Analysis on Ariel's Journal

Ariel chose to do a journal on the Ted talk we watched on Mike Rowe. She chose too analyze the quote "If I'm wrong so often." Her analysis included her thoughts on that even though things seem to be straightforward in right/wrong ways that may not be. I am choosing to talk about this quote as well because I think it relates well to people's lives today. Often we as Americans are so quick to judge. We see something, and don’t think twice before coming to a quick assumption or conclusion. For instance, walking past a homeless person on the street. Immediately one may assume that the person doesn’t work or that they are a lazy person in general. We wouldn’t consider thinking about the fact that the person may have worked hard their entire life and recently lost everything in a fire and was diagnosed with cancer. We are wired to overestimate disposition and underestimate the situation. Throughout the Ted talk, Mike presented on situations that he has experienced. In the course of his job he encounters many situations with people who have jobs that the typical American would consider horrible. He goes on to talk about how these people are some of the happiest people he has met, and how they are completely content with their job even though someone else may not be. The point that I feel the quote from this TED talk is trying to point out is that we as American’s need to stop and take time to think about the situations that others are in. We need to be able to take a step back and realize that we may have initially been wrong and reevaluate our opinions.