"Choose one way in which technology has changed human society and explain the impact of that change, positive and/or negative."
The technology which we have today is truly magnificent and allows us great ease with a large portion of our lives, however it has many drawbacks as well that impact our society negatively as the issues it creates only continue to grow.
An example of this is the invasion of privacy that technology has created. You can no longer have a phone conversation without the possibility you are being monitored or even open a web page without it being recorded. This forces people to be careful of what they are searching on the internet no matter how innocent it may be, because taken out of context it could server them huge issues in the future. There are also satellites with the capability to monitor the ground with surprising clearness and precision which are a huge invasion of privacy because your every move could even be recorded.
However while there are many drawbacks to personal privacy with our technological advances there are also many beneficial sides such as the ability to capture criminals with much more ease, or by simply protecting the values of small children. A lot of the privacy issues we have I dont think should be looked at as done on purpose just to get deep into someones personal life and control them, but as a way to protect innocent people. I am not saying people never use technology for malicious reasons but in most cases it was not their designed purpose.
Technology is an amazing field of discovery and exploration that will only continue to expand as humans grow as a culture. while there will be many drawbacks, I believe that the advantages will always outweigh the disadvantages.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
IF I were the last of a book
You are a living book; you have chosen to be a living book. You are the last copy of your chosen book in existence. Who are you and why are you that book?
If I were the last of a book I would have to either be a book of history, or a book of medical remedies.
I would choose the book of history because I think of history as a great reference for research and it shows us the backstory that we have as human beings. without history we wouldnt know what we were, or why we were a certain way. However from a standpoint of wanting to be as useful as possible being a book of medical remedies would be extremely useful as everyone could benefit in it in at least some way.
However the question given can be easily interpreted that if you were the last of that specific book, that all other books would remain in their current existence. If that were so, then I would be the most meaningless book I could find, maybe a kids book I find in my box of cheerios. Sure I wouldn't be important, but it would be the best for the world and humankind.
If I were the last of a book I would have to either be a book of history, or a book of medical remedies.
I would choose the book of history because I think of history as a great reference for research and it shows us the backstory that we have as human beings. without history we wouldnt know what we were, or why we were a certain way. However from a standpoint of wanting to be as useful as possible being a book of medical remedies would be extremely useful as everyone could benefit in it in at least some way.
However the question given can be easily interpreted that if you were the last of that specific book, that all other books would remain in their current existence. If that were so, then I would be the most meaningless book I could find, maybe a kids book I find in my box of cheerios. Sure I wouldn't be important, but it would be the best for the world and humankind.
Friday, October 22, 2010
pop culture post 2
Should reasoning be taught in primary school?
To an extent it should be, The skill of reasoning is extremely important and could greatly help many kids through the rest of their schooling. The brain is still in early development in primary school so it is still developing the majority of the reasoning portion so their reasoning is often overcome by the want for a piece of pizza instead of wantinbg to do homework. However since the brain is still so young and in early development at that age, it is also almost like a giant sponge for schooling and information. So if reasoning were to be taught at any age it would more than likely be best to teach it while the child is still young and able to develop those reasoning skills into their everyday life instead of at 30 when you have such a set repetition that breaking it can throw off your entire day with just one activity.
I believe that reasoning should be taught in primary school, but only in small amounts. Overloading the kids with too much reasoning practice could potentially be extremely stressful and just not even fun as that part of the brain hasn't developed yet so its difficult to fully use and access it. Reasoning could potentially be one of the most important things to be taught in primary school that will teach kids that they need to do their homework before video games, or that they shouldn't spend all their money they just spent their entire weekend earning on a bag of skittles, however delicious they may be. Reasoning classes are a pretty good idea and would be very interesting to see how they actually worked out in the end, however they would need to be limited on how much stress could be put on the kids through these classes. Yay cookies.
To an extent it should be, The skill of reasoning is extremely important and could greatly help many kids through the rest of their schooling. The brain is still in early development in primary school so it is still developing the majority of the reasoning portion so their reasoning is often overcome by the want for a piece of pizza instead of wantinbg to do homework. However since the brain is still so young and in early development at that age, it is also almost like a giant sponge for schooling and information. So if reasoning were to be taught at any age it would more than likely be best to teach it while the child is still young and able to develop those reasoning skills into their everyday life instead of at 30 when you have such a set repetition that breaking it can throw off your entire day with just one activity.
I believe that reasoning should be taught in primary school, but only in small amounts. Overloading the kids with too much reasoning practice could potentially be extremely stressful and just not even fun as that part of the brain hasn't developed yet so its difficult to fully use and access it. Reasoning could potentially be one of the most important things to be taught in primary school that will teach kids that they need to do their homework before video games, or that they shouldn't spend all their money they just spent their entire weekend earning on a bag of skittles, however delicious they may be. Reasoning classes are a pretty good idea and would be very interesting to see how they actually worked out in the end, however they would need to be limited on how much stress could be put on the kids through these classes. Yay cookies.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
pop culture post 1
Given the following question this post will be an evaluation on the possible answers and reasons that could commonly be given.
"Choose one way in which technology has changed human society and explain the impact of that change, positive and/or negative."
So basically first we have to look at the very beginnings of technology, but technology has been around since well... forever and even a stick being used to collect ants or something could be even considered a very primitive form of technology. But lets be a bit more realistic about it, of course the question is focusing on how our current and recent technologies have affected our society today.
I believe the greatest thing technology has done for us is that it has given us an amazing for of communication. Just the fact that I can hold a conversation with someone as if they were directly in front of me with only a .04 second delay time even though they are across the globe is certainly amazing especially when you consider that in the span of human civilization just one letter could take months to make it the same distance. It is impossible to consider such an amazing thing as either positive or negative as it can so easily have huge drawbacks but also extremely beneficial aspects as well.
