fortune magazine thinks that this company is the best place to work in America for several reasons:

. There are eleven gourmet restaurants in the offices and all the food is free.

. You can find a free fitness center and a barber shop.

. There are pool tables and lap pools for exercise.

. Employees can take their pets to work.

. You can find massage stations there.

. There are five doctors and they are all free, too.

. It gives its employees five thousand dollars.

. Engineers can spend 20% of time on independent projects.

Furthermore, this company is posting record profits with huge margins and growing so fast.

MY PERSONAL REACTION

 

Google is the most wonderful and amazing place to work! If I had the opportunity to travel to The United States, I would like to work for this big company. 

I think that all the companies should try to be like Google. As you can see, nowadays, there are a lot of people who feel stressed because they must work for many hours. So, companies should provide massage stations to the coworkers. And not only that, In my opinion, employees should get some facilitates and receive a good salary with the purpose of having a good lifestyle. They need to be motivated, too.

I CAN WRITE A SUMMARY AND MY PERSONAL REACTION TO THE VIDEO ''HOW GREAT LEADERS INSPIRE ACTION''

In this amazing video, Simon Sinek describes how it is that great leaders inspire action, and why some people are able to achieve things, when others are not.At first, he explains a new way of looking at how people approach what they do. Then, he discusses the Law of Diffusion of Innovation, and weaves it all together with several brilliantly told examples.

A few years ago, Simon Sinek discovered a pattern that he found in all the great leaders (individuals and companies). He called it the “Golden Circle”. It explains why some leaders are able to inspire when others aren’t.

How in the center, surrounded by Why, surrounded by a larger circle What.

Everybody knows What they do. Some know how they do it. But, very few people or organizations know Why they do it. As you know, inspired organizations and people think, act, and communicate from the inside out. However, people don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it. After all,the goal is not just to hire people who need a job, but it is necessary to hire people who believe what you believe.

If you hire people who just need a job, they will work for your money. But, if you hire people who believe what you believe, they will work for you with blood, sweat and tears. One example of this could be Wright Brothers. Nowadays, when you ask why people fail, they always give you some permutation of the same three things:

1. Undercapitalized

2. The wrong people

3. Unfavorable market conditions

People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it. if you talk about what you believe, you will attract those who believe what you believe. For example, Microsoft sells the What, and sometimes the How, but Apple sells the Why.

THE LAW OF DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION

The law of diffusion of innovation shows that the adoption curve can be segmented out into the following sections:

1. Innovators

2. Early Adopters

3. Early Majority

4. Late Majority

5. Laggards

The early majority will not try something, until somebody else tries it first. These early guys are comfortable doing that, living intuitively, based on what they believe about the world (The Why), not just what is available (The What).

MY PERSONAL REACTION

Without a doubt, this talk given by Simon Sinek is one of the most amazing videos I have ever watched in my life, and I could not agree more with him.                     Getting people to buy your beliefs and values definitely will create success.

In my personal opinion, it is important to be innovators if we want to become successful people. Furthermore, we shouldn't lose our sense of curiosity. Reading is a good way to connect with others and understand them. Lastly, keep an open mind that not everyone is going to think like you. In doing those things, you will always be an innovated leader. 

I liked how Simon Sinek demonstrated the success and failure of some products, and companies. I think many people buy into the "way" a company operates and communicates its "way" to the world. However,
there are so many other factors besides marketing to get right.

THE STRADDLING BUS : A GREAT INNOVATIVE IDEA

As you can see, a boom in car sales has caused traffic in many cities. Nowadays, there is a big concern on top of urban transportation. Many planners don’t know how to speed up the traffic: putting more buses on the road will jam the roads, and building more subway is costly and time consuming. Well, I think that the straddling bus is a cheaper, greener and fast alternative.

It will have an important effect in the society because it will reduce traffic jams by 25 to 30 percent on main routes. As you know, there is a lot of traffic and noise pollution in China, so Beijing is eager to reduce carbon emissions. Without a doubt, the straddling bus will provide a solution. I hope the Chinese Company starts the operation in many countries as soon as possible.  

MICHAEL LENNOX: WHAT ARE DREAMS?

DR. MICHAEL LENNOX

TOPOLOGIES

Many cultures divide a person’s life into stages and create images or ideals of each stage. The stages are defined by how a certain function is performed. A culture could build a functional topology around any activity affected by changes in age.

Closely related to functional topologies are maturational schemes. These trace the stages of life in terms of mental, physical, or even spiritual changes. Many cultures throughout history have recognized these stages.

MATURATIONAL TOPOLOGY

This is a Hindu system that focuses on spiritual maturation. Life is divided into four stages, depending on one’s progress towards being spiritually full – grown. These stages are:

a.       Brahmacarya: this stage lasts from initiation into the Hindu community at five to eight years of age until marriage.

b.      Grihasthya: one marries, raises a family, and takes part in society.

c.       Vanaprasthya: in this stage, the Hindu leaves the household and prepares for the spiritual search or quest.

d.      Samnyasa: this is when one gives up attachment to all worldly things and seeks spiritual liberation.

Most cultures take maturational topologies are almost poetic in their ability to create images.

BUREAUCRATIC TOPOLOGY

This topology is based purely on where a person falls into some scheme invented by a government or another organization. Cultural traditions have influenced this topology, but it is supported mostly by law and not by belief. Some aspects of a bureaucratic topology may actually conflict with widespread cultural beliefs.


