TED Talk Summary

During this TED talk, Clay Shirky describes how the social media is effecting our day to day lives and how politically and socially it is changing from the way it used to be. He describes that before there used to be professionals giving the information out to the amateurs. Now there are more amateurs interacting and providing the information to each other without any sort of restriction. People now can talk to other people about things that are effecting the world before the professional media can get its hands on it. He describes how that people got word of China’s earthquake while it was happening because the people that were being affected by it were tweeting about it live. He also says that the Chinese government shut down twitter because of the overabundance of raw information. Shirky states that this type of explosion of information is inevitable today because of the fact that everyone can communicate and produce whatever they want with each other. He describes to the audience that we are living in this movement right now. He shows the audience that we now have a bigger voice then we ever did before because now we can communicate with anyone we want about anything. He also says that we can affect the political and social things that are happening in this world because we now are a huge force of voices. Towards the last part of his lecture, he talks about how Obama was going to sign a bill granting the big companies the ability to obtain any information about their clients. On the forum, the community signed a petition against the signing of this document. And Obama decided to sign it anyway but he had to write a formal statement that he heard and understood the reasons behind the argument. Social media is now a force that will be able to effect the whole world. We can now use this to our advantage to change the world as we know it, one tweet at a time. 

My 100

1. I love the Lord 
2. I love laughter 
3. I love friendship 
4. Video Games 
5. Technology 
6. Movies 
7. Comedies 
8. Chipotle 
9. Funk 
10. Rap 
11. Classic Rock 
12. Fun 
13. EDM
14. Speaking my mind 
15. USA 
16. Friendship 
17. Companionship 
18. Family 
19. Roller Coasters 
20. Thrill
21. Going for it 
22. Naps 
23. Super Heroes 
24. Bass (guitar) 
25. Creativity 
26. Thinking on my feet 
27. Dr. Pepper 
28. Young Life 
29. Purple 
30. Patterns 
31. Comfort 
32. Soft things 
33. Herbal tea
34. Elephants 
35. Bears 
36. Baseball 
37. Bacon 
38. Nachos 
39. Humor 
40. Driving 
41. Old things 
42. Thrift Shopping 
43. Hats 
44. Marching band 
45. DCI 
46. Hard work 
47. Cigars 
48. Stars 
49. Lasting Friendships 
50. Curiosity 
51. Water
52. Lakes 
53. Beaches 
54. Mountains 
55. Road Trips with friends 
56. Slim Jims 
57. Sunflower Seeds
58. Sunglasses 
59. A good pair of boxers 
60. Bow ties 
61. Time 
62. A good stretch 
63. Dogs 
64. Cats 
65. Jazz 
66. Spanish 
67. Making new friends 
68. Figuring out problems 
69. Giving advice
70. Listening 
71. Bald Eagles 
72. Public Speaking 
73. Improv 
74. Trying something new 
75. People watching 
76. That feeling you get when your super full and are about to take a nap 
77. My Roommates 
78. Showers 
79. Frisbee 
80. Learning new things 
81. Being Real 
82. Being intentional 
83. Being there for people 
84. Campfires 
85. Strawberries 
86. Smoothies 
87. Blobbing 
88. Laser Tag 
89. My last name 
90. Finding new music 
91. Hanging out with friends 
92. Vacations 
93. Ireland 
94. Making memories 
95. Being intentional 
96. Flip-Flops 
97. Experiences
98. Chicken Tenders 
99. Explosions 
100. Cheese 

Theme for my GIFs

The world is mysterious and always changing. Some people sit around and think about it, trying to look important, while others choose to improvise to improve it. 

Dizzy Galaxy (final)

Pup Puffin' on the Planet Pipe (Final)

Pup Puffin' on the Planet Pipe

The Color of Jazz