Gen Z and the end of our Humanity | Isabella Muri | TEDxASL 

The fact that I may not get a job with a masters degree is terrifying and I hope this actually doesn’t happen because in my country it’s already hard to get a job.

Bella: "Our brains hate waiting, so we sped up everything else!" Me, watching this video at 2X speed: 0__________________________________0

Gen z is a prime example how the advancement of internet could either make you or break you. Unfortunately it broke our gen z youth and it's honestly sad and humiliating

Her: I have a fashion company. Also her: Technology is the reason zoomers are so busy.

The idea that this wealthy tween is in any way the average Gen Z, or even knows what it's like to be an average Gen Z, is ridiculous.

A ten minute long version of my mom's "it's all because of that damn phone "

Did she seriously put an add for her own company in the middle of a freaking Ted Talk? haha

While she brings a lot of good info, business-wise, It feels as if this was just an elaborate advertisement for her company.

I got news for you, your grandma is a member of the Silent generation not a boomer. Boomers weren't born until after 1944.

I think this quote is really important. It's a quote by John Adams that says, "I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain." The invention of all this technology allows us to study the things deemed unconventional be previous generations. Our previous generations' jobs were to make life easier for future generations to be able to thrive and explore our thoughts and passions.

"Things are changing, phones bad, we're all going to die."

Never has a generation documented itself so much and achieved so little. This applies to late x, y, z and essentially anyone else hooked on social media.

She talks about the differences in her, her mom’s, and grandmother’s young lives without acknowledging the change in her family’s economic status. That’s the reason her life is so different cause there are plenty of Gen Z people who still don’t have as much opportunity or things to do as it sounds like she has the privilege to do..

Literally used a ted talk to basically plug her fashion company lol

I hate these “past good, tech bad” arguments so much they’ve been getting old for so long 😫

I have a couple degrees in tech and omg is her talk beyond flawed. So much of her argument is similar to when I hear boomers yell "phones are bad because we don't understand them." She demonizes many of the cultural problems that tech has made more visible but never addresses the cultural patterns that drive most of these problems. Even then she COMPLETELY ignores positive cultural shifts that tech has helped build like community building and information access. I'm not going to say tech is faultless, but omg you can't simplify the argument as much as she does.

Did no one notice that she just put commercials inside her talk about VALUES ? :D Seems like this is a perfect example how people can be dazzled. In this case by her confidence.

So her mom and grandmother worked at 15 and she translates that to tranquility? Has she ever worked in an orchard or washed clothes by hand in cold water, because those things aren't easy. It took all day.

I'm a humanities student, throughout the talk I felt like the basic three staged argument format she was using was totally screaming out during her presentation. Very well done.

The purpose of tools like the spiny jenny, phones, and many others is not to eliminate human's from the equation. These tools purpose is to amplify the potential of humans. To make them more capable, to give them the abilty to do more then they could before, to make more, to work more efficiently, to communicate more distantly.

People choose to busy. You don’t have to be busy to be cool but we say we’re busy like it’s a badge of honour. All it means is that you can’t manage your own time and do too much. Just sit and be that’s all you need to do.

So eloquent and pertinent to society today, well done!

You guys are way too harsh...she’s 15 giving a Ted Talk. 15, give her some slack. How many of you own anything company related?

this ted talk was just one big ad....

Can we please give this young lady the national stage and let her say this to the nation please

She literally called the spinning jenny a sewing machine even though it was used to separate cotton from the seeds, not to sew

Shallow ending : an ad for her business, topped up with a shallow insight. Yet the whole speech up till that point was really awesome and had pretty deep insights.

Her actions do contradict her statements in some aspect. At the end I got a hint of double speak. Hmmmmm.... she will do well in this world

Her: they lack patience Me: watching this video in 2x

I'm a Millennial. My parents' job will go away in 10 years. My job will probably be eliminated or at least simplified in 10-20 years. However, I absolutely love technology, and I'm truly grateful to everything it has given us. I'm currently learning new skills, so I can diversify my skill set and be prepared for the job market change. I'm ready and willing to accept that my career will have to shift or even completely change, and my degree may become almost useless. This is tech progress, and it made our lives so much better and easier. I don't get why some people complain about losing their jobs to tech progress. Didn't you know it will happen? Couldn't you prepare in advance? Why didn't you learn something else? We don't ride horses or get manually get water from wells anymore. The world is changing, so should you. Amazing talk.

