Agricoltura, Boyd Varty: What I learned from Nelson Mandela
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"In the cathedral of the wild, we get to see the best parts of ourselves reflected back to us." Boyd Varty, a wildlife activist, shares stories of animals, humans and their interrelatedness, or "ubuntu" -- defined as, "I am, because of you." And he dedicates the talk to South African leader Nelson Mandela, the human embodiment of that same great-hearted, generous spirit.
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I learn't that Nelson Mandela was an inspirational leader and also a good person. But I hate the fact that the whites sent him to jail for 25 years. I think he had a great leadership opportunities.
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I learned could we have an executive branch leader for our counties in the USA to offer executive pardon from the death penalty in the USA because people have died here n Lane County while incarcerated and I remembered Cry Freedom, The Steven Biko story along with this Nelson Mandela series on YouTube...maybe that can change our government.
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He might feel different if his wife and kids had been blown to pieces by one of Mandela's bombs.
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What a wonderful talk. It would be so wonderful if everyone could look within themselves to be what they want to see in the world. Hopefully, they'd want to see love, peace and harmony.
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I love this talk, but I'm pissed that yet again Africa is portrayed as this wild place where people live with animals.
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briliant live example of humanity
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YEEEPPP, Ditching Windows.... UBUNTU here We Come~~~~
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That was wonderful. I LOVE Londolozi and loved Nelson Mandela. What a treat to find this video tweeted by Fodor's. We have the book your father (uncle?) wrote about the history of Londolozi and it is a great read.
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Perfect
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Boyd Varty ... You beaute!
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Much respect.
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Although I watched the video on my desk alone, when it ended I unconsciously started to clap my hands with the audience!
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It's cool.
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I learned that you can burn people alive and as long as you where against racism you will be remembered as a hero of history!
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It was good but had little to do with Nelson Mandela. It should have been titled something like "The Concept of Ubuntu."
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This was a kiff talk, I'm poep scared of crocodiles!! :) And to the haters, please...cashing in? Honestly? If you didn't grow up in SA with the feeling of Nelson Mandela being a Grandpa you never met, then you actually don't get it at all. We all felt impacted by his death, we all had prayers and moments of silence at work, we all put down flowers for him. If Boyd hadn't dedicated his talk to Madiba (his talk is all about Ubuntu, don't forget how that links to Mandela's ideals and principles) then I would have been surprised. And to the person who splabbed on about the terrorist movement, why don't you bother reading Long Walk to Freedom and see where his original approach of non-violence and peaceful protest got the movement originally? In fact, just read Wikipedia or go to the Apartheid Museum or the Hector Pieterson Museum, his life and approach to the world is a lot more apparent there. Pretty hard to renounce violence if the government in charge basically won't allow races of colour to be educated, to have decent jobs, or even to move freely in the country. The number of black South Africans beaten to death, shot, assassinated or 'accidentally killed' while detained during Apartheid are insane. Many of them children. You could legally do more harm during Apartheid than illegally - go figure.
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Boyd! Thank you so much for doing this. Africa is proud of those such as you. I know, I am proud of you my brother. And you are so blessed for having the opportunity to serve Madiba. And for Solly and Elvis man....bless you my man; through and through!
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We have many Mandela in China but no Willem de Klerk
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People use to think they have choice about individuality and community sense. That if they have one, they cant have the other. That the first is meant for power, and the second, for feeling good with themselves. They are wrong. The truth is that we are connected no matter what. We are not separable. We can be individualistic, all that is required for that is freedom, not selfishness.
The society we live in, however, have created the situations by wich we are rewarded for being selfish - and a culture that calls that individualism to make it look like a good thing - and situations where altruism leads to severe punishment.
And since any change is called progress, we are lead to think that we are like that because we are "modern". We are lead to think the absurdity that the price of technological improvement is selfshness, for competition is put as our driving force. The more others fall, the better few are rewarded for being the "winners". And that it is so embedded in the society that we will call that "human nature" from now on.
That once we cant see anything else out there, it must be biologically embedded within us, so there cant be any other way.
We attributed our technological developments to competition instead of our natural ingenuity - or to the businessman instead of the inventor, if you prefer - so we would stay comfort on the idea that the world is fine, closing our eyes for comfort.
Benjamin Franklin said that those who surrender freedom for security would lose either. It seems he was right.
The competition idea has failed. We have created an insane society. Helping each other is not something we can only do rarely and in a small way. Its our only - and logical - way out of this mess. If you care about yourself, you have to understand that you are part of a whole and that it is not optional. To understand that requires some brains, not heart, as you are constantly told.
RBE for a better future.
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Totally glad i clicked on this talk.
"In the cathedral of the wild, we get to see the best parts of ourselves reflected back to us." Boyd Varty, a wildlife activist, shares stories of animals, humans and their interrelatedness, or "ubuntu" -- defined as, "I am, because of you." And he dedicates the talk to South African leader Nelson Mandela, the human embodiment of that same great-hearted, generous spirit. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector
Commento
I learn't that Nelson Mandela was an inspirational leader and also a good person. But I hate the fact that the whites sent him to jail for 25 years. I think he had a great leadership opportunities.
