In one of the TED talk broadcast, `Joe Gebbia-The Airbnb story, ' Job Gebbia, the co-founder and chief product officer of Airbnb, claims that strangers can trust one another so much that they can allow the other unknown person(s) to reside in their homes. The speaker accounts for this claim by reasoning out that this is possible because of the creation of an (online) platform that applies a cautiously designed system of a reputation as the vital factor necessary for enhancing trust between complete strangers. Despite the speaker giving a claim ,reason and support of his argument , in this instance, what is of significance to a target audience is whether the arguments as articulated by the speaker himself require a careful and thorough review
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The speaker describes the audience feeling of disclosure in the unlocked cell phone social experiment as “panic.” The term `panic’ in the context of the argument, carries a more negative emotional connotation. It could mean that the audience is jittery or worried of the thought of exposing their privacy to a stranger. The speaker uses pathos to show parallels to the feeling of discomfort one goes through when he or she has no knowledge or understanding of new experiences. On the contrary, if a design review system has favorably recommended the same stranger, the host’s trust in them would be more favorable. In turn, helpful recommendations would raise the likelihood of the host to accommodate the guest at a fee. Moreover, the speaker avoids fallacious thinking. In that, Gebbia acknowledges that not all world 's problems require a similar approach in finding solutions. However, it is apparent that the speaker challenges people to explore more areas whereby design can be used to find solutions for …show more content…
According to social psychologists, human beings are innately socially biased because we tend to trust our peers, geography and preferences. However, in the collaborative study with Stanford, the speaker shows that social bias is an obstacle that can be avoided by positive recommendations from other persons. Secondly, common sense dictates that few individuals would agree that allowing a stranger into one 's home is pretty harmless. As one grows up, parents and guardians teach him or her to socialize with people, but be cautious of strangers and their reasons are valid. However, the origin of this belief is due to the harm criminals inflict on other people. For instance, there is the fear of a kidnapping, robbery among other heinous acts, which have been recorded in our neighborhoods. All these crimes are present in our society and cannot either be oversimplified or ignored. Apparently, most of these crimes have been carried out by criminals who collude with insiders such as househelps in a host’s residence. The speaker notes that he also feared the first time he welcomed a stranger to his home. It implies that the fear of the unknown is a common human trait. As such, the speaker tries to address fear of the unknown by focusing on the recommendation design system used in AirBnB, which assures the guest of the trustworthiness of the host and vice
The speaker describes the audience feeling of disclosure in the unlocked cell phone social experiment as “panic.” The term `panic’ in the context of the argument, carries a more negative emotional connotation. It could mean that the audience is jittery or worried of the thought of exposing their privacy to a stranger. The speaker uses pathos to show parallels to the feeling of discomfort one goes through when he or she has no knowledge or understanding of new experiences. On the contrary, if a design review system has favorably recommended the same stranger, the host’s trust in them would be more favorable. In turn, helpful recommendations would raise the likelihood of the host to accommodate the guest at a fee. Moreover, the speaker avoids fallacious thinking. In that, Gebbia acknowledges that not all world 's problems require a similar approach in finding solutions. However, it is apparent that the speaker challenges people to explore more areas whereby design can be used to find solutions for …show more content…
According to social psychologists, human beings are innately socially biased because we tend to trust our peers, geography and preferences. However, in the collaborative study with Stanford, the speaker shows that social bias is an obstacle that can be avoided by positive recommendations from other persons. Secondly, common sense dictates that few individuals would agree that allowing a stranger into one 's home is pretty harmless. As one grows up, parents and guardians teach him or her to socialize with people, but be cautious of strangers and their reasons are valid. However, the origin of this belief is due to the harm criminals inflict on other people. For instance, there is the fear of a kidnapping, robbery among other heinous acts, which have been recorded in our neighborhoods. All these crimes are present in our society and cannot either be oversimplified or ignored. Apparently, most of these crimes have been carried out by criminals who collude with insiders such as househelps in a host’s residence. The speaker notes that he also feared the first time he welcomed a stranger to his home. It implies that the fear of the unknown is a common human trait. As such, the speaker tries to address fear of the unknown by focusing on the recommendation design system used in AirBnB, which assures the guest of the trustworthiness of the host and vice