you can really hear the rage building up in her voice - powerful

7:45 Gah!! No, theres already so much misinformation regarding ADHD and this does not help. ADHD is a psychological disorder, like autism or bipolar. ADHD was basically unheard of in the past, poorly understood and psychological disorders in general were rather taboo. Only recently have we seen a much more comprehensive understanding of the disorder and many people are finally getting proper help, also thanks to improvements in medical technology, go figure. Thats why we have seen increases in diagnosis rates. However, it is still not fully understood and there is alot of stigma and misinformation regarding it, just like the idea that technology is causing young people to develop a psychological disorder out of the blue...lmao. Correlation does not equal causation!

Her last point hit harder when I realized that I'm watching this on 2 times speed. Really wonderful summary of negative social consequences of technologies.

This girl is an AMAZING speaker!!! Well done!

Isabella you are brilliant. Keep shining

So, regarding unemployment resulting from automation, this has certainly been going on for centuries. Yet, this lady completely ignores the reality of it. Machines replace some jobs, but more often simply automate certain menial procedures. This frees up humans to focus far more on human skills (creativity, critical thinking, innovation, reason, logic, etc.). These human skills can't be replaced by a computer. A computer can only do what it's already programmed to do by an intelligent human.I don't foresee a future with no jobs. I foresee a future where jobs are basically only in human skills. We'll need doctors, engineers, programmers, etc. We won't need cashiers, vehicle drivers, etc.

Ted talks aka high school presentations

Ted talk quality is really low now. Just a commercial with random quotes and silly info.

This is powerful, factual and insightful.

She has a cute mini lisp on some of her words. And she made a few mistakes, but I hope she doesn't stress about it. Very honest information. She doesn't look nervous but I always wonder if that has anything to do with the slip ups. Most adults just aren't nervous anymore as most TED talkers are either educators or people who talk in front of others for a living. Best of luck to you Bella!

This starts with a picture of a member of the "Silent Generation" labeled "Boomer" followed by a "Boomer" labeled "Gen X" . . . . At which point I refused to be further misinformed.

Eliminating human labor is someone’s job; remember that.

Most insightful Ted Talk done by someone half of the age of adults my agr and she has it all figured out. Get it girl👏👏👏 Preach that message from the mountain tops💯

Amen ,be blessed Isabella

She speaks well for someone so young, and she's absolutely correct. Great video.

Who let this girl plug her brand using technology while simultaneously speaking against it.. this was a commercial.. nothing more

thanks for voicing us out fam!

7:08 lol Used to take like 10 min for a page to load. I'd hit a link, and then hit the restroom or get a coffee / beer from the kitchen.

It's not technology its cost of living, we have to do more to earn a living now than in the past.

Sees title... sees date published... if only you knew.

One of the best tedx talks

Alot of ppl hate this presentation but dammit she speaks the truth!

I almost left when she was talking about patience.

7:21 my internet actually cut out 😂😂

Love this💞

What a charming, intelligent, poised young lady.

You cant blame Everything on technology, yes its Hard but take some responsibility

