Humanity in Today's Society

In this Ted talk humanity is displayed through digital images that were connected by interfaces. The first display is the image of the United States and all of the flights that traveled over an elapsed time. This displays how human, not only from the U.S. but from the entire world travel in, out, and around the country. The flight interface eventually displays where the major and minor airports of the U.S. are. It collectively shows how the air travel peaks at certain times in certain locations showing the travel patterns of humans. Next the sheep experiment was introduced and people were asked to simply draw a sheep. This experiment overall shows the diversity in the people that participated and also the dedication that they put into it. Some people simply sketched a quick image in under a minute while some used up an entire forty-six minute period. This shows how in all a sheep was usually designed, with some exceptions, and no matter what the time or effort put in still could be identified as a sheep. Through these experiments along with the Johnny Cash and music video ones they all display humanity digitally. Therefor humanity can be displayed digitally through all of those ways. The music video displays different backgrounds from which people came from. The interface actually takes images from Google Earth and constructs them into a music video designed especially for the user. These experiments say a lot about humanity and our culture today. Notice all of these experiments are done digitally and with the use of a computer. Computers have a lot to do with society today and this entire TedTalk was based on digital aspects of this. If someone did not have access to a computer then they would not be able to participate in these experiments. The images that were drawn during the Johnny Cash experiment can show a lot about our culture. It shows the perception of Johnny Cash and how so many similar pictures were drawn yet still having their own differences. Changes within humanity and society differ along with time and as they progress more data is collected through experiments like these in order for our culture and humanity in today’s world to be displayed digitally and be easier to comprehend. This experiments exist not only to display humanity but also challenge how we view it today.