Ted Talk #7 (Olafur Eliasson)

This video is all about how people matter in the space of the world.  People fill the space but why are they there? Space is there, with time and dimensions, it is a real object. Olafur Eliasson shares that people make a difference. When they vote, or decide to become an active member of the community they fill more than just space.  Olafur Eliasson then tells how waterfalls are a measure of space, the rate at which they seem to be falling changes how far away it is to the human mind. Slow falling water computes as a waterfall far away, while fast falling water equals a close water fall.

The important take away from this video is the fact that people do matter in space. Space is a measurable object, and people fill that space, so they do indeed matter. Olafur Eliasson is urging us to be aware of our actions; whatever we do has a result in this space. Sometimes we don’t feel like we belong in a space, and therefore don’t take our actions serious, but we must always find ways to feel a part of that space. By being a part of that space we will be more aware of our actions. Space also has to be created so that all types of learning and parts of life will happily coexist. We must make the space available to all and to one.  

The speaker’s effective speaking techniques include the moderate speed of talking. Olafur Eliasson is obviously foreign to the English language; by talking slow more people can understand him.

His presentation style included many pictures and slides. This showed his ideas so that if people couldn’t understand him they at least had a picture to reference.

Many ideas from this video matter to me. The idea that I am not contributing to the space is eye opening. If I don’t try to change the space around me, no good consequences will come. I have to be an active member to the space. This is important to education because if more teachers had this mentality schools will be a better place to learn. Teachers would try to change the space rather than just teach. This idea is important to the world because if more people thought this way then people would try to live to change the space. This would create a world where more people try to help out everyone, and thus create a better life for all.

I think people should listen to his message more because his idea, if used by the people, could change the world.