Alan Siegel walked out on stage and quickly started to talk about the legal system and how documents could be more simply so that they read more as English rather than a group of complex words. I found this talk and his topic quick ironic because he made the talk he give more confusing and challenging than it should been. As a speaker, he spoke took quickly and did not articulate very well; however, his topic had potential to be informative and beneficial. I do agree that documents should be written so that they could be read with clarity and simplicity.
Chris Baggott then talk about how there is a simply way to feed the world. He brought up a fact that I never really thought about before and that fact is that grocery stories are very common in American compared to any other country. He talked about how he traveled to different countries to look at their food providing system, and he was amazed to see the many open-aired market places. He said that in China, there was a market he was at where sellers were selling meats without keeping them cold. For Americans, this idea sounds unheard of and very unhealthy; therefore, he asked someone why the meats were not being chilled. The response he received really shows the cultural difference between the two countries. He said that the buyers all know the quality of the sellers foods since it is an open-aired market. It someone buys one of the sellers meats and gets sick, then that seller will lose all itself business. The buyers know what they are buying because the sellers are under pressure to have the best quality of products; whereas, for Americans, we buy meats and produce that has been processed and injected with chemicals that we are not aware of. We do not know what all we are putting into our bodies. Rather than having processed and produced meats, we should have mass markets to allow local farmers to sell good quality meat and produce. Americans are used to going to grocery stories to buy their foods in bulk so that they only have to go shopping once or twice a month; whereas, other cultures may shop daily or every other day.
The last speaker was my favorite speaker of all the ones I saw. David Engwicht is a very eccentric Australian designer who designs places. When he started his talk, I was very hesitant because he said he designed shared spaces to create community, and that automatically made me think of the workplace environment and shared spaces within there. We have talked about the differences between individualistic and collectivistic cultures and I related those ideas to the workplace by having individualism and collectivism within the workplace. Not all employees would work best within an opened environment that can foster a community. However, once I figured out he fixes up places within communities by recycling items that are already within the community, and then I got excited. I love the idea of taking something old, outdated, and no longer needed, and then recycling it in a way that can benefit the space both physical and visually. I loved his thought process about things as well, for example the story of the couple that had dinner on their front lawn. He talked about how the couple observed a decrease in the speed of traffic since they had been eating outside, and how some individuals even stopped to talk with them. By having dinner outside, it provided a sense of community for the drivers who drove by. They felt as if they could stop by and talk with the couple because of the feeling of community. I liked the idea of home. Home is a feeling not a location, and home is an innate feeling found within all humans. All humans have a sense of home. This idea made me sad because as soon as I moved onto Franklin’s campus, I called Franklin my home. Now, within months I will be leaving Franklin, my home. It brings me much sadness, but I believe I will get the sense of home somewhere else as well. I just need to find my place an
Chris Baggott then talk about how there is a simply way to feed the world. He brought up a fact that I never really thought about before and that fact is that grocery stories are very common in American compared to any other country. He talked about how he traveled to different countries to look at their food providing system, and he was amazed to see the many open-aired market places. He said that in China, there was a market he was at where sellers were selling meats without keeping them cold. For Americans, this idea sounds unheard of and very unhealthy; therefore, he asked someone why the meats were not being chilled. The response he received really shows the cultural difference between the two countries. He said that the buyers all know the quality of the sellers foods since it is an open-aired market. It someone buys one of the sellers meats and gets sick, then that seller will lose all itself business. The buyers know what they are buying because the sellers are under pressure to have the best quality of products; whereas, for Americans, we buy meats and produce that has been processed and injected with chemicals that we are not aware of. We do not know what all we are putting into our bodies. Rather than having processed and produced meats, we should have mass markets to allow local farmers to sell good quality meat and produce. Americans are used to going to grocery stories to buy their foods in bulk so that they only have to go shopping once or twice a month; whereas, other cultures may shop daily or every other day.
The last speaker was my favorite speaker of all the ones I saw. David Engwicht is a very eccentric Australian designer who designs places. When he started his talk, I was very hesitant because he said he designed shared spaces to create community, and that automatically made me think of the workplace environment and shared spaces within there. We have talked about the differences between individualistic and collectivistic cultures and I related those ideas to the workplace by having individualism and collectivism within the workplace. Not all employees would work best within an opened environment that can foster a community. However, once I figured out he fixes up places within communities by recycling items that are already within the community, and then I got excited. I love the idea of taking something old, outdated, and no longer needed, and then recycling it in a way that can benefit the space both physical and visually. I loved his thought process about things as well, for example the story of the couple that had dinner on their front lawn. He talked about how the couple observed a decrease in the speed of traffic since they had been eating outside, and how some individuals even stopped to talk with them. By having dinner outside, it provided a sense of community for the drivers who drove by. They felt as if they could stop by and talk with the couple because of the feeling of community. I liked the idea of home. Home is a feeling not a location, and home is an innate feeling found within all humans. All humans have a sense of home. This idea made me sad because as soon as I moved onto Franklin’s campus, I called Franklin my home. Now, within months I will be leaving Franklin, my home. It brings me much sadness, but I believe I will get the sense of home somewhere else as well. I just need to find my place an