I learned could we have an executive branch leader for our counties in the USA to offer executive pardon from the death penalty in the USA because people have died here n Lane County while incarcerated and I remembered Cry Freedom, The Steven Biko story along with this Nelson Mandela series on YouTube...maybe that can change our government.
He might feel different if his wife and kids had been blown to pieces by one of Mandela's bombs.
What a wonderful talk. It would be so wonderful if everyone could look within themselves to be what they want to see in the world. Hopefully, they'd want to see love, peace and harmony.
I love this talk, but I'm pissed that yet again Africa is portrayed as this wild place where people live with animals.
briliant live example of humanity
YEEEPPP, Ditching Windows.... UBUNTU here We Come~~~~
That was wonderful. I LOVE Londolozi and loved Nelson Mandela. What a treat to find this video tweeted by Fodor's. We have the book your father (uncle?) wrote about the history of Londolozi and it is a great read.
Perfect
Boyd Varty ... You beaute!
Much respect.
Although I watched the video on my desk alone, when it ended I unconsciously started to clap my hands with the audience!
It's cool.
I learned that you can burn people alive and as long as you where against racism you will be remembered as a hero of history!
It was good but had little to do with Nelson Mandela. It should have been titled something like "The Concept of Ubuntu."
This was a kiff talk, I'm poep scared of crocodiles!! :) And to the haters, please...cashing in? Honestly? If you didn't grow up in SA with the feeling of Nelson Mandela being a Grandpa you never met, then you actually don't get it at all. We all felt impacted by his death, we all had prayers and moments of silence at work, we all put down flowers for him. If Boyd hadn't dedicated his talk to Madiba (his talk is all about Ubuntu, don't forget how that links to Mandela's ideals and principles) then I would have been surprised. And to the person who splabbed on about the terrorist movement, why don't you bother reading Long Walk to Freedom and see where his original approach of non-violence and peaceful protest got the movement originally? In fact, just read Wikipedia or go to the Apartheid Museum or the Hector Pieterson Museum, his life and approach to the world is a lot more apparent there. Pretty hard to renounce violence if the government in charge basically won't allow races of colour to be educated, to have decent jobs, or even to move freely in the country. The number of black South Africans beaten to death, shot, assassinated or 'accidentally killed' while detained during Apartheid are insane. Many of them children. You could legally do more harm during Apartheid than illegally - go figure.
Boyd! Thank you so much for doing this. Africa is proud of those such as you. I know, I am proud of you my brother. And you are so blessed for having the opportunity to serve Madiba. And for Solly and Elvis man....bless you my man; through and through!
We have many Mandela in China but no Willem de Klerk
People use to think they have choice about individuality and community sense. That if they have one, they cant have the other. That the first is meant for power, and the second, for feeling good with themselves. They are wrong. The truth is that we are connected no matter what. We are not separable. We can be individualistic, all that is required for that is freedom, not selfishness.
The society we live in, however, have created the situations by wich we are rewarded for being selfish - and a culture that calls that individualism to make it look like a good thing - and situations where altruism leads to severe punishment.
And since any change is called progress, we are lead to think that we are like that because we are "modern". We are lead to think the absurdity that the price of technological improvement is selfshness, for competition is put as our driving force. The more others fall, the better few are rewarded for being the "winners". And that it is so embedded in the society that we will call that "human nature" from now on.
That once we cant see anything else out there, it must be biologically embedded within us, so there cant be any other way.
We attributed our technological developments to competition instead of our natural ingenuity - or to the businessman instead of the inventor, if you prefer - so we would stay comfort on the idea that the world is fine, closing our eyes for comfort.
Benjamin Franklin said that those who surrender freedom for security would lose either. It seems he was right.
The competition idea has failed. We have created an insane society. Helping each other is not something we can only do rarely and in a small way. Its our only - and logical - way out of this mess. If you care about yourself, you have to understand that you are part of a whole and that it is not optional. To understand that requires some brains, not heart, as you are constantly told.
RBE for a better future.
The society we live in, however, have created the situations by wich we are rewarded for being selfish - and a culture that calls that individualism to make it look like a good thing - and situations where altruism leads to severe punishment.
And since any change is called progress, we are lead to think that we are like that because we are "modern". We are lead to think the absurdity that the price of technological improvement is selfshness, for competition is put as our driving force. The more others fall, the better few are rewarded for being the "winners". And that it is so embedded in the society that we will call that "human nature" from now on.
That once we cant see anything else out there, it must be biologically embedded within us, so there cant be any other way.
We attributed our technological developments to competition instead of our natural ingenuity - or to the businessman instead of the inventor, if you prefer - so we would stay comfort on the idea that the world is fine, closing our eyes for comfort.
Benjamin Franklin said that those who surrender freedom for security would lose either. It seems he was right.
The competition idea has failed. We have created an insane society. Helping each other is not something we can only do rarely and in a small way. Its our only - and logical - way out of this mess. If you care about yourself, you have to understand that you are part of a whole and that it is not optional. To understand that requires some brains, not heart, as you are constantly told.
RBE for a better future.
Totally glad i clicked on this talk.