Pros And Cons Of The TED Talk, Kaffir Boy

The TED Talk, The Lorax, Kaffir Boy, and my opinion of bullying are all connected through new advancements in technology and bullying. Some of these things aren’t directly related, but they are intertwined because everything is connected if you look hard enough. The Ted Talk seemed to be just about lifecode. Lifecode is defined as how we program life. The TED Talk focused mainly on advances in science like in vitro fertilization and taking out the unsatisfactory parts of genes and putting in better ones. The speaker brought up the point there is bad and good sides to every advancement, and the pros and cons have to be weighed. I can relate this to just about everything in the world today. New advancements in technology, like phones and computers, definitely have pros and cons. If used for the right purpose they can be used for learning, communicating with other people, and entertainment. If they are mistreated, things like cyber bullying can happen very easily. In the olden days people had to say things face to face, but with phones or computers you are behind the screen. It dehumanizes who you are talking to. This makes it almost painless to be relentless to someone, and not worry about the consequences. The Lorax involves the new invention …show more content…
He is also bullied by the gang because they don’t want him to get out, and later he is bullied again by the application process because of his skin color. By the end of the story he is determined to get a scholarship, so he can get out of that gruesome place. Bullying is the biggest connection here, but he would not be able to hope for the scholarship if there were no new advancements. All of the new inventions in technology have connected the world, and if the world wasn’t connected in this way, he would not be able to get out of there. All this new technology hasn't been used just for good though. People like him are being bullied through it