Video Response for Class on 1/7/2012

     In this video Devdutt Pattanaik  speaks about how western myths and eastern myths have different outcomes during life and how it influences our own. He speaks about how in India when you die you are reborn into the same life again and again until you learn the purpose so people in India are more likely to have a more mellowed out attitude. In comparison, people in the West go on you have only one life and when you die it's for good. So they are more likely to put them selves out there and battle opinions to the death because they only get one chance to make their lives meaningful. Although he does have a weirdly funny accent he has many good points on how myths and legends effect our lives and businesses. For his speaking style he spoke a little too fast for my own taste but never the less managed to capture my attention with his slides and stories to go along with his presentation.



Kiersten


http://www.ted.com/talks/devdutt_pattanaik.html