How To Preserve Your Private Life in the Age of Social Media @TED #shorts #socialmedia

100,253 views ・ 2022-12-12

TED


Please double-click on the English subtitles below to play the video.

00:00
The world is now one big small town.
0
180
3649
00:04
But within that virtual town square,
1
4961
2112
00:07
there are tiers of relationships,
2
7073
2028
00:09
degrees of intimacy,
3
9101
2263
00:11
and everyone deserves a different amount of you,
4
11364
2988
00:14
a different side.
5
14888
1722
00:17
Now, where those boundaries lie
6
17571
2399
00:19
is up to you.
7
19970
1530
00:22
I try to wait 48 hours before posting and sharing
8
22000
3563
00:26
because that way I can be present
9
26000
2154
00:28
in private with the people I love
10
28154
1964
00:30
before calculating how I'm going to
11
30118
2128
00:32
publicly position it.
12
32246
1560
00:34
And post with purpose.
13
34271
1729
00:36
Before I share, I ask myself: Why?
14
36676
2361
00:39
What's the purpose? And most importantly,
15
39037
2512
00:41
how does it serve the people I love?
16
41549
3641
00:45
Because cultivating a private life is precious.
17
45918
3031
00:49
It's sacred.
18
49586
1698
00:51
Its value is inherent in what you don't share.
19
51284
5357
About this website

This site will introduce you to YouTube videos that are useful for learning English. You will see English lessons taught by top-notch teachers from around the world. Double-click on the English subtitles displayed on each video page to play the video from there. The subtitles scroll in sync with the video playback. If you have any comments or requests, please contact us using this contact form.

https://forms.gle/WvT1wiN1qDtmnspy7