There are many different aspects of technology and the communication it allows. There is television which is slowly becoming more obsolete but is still very much a large part of our current society. The main negative part of it is that everyone sees the same exact thing, of course there are options for what channel you watch but your selection is so immensely limited if you consider how many views there are in the world. Even shows such as Family Guy have become almost a virus in society where while it may be a funny show, so many millions of people watch it daily that the influences it has on our society is drastic and whatever they decide to air on their show it is what hundreds of millions of people will see and it is what they will imitate, and that kind of influence can easily turn our current views and respect for others upside down.
Then there is of course the internet the great network that anyone can communicate with anyone else as much as they please with just one click. But really, what makes it so popular? Is it the mass amount of entertainment that can be derived? or is it the ability to simply express your views and how you feel much like I am doing now? or is it that the internet is almost required to function like the rest of society, it is such an amazing tool for research and everyone would much rather just type in a question into google then they would go all the way to the library and find your answer in a book. There are so many uses from simple research, to finding a silly picture, or even finding out whats on the menu at your favorite take-out restaurant.
Then there are forums, blog sites such as this one, and places like youtube.com where anyone can make their own account for free and post whatever videos of them self ranting or just plain being silly. I honestly am very against blogging and sites like youtube where anyone can post what they want whenever they want, and yes I know I am using a blog right now but if it wasn't a class requirement I would have never even considered making a blog account. I could honestly go on for hours about what I think about the internet and for the most part I think its great and amazing and I am glad we have it, but i suppose it just bugs me when people post blogs and videos and literally expect people to sincerely care about how they feel about a certain subject, and hell I do not expect anybody to care about what I am writing now at all and I feel very hypocritical about even writing this.
In short I think our technology now is great and amazing and I wish I was born like last week just so I can experience a few more years of the great discoveries and inventions that are being made so many times on a daily basis. I think the fact that I can go to google and find out for example who was the king of like France in 1400. Being able to express yourself is great and cool and I totally can respect other peoples opinions I just don't personally believe that my own, or anyone elses individual opinion should really matter.
I have tried to not make this a rant as much as possible and I understand that my views may conflict with others and if some random person stumbles upon my post and feels the need to discuss this with me or have a problem with what I am saying in general I would like to know just for the pure aspect of being able to analyze other peoples opinions as it really does fascinate me.
I hope I have been clear and this is my 3rd attempt to write a closing to my post and I apologize for a seemingly essay format I really tried to avoid it. Anyway, seeya later -Sabin
"Choose one way in which technology has changed human society and explain the impact of that change, positive and/or negative."
So basically first we have to look at the very beginnings of technology, but technology has been around since well... forever and even a stick being used to collect ants or something could be even considered a very primitive form of technology. But lets be a bit more realistic about it, of course the question is focusing on how our current and recent technologies have affected our society today.
I believe the greatest thing technology has done for us is that it has given us an amazing for of communication. Just the fact that I can hold a conversation with someone as if they were directly in front of me with only a .04 second delay time even though they are across the globe is certainly amazing especially when you consider that in the span of human civilization just one letter could take months to make it the same distance. It is impossible to consider such an amazing thing as either positive or negative as it can so easily have huge drawbacks but also extremely beneficial aspects as well.
There are many different aspects of technology and the communication it allows. There is television which is slowly becoming more obsolete but is still very much a large part of our current society. The main negative part of it is that everyone sees the same exact thing, of course there are options for what channel you watch but your selection is so immensely limited if you consider how many views there are in the world. Even shows such as Family Guy have become almost a virus in society where while it may be a funny show, so many millions of people watch it daily that the influences it has on our society is drastic and whatever they decide to air on their show it is what hundreds of millions of people will see and it is what they will imitate, and that kind of influence can easily turn our current views and respect for others upside down.
Then there is of course the internet the great network that anyone can communicate with anyone else as much as they please with just one click. But really, what makes it so popular? Is it the mass amount of entertainment that can be derived? or is it the ability to simply express your views and how you feel much like I am doing now? or is it that the internet is almost required to function like the rest of society, it is such an amazing tool for research and everyone would much rather just type in a question into google then they would go all the way to the library and find your answer in a book. There are so many uses from simple research, to finding a silly picture, or even finding out whats on the menu at your favorite take-out restaurant.
Then there are forums, blog sites such as this one, and places like youtube.com where anyone can make their own account for free and post whatever videos of them self ranting or just plain being silly. I honestly am very against blogging and sites like youtube where anyone can post what they want whenever they want, and yes I know I am using a blog right now but if it wasn't a class requirement I would have never even considered making a blog account. I could honestly go on for hours about what I think about the internet and for the most part I think its great and amazing and I am glad we have it, but i suppose it just bugs me when people post blogs and videos and literally expect people to sincerely care about how they feel about a certain subject, and hell I do not expect anybody to care about what I am writing now at all and I feel very hypocritical about even writing this.
In short I think our technology now is great and amazing and I wish I was born like last week just so I can experience a few more years of the great discoveries and inventions that are being made so many times on a daily basis. I think the fact that I can go to google and find out for example who was the king of like France in 1400. Being able to express yourself is great and cool and I totally can respect other peoples opinions I just don't personally believe that my own, or anyone elses individual opinion should really matter.
I have tried to not make this a rant as much as possible and I understand that my views may conflict with others and if some random person stumbles upon my post and feels the need to discuss this with me or have a problem with what I am saying in general I would like to know just for the pure aspect of being able to analyze other peoples opinions as it really does fascinate me.
I hope I have been clear and this is my 3rd attempt to write a closing to my post and I apologize for a seemingly essay format I really tried to avoid it. Anyway, seeya later -Sabin
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