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Stephen Fry Interview: What I Wish I Knew When I Was 18 - 22 views

started by Amy Burvall on 17 Sep 12
  • Amy Burvall
    #1 Amy Burvall on 17 Sep 12
     
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4byn2CIwec0&feature=player_embedded

    This is an amazingly heartfelt, funny, intelligent (wise) interview about life - including many topics we study in TOK (nature of knowledge, truth, perceptions, technology, ethics, etc.). I would like you to watch it (about 30 min with one ad in the middle you can skip), and comment on at least one part in this thread. You can write the time that pertains to your comment(s). Feel free to respond to others' comments. (video and topics below)

    TOPICS:
    2:25 Goals
    3:05 "Work is more fun than fun"
    4:37 Self-Absorbtion/ Egoism
    5:52 The Blame Game
    6:27 American Whiny TV
    7:16 Real Heroism
    7:43 Opportunity and Networking
    8:21 Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone
    9:45 The Benefits of Travel
    9:45 The Book Game
    10:29 Perspectives
    11:03 Admiration
    12:45 What Real Learning Looks Like
    14:14 On Giving
    15:25 Regret / Life Lessons
    16:34 On Knowledge, Truth, and Metadata
    17:22 On Empiricism and Inquiry
    18:20 On Authority
    20:18 Socratic Questioning and Ethics
    20:35 "Never stop being a child who asks why"
    21:15 Age of Consent
    21:50 Citizen Journalism (democracy and technology)
    23:00 Conspiracy Theories
    23:31 Transparency and Privacy
    24:30 On Being Different
    25:53 Creative Tension - Belonging and Standing Alone
    26:51 Youth Culture
    27:41 Connected World
    29:27 YouTube Trolls
    30:45 on Anti-Apple Madness
    31:14 What Counts the Most in Life
  • Amy Burvall
    #2 Amy Burvall on 17 Sep 12
     
    Period 6 TOKers did this in class and used Twitter. Here is a link to the Storify created from their tweets.
    http://storify.com/amyburvall/stephen-fry-tok-period-6
  • Amy Burvall
    #3 Amy Burvall on 18 Sep 12
     
    Period R3 TOkers also tweeted - here are their reactions archived in Storify:
    http://storify.com/amyburvall/stephen-fry-tok-perr3
  • Nate Hopper
    #4 Nate Hopper on 24 Sep 12
     
    I really liked his idea of real heroism (7:16). Too many people whine about their problems now. Some people need to just shut up and suck it up.
  • Michael Compton
    #5 Michael Compton on 25 Sep 12
     
    I thought his section on YouTube Trolls (29:27) was both funny and interesting. I don't like the nasty comments, but i'm glad they express their opinions on a website i can ignore, rather than in real life where i would be forced to listen.
  • nicholas zachmeier
    #6 nicholas zachmeier on 26 Sep 12
     
    i liked how he talked about goals i dont agree with him because goals are important in our lives, but i can understand how setting goals can make someone feel like a failure when they are not met.
  • Ashley W.
    #7 Ashley W. on 01 Oct 12
     
    With the goal section in 2:25, I disagree with what Steven Fry says. I feel that goals are important and encourages us to work harder to reach accomplishment of the soul. But, it is refreshing to listen to someone speak about how goals are probably not the best way to live by, even when they accomplished quite a bit. Perhaps without goals, the self imposing pressure is let go. With goals, some people tend to try so hard to accomplish it, that they become unhappy with their achievement since they expect more. If goals did not exist and we become carefree, would we accomplish more though? Maybe without the stress of being "perfect", we would reach success...
    Also, the section on talking about oneself seems interesting. It is intriguing to notice that when someone brings something new to the plate in a conversation or in fact when the conversation actually advantages to us, how interested we become in it.
    I agree that unsuccessful people have bigger egos than successful people. With succsessful people, they feel that they do not need to brag in order to be noticed, since they ARE successful.
  • Noelle Blackmon
    #8 Noelle Blackmon on 05 Oct 12
     
    I really like his point about how today's environment has made it possible for people to access so many more resources (information, different kinds of food, etc.) than they could throughout most of history; I think that's one of the primary reasons that we've advanced more in the past hundred years than we had in the five hundred before that. I also agree that unsuccessful people have more inflated egos than successful people, but I think it might be because to be successful you need to be liked and supported by others (and big egos often drive people away).

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