This TedTalk is a little different than the previous three, in that it doesn’t explicitly talk about a dream. This talk is called “The Power of Vulnerability” by Brene Brown. Brown is a researcher. She has a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Ph.d. in Social Work, which is what she uses to establish her credibility in the talk. Her talk focuses mainly on her research, which she did for about six years and she focused on connection and how the world is so connected. She realized, though, that her there was something that put a halt on connection and that thing was shame. She defined shame as fear of disconnection. Everyone has this shame and those who don’t talk about it have it the most. She then goes on to talk about how vulnerability is the key to the connectedness. “The thing that underpinned this was excruciating vulnerability. This idea of, in order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen, really seen. And you know how I feel about vulnerability. I hate vulnerability. And so I thought, this is my chance to beat it back with my measuring stick,” Brown says. Vulnerability is uncomfortable and she uses that to explain why America has the most obese, most medicated, most addicted, and most in-debt adults. “The problem is -- and I learned this from the research -- that you cannot selectively numb emotion. You can't say, here's the bad stuff. Here's vulnerability, here's grief, here's shame, here's fear, here's disappointment. I don't want to feel these. I'm going to have a couple of beers and a banana nut muffin” (Brown). When I see this, I think of Jay Gatsby. He throws extravagant parties with hundreds of people, yes to attract Daisy, but also to hide the fact that he feels alone. The most important thing that she explains is that people who have a strong sense of love and belonging, are those who think that they are worthy of love and belonging. This reminds me of the quote, “We accept the love we think that we deserve” (Chbosky). This really struck a chord with me because it makes so much sense and really explains a lot. I feel like I knew this but she put it into words. She uses pathos by making my jokes and sarcastic comments, which is also an effective way of keeping the audience engaged. Something that she said that evoked an emotional response from me was when she said, “You ask them about love, they will tell you about heartbreak. When you ask people about belonging, they'll tell you their most excruciating experiences of being excluded.” This made me realize the truth of what she was saying. Another way that she kept the audience’s attention, as well as cause an emotional response, was by discussing her research and how it caused her to “break down.”This is applicable to the American Dream and the global dream because we can make the world a better place and fill the world with better people, if we allow ourselves to be more vulnerable. Once we let our guard down and let people see who we really are, people will love us and accept us. In America specifically, we can lower debt, addiction, medication, and obesity and make america more appealing by embracing vulnerability and not trying to hide it and choke it back.