TED Talks: Filter Bubbles and Social Dance

Filter Bubbles

Ted Talks Filter Bubbles

                               

                             A  filter bubble is when a site or network filters what you search and what sites you are able to access or see. The advantages of filter bubbles are that they personalizes the site for whoever is reading it. It allows different people to get different things. It shows what it thinks the reader wants to see, which lets the reader not have to search for articles that they want to see. One of the main disadvantages of filter bubbles is that they show us what we want to see, but not what we need to see. Another disadvantage is that you don't get to see what is edited out, so you are missing out on what it behind the scenes. I have noticed filter bubbles in my life because me and a friend both searched "Lacrosse"and got totally different results and news stories. I also was searching for a website, but my phone wouldn't allow me to go to it, so I asked friends and family if they could get to it. They all could, so I asked my mom if she blocked it, and she said no. The website was just a place to go skiing at, so there was no reason for it to not come up and say "No search results." I didn't realize until now that it may have been filter bubbles.

Ted Talks "A Visual History of Social Dance in 25 moves"

                        Social dance is a big category of dances or dance styles that have a main purpose of connecting and socializing, most of these dances involve more than one person. Social dance is like an expression that emerges from a community. A social dance isn't choreographed by anyone personally and can't trace back to any one moment. Every dance is creative and help people express themselves in unique ways. Social dances become very popular because people can relate to others by knowing the dance. Many traditions involve these dances, and can date back to very long ago. This video shows how dancing evolved and what it's like. It also shows that these dances shape who we are and who we will be. I see social dances in my everyday life such as the dab. Everyone knows the dab and it's almost like a celebration. This connects us to one another because we can all relate and most of us have actually done this particular social dance move. Overall, this TED Talks has a really important message and is very interesting.