Hopefully this helps someone here.. especially to Millennial and Gen Zs. I am in my early 20s and i am currently a CNC Machinist while majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Bella brought a lot of great points but for the job/career part.. especially the 800 million job lost falls short. As a matter fact, COVID-19's quarantine is beautiful example why small and large companies cannot survive without human workforce/labor regardless of the high quality automation we have today. Yes, you no longer have a guaranteed seat in the high salary career for life with a college degree. To me that is a good thing, Now John Doe can finally compete against Karen Paige for the position that they both strive to have. The employer will look at the schooling and actual work experience that is RELATED to the job application. Its no longer a Masters degree trump bachelors degree 100% therefore bachelors lose 100% the chance for a career unless they accept a huge pay cut. Companies realize that they need to fill in positions in their workplace that is a good fit to the application but also a good fit to the team at an affordable salary. Now to the nitty gritty truth about production.. Yes, there is a declination to USELESS jobs like hand counting parts or something mundane and worthless but there is an inclination for higher quality jobs. The hard part is going from a nobody to that quality position you want to fill in. They're ways to get into that quality position but that will only come from 3 things, that is either swallowing your pride and start from the rock bottom, or work experience from internship or quality education from either trade or college. What trumps all three of these is actual work experience that requires unique skill set without sacrificing efficiency. So for CNC machines, we have 3,4,5 axis mills, precision grinding and all sorts of lathes/Swiss. You're gonna start off with a basic lathe or 3 axis mill and soon as you understand your G & M codes and making the right offsets, you will be more comfortable reading programs and troubleshoot a manufacturing error if there is one. The more the axis, the harder it is because the companies are not gonna justify making cheap parts on exotic machines. With that being said, you will have to hold very tight tolerance and and make sure your adjustment will be correct the first time. In smaller shops they will have older machines and no A/C which makes GD&T and tight tolerance manipulation twice as hard. Older machines lose their repeatability even when the CNC denies that evidence and the hot heat in the building will cause the machine or work-piece to move even more. This is something an experienced machinist can only do, you can whip out that $100 million dollar AI or robot and it will never understand the issue or how to find the alternative solutions. What I am saying is in production realm, if a job application is closed due to newer tech then at least 2 or more job application is open for hire.

I agree, technology has consumed many people including me. I understand how addicting it can be, after all, here I am wasting time watching a youtube video. However, I know that some people have it much worse than I do. This is exactly why I try to stay away from apps such as tik tok, instagram, twitter, pintrest, quora, and much more social media apps. People talk about how their lives have been hard when trying to look "perfect", while I may sound incredibly old when I say this, I mean it; It's all becaues of social media and trends. People want to fit in, I understand however, when it comes to trying out trends, trying to look nice, and other things, it just straight up corrupts you. It is a bad influence on many, I remember there was this one trend when I was in my first year of high school where people destroyed property for views. I mean, who does that? I don't even think its the peoples faults, they were just heavily influenced.

Great talk....

Gosh what a lovely and special young woman, a real blessing and asset to whomever brought her up. God bless you sweety.

I'm not sure I get her complaint about having to go from her golf competition, to piano lessons, to homework, to working on her fashion line. She's 15 and she has a fashion line - that's amazing but also an example of incredible privilege that she had the connections and support to do this as a minor. I also had many activities I did when I was in high school, both athletics and musical activities. Sometimes you need to drop some things. But I left school ambivalent about my career path a decade and a half ago, with straight As, and struggled with finding work while I was in school as a university student. I also struggled with depression and anxiety as I dealt with the alcoholism of my almost boomer parents. I fricking wish someone was there to help me set up an independent business at 15.

This is awesome and informative

She gives me hope but I don't believe most of this children would be able to do anything significant for our societies. And I'm aware that they are not guilty

Although do think artificial intelligence becoming sentient is a myth, it'll definitely take out some of the more basic jobs

She plugged her merch bro like candy 🍭

I am 15 years old now, and I am already worrying if I can legit be alive and not starve to death in future because I cannot find a job, my grades are in an average of C now

I believe that tech can be great if used properly. It's just that people can use it in not ok ways. That problem isn't in the technology itself, but in the combination of the tech and the people who use it. Regarding the surfing analogy, I think people need to accept that the surfboard will eventually break. Feel free to respond to this and have a respectful conversation about it.

Lol I don't care about pace of life anymore. Once I've graduate high school I want to move to Southeast Asia and live a laid back life and open my hawker stall.

She is 100% correct, I miss the 80's and 90's the last years of social bonding people used to bond in person not online and its only going to get worse.. It's sad

The world is getting more and more competitive…and it is only the beginning.

Technology is not being designed to improve the human condition, but to replace the worth of human struggle to live valued lives.

lots of jobs will be automated but a lot more will spawn and it gets more diverse and complicated

She's a lovely young lady, smart too, but she lacks perspective. Her understanding of how life was in other generations is naive.

It seems contradictory to say that algorithms are optimizing for viewtime and engagement, while at the same time people are becoming less patient and have smaller attention spans. If anything, people have less patience for what they are not interested in, but become much more focused on what they are interested in once they've found it (and recommendation algorithms are helping people with that). The caveat is that you shouldn't rely on the algorithm alone, because it is based only on the data that you feed it. So starting from scratch, or if you are looking to pivot on the type of content you want to see, it then helps to have a catalogue and search feature.