MY PERSONAL OPINION

In my opinion, this lecture was so interesting in many ways.  First at all, it allowed me to improve my knowledge. Without a doubt the most common maturation topology divides our life into childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age. In these stages of life, we experiment different changes.
Another important point I liked was rites of passage. As you know, it is important to have rituals for some important occasions like to mark our entrance into a new stage. One example of this could be our birth.

STAGES OF LIFE

OUR LIFE IS LIKE A GIANT PUZZLE

We gather and piece together our life experiences as we learn and grow and change. Most people look for forward to changes in the future. We want to see time and change as positive, but we also see time and change as negative because they always bring our decline and eventual death.

The ways people react to change are more important than what actually happens to them. Some people waste time worrying about what they weren’t able to do or what they didn’t become. Other people take a more positive view and learn to accept and take pleasure in what they weren’t able to do.
People who have positive feelings toward humanity tend to believe that a lifetime is a period in which we must work hard to develop and perfect ourselves. On the other hand, other people aren’t as optimistic about the intelligence and goodness of people.
There are many ways people view the stages they go through in life. One of the most disturbing visions is the idea that we are just actors playing out roles created for us by genetics. We agree to play roles that are predetermined by our own characters and society’s expectations of us.

One of the most famous speeches about the stages in life is the one given by Jacques in Shakespeare’s play, As you like it. Jacques says that we are all simply actors going through our lives as if they were real, when actually we are only playing roles already determined for us. He says the seven stages of life are like acts in play.

The seven stages of life are:

a.       The Infant

b.      The schoolboy

c.       The lover

d.      Soldier

e.      Justice

f.        Pantaloon

g.       Second Childishness

STAGES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

      He is talking about stages of development. The first stage of development is Dependence. It is from the age of twelve where we experiment physical and emotional changes. Also, we depend on someone. We progress and we move to Adolescence. This stage starts at the age of 13. Also, this stage is called Independence. As we continue the progress, we move to the stage of Interdependence. Then we move to the stage that he would call Interdevelopment. The last stage of development is called Interconnecteness.

      The voice of Dependence is ‘I need you’. The voice in the Adolescence is ‘I don’t need you’. Then, we move to the stage of Adult. They can take a real decision. Furthermore, an adult independents on other people and other people independent on this adult.                            Interdevelopment is the next stage. In this stage, we make a reputation for ourselves and the relationship is very different.                                                                                                                    

     The last stage is Interconnecteness. They develop an interconnected worldview.                        As you can see, each one of these stages has any voice.

MY PERSONAL OPINION

     According to the lecture 'Seven Stages Of Life', I am in complete agreement with the lecturer. It is important to be an optimistic person if we want to become a successful person.                                                         We should learn to face our problems and take a positive view, too.                                                                                                                                         In mi personal opinion, William Shakespeare's famous play, As You Like It was so interesting. I think that all men and women are like puppets in the hands of destiny. Furthermore, every person in its full lifetime has many parts to play. Its total numbers of acts in its lifetime is the seven stages.

     Also, it is important to mention that in each stage the person confronts, and hopefully masters, new challenges.

I CAN WRITE A SUMMARY AND MY PERSONAL REACTION TO THE VIDEO ''VIRTUAL REALITY WILL LEAD THE FUTURE''

 Paul Brinkman is talking about a research project called Virtual Reality and  Phobias. Brinkman is more than just a researcher delivering intricate studies. He leads the way by developing VRET systems and combating phopias with avatars and virtual reality and examines the ninteraction between man and machine.

Having a job interview or asking a girl out on a date. Social activities that can be at most thrilling or nerve-wrecking to some, but truly terrifying to others. By reconstructing our social environment in a virtual world, Brinkman might be able to help people with social problems in the near future. Brinkman looks at establishing systems to treat patients with mental health problems, such as virtual reality exposure therapy.

Phobias are the most common form of anxiety disorders, which themselves are the most common psychiatric disorders.

Virtual Reality allows a third option of exposure therapy in a virtual setting that is safer, less embarrassing, and less costly than reproducing the real world situations. Besides situations can be created that are difficult to find in real life and it is more realistic than imagining the danger. Already some experiments have proven Virtual Reality to be a useful tool in treating specific phobias such as fear of heights, fear of spiders, fear of flying and claustrophobia, as well as agoraphobia.

To take Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy from the experimental lab and into the daily practice of psychologists more research is needed. Within four years they have built a fully functional system optimal for the given situation. Furthermore we have substantial data to support the effectiveness of VRET for the treatment of phobias (fear of heights, claustrophobia, and fear of flying). The domain is being approached from two angles: Psychology and Human Computer Interaction.

Furthermore, they completed another study in which they evaluated the effectiveness of low-budget virtual reality exposure versus exposure in vivo. According to this study there were no differences between the effectiveness of gradual exposure in vivo and VRET. Both conditions improved significantly and didn’t differ in their degree of improvement. The decline in fear of heights was sustained at six months follow up. It seems that VRET has the same effectiveness as exposure in vivo, even when measured on a behavioral avoidance test. They got very interesting results on usability of the therapist user interface, on navigation techniques in virtual reality, on comparison of virtual reality modalities and more. This system is being used for fear of heights, claustrophobia and fear of flying.

MY PERSONAL OPINION

This is one of the most amazing projects I have ever listened to. In my opinion, Brinkman is a successfull researcher because of this wonderful project that combates phobias and psychotic disorders using virtual technology.He showed how this method can provide solutions for such problems as fear of flying and, in the longer term, possibly also for social disorders. I hope Paul Brinkman continue creating new projects with the purpose of changing the world in a good way.