Comments by "Yesica1993" (@Yesica1993) on "TED" channel.

+kerryn67 Oh, that's a shame! I just now discovered this video and learned about her.
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I disagree with her that being disabled is "not a bad thing". But I agree with her 100 percent that being disabled does not automatically make you exceptional! Good for her!
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@ Brian Bixby "Our culture seems to think it's far more important to spend money killing brown people than actually learning anything about the universe we live in." What culture is that, where money is being spent "killing brown people"? Where is such a thing done and promoted? What idiocy!
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Looks like we're already there: "How this content was made Altered or synthetic content Sound or visuals were significantly edited or digitally generated. "
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Introduction: "Remarkable people" - sees Bill Clinton. * turns off *
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+Sarahnewks What does that have to do with my comment?
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+Sarahnewks You know nothing and care nothing about me. Take your bigotry elsewhere. Learn how to address the actual CONTENT of what I said.
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+batterup98 So you think being disabled is a great thing, eh? How evil.
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Sarahnewks And you have the right to say that all disabled people just LOVE being disabled? Talk about entitlement. LOL! Take your bigotry elsewhere.
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Sarahnewks I am no longer reading your comments. Leave me alone. Aggravator. You have ZERO right to claim disabled people love being that way. Who in the blazes do you think you are?
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@carlos66965 What on earth are you blabbering about? I have no idea what comment of mine you are even addressing. Get lost.
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@ Illya Lypyak "Poverty, one of the many byproducts of capitalism " What world do you live on?
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That was fantastic!
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Turned it off when he talked about reading sexually explicit material. Sheesh.
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I'm not sure I really got the point here. Very few really dangerous, scary situations in life come with the opportunity to desensitize yourself and practice beforehand in a safe, controlled environment. If anything, he's got it easier in some ways! Yes, his job is much more dangerous than most things people will ever do. At the same time, he is highly trained and practiced in every aspect of his job, so that he will be well equipped to find a solution if a crisis does happen. Most of us don't get that chance!
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MegaKaitouKID1412 "Which ones can't you?" There are endless unpredictable Bad Things - accidents of so many kinds, crimes committed against you, other unexpected situations that you may find yourself in with no warning and no time/opportunity to prepare. Sure, you can use common sense, be generally aware of your surroundings, and think ahead in general terms, but that's not the same as suddenly being thrust into, say, a terrible car accident where you're trapped or your kids are trapped and you have to figure out on the spot what to do. That's quite different than going through the sort of training that astronauts have to endure, where every possible problem is simulated in a controlled environment so that they can learn to troubleshoot (as well as to not panic!) so that they will be as prepared as they can be should they face the real thing. Real life doesn't often offer that sort of testing. It just doesn't.
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The usual.
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Isn't this the woman who taught others to dump their spouses? And then didn't she end up dumping the guy she left her husband for? (Now I see she dumped him for a female? LOL!) Can you tell me why a person who is as self centered, vow-breaking, and obviously unstable is given a elTED platform as someone to look to for ANY sort of advice?
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Well, clearly she is coming from introvert perspective and is also trying to publicize her book on the subject. But as I said, she celebrates the strengths of both. Her book does as well, and in detail. It's just a matter of understanding various kinds of personalities, so that we can best function together.
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I highly recommend her book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking'. It's very practical! It will help you even more with understanding yourself, understanding others, and even gives helpful tips on how to deal with things and people. I wish this book and this info. had been around when I was a kid!
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And your basis for saying such a thing is... what, exactly? Have you read any of it? Have you examined the claims it makes about itself, the history behind it, etc.?
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Looks like you were watching a different speech than everyone else was watching. Obviously she is an introvert and that is what her book is about, so that is her main focus here. And the truth is that American culture is geared toward extroverts, which is why she's hoping to change things a bit. But if you'd bothered to watch (or at least pay attention) to the very end, you would have seen how she celebrated the strengths of both introverts and extroverts.
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This was so wonderful! How I wish these views/ideas had been around when I was growing up! It would've saved me so much grief and would've helped me so much. I am nearly done with her book and I highly recommend it to everyone.
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As to American culture, it's nothing deliberate. It's just that extroverted people are more of the obvious "leadership" types. (Even if they are not very good in leadership roles.) I think it's just a general default mode. If you talk, you get noticed - whether or not you are saying anything worth hearing. Quiet people are easy to ignore. It does not even have to be deliberate. It's just that it's more challenging to relate to them. That's all she's doing, building bridges.
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I loved the study part, but not the socializing part! It was so difficult for me that I ended up convincing myself that there was just something terribly wrong with me and that's I'd never function in society at all. It was a lie, of course. And school is just a difficult time in general. But if I'd only known that there were other people like me and that most of culture really is geared toward extroverts, it would've helped me greatly. Good luck to you!
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