Stefana Broadbent TED Talk

I can see that she feels that internet can enable intimacy. I feel that this can be absolutely true.My uncle was in Iraq, and his family was able to skype him fairly often. This enabled their family to stay close or intimate. On the other hand, I often feel that things like Facebook does the exact opposite. I think that people become detached from reality. There is much less face to face conversations. In class I remember somebody saying that texting and things like that gives them courage. I would much rather them earn the courage than have a device give it to them. In the future, that will not always be the case, that they have a device to give them the courage. At that point, technology has been much more harming than it has done good. I thought it was very interesting how she was against institutions controlling the use of phones and computers for private use. She felt that by doing this, they were trying to control who has the opportunity to use the benefits of technology which seems very anti-American: giving different classes of people better opportunities. While it makes sense that institutions would control the use of technology for private use, I think she is saying that it should be equal for all people. For example,  if teachers can use their phones every once in a while, maybe students should too. If managers can call home from their office while those that work for him or her are not allowed cell phones in which they could do the same, where is the equality that our forefathers fought for, that so many people fight for still. It seems to me a little inconsistent.
She used note cards which at first bugged me, but she rarely used them which I thought was good. She used them only to make sure she was hitting the right points. She didn't seem excited about what she was talking about, which showed in the end when people weren't exactly sure if she had finished. I feel that she was perhaps a little nervous which masked her feeling for the subject. Overall though I thought she was good. She had a series of pictures of people she told stories about. This i think helped the audience to connect with those people and her presentation a little more.