Скачать или смотреть The algorithms behind our thoughts | Bohuslav Vrba | TEDxYouth@EEB3

The theme of this year’s TEDxYouth@EEB3 event is “When Worlds Collide”, an inspiring and broad theme that has been interpreted in different ways by the speakers. These speakers are from various disciplines and backgrounds:

• 1/3 EEB3 students
• 1/3 EEB3 teachers and staff
• 1/3 external speakers (including three EEB3 alumni)

In pursuing a common goal of sharing ideas and bringing to light new perspectives from our community, the TEDxYouth@EEB3 team hopes to spark conversation and provide food for thought to anyone who wishes to tune in (either online or in-person). The event aims to highlight what possibilities lie in “World’s colliding”, as well as to offer pupils, teachers and staff at EEB3 a range of insights on “collisions” in science, languages, sport, mental health and more. Algorithms: we all use them, but seldom do we peer into their intricacies. We often, perhaps naively, attribute the curation of posts in our feeds to some randomized system, free from coercion, and without inherent bias. Yet as the corporations behind these platforms enter the limelight for their questionable actions at a jarringly frequent rate, such an assertion becomes less and less likely. So, what really determines which posts show up on your feeds, and what purpose do they serve? Echo chambers are omnipresent in all of our lives, and are especially prescient in our post-COVID age, making it vital to ponder their impact and detangle ourselves from their grasp. This talk will discuss how understanding the motivations behind the media we consume can facilitate meaningful discourse in lieu of the combative, collision of worlds that occurs when we are stuck in our echo chambers. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx