Although all of the TED
Presentations that I was in class for were really inspiring and amazing to
listen to, Ali’s was the one that really stuck out to me. Her speaker was the
one who created the water bottle that could filter water through a pump.
Why did this catch my attention?
First and foremost I appreciated
the demonstration. A lot of TED talks are hard for me to listen to because I
get tired of hearing the person talk about their idea but never showing it to
us. Second of all, while I was listening to both Ali and her speaker talk, I
was wondering why no one had come up with this before. The idea is so simple and
so practical, yet extremely effective and life changing.
This got me wondering about what
other ideas out there we have created over-complicated solutions to. Maybe,
instead of over thinking problems that affect large groups of people, finding
something that fixes the root of the problem for individuals or smaller groups
of people could be even more directly effective.
