People are motivated internally to be of service to others. When an extrinsic motivation is used, it destroys all moral responsibility, and therefore all intrinsic motivation. Another takeaway is that modern technology combined with intrinsic human motivation can have a big impact.Finally, things that have civic value and help a whole community are much more valuable today than things with communal value that can be found anywhere and only benefit the person who uses it.
The speaker uses several examples to support each of his points. He also starts out with a story, which helps people remember what he was saying.
The speaker's presentation style is very formal. He doesn't really make any jokes, and even when he tries, he's not funny. He lectures the crowd, rather than having a conversation. He uses the slideshow to demonstrate things he can't explain with words or to show pictures that compliment his lecture. However, he doesn't use it constantly; some of the time he turns it off.
What matters from this video is that, with the world having trillions of hours per year to spend, it should
be spent on giving back to the world, since we now have the opportunity. More specifically, it should be used to make things with civic value--things that benefit a whole community--like Ushahidi, more than things with just communal value--things that only benefit the person using it and can be found anywhere--like LOL cats. This applies to me, because I have free time that I can use to do nothing, do something with communal value, or help with something that has civic value. Education needs to teach kids the importance of this decision.Schools should also show youth how they can get involved in programs that create civic value. Finally, the world at large needs to get more involved in creating things that have an impact, and it must not try to create an extrinsic motivator to get people to do this. It has to let intrinsic motivation be the determining factor.
The speaker uses several examples to support each of his points. He also starts out with a story, which helps people remember what he was saying.
The speaker's presentation style is very formal. He doesn't really make any jokes, and even when he tries, he's not funny. He lectures the crowd, rather than having a conversation. He uses the slideshow to demonstrate things he can't explain with words or to show pictures that compliment his lecture. However, he doesn't use it constantly; some of the time he turns it off.
What matters from this video is that, with the world having trillions of hours per year to spend, it should
be spent on giving back to the world, since we now have the opportunity. More specifically, it should be used to make things with civic value--things that benefit a whole community--like Ushahidi, more than things with just communal value--things that only benefit the person using it and can be found anywhere--like LOL cats. This applies to me, because I have free time that I can use to do nothing, do something with communal value, or help with something that has civic value. Education needs to teach kids the importance of this decision.Schools should also show youth how they can get involved in programs that create civic value. Finally, the world at large needs to get more involved in creating things that have an impact, and it must not try to create an extrinsic motivator to get people to do this. It has to let intrinsic motivation be the determining factor.
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