She is right u kno, I had to be very patient for first 3/4 of this video, filled with fallacies and misconceptions. Even though somehow she landed on an acceptable ending.

What a smart kid she hit the nail right on the head man I really hope her word gets out of their kids to get their heads out of them damn phones how does she know all that stuff for such young of an age she's obviously putting her mind and spare time where it needs to be this gives us hope

She is the definition of boomer is a mindset.

It goes deeper than the mere existence of technology. It is a shift from the values we hold. I have grown through these generations and watched the change. It is the worship of materialism and the egoic self, rather than God, family and morality. So many people used to adhere to their moral principals at the COST of material stature. Now people sacrifice their morality and family FOR material gain.

crazy how ppl forget how it was 50 years ago

This girl speaks very well, she should go on Ted talks one day Edit: thank you guys for the lovely 10 likes

As a gen z human we have one weakness and it’s our intelligence. With so many bright people everyone will compete and if they see people doing better earlier many will just give up. If we fight against this, then gen z will flourish more than any other generation. If not then many are doomed

The quote by Frederick Windsor Taylor doesn't mean what Ms. Muri's summary states.

A lot of comments proving that nobody wants to admit she’s right about all of this, it isn’t hard to see but you all never care to look.

The examples and the arguments are all over the world place. This is classic Zoomer; appealing presentation, no depth.

this was an advertisement...

Phenomenal

Honestly I find myself numbed by my laptop.Sometimes I would go for a few days without even touching it, and I would get this weird feeling when I get to use it after those few days...that weird feeling that tells me "You didn't need it all this time, you were doing great...why do you need to use this laptop now?" I sometimes don't even touch my phone for weeks,I find a phone actually bette than a laptop in some ways, because it does it's job,and isn't as addicting if you only use it for research(not for social media mind you). And it's a lot more practical. Not saying computers are bad,they're just harder to get away from and put away.

This is the least insightful ted talk I’ve ever seen :/ unfortunately, some people don’t know this sheriff

Everyone in the comments questioning her knowledge is wasting their time, she’s researched all of this and while you may say “This isn’t accurate” I can guarantee that what she’s saying is true.

Nice!

History doesn’t lie and human nature and tendencies to focus on ones self will never change . If it doesn’t suit your comfort zone which is most likely environmentally programmed from birth then turn to history your beliefs most likely will . History repeats and people are all capable of the same things when put in the right situation . We are all capable of things we can’t imagine . An open mind is a beautiful thing .

I commend her for sharing a presentation in front of so many. It’s a hard thing to do, especially when so young. That said, I have problems with a lot of what she says. As someone mentioned in the comments, there is simply a large degree of naïveté with many of her points - particularly her lack of overall perspective. She uses older generations urging her to get a post-graduate degree as an example of what was done in the past that is being set as a standard for her now. I’m sorry, but that is definitely the (wealthier) minority. Undergraduate degree? Yes, absolutely. That’s just the broader culture now. But I guarantee you that most parents today are just concerned about getting their kid into any kind of higher learning program, if that’s even an option for them at all. This particular point she makes bothers me a great deal because it reveals how trapped she is in confirming to an incestuous intellectual exercise of getting degrees for the sake of getting degrees, assuming that somehow guarantees an even better job. I would encourage her and anyone else agreeing with this notion of “needing” to have a masters degree, let alone even an undergraduate degree, to watch/listen to Andrew Yang’s interview on the RU-vid channel, Impact Theory. It’s a positive perspective far more grounded in the current reality than this presentation. I trust with more time researching these issues, and a few more years of experience to enhance perspective, she’ll make stellar Ted Talks and online content in the future.

Not an informative or interesting TED talk. Who decides who in these anyway.

I was in high school before we even had home internet and our first home computer happened to run Windows XP that was actually online

It was obvious that unless you learn to think for yourself you would never be able to do anything. Now it is not as obvious. They make you think all you need is good memorization skills and a paper saying you can do a job.

She must not know about Andrew Yang and how we're already onto the 6th Industrial Revolution.

"You can disseminate anything on social media", except conservative views, of course.

The world doesn’t end with a bang but a whimper.... thanks for reminding us we are long overdue. What a sad generation.

It's all about perspective...