David Blaine TED Talk

In this TED talk, David Blaine talked about how he held his breathe for 17 minutes. He practiced, tried, failed, and tried again. He was able to bear incredible amounts of pain. To me this is an example of the ability of humans to surpass the supposed limits. This was a lot like the four minute mile barrier. He was able to push his body to the limits and succeed in his goals. To me this shows that anything is possible. We as a society but barriers up that are not real. Just as the kid thought it was not real, after those barriers are broken we question instead of accept. This shows the inherent pride of humanity. We would rather distrust others than be proven wrong.
This could apply to education in that society creates norms or barriers in which we are not suppose to cross. These are not real and are not good. If we learn to accept instead of question i feel that education would be much more successful.
David Blaine was a fairly boring presenter. The only thing that kept me interested in this talk was the story. This is good, but the presentation did capture the audience. A great presentation has both. Overall it was good, but he needed to be less monotone especially over a twenty minute time period. Audiences get bored and it is the job of the presenter to keep them captivated.