For this weeks blog, I watched a Ted Talk. It was called “Distraction is literally killing us,” spoken by Paul Atchley. https://youtu.be/S9TwTOtNr60 My topic is about the culture of distraction, so this Ted Talk speaks about how our distractions effect us. The most distracting object is the cellphone, Paul emphasizes. He states that based on research, it is more dangerous to be on your phone while driving than it is to drink and drive. Due to many experiments that were done in many countries, it was proven that this statement is true. “It takes Your brain to drive,” Atchley says. When people are in their phone while driving, they are “mentally checked out” and cannot comprehend what is happening on the road in front of them as fast as they could when they aren’t distracted by the device. Despite technology in cars getting better and a better chance to getting to the hospital fast enough and survive, more people are dying because of being on the phone while driving. The “cure” is to put down our devices and go outside sometimes.
In my paper, I am going to use his stories and explanations to state that the culture of distraction impacts us greatly on a day to day basis. Using what he said in the Ted Talk is a good way to accurately present my opinion on distractions that more than not include our phones and other devices.
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