TEDx Talks's video: Social Apocalypse Florence Tong TEDxYouth@CardiffSixthFormCollege

Using mice in Universe 25 as a model for our current society, Florence Tong will speak on how excessive socialising could harm our mentality, alter behaviours and potentially lead to the extinction of mankind. Florence is an AS student from Hong Kong. Despite being the babbling chatterbox during lessons, she loves, but also hates, socialising with people. The cognitive strain, the distorted work-life balance, the stress to help everyone, and the need to meet others’ expectations were at the expense of her mental health. Nonetheless, she has forced herself into gabbing with people for 16 years as the other side of the coin - loneliness and isolation, appear to be much more frightening. She became an optimist, a pessimist, an altruist, a competitor, a people-pleaser and now, a speaker. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx