Cell Phone TED Talk

So this week my sole focus has been on my speech. At first I thought “How the heck am I supposed to give an interesting talk on cell phones?!” But after racking my brain for a while I decided to give a speech that brings light to societies growing dependence on cell phones. The first way to demonstrate this that came to mind was comparing my mom’s usage of her phone, to my own. Quite frankly, I thought this captured the differences between generations. My mom was born in 1954 and is a part of the Baby Boomers. While I am part of Generation Y. I used this to show that technology fueled my generation’s dependence on phones, which then made it a widespread ideology throughout society. I mean, Generation Y got to experience firsthand this major shift, as it grew up our very own noses and we were a main reason for its growth. I then decided to focus on how most new outlets and newspapers now have apps for phones. The companies have seen that cell phones have grown in importance and therefore have altered their publication methods in order to survive. One of the companies that did not survive was the Rocky Mountain News. In 2009 it had to close its doors because of a decrease in newspaper sales.  I’d imagine that if they had converted to a mobile format they would still be in business today. My next point is that idea that politics has also morphed into a mobile sensation. You can now receive texts from politicians, emails on your phone, and they have various apps that make themselves sound better. Even Vermin Supreme has his own app that supports him. This technological shift has changed how people receive their news. Now it is accessible everywhere at any time. And this was definitely not the case about two decades ago. My last topic is the increase in texting and driving, and how this has led to greater deaths and injuries in people. Societies addiction to texting has landed itself on the road. And because of this people are not only endangering themselves, but those around them as well. Anyways, my speech at this point  is about 5 minutes ( but knowing me I’ll freak out and spit out 100 words per second, resulting in less time taken). Hopefully everything goes as planned tomorrow.