Billions of people, one interface

Everyone is different in the sense of having their own individual style, personality, and that thing that just makes them who they are. In the experiments in TedTalk Aaron Koblin tried to incorporate that individuality into a way to define our humanity with the use of interface. In retrospect to the point he was trying to make about humanity one could also make the assumption that even though people have their own distinct qualities, the human race is a species of crowd mentality that can easily come together as one. In the reference to James Surowiecki’s idea that huge groups of people are smarter than any one person also adds to the explanation of our humanity that people function better in a group. In most of the experiments done by Aaron the individual contributions to the main artwork seemed abstract and almost unappealing, but when the pieces were put together the process began to look and sound more like artwork than just a bombardment of random images and sounds. This also draws another assumption that the individual uniqueness of each person only helps the big picture of our humanity no matter how small or relevant it may be. With the use of interface coming together and connecting to others is less of a task and a way of ease in this digital age. The statement the video made saying the 19^th century is defined by the novel, the 20^th century is defined by cinema, and the 21^st century is defined by interface is another glimpse of humanity showing how as we advance our knowledge we are also drawing closer together as a whole. All the different media that advanced over time increased our way of communication to one another which in the same process helped better mankind. As of now the interface is our best medium of communication, making it easier for our individualities to contribute to